Insect guts present distinctive environments for microbial colonization, and bacteria in the
gut potentially provide many beneficial services to their hosts. Insects display a wide range …

Lignocellulosic biomass is the earth's most abundant renewable feedstock alternative that
comprises of cellulose, hemi-cellulose and lignin. The synergistic action of …

Despite the presence of many carbohydrolytic activities in insects, their cellulolytic
mechanisms are poorly understood. Whereas cellulase genes are absent from the genomes …

Lignocellulose—the dry matter of plants, or “plant biomass”—digestion is of increasing
interest in organismal metabolism research, specifically the conversion of biomass into …

The symbiotic gut microbiota of termites plays important roles in lignocellulose digestion and
nitrogen metabolism. Termites possess a dual cellulolytic system: in lower termites the …

Plant cell-wall polysaccharides constitute the most abundant but recalcitrant organic carbon
source in nature. Microbes residing in the digestive tract of herbivorous bilaterians are …

Symbiotic interactions between insects and microorganisms are widespread in nature and
are often the source of ecological innovations. In addition to supplementing their host with …

Symbiotic digestion of lignocellulose in wood-feeding higher termites (family Termitidae) is a
two-step process that involves endogenous host cellulases secreted in the midgut and a …

Termites thrive on dead plant matters with the aid of microorganisms resident in their gut.
The gut microbiota comprises protists (single-celled eukaryotes), bacteria, and archaea …

The intestinal flagellates of termites produce cellulases that contribute to cellulose digestion
of their host termites. However, 75% of all termite species do not harbour the cellulolytic …