Their ability to degrade lignocellulose gives termites an important place in the carbon cycle.
This ability relies on their partnership with a diverse community of bacterial, archaeal and …

Hosts and their symbionts are involved in intimate physiological and ecological interactions.
The impact of these interactions on the evolution of each partner depends on the time‐scale …

Termite guts harbor a dense and diverse microbiota that is essential for symbiotic digestion.
The major players in lower termites are unique lineages of cellulolytic flagellates, whereas …

Symbiogenesis is the result of the permanent coexistence of various bionts to form the
holobiont (namely, the host and its microbiota). The holobiome is the sum total of the …

Termites digest wood and other lignocellulosic substrates with the help of their intestinal
microbiota. While the functions of the symbionts in the digestive process are slowly …

Vertical and horizontal transmission are terms that describe the transfer of symbionts from
parents to offspring and among unrelated hosts, respectively. Many symbionts, including …

The gut microbiota of animals exert major effects on host biology [1]. Although horizontal
transfer is generally considered the prevalent route for the acquisition of gut bacteria in …

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 gut of termites is densely populated with microbial symbionts that aid in the efficient
digestion of recalcitrant lignocellulose. Despite the formidable unculturability of the resident …

The bacterial tree contains many deep‐rooting clades without any cultured representatives.
One such clade is 'E ndomicrobia', a class‐level lineage in the phylum E lusimicrobia …