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Isoptera

Known as: Isopteras, Termite, Termites 
An order of insects, restricted mostly to the tropics, containing at least eight families. A few species occur in temperate regions of North America.
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Myoinhibitory neuropeptides in the American cockroach☆
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Hydrogen Profiles and Localization of Methanogenic Activities in the Highly Compartmentalized Hindgut of Soil-Feeding Higher Termites (Cubitermes spp.)
ABSTRACT It has been shown that the coexistence of methanogenesis and reductive acetogenesis in the hindgut of the wood-feeding… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Phylogenetic Diversity of Symbiotic Methanogens Living in the Hindgut of the Lower Termite Reticulitermes speratus Analyzed by PCR and In Situ Hybridization
ABSTRACT A phylogenetic analysis of the sequences of 60 clones of archaeal small-subunit rRNA genes amplified from the… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Landscape and Vegetation Ecology of the Kakadu Region, Northern Australia
Contributors. Preface. 1. The Kakadu region C.M. Finlayson, I. von Oertzen. 2. Climate and hydrology C.V. McQuade, et al. 3… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Multiple genes encoding 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-dioxygenase in the gram-positive polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading bacterium Rhodococcus erythropolis TA421, isolated from a termite ecosystem
Rhodococcus erythropolis TA421 was isolated from a termite ecosystem and is able to degrade a wide range of polychlorinated… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Diversity and ecology of termites in Amazonian forests
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Litter production and decomposition in a terra-firme forest of Central Amazonia
Chemical and biological aspects of litter production and decomposition were studied in three distinct areas of the Central Amazon… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Heterotrophic bacteria present in hindguts of wood-eating termites [Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar)]
Strict anaerobic culture techniques were used to quantitate heterotrophic bacteria present in hindguts of Reticulitermes flavipes… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Isolation and Identification of Termite Trail-following Pheromone
INSECT pheromones that control chemically the behaviour of highly specialized social insect species have been well documented1… 
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
Standard Laboratory Colonies Of Termites For Evaluating The Resistance Of Timber, Timber Preservatives And Other Materials To Termite Attack
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