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Mastotermes

 
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1961-2016
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2012
2012
Genome shrinkage and loss of nutrient-providing potential in the obligate symbiont of the primitive termite Mastotermes darwiniensis.
Beneficial microbial associations with insects are common and are classified as either one or a few intracellular species that… (More)
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2008
2008
The fine structure of colleterial glands in two cockroaches and three termites, including a detailed study of Cryptocercus punctulatus (Blattaria, Cryptocercidae) and Mastotermes darwiniensis…
The colleterial glands of insects are organs associated with the female genital apparatus. In cockroaches, these glands produce… (More)
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2005
2005
In vitro and in vivo sulfate reduction in the gut contents of the termite Mastotermes darwiniensis and the rose-chafer Pachnoda marginata.
Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) from termites have been assigned to the genus Desulfovibrio. Desulfovibrio intestinalis lives in… (More)
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2003
2003
Termite gut symbiotic archaezoa are becoming living metabolic fossils.
Over the course of several million years, the eukaryotic gut symbionts of lower termites have become adapted to a cellulolytic… (More)
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2000
2000
The ootheca of Mastotermes darwiniensis Froggatt (Isoptera: Mastotermitidae): homology with cockroach oothecae.
The basal termite Mastotermes darwiniensis produces an egg mass, the nature of which is controversial. The debate centres on… (More)
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1999
1999
Isolation of Desulfovibrio intestinalis sp. nov. from the hindgut' of the lower termite Mastotermes darwiniensis.
A Gram-negative, anaerobic sulfate-reducing bacterium was isolated from hindgut contents of the lower termite Mastotermes… (More)
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1999
1999
Differential enumeration and in situ localization of microorganisms in the hindgut of the lower termite Mastotermes darwiniensis by hybridization with rRNA-targeted probes
We examined the abundance and spatial distribution of major phylogenetic groups of the domain Bacteria in hindguts of the… (More)
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1997
1997
Isolation and identification of a cytochrome P450 sequence in an Australian termite, Mastotermes darwiniensis.
A partial cytochrome P450 sequence was RT/PCR amplified from total RNA isolated from the whole body of worker class termites… (More)
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1995
1995
The establishment of intracellular symbiosis in an ancestor of cockroaches and termites.
All cockroaches examined so far have been found to harbour a bacterial endosymbiont in specialized cells of the fat body, whereas… (More)
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1994
1994
16S rDNA sequence and phylogenetic position of an uncultivated spirochete from the hindgut of the termite Mastotermes darwiniensis Froggatt.
We have analyzed the 16S rDNA sequence and the phylogenetic position of an uncultivated spirochete from the hindgut contents of… (More)
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