CELLULOSE METABOLISM OF THE SYMBIOTIC PROTOZOA IN TERMITE, COPTOTERMES-FORMASANUS SHIRAKI (ISOPTERA, RHINOTERMITIDAE) .3. UTILIZATION OF NONNATURAL CELLULOSES

Authors
YOSHIMURA T AZUMA J TSUNODA K TAKAHASHI M
Citation
T. Yoshimura et al., CELLULOSE METABOLISM OF THE SYMBIOTIC PROTOZOA IN TERMITE, COPTOTERMES-FORMASANUS SHIRAKI (ISOPTERA, RHINOTERMITIDAE) .3. UTILIZATION OF NONNATURAL CELLULOSES, Mokuzai Gakkaishi, 39(11), 1993, pp. 1322-1326
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Materials Science, Paper & Wood
Journal title
Mokuzai Gakkaishi → ACNP
ISSN journal
00214795
Volume
39
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1322 - 1326
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-4795(1993)39:11<1322:CMOTSP>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The changes of survival rates, weights of workers, and numbers of diff erentiated soldiers suggested that two non-natural celluloses, cellulo se II and amorphous cellulose, as well as cellulose I were utilized by workers of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki when the termite workers we re forced to feed on these substrates. In addition, the existence of t hree symbiotic protozoa indicated that all protozoan species were invo lved in the metabolism of these non-natural celluloses.