ATMOSPHERIC CARBON-DIOXIDE AND ACETOGENESIS IN THE TERMITE NASUTITERMES WALKERI (HILL)

Authors
WILLIAMS CM VEIVERS PC SLAYTOR M CLELAND SV
Citation
Cm. Williams et al., ATMOSPHERIC CARBON-DIOXIDE AND ACETOGENESIS IN THE TERMITE NASUTITERMES WALKERI (HILL), Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology, 107(1), 1994, pp. 113-118
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology,Biology
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10964940
Volume
107
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
113 - 118
Database
ISI
SICI code
1096-4940(1994)107:1<113:ACAAIT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
CO2 concentration inside Nasutitermes walkeri nests is higher than in the external atmosphere. At concentrations up to 2%, CO2 absorption by the termite is dependent on atmospheric CO2 concentration. Atmospheri c CO2 is reduced in vivo to acetate in the termite but the amount of a cetate in the termite is constant and is not related to the atmospheri c CO2 concentration.