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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Daniela Faria Florencio 1,2, Alessandra Marins 1,3, Cassiano Sousa Rosa 1,4, Paulo Fellipe Cristaldo 1,5, Ana Paula Albano Araújo 6, Ivo Ribeiro Silva 7, Og DeSouza 1,* Introduction An efficient...
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From:Brazilian Journal of Biology (Vol. 70, Issue 3(SUPPL)) Peer-ReviewedIn arid and semiarid environments, seasonality usually exerts a strong influence on the composition and dynamics of the soil community. The soil macroarthropods were studied in a Caatinga forest located in the Reserva...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedFormosan subterranean termites, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, live socially in microbial-rich habitats. To understand the molecular mechanism by which termites combat pathogenic microbes, a full-length normalized cDNA...
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From:Science (Vol. 292, Issue 5526) Peer-ReviewedSpirochetes from termite hindguts and freshwater sediments possessed homologs of a nitrogenase gene (nifH) and exhibited nitrogenase activity, a previously unrecognized metabolic capability in spirochetes. Fixation of...
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From:Emergence: Complexity and Organization (Vol. 10, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe harmonious melding of structure and function--biological design--is a striking feature of complex living systems such as tissues, organs, organisms, even super-organismal assemblages like social insect colonies or...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Erick R. James 1 , Noriko Okamoto 1 , Fabien Burki 1 , Rudolf H. Scheffrahn 2 , Patrick J. Keeling 1 , * Introduction The hindgut of lower termites has long been known for the diversity of its community...
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From:Nature (Vol. 500, Issue 7463) Peer-ReviewedTo call for assistance when their nest is under attack, some termites use their heads. Wolfgang Kirchner and Felix Hager of Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, mimicked predator attacks on two species of African...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedCitizen science (CS) contributes to the knowledge about species distributions, which is a critical foundation in the studies of invasive species, biological conservation, and response to climatic change. In this study,...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedIn the tropics, termites are major players in the mineralization of organic matter leading to the production of greenhouse gases including nitrous oxide (N.sub.2 O). Termites have a wide trophic diversity and their...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedI studied the predatory behavior of Platythyrea conradti, an arboreal ponerine ant, whereas most species in this subfamily are ground-dwelling. The workers, which hunt solitarily only around dusk, are able to capture a...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground Parabasalia are single-celled eukaryotes (protists) that are mainly comprised of endosymbionts of termites and wood roaches, intestinal commensals, human or veterinary parasites, and free-living species....
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedThe aim of this study was to determine specific distribution of metals in the termite Tumulitermes tumuli (Froggatt) and identify specific organs within the termite that host elevated metals and therefore play an...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedStructural and functional traits of organisms are known to be related to the size of individuals and to the size of their colonies when they belong to one. Among such traits, propensity to inquilinism in termites is...
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From:Biotechnology for Biofuels (Vol. 6, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground The metagenomic analysis of gut microbiomes has emerged as a powerful strategy for the identification of biomass-degrading enzymes, which will be no doubt useful for the development of advanced biorefining...
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From:Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences (Vol. 57, Issue 2-3)INTRODUCTION Mulches are often used to improve the appearance of a landscape and maintain the health of landscape plants (Pinzon et al., 2006). Traditional mulches benefit plants by retaining moisture in the soil and...
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From:Agricultural Research (Vol. 51, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedIn New Orleans, it starts during the twilight hours in late April. Thousands of tiny, winged termites--alates--begin swarming lampposts. In some areas, the air becomes so thick with the flying pests that...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThe hyper-arid western Namib Sand Sea (mean annual rainfall 0-17 mm) is a detritus-based ecosystem in which primary production is driven by large, but infrequent rainfall events. A diverse Namib detritivore community is...
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From:Science Scope (Vol. 33, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedStudents often find their introduction to designing an experiment and doing a formal lab report on their own overwhelming. Using an inquiry-based activity before formally introducing the parts and sections of an...
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From:Forest Products Journal (Vol. 64, Issue 7-8) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Detection and delimitation, usually accomplished via visual inspection, are primary tactics used for integrated pest management of drywood termite infestations, helping to determine whether whole-structure...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedUnderstanding how the psychology of predators shapes the defenses of colorful aposematic prey has been a rich area of inquiry, with emphasis on hypothesis-driven experiments that independently manipulate color and...