Potential for nitrogen fixation in fungus-growing termite symbioses
Termites host a gut microbiota of diverse and essential symbionts that enable specialization on dead plant material; an abundant, but nutritionally imbalanced food source. To supplement the severe shortage of dietary nitrogen (N), some termite species make use of diazotrophic bacteria to fix atmosph...
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-12-01
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| Schriftenreihe: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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