MicrobiologyISME CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Facultative endosymbiosis between cellulolytic protists and methanogenic archaea in the gut of the Formosan termite Coptotermes formosanus
Masayuki Kaneko, Tatsuki Oomori, Katsura Igai…·Yuichi Hongoh
This study identifies a facultative endosymbiotic relationship between methanogenic archaea and cellulolytic protists in termite gut, showing genomic and ecological adaptations to their symbiotic lifestyle.
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