Impact of Wood Age on Termite Microbial Assemblages

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Alternative codes found
RIV/61388971:_____/23:00576687 RIV/60460709:41320/23:97829 RIV/60460709:41340/23:97829 RIV/60076658:12310/23:43906443
Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.00361-23" target="_blank" >https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.00361-23</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.00361-23" target="_blank" >10.1128/aem.00361-23</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Impact of Wood Age on Termite Microbial Assemblages
Original language description
The decomposition of wood and detritus is challenging to most macroscopic organisms due to the recalcitrant nature of lignocellulose. Moreover, woody plants often protect themselves by synthesizing toxic or nocent compounds which infuse their tissues. Termites are essential wood decomposers in warmer terrestrial ecosystems and, as such, they have to cope with high concentrations of plant toxins in wood. In this paper, we evaluated the influence of wood age on the gut microbial (bacterial and fungal) communities associated with the termites Reticulitermes flavipes (Rhinotermitidae) (Kollar, 1837) and Microcerotermes biroi (Termitidae) (Desneux, 1905). We confirmed that the secondary metabolite concentration decreased with wood age. We identified a core microbial consortium maintained in the gut of R. flavipes and M. biroi and found that its diversity and composition were not altered by the wood age. Therefore, the concentration of secondary metabolites had no effect on the termite gut microbiome. We also found that both termite feeding activities and wood age affect the wood microbiome. Whether the increasing relative abundance of microbes with termite activities is beneficial to the termites is unknown and remains to be investigated.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology

Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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