Feeding on living or dead plant material is widespread in insects. Seminal work on termites
and aphids has provided profound insights into the critical nutritional role that microbes play …

Biodiesel is a renewable fuel that can be produced from a range of organic and renewable
feedstock including fresh or vegetable oils, animal fats, and oilseed plants. In recent years …

Macrotermitinae termites have farmed fungi in the genus Termitomyces as a food source for
millions of years. However, the biochemical mechanisms orchestrating this mutualistic …

The chemical analysis of insect-associated Actinobacteria has attracted the interest of
natural product chemists in the past years as bacterial-produced metabolites are sought to …

The high quantity of nutrients accumulated in termite mound soils have placed termite
mound as a 'gold mine'for bacteria concentrations. However, over the years, not much …

Lignin is a significant renewable carbon source that needs to be exploited to manufacture
bio-ethanol and chemical feedstocks. Lignin mimicking methylene blue (MB) dye is widely …

Mutualistic coevolution can be mediated by vertical transmission of symbionts between host
generations. Termites host complex gut bacterial communities with evolutionary histories …

This review covers more than twenty-five years of research listing and discussing the
biogeochemical, mineralogical, and physical impacts of fungus-growing termites (or FGT …

Termites are among the most successful animal groups, accomplishing nutrient acquisition
through long-term associations and enzyme provisioning from microbial symbionts. Fungus …

Fungus-growing termites are efficient in degrading and digesting plant substrates, achieved
through the engagement of symbiotic gut microbiota and lignocellulolytic Termitomyces …