Termites in the woodwork

被引：10

作者：

Chaffron, Samuel ^{[1
,2
]}

von Mering, Christian ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Zurich, Inst Mol Biol, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland

[2] Univ Zurich, Swiss Inst Bioinformat, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland

来源：

GENOME BIOLOGY | 2007年 / 8卷 / 11期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1186/gb-2007-8-11-229

中图分类号：

Q81 [生物工程学（生物技术）]; Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

Termites eat and digest wood, but how do they do it? Combining advanced genomics and proteomics techniques, researchers have now shown that microbes found in the termites' hindguts possess just the right tools.

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