Metagenomics analysis of bacterial community structure from wood- and soil-feeding termites: metabolic pathways and functional structures toward the degradation of lignocellulose and recalcitrant compounds.

ABSTRACT: Some essential information on gut bacterial profiles and their unique contributions to food digestion in wood-feeding termites (WFT) and soil-feeding termites (SFT) is still inadequate. The feeding type of termites is hypothesized to influence their gut bacterial composition and its functionality in degrading lignocellulose or other organic chemicals. This could potentially provide alternative approaches for the degradation of some recalcitrant environmental chemicals. Therefore, metagenomic analysis can be employed to examine the composition and functional profiles of gut bacterial symbionts in WFT and SFT. Based on the metagenomic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences of gut bacterial symbionts in the WFT, Microcerotermes sp., and the SFT, Pericapritermes nitobei, the fin

SUBMITTER: Xie R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11604708 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature