| phylogenetic diversity of termite gut spirochaetes. | a molecular phylogenetic analysis was done of not-yet-cultured spirochaetes inhabiting the gut of the termite, reticulitermes flavipes (kollar). ninety-eight clones of near-full-length spirochaetal 16s rdna genes were classified by ardra pattern and by partial sequencing. all clones grouped within the genus treponema, and at least 21 new species of treponema were recognized within r. flavipes alone. analysis of 190 additional clones from guts of coptotermes formosanus shiraki and zootermopsis an ... | 1999 | 11207751 |
| de novo transcriptome sequencing of cryptotermes domesticus and comparative analysis of gene expression in response to different wood species. | the drywood termite cryptotermes domesticus is an important worldwide pest with limited genomic resources that causes substantial damage to dry timber and structural lumber. here, we performed transcriptome sequencing for cr. domesticus pseudergate using illumina paired-end sequencing technology. a total of 108,745,470 clean reads were collected and assembled into 302,979 contigs with an average length of 648bp and an n50 length of 893bp. a total of 185,248 unigenes and 100,680 proteins were ide ... | 2016 | 26410413 |
| cryptotermes (isoptera, kalotermitidae) on espiritu santo, vanuatu: redescription of cryptotermes albipes (holmgren & holmgren) and description of cryptotermes penaoru sp. n. | complete series of two species of the phragmotic drywood termite genus, cryptotermes (isoptera: kalotermitidae), were found on espiritu santo, vanuatu. here, i describe for the first time the soldier of cryptotermes albipes (holmgren & holmgren), which resembles cryptotermes domesticus but presents deep depressions on the head sides and vertex. the other species, here described as cryptotermes penaorusp. n., comes close to cryptotermes tropicalis, a species known from the tropical rainforest of ... | 2011 | 22287889 |
| ecological competition favours cooperation in termite societies. | conflict and competition lie at the heart of the theories of both ecology and sociobiology. despite this, the interaction between societal conflicts on one hand and ecological competition on the other remains poorly understood. here, we investigate this interaction in two ecologically similar sympatric termite species, cryptotermes secundus hill and cryptotermes domesticus haviland. we manipulated the incidence of king and queen loss (within-species conflict) and the incidence of cohabitation of ... | 2010 | 20584170 |
| termites assess wood size by using vibration signals. | contrary to the common perception that termites are indiscriminant eaters, termites choose their food carefully; however, the methods by which they choose food are not well understood. using choice experiments and recordings of termites feeding on wooden blocks of different sizes, we show that worker drywood termites (cryptotermes domesticus) use the resonant frequency of a block of wood to assess its size. drywood termites showed differences in their response to vibration recordings of termites ... | 2005 | 15734796 |