Bacterial symbionts of termite gut flagellates: cospeciation and nitrogen fixation in the gut of dry-wood termites

The subject of this thesis is the symbiosis between flagellates and bacteria in the gut of dry-wood termites (Kalotermitidae). In a series of studies, the evolution of devescovinid flagellates and their bacterial symbionts was elucidated, and the physiological basis of the symbiosis was investigated...

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Main Author:	Desai, Mahesh
Contributors:	Brune, Andreas (Dr.) (Thesis advisor)
Format:	Doctoral Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Philipps-Universität Marburg 2008
Subjects:	Cospeciation Termite gut Biowissenschaften, Biologie Nitrogen fixation Symbionts Termiten Dry-wood termites Life sciences
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