Influence of the diet components on the symbiotic microorganisms community in hindgut of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki
Influence of the diet components on the symbiotic microorganisms community in hindgut of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki
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DOI:
10.1007/s00253-005-0215-3
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发表时间:
2006-03
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5
通讯作者:
Hideo Tanaka;H. Aoyagi;Syunsuke Shina;Yuri Dodo;T. Yoshimura;Ryosuke Nakamura;H. Uchiyama
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作者:
Hideo Tanaka;H. Aoyagi;Syunsuke Shina;Yuri Dodo;T. Yoshimura;Ryosuke Nakamura;H. Uchiyama
Artificial diet was developed for rearing of lower termites (workers)Coptotermes formosanus.C. formosanuswas fed with either wood powder of Japanese red pine, cellulose, cellobiose, or glucose for 30 days. The effect of carbon sources in the diet on the structure and function of the symbiotic intestinal microbial community and on the physiological activity ofC. formosanuswas studied. Three symbiont protozoa,Pseudotrichonympha grassi,Holomastigotoides hartmanni, andSpirotrichonympha leidyi, were found in the hindgut ofC. formosanusthat fed on the diets containing carbon sources with high molecular weight (MW). However, when artificial diets containing carbohydrate with low MW were used, bothP. grassiandH. hartmannidisappeared, and only fewS. leidyiwere alive. This suggested that bothP. grassiandH. hartmanniplay important roles in the digestion and utilization of carbohydrate with high MW. The denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of bacterial community in the hindgut of termites showed that the similarity between intestinal bacteria community in termites fed with diets containing high-MW carbon sources and those with low MW was only about 40%. It was apparent that changes in diets resulted to changes in intestinal microbial community, and this in turn affected cellulase activity inC. formosanus.