Parallel metatranscriptome analyses of host and symbiont gene expression in the gut of the termite <it>Reticulitermes flavipes</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Termite lignocellulose digestion is achieved through a collaboration of host plus prokaryotic and eukaryotic symbionts. In the present work, we took a combined host and symbiont metatranscriptomic approach for investigating the diges...

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Main Authors: Zhou Xuguo, Wheeler Marsha M, Tartar Aurélien, Coy Monique R, Boucias Drion G, Scharf Michael E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:Biotechnology for Biofuels
Online Access:http://www.biotechnologyforbiofuels.com/content/2/1/25

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