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Termite digestomes as a potential source of symbiotic microbiota for lignocelluloses degradation: a review

Termites thrive in great abundance in terrestrial ecosystems and the symbiotic gut microbiota play important roles in digestion of lignocelluloses and nitrogen metabolism. Termites are excellent models of biocatalysts as they inhabit dense microbes in their guts that produce digestive enzymes to dec...

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Main Authors: Wong, Lih Jiun, H'ng, Paik San, Wong, Sin Yee, Lee, Seng Hua, Lum, Wei Chen, Chai, Ee Wen, Wong, Wan Zhen, Chin, Kit Ling
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Published: Asian Network for Scientific Information 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35616/1/Termite%20digestomes%20as%20a%20potential%20source%20of%20symbiotic%20microbiota%20for%20lignocelluloses%20degradation%20a%20review.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.356162019-10-22T01:03:19Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35616/ Termite digestomes as a potential source of symbiotic microbiota for lignocelluloses degradation: a review Wong, Lih Jiun H'ng, Paik San Wong, Sin Yee Lee, Seng Hua Lum, Wei Chen Chai, Ee Wen Wong, Wan Zhen Chin, Kit Ling Termites thrive in great abundance in terrestrial ecosystems and the symbiotic gut microbiota play important roles in digestion of lignocelluloses and nitrogen metabolism. Termites are excellent models of biocatalysts as they inhabit dense microbes in their guts that produce digestive enzymes to decompose lignocelluloses and convert it to end products such as sugars, hydrogen, and acetate. Different of digestive system between lower and higher termites which lower termites dependent on their dual decomposing system, consisting of termite's own cellulases and gut's protists. Higher termites decompose cellulose using their own enzymes, because of the absence of symbiotic protists. Termite gut prokaryotes efficiently support lignocelluloses degradation. In this review, a brief overview of recent experimental works, development and commercialization is discussed. Significant progress has been made to isolate cellulolytic strains from termites and optimise the digestion efficiency of cellulose. Future perspective should emphasize the isolation of cellulolytic strains from termites, genetically modifying or immobilization of the microbes which produce the desired enzyme and thus benefits on the microbiology and biotechnology. Asian Network for Scientific Information 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35616/1/Termite%20digestomes%20as%20a%20potential%20source%20of%20symbiotic%20microbiota%20for%20lignocelluloses%20degradation%20a%20review.pdf Wong, Lih Jiun and H'ng, Paik San and Wong, Sin Yee and Lee, Seng Hua and Lum, Wei Chen and Chai, Ee Wen and Wong, Wan Zhen and Chin, Kit Ling (2014) Termite digestomes as a potential source of symbiotic microbiota for lignocelluloses degradation: a review. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 17 (8). pp. 956-963. ISSN 1028-8880; ESSN: 1812-5735 http://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2014.956.963 10.3923/pjbs.2014.956.963
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description Termites thrive in great abundance in terrestrial ecosystems and the symbiotic gut microbiota play important roles in digestion of lignocelluloses and nitrogen metabolism. Termites are excellent models of biocatalysts as they inhabit dense microbes in their guts that produce digestive enzymes to decompose lignocelluloses and convert it to end products such as sugars, hydrogen, and acetate. Different of digestive system between lower and higher termites which lower termites dependent on their dual decomposing system, consisting of termite's own cellulases and gut's protists. Higher termites decompose cellulose using their own enzymes, because of the absence of symbiotic protists. Termite gut prokaryotes efficiently support lignocelluloses degradation. In this review, a brief overview of recent experimental works, development and commercialization is discussed. Significant progress has been made to isolate cellulolytic strains from termites and optimise the digestion efficiency of cellulose. Future perspective should emphasize the isolation of cellulolytic strains from termites, genetically modifying or immobilization of the microbes which produce the desired enzyme and thus benefits on the microbiology and biotechnology.
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author Wong, Lih Jiun
H'ng, Paik San
Wong, Sin Yee
Lee, Seng Hua
Lum, Wei Chen
Chai, Ee Wen
Wong, Wan Zhen
Chin, Kit Ling
spellingShingle Wong, Lih Jiun
H'ng, Paik San
Wong, Sin Yee
Lee, Seng Hua
Lum, Wei Chen
Chai, Ee Wen
Wong, Wan Zhen
Chin, Kit Ling
Termite digestomes as a potential source of symbiotic microbiota for lignocelluloses degradation: a review
author_facet Wong, Lih Jiun
H'ng, Paik San
Wong, Sin Yee
Lee, Seng Hua
Lum, Wei Chen
Chai, Ee Wen
Wong, Wan Zhen
Chin, Kit Ling
author_sort Wong, Lih Jiun
title Termite digestomes as a potential source of symbiotic microbiota for lignocelluloses degradation: a review
title_short Termite digestomes as a potential source of symbiotic microbiota for lignocelluloses degradation: a review
title_full Termite digestomes as a potential source of symbiotic microbiota for lignocelluloses degradation: a review
title_fullStr Termite digestomes as a potential source of symbiotic microbiota for lignocelluloses degradation: a review
title_full_unstemmed Termite digestomes as a potential source of symbiotic microbiota for lignocelluloses degradation: a review
title_sort termite digestomes as a potential source of symbiotic microbiota for lignocelluloses degradation: a review
publisher Asian Network for Scientific Information
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35616/1/Termite%20digestomes%20as%20a%20potential%20source%20of%20symbiotic%20microbiota%20for%20lignocelluloses%20degradation%20a%20review.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35616/
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