Kreuzenbeck, Nina B.; Seibel, Elena; Schwitalla, Jan W.; Fricke, Janis; Conlon, Benjamin H.; Schmidt, Suzanne; Hammerbacher, Almuth; Koellner, Tobias G.; Poulsen, Michael; Hoffmeister, Dirk; Beemelmanns, Christine
(American Society for Microbiology, 2022-01)
Macrotermitinae termites have domesticated fungi of the genus Termitomyces as food for their colony, analogously to human farmers growing crops. Termites propagate the fungus by continuously blending foraged and predigested ...