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dc.contributor.author | Vikram, Surendra![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Arneodo, Joel D.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Calcagno, Javier![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Ortiz, Maximiliano![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Mon, Maria Laura![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Etcheverry, Clara![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Cowan, Don A.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Talia, Paola![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-22T10:23:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-22T10:23:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-04-07 | |
dc.description.abstract | The termite gut microbiome is dominated by lignocellulose degrading microorganisms. This study describes the intestinal microbiota of four Argentinian higher termite species with different feeding habits: Microcerotermes strunckii (hardwood), Nasutitermes corniger (softwood), Termes riograndensis (soil organic matter/grass) and Cornitermes cumulans (grass) by deep sequencing of amplified 16S rRNA and ITS genes. In addition, we have performed a taxonomic and gut community structure comparison incorporating into the analysis the previously reported microbiomes of additional termite species with varied diets. The bacterial phylum Spirochaetes was dominant in the guts of M. strunckii, N. corniger and C. cumulans, whereas Firmicutes predominated in the T. riograndensis gut microbiome. A single bacterial genus, Treponema (Spirochaetes), was dominant in all termite species, except for T. riograndensis. Both in our own sequenced samples and in the broader comparison, prokaryotic a-diversity was higher in the soil/grass feeders than in the wood feeders. Meanwhile, the β-diversity of prokaryotes and fungi was highly dissimilar among strict wood-feeders, whereas that of soil- and grass-feeders grouped more closely. Ascomycota and Basidiomycota were the only fungal phyla that could be identified in all gut samples, because of the lack of reference sequences in public databases. In summary, higher microbial diversity was recorded in termites with more versatile feeding sources, providing further evidence that diet, along with other factors (e.g., host taxonomy), influences the microbial community assembly in the termite gut. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Biochemistry | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Genetics | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Microbiology and Plant Pathology | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | pm2022 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | The Fondo Argentino de Cooperación Internacional—FOAR—(Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto de Argentina), the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) and the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT) Proyectos de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica. | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | https://peerj.com | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Vikram, S., Arneodo, J.D., Calcagno, J., Ortiz, M., Mon, M.L., Etcheverry, C., Cowan, D.A. & Talia, P. 2021. Diversity structure of the microbial communities in the guts of four neotropical termite species. PeerJ 9:e10959 DOI 10.7717/peerj.10959. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 2689-7733 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.7717/peerj.10959 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/84136 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | PeerJ | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2021 Vikram et al. Distributed under Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Biodiversity | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Bioinformatics | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Ecology | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Entomology | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Microbiology | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Termite species | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Gut microbiota | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Illumina amplicon sequencing | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Prokaryotic | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Fungal diversity | en_ZA |
dc.title | Diversity structure of the microbial communities in the guts of four neotropical termite species | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |