Role of the mutualistic fungus in lignin degradation in the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes gilvus (Isoptera; Macrotermitinae)
- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
- Vol. 32 (5) , 653-658
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0038-0717(99)00192-3
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
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