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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Presence of P. grassii, H. hartmanni, and S. leidyi in the hindgut of C. formosanus workers fed on various lignocellulose and lignin diets

From: The effects of various lignocelluloses and lignins on physiological responses of a lower termite, Coptotermes formosanus

Samples

P. grassii (%)

H. hartmanni (%)

S. leidyi (%)

1st week

2nd week

3rd week

4th week

1st week

2nd week

3rd week

4th week

1st week

2nd week

3rd week

4th week

Lignocelluloses

 Japanese cedar

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

 Japanese beech

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

 Rice

100 ± 0a

83.3 ± 11.5b

53.3 ± 5.8b

26.7 ± 5.8b

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

83.3 ± 5.8b

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

93.3 ± 11.6a

MWLs

 Japanese cedar

0b

0c

0c

0c

100 ± 0a

66.7 ± 20.8b

53.3 ± 10b

23.3 ± 5.8c

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

96.7 ± 5.8ab

53 ± 5.8b

 Japanese beech

0b

0c

0c

0c

100 ± 0a

63.3 ± 11.6b

50 ± 10b

23.3 ± 10c

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

93.3 ± 11.6ab

50 ± 0b

 Rice

0b

0c

0c

0c

100 ± 0a

76.7 ± 5.8b

70 ± 15.3b

33.3 ± 5.8c

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

96.7 ± 5.8ab

60 ± 10b

Starvation

0b

0c

0c

0c

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

66.7 ± 11.6b

26.7 ± 10c

100 ± 0a

100 ± 0a

80 ± 0b

53.3 ± 5.8b

  1. Values are mean ± SD (n = 3). Data in each column followed by same letter do not differ statistically (Tukey HSD test; P < 0.05) following one-way ANOVA
  2. MWL milled-wood lignin, SD standard deviation, HSD honest significant difference, ANOVA analysis of variance