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Role of symbiotes in tanning of termite cuticle

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Chez la termiteReticulitermes assamensis Gardner la cuticule des ouvriers aposymbiotics est de couleur plus claire que celle des individus normaux. Ceci est dû à l'approvisionnement inadéquat des précurseurs de tannage, en l'absence de la formation de l'exocuticule. La réinfection des formes aposymbiotiques par des symbiotes cause l'acquisition de la couleur ambrée semblable à celle des individus normaux. Il est probable que les composés aromatiques du régime alimentaire des termites sont dus aux symbiotes.

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    Present address: Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 30601, Athens, Georgia, USA

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Sannasi, A. Role of symbiotes in tanning of termite cuticle. Experientia 24, 1238–1239 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02146644

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