| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
A protistan community in the gut of wood-feeding lower termite is essential for the survival of termites that thrive on cellulosic matter. The gut symbiotic protists are extremely difficult to cultivate, our knowledge about their degradation process of lignocellulose and metabolism are poor. In this study, we analyzed that the expression level of glycoside hydrolase gene of each protist cell and the role to decomposition of wood materials. This study revealed that large protist species mainly contributed to decomposition of wood. However, the cooperative decomposition with small protist species and prokaryote is probably essential for more efficient degradation of wood.
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