| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Termites feed exclusively on dead plant matter. They play important roles in the global carbon cycle, although they are also destructive pests of wooden buildings. Their ability to digest lignocellulose is mostly attributable to the symbiotic gut microorganisms. In this study, a bacteriophage community that infects the symbiotic gut bacteria was comprehensively analyzed, and specific bacterial hosts of some phages were successfully identified.
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