栖息于动物消化器官内的微生物,以此动物所摄取食物的一部分或大部分作为自己的食物进行分解,据此,而动物得以把自身酶所不能消化的食物作为营养源,如此两者互利共生,特称为消化共生。栖息于白蚁肠中的超鞭毛虫类(Trichonympha,Tricho-monas等)和细菌,将白蚁摄取的木屑中的纤维素、半纤维素分解成单糖和低级脂肪酸,供给白蚁作为能源和碳源。
已有的研究表明,低等木食性白蚁对木质纤维素等植物源食物的消化主要与其肠道共生微生物有关。
It has been shown that the symbiotic gut microbiota in wood-feeding lower termites plays an important role in the digestion of different plant components.
瓶子,尤其已经第二年的,其内共生的生物会协助消化作用。
Digestion in the pitcher is aided, especially during the second year, by the commensal organisms that live in the pitchers.
昆虫的消化道内共生有各种细菌,它们赋予宿主昆虫各种各样的生物学功能。
Multiple symbionts were lived in alimentary tract of insect, which endow their insect host multiple biological functions.
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