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To digest cellulose, organisms must produce the enzyme cellulase. Humans and termites are unable to produce cellulase themselves but termites have living in their gut simple organisms (protozoa and bacteria) which can produce the enzyme. This is an example of mutualism - a relationship between two species in which both organisms benefit. The protoza and bacteria benefit by receiving a constant supply of food (wood) from the termite. The termite benefits from the energy-rich sugar released from the cellulose by the termites. For more details see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termite
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∙ 14y agoTermite eat wood cellulose, then the protozoa and bacteria in their intestines breakdown the cellulose for them. Its call a symbiotic system.
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∙ 14y agoCause they are termites and that is what they do! Also, cause they can.
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What is a termite's favorite breakfast?
Termites ingest wood, but it's the bacteria inside their bodies that digest it.
How do termites and woodlice help in decay of wood?
Termites chew up solid wood and organisms in their guts digest this releasing the nutrients in the wood to the termites.
How do trichonympha help termites?
A termite is the only insect that can digest wood cellulose... The reason they can do this is the trichonympha live inside the termites and they are what breaks the wood down making it digestible.
Are termites decomposers?
AnswerYes, they are. They have protozoa in their stomachs do help digest the wood.
Is wood part of a ladybug diet?
No, they do not digest cellulose like termites.
How do millipedes and woodlice help in the process of decomposition?
Termites chew up solid wood and organisms in their guts digest this releasing the nutrients in the wood to the termites.
What pest eat wood?
Many make galleries, but termites & some wood boring beetles actually digest it.
How are termites able to digest wood?
because of a protist that lives in termites called trichonmpha
What is Trichonympha?
A plant. It is nt a plant, it is actually a kinda present in some termites which help them to digest the food the eat.it is a bacteria in the stomach of termites that help them digest the wood. -----prince
What would happen if you fed termites a drug that killed Trichonympha?
A termite is the only insect that can digest wood cellulose... The reason they can do this is the trichonympha live inside the termites and they are what breaks the wood down making it digestible. So in short they would not be able to digest their food.
What does the termite do for the trichonympha?
A termite is the only insect that can digest wood cellulose... The reason they can do this is the trichonympha live inside the termites and they are what breaks the wood down making it digestible.
What is Intestinal Flagellate?
Intestinal flagellate of termites is the one that digest the food they eat of the wood they take ,without this they will die easily.
