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What is the symbiotic relationship between hypermastids and termite?
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What is the relationship between termites and intestinal flagellates?
The type of symbiotic relationship between termites and flagellates in their intestines is mutualism. The flagellates digest the cellulose in the termites' diet to allow them to absorb nutrients. The termite gut provides a safe place for the flagellates to live and breed.
What is the relationship between termite and digestive tract microorganisms?
mutalism
What type of relationship is occurring between the protozoan and termite?
Mutualism!!..i think soo
What is the symbiotic relationship between a digestive tract microorganism and a termite?
Mutualism, meaning that both organisms benefit. -The protozoans aid the termites in digesting wood. -The termites give the protozoans food and a warm place to live (in their gut).
Is a termite a ruminant animal?
No ruminants are all mammals, a termite is an insect. However both ruminants and termites use symbiotic bacteria to help them digest cellulose in their food.
What is the symbiotic relationship between bacteria and plant roots?
Many species of termites depend on certain flagellated Protists to digest cellulose.
Is a termite a parasitic animal?
No. A parasitic relationship by is by definition between two living organisms. Termites feed on dead wood.
How do termites turn trees and grasses into fuel?
The termite depends on symbiotic bacteria in its gut to do the digestive chemistry of breaking down the plant cellulose into sugars.
With what species does the termite have a mutualistic relationship?
mutualism is when 2 organisms benefit from each other. the termite benefits from the Trychonympha because the Trychonympha breaks down the CELLULOSE in the wood that the termites eat, which helps the digestive system "clear out". The Trychonympha benefits from the termite because the Trychonympha gets CELLULASE from the termite, which is the thing in the Trychonympha that actually does the "breaking down" of the cellulose. Without eachother, they wouldn't be able to survive.
Why can termites digest wood?
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
How do termites and cows digest cellulose?
Inside the termites digestive tract, there is a symbotic microorganisms by the name of Trichonympha sphaerica who also has a symbiotic microorganism inside of it that digest the cellulose so that the termite can eat it. For cows it is the same they have symbiotic microorganisms inside of them that breaks down the cellulose but I am uncertain of the name.
What is the difference between termite worker and termite soldier?
Workers protect and care for the eggs/lava + find food and soldiers guard the nest
