Transcriptome analysis of the digestive system of a wood-feeding termite (Coptotermes formosanus) revealed a unique mechanism for effective biomass degradation

Geng, Alei; Cheng, Yanbing; Wang, Yongli; Zhu, Daochen; Le, Yilin; Wu, Jian; Xie, Rongrong; Yuan, Joshua S.; Sun, Jianzhong

doi:10.1186/s13068-018-1015-1

Title: Transcriptome analysis of the digestive system of a wood-feeding termite (Coptotermes formosanus) revealed a unique mechanism for effective biomass degradation

Abstract

Wood-feeding termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, represents a highly efficient system for biomass deconstruction and utilization. However, the detailed mechanisms of lignin modification and carbohydrate degradation in this system are still largely elusive.

Authors:: Geng, Alei; Cheng, Yanbing; Wang, Yongli; Zhu, Daochen; Le, Yilin; Wu, Jian; Xie, Rongrong; Yuan, Joshua S.; Sun, Jianzhong

Publication Date:: Sat Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2018

Research Org.:: Texas A&M Agrilife Research, College Station, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1618734

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1504768

Grant/Contract Number:: EERE-BETO; EE0006112; EE0007104

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Biotechnology for Biofuels

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Biotechnology for Biofuels Journal Volume: 11 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1754-6834

Publisher:: Springer Science + Business Media

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

Subject:: 09 BIOMASS FUELS; Biomass deconstruction; RNA-seq; Glycoside hydrolase; Auxiliary redox enzyme; Coptotermes formosanus

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                    Geng, Alei, Cheng, Yanbing, Wang, Yongli, Zhu, Daochen, Le, Yilin, Wu, Jian, Xie, Rongrong, Yuan, Joshua S., and Sun, Jianzhong. Transcriptome analysis of the digestive system of a wood-feeding termite (Coptotermes formosanus) revealed a unique mechanism for effective biomass degradation.  Netherlands: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Geng, Alei, Cheng, Yanbing, Wang, Yongli, Zhu, Daochen, Le, Yilin, Wu, Jian, Xie, Rongrong, Yuan, Joshua S., & Sun, Jianzhong. Transcriptome analysis of the digestive system of a wood-feeding termite (Coptotermes formosanus) revealed a unique mechanism for effective biomass degradation.  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-018-1015-1

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                    Geng, Alei, Cheng, Yanbing, Wang, Yongli, Zhu, Daochen, Le, Yilin, Wu, Jian, Xie, Rongrong, Yuan, Joshua S., and Sun, Jianzhong. Sat .  
"Transcriptome analysis of the digestive system of a wood-feeding termite (Coptotermes formosanus) revealed a unique mechanism for effective biomass degradation".  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-018-1015-1.

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  title        = {Transcriptome analysis of the digestive system of a wood-feeding termite (Coptotermes formosanus) revealed a unique mechanism for effective biomass degradation},

  author       = {Geng, Alei and Cheng, Yanbing and Wang, Yongli and Zhu, Daochen and Le, Yilin and Wu, Jian and Xie, Rongrong and Yuan, Joshua S. and Sun, Jianzhong},

  abstractNote = {Wood-feeding termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, represents a highly efficient system for biomass deconstruction and utilization. However, the detailed mechanisms of lignin modification and carbohydrate degradation in this system are still largely elusive.},

  doi          = {10.1186/s13068-018-1015-1},

  journal      = {Biotechnology for Biofuels},

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  place        = {Netherlands},

  year         = {Sat Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2018},

  month        = {Sat Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2018}

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journal, June 2012

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book, January 2012

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journal, October 2014

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journal, March 2006

Functional characterization and target discovery of glycoside hydrolases from the digestome of the lower termite Coptotermes gestroi
journal, January 2011

In-situ oxygen profiling and lignin modification in guts of wood-feeding termites: Oxygen profiling and lignin modification in termite
journal, March 2010

Comparative metatranscriptomic signatures of wood and paper feeding in the gut of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) : Termite gut metagene expression
journal, January 2013

Morphology and Phylogenetic Position of Eucomonympha imla (Parabasalia: Hypermastigida)
journal, July 2007

Java Treeview--extensible visualization of microarray data
journal, June 2004

Parallel metatranscriptome analyses of host and symbiont gene expression in the gut of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes
journal, January 2009

Blast2GO: a universal tool for annotation, visualization and analysis in functional genomics research
journal, August 2005

TIGR Gene Indices clustering tools (TGICL): a software system for fast clustering of large EST datasets
journal, March 2003

Aerobic and facultatively anaerobic cellulolytic bacteria from the gut of the termite Zootermopsis angusticollis
journal, January 2002

Details of the digestive system in the midgut of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki
journal, January 2010

Transcriptome Analysis of the Digestive Organs of Hodotermopsis sjostedti, a Lower Termite That Hosts Mutualistic Microorganisms in Its Hindgut
journal, April 2008

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome
journal, May 2011

Dual cellulose-digesting system of the wood-feeding termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki
journal, July 2002

Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
journal, December 2001

Advanced biorefinery in lower termite-effect of combined pretreatment during the chewing process
journal, January 2012

Inhibition of cellulases by phenols
journal, March 2010

Expansion of the enzymatic repertoire of the CAZy database to integrate auxiliary redox enzymes
journal, January 2013

Exploring and integrating cellulolytic systems of insects to advance biofuel technology
journal, April 2010

Degradation of bamboo lignocellulose by bamboo snout beetle Cyrtotrachelus buqueti in vivo and vitro: efficiency and mechanism
journal, April 2019

Isopod holobionts as promising models for lignocellulose degradation
journal, March 2020

Lignocellulose degradation at the holobiont level: teamwork in a keystone soil invertebrate
journal, September 2018

Gut microbiota dynamics and functionality in Reticulitermes grassei after a 7-day dietary shift and ciprofloxacin treatment
journal, December 2018