ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TILE SYMBIOSIS OF TER ITOMYCES ...

TABLE 4.1.5 Production of mycotUtes with increasing number of
subcultures of TemAt2w
ASSOCIATED
TEMITE SPECIES
. ýcqa
CULTURE
SUBCULTURE
NW93ER
TIM FUR > 50% Or' CULTURES
TO PRODUCE MYCOT'L4TES (DAYS)
Macrotermes MAC 12c 3 7
bellicosum 4 a
4.1.4 DISCUSSION
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Visually it was only possible to dixtinguish 2 Croups (Table
4.1.2) in culture.
(1) The Ifacrotermes bellicosus and MacrotOrmes xu! jýallnus
group which has the most aerial mycelium and very definite obvious
cultural mycotCtea on both media* These Mycotetes are the closest
In culture to natural myr-otetes In term of general appearance.
(2) The, other OrOUP which includox the MIcrotermes,
Ancistrotermes cavithorax and Odontotermem associated cultures,
The cultures can be quite variable In appearance and at one end of
the range can resemble the white felty Cdontotermes associated
cultureal sometimes waxyt and at the other the more Irregular growth,
sometimes fawn In colours of the Anclatrotermen cavithorax associated
cultures.
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156.