ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TILE SYMBIOSIS OF TER ITOMYCES ...

soldiers iao major and 61nor workers' (Ba"tra''wW Datru 1979). In
Cklontotern, Ps 'gurdalgrAwensis Tem. it2=ces opores have been found in
small and large nymphs, and minor woricers, and in Hicratermeal in small
and large nymphs and minor workers Matra and natra 1979). Batra and
batra (1979) also found some minorworkers of Odontoternes obeffus with
only
; wood and no Ternit=ces In the gut., If these were foragers it
would Indicate a strategy similar to that of Macrotermes bellicosuse
Yet elsewhere they said that almost 80%, of actively foraging workers
had abundantlermtj2Mcea conidia in the guts indicating a strategy
similar to that of Hicratern".
* 14)hrmann and Roz=an (1930) found
conidia in the Cuts of major workers, major and minor soldiers and
nymphs of ftacroternes Wcuzilo
These differences Infeeding between castes may relate to'the
conservation of nutrients in the termite-rungus system, particularly
nitrogen
(Chapter 7).
The results in sections 592 to 5*!; have shown that the temites
bring into the nest laýce numbers of spores of fungi other than
Termlt=cese This has also been reported for other termite species,
Daz et, ale (1963) found Axnernillus opp., 6 Curvularift op.,, Fusaritim spo,
lzhodotorula op* and Torula op, from workers of 0. obeau!. l
three being genera commonly obtained from the termites
the first
_ investigated
here* They also obtained many flungl from the combq and FýAch (1906)
recorded spores a3 being present in the combo of Odontotermes redemanni.
In 0. obesupo, other species of fungi have been recorded In', the gut of
workers and soldiers (Bose 1923), j and minor workers (Datra
and natra
1979)- RaJgopal ot al. - (1979) obtained Cunninghamelial Penicill1im.
Fusarium and AstraMillus species from guts of workers of 0, obesuBg
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