Role of Microorganisms in the Digestion of Lignocellulose by Termites

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• Publication year

  1994

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  Annual Review of Entomology

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• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1146/ANNUREV.EN.39.010194.002321
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• Index

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• Preface

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