
%0 Journal Article
%A Cookson, LJ 
%T Studies of lignin degradation in mound material of the termite <I>Nasutitermes exitiosus</I>
%J Soil Research
%D 1992/04/01
%V 30
%N 2
%P 189-193
%K Lignin Degradation;Mound Material;Nasutitermes exitiosus;Gut Bacteria;Soil Microorganisms;
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/SR9920189
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/SR9920189 
%X Lignin degradation in the mound material of the enteric lignin degrading termite Nasutitermes exitiosus (Hill) was studied under normal and wet moisture conditions during incubation with C-14-(lignin)-Populus tremuloides Michx. There was negligible 14(CO2) evolution from mound material incubated for five weeks. However, adjacent soil when wet produced a 6.8% degradation of the 14C-(lignin)-lignocellulose. 
