@article{fdi:010065379,
  title = {{P}rofiling the succession of bacterial communities throughout the life stages of a higher termite {N}asutitermes arborum ({T}ermitidae, {N}asutitermitinae) using 16s rrna gene pyrosequencing},
  author = {{D}iouf, {M}. and {R}oy, {V}. and {M}ora, {P}. and {F}rechault, {S}. and {L}ef{\`e}bvre, {T}. and {H}erve, {V}. and {R}ouland {L}ef{\`e}vre, {C}orinne and {M}iambi, {E}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{P}revious surveys of the gut microbiota of termites have been limited to the worker caste. {T}ermite gut microbiota has been well documented over the last decades and consists mainly of lineages specific to the gut microbiome which are maintained across generations. {D}espite this intimate relationship, little is known of how symbionts are transmitted to each generation of the host, especially in higher termites where proctodeal feeding has never been reported. {T}he bacterial succession across life stages of the wood-feeding higher termite {N}asutitermes arborum was characterized by 16{S} r{RNA} gene deep sequencing. {T}he microbial community in the eggs, mainly affiliated to {P}roteobacteria and {A}ctinobacteria, was markedly different from the communities in the following developmental stages. {I}n the first instar and last instar larvae and worker caste termites, {P}roteobacteria and {A}ctinobacteria were less abundant than {F}irmicutes, {B}acteroidetes, {S}pirochaetes, {F}ibrobacteres and the candidate phylum {TG}3 from the last instar larvae. {M}ost of the representatives of these phyla (except {F}irmicutes) were identified as termite-gut specific lineages, although their relative abundances differed. {T}he most salient difference between last instar larvae and worker caste termites was the very high proportion of {S}pirochaetes, most of which were affiliated to the {T}reponema {I}c, {I}a and {I}f subclusters, in workers. {T}he results suggest that termite symbionts are not transmitted from mother to offspring but become established by a gradual process allowing the offspring to have access to the bulk of the microbiota prior to the emergence of workers, and, therefore, presumably through social exchanges with nursing workers.},
  keywords = {{CONGO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}los {O}ne},
  volume = {10},
  numero = {10},
  pages = {e0140014 [15 p.]},
  ISSN = {1932-6203},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pone.0140014},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065379},
}