Hi Termitophiles,
The link below will take you to a YouTube video that shows the film of live one-cell gut organisms that are digesting the cellulose of wood and breaking it down to the sugars that the host termite can digest. The video won a first place prize in the Nikon Small World in Motion Competition. The gut organisms in the species used in Termitats are unique to this termite species as they have co-evolved over time within their hosts. You will see them use cilia to move and navigate among other species of gut symbionts. All quite amazing. See the section in the Termitat book that addresses these one celled wonders.
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