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From: Parallel metatranscriptome analyses of host and symbiont gene expression in the gut of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes

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Distributions of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) encoding glycosyl hydrolase family (GHF) proteins generated from the host gut tissue and hindgut symbiont libraries. (a) A summary of GHF family members with enzyme identities and putative taxonomic origins that were determined based on library of origin and database homology. Shaded rows depict GHF families with representatives from both termite and putative prokaryotic symbionts. CE = cellulase, H = hemicellulase, CH = chitinase, A = α carbohydrolase. (b) Bar graph summarizing the taxonomic distributions of cellulase, hemicellulase, chitinase and α carbohydrolase genes among prokaryotic, protist and host genomes. See Additional file 1 for gene by gene summaries and Additional file 3 for Genbank accession numbers.

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