Dampwood Termites one of the most common species of termites in the United States use their feces to build up their nests. The termite’s feces is used as a building block since it is almost cardboard like, but this means wherever they infest it’s basically a giant toilet. Entomologist researchers at Louisiana State University, and specifically Chinmay Tikhe are working to turn a termite’s guts against themselves.
Chinmay Tikhe and his team at Louisiana State University are developing a new bacterium to destroy the termite’s protists in their own guts. The new bacterium would be introduced to a colony of termites, and kill the termites from the inside out. The bacterium works by turning the termites own protists in its gut against itself, effectively not allowing termites to get nutrients from wood. The bacterium in simple terms would cause the termites to starve, and be much easier to treat than current treatment techniques.
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