Disease relevance of Isoptera

• Further field study of the effects of fipronil on the nutrient cycling and soil water-infiltration activities of beneficial termites is required to assess the ecological impacts of the known toxicity of fipronil to these insects [1].

Psychiatry related information on Isoptera

• Survivorship, tunneling and feeding behaviors of Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in response to 2'-acetonaphthone-treated sand [2].

High impact information on Isoptera

• With the aim of settling the debate over the sister-group of termites, we have determined the sequences of genes encoding 18S ribosomal RNA, mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit II (COII) and endogenous endo-beta-1, 4-glucanase (EG) from a diverse range of dictyopterans [3].
• Hominins, sedges, and termites: new carbon isotope data from the Sterkfontein valley and Kruger National Park [4].
• Here we begin to address these lacunae by presenting carbon isotope data for 14 new hominin specimens, as well as for two potential C4 foods (termites and sedges) [4].
• Symbiotic fungi produce laccases potentially involved in phenol degradation in fungus combs of fungus-growing termites in Thailand [5].
• Tetrahydrofolate (THF) acts as a C1 carrier in CO2-reductive acetogenesis, a microbially mediated process important to the carbon and energy requirements of termites [6].

Chemical compound and disease context of Isoptera

• Toxicity and behavioral effects of nootkatone, 1,10-dihydronootkatone, and tetrahydronootkatone to the formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) [7].

Biological context of Isoptera

• While crack and crevice treatment of insects (such as cockroaches and termites) by chlorpyrifos will still continue, it appears prudent to explore other insect control options, including the use of baits, traps, and insect sterilants and growth regulators [8].
• Molecular phylogeny of Asian termites (Isoptera) of the families Termitidae and Rhinotermitidae based on mitochondrial COII sequences [9].
• CASE REPORT: A 61-year-old carpenter sprayed a nest of termites with an insecticide containing chlorpyrifos without protective equipment and with direct contact of pesticide solution to hands, lower arms, feet, and lower legs, as well as inhalation of vapors from spraying [10].
• Toxicity, repellency, and horizontal transmission of fipronil in the formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) [11].
• Kinetics of uptake, clearance, transfer, and metabolism of hexaflumuron by eastern subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) [12].

Associations of Isoptera with chemical compounds

• Orang-utans in the Sumatran swamp forest of Suaq Balimbing varied widely in rates of tool use to extract honey, ants or termites from tree holes and in the degree to which they specialized on this tree-hole tool use [13].
• Characterization of abundance and diversity of lactic acid bacteria in the hindgut of wood- and soil-feeding termites by molecular and culture-dependent techniques [14].
• Sulfuryl fluoride (SO(2)F(2)) is a structural fumigant gas used to control drywood termites and wood-boring beetles [15].
• A. longum may contribute to the nutrition of P. occidentis by forming acetate, propionate and butyrate, compounds which are important carbon and energy sources for termites [16].
• We found nootkatone, a sesquiterpene ketone, isolated from vetiver oil is a strong repellent and toxicant to Formosan subterranean termites [17].

Gene context of Isoptera

• A phylogenetic analysis of Australian drywood termites (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) based on partial sequence from the cytochrome oxidase II (COII) and cytochrome b genes is presented [18].
• Small subunit rRNA sequences were obtained by polymerase chain reaction from trichomonad symbionts of termites that belong to the polymastigont Calonymphidae, including Snyderella tabogae, Calonympha grassii, and Metacoronympha senta [19].
• Caste-specific cytochrome P450 in the damp-wood termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti (Isoptera, Termopsidae) [20].
• Outdoor ground-contact stakes treated with a biocide and antioxidant combination and exposed for 30 months also gave enhanced protection against both decay fungi and termites [21].
• The use of DDT was banned and dieldrin and heptachlor were permitted to be used only for the control of termites in buildings [22].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Isoptera

• A partial cytochrome P450 sequence was RT/PCR amplified from total RNA isolated from the whole body of worker class termites (Mastotermes darwiniensis) [23].
• The diunsaturated C12 alcohol (Z,Z)-dodeca-3,6-dien-1-ol (dodecadienol) has been characterized by GC-MS and FTIR as a novel releaser pheromone in termites [24].
• The ability of eastern subterranean termites, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar), to penetrate various concentrations and treatment thicknesses ranging from 1.0 to 50.0 mm of Dursban TC and Premise 75 was evaluated in a laboratory bioassay [25].

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