Thesiss

Cellulose is the major component of wood. Cellulases degrade the cellulose polymer by cleaving the glycosidic linkage between glucose monomers. Cellulases can be either useful, by producing energy from cellulose degradation, or harmful, by destruction of structural wood. Here, w…

Termites are classified as eusocial, wood-feeding cockroaches nested within the superorder Dictyoptera, (cockroaches and mantises). Questions regarding the evolution of eusocial termites from a solitary ancestor remain difficult to answer; extinction at the base of the termite t…