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20180411_085951
This photo was taken in Bluethenthal Wildflower Preserve. This depicts a Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) trunk that has been eaten out by termites. Many species of termite eat cellulose which they can breakdown in their body by either small microbes in their gut or producing their own cellulose enzyme. The high consumption of cellulose has caused termites to become one of the major sources of methane in the atmosphere (11%).
20180411_085951
This photo was taken in Bluethenthal Wildflower Preserve. This depicts a Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) trunk that has been eaten out by termites. Many species of termite eat cellulose which they can breakdown in their body by either small microbes in their gut or producing their own cellulose enzyme. The high consumption of cellulose has caused termites to become one of the major sources of methane in the atmosphere (11%).