Table 1.
Profile of the culturable bacteria within the termite gut systems along with their isolation sources and substrates showing lignocellulase activities.
| Termite | Number of Isolates (%) | Number of Isolates Obtained from Xylan (%) |
Number of Isolates Obtained from Avicel (%) |
Activity Showing Isolates (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancistrotermes pakistanicus | 23 (34.8) | 17 (74) | 6 (26) | 16 (69.5) |
| Odontotermes longignathus | 25 (37.8) | 19 (76) | 6 (24) | 12 (48) |
| Macrotermes sp. | 18 (27.2) | 12 (66.6) | 6 (33.3) | 12 (66.6) |
| Total | 66 | 48 (72.7) | 18 (27.3) | 40 (60) |