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What is the symbiotic relationship of termites and cellulose digesting bacteria?​

What is the symbiotic relationship of termites and cellulose digesting bacteria?​-example-1
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A newborn termite gets protozoa by eating the feces of older termites which has protozoa in it. After all, the stomach of a termite is where protozoa reside and work to convert cellulose from the eaten wood into a digestible sugar.

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