Termite Gut Protists! | Microbial Diversity Course

Screenshot from termite gut protists video. Credit: Leadbetter Lab

All sorts of microbes are collected and studied in the Microbial Diversity course -- and they are fascinatingly unique. Some of the students this year made movies of protists that live symbiotically in the termite gut, helping their hosts digest their woody diet. The termites came from the laboratory of Microbial Diversity course co-director of Caltech.

Termite gut protists!

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