INTESTINAL PROTOZOA OF TERMITES. 



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fungi, which, possibly, in some way aid their host in the digestion 

 of wood and pure cellulose. 



TABLE I. 



METHODS AND RESULTS OF VARIOUS ATTEMPTS TO FREE TERMITES OF THEIR 



INTESTINAL PROTOZOA. 



1 WIMII! moistened with 5 per cent. Aq. solution of NaCl, K lj and with 



in.iny dilutions of CuSO4 and HgClj 



- fhese chemicals were used in dehydration experiments. 



3 More than 2,000 experiments were carried out. 



4 Incubated. 



