Authors: ChengHock Chuah
Publish Date: 2005/05/25
Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 819-827
Abstract
The chemicals of the defense secretions of Malaysian Bulbitermes B singaporensis B germanus B sarawakensis and Bulbitermes sp B show that B singaporensis is distinct from the other species which are themselves closely related the genetic distance between B singaporensis and Bgermanus is 071 B singaporensis contains tetracyclic kempane and B germanus and B sarawakensis contain tricyclic trinervitene Bulbitermes sp B contains a mixture of kempane and trinervitene The mono and diterpenoid compositions are speciesspecific
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