Termite feeding and the protozoa

symbiosis is a close and often long term relation ship between two biologicly different spiceis that benifits bolth species.  The termites have a symbiotic relation ship with the protozoa in ther guts.. in this relation ship the termites get acitate which they use to make energy out of deal and in return the termites eat wood wich contains cellulose.  the protozoa then digest the cellulose and turn it into acitate and other waste products.  only the acitate is used by ther termite and the rest is expelled via the anus.  In our lab we tore the guts out of living termites and then examind them under a microscope to observe the protozoa.  Although im not sure what the objective was besides recongignizing the different protozoins.  Personally i found the lab a good way to reniforce what the worksheets had presented to us.  the actual ripping out of the termite guts was rather difficult due to thier minscule size.  all in all it was a enjoyable lab that was very informative

here is max ripping apart a termite.
this picture was taken by max's group
and i do not ry and claim credit

this is what the protozoa look like under the microscope.  this picture was also taken by max's group and i donot claim credit