Table 2 Bacteria reported present in termite mound soils and their corresponding surrounding soils

Kenya

Macrotermes michaelseni

Proteobacteria, Nitrospirae, Gemmatimonadetes, Firmicutes, Fibrobacteres, Cyanobacteria, Chloroflexi, Bacteroidetes, Acidobacteria, and Actinobacteria

Armatimonadetes, SM2F11, WCHB1–60 Spirochaetes, Proteobacteria, Planctomycetes, Nitrospirae, Gemmatimonadetes, Firmicutes, Fibrobacteres, Elusimicrobia, Cyanobacteria, Chloroflexi, Chlorobi, Candidate division WS3, Bacteroidetes, Acidobacteria, and Actinobacteria

Makonde et al. (2015))

Kenya

Odontotermes sp.

Candidate division, TM7, Bacteroidetes, Chlorobi, Candidate division WS3, Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Elusimicrobia, Planctomycetes, Spirochaetes

Armatimonadetes, SM2F11, WCHB1–60 Spirochaetes, Proteobacteria, Planctomycetes, Nitrospirae, Gemmatimonadetes, Firmicutes, Fibrobacteres, Elusimicrobia, Cyanobacteria, Chloroflexi, Chlorobi, Candidate division WS3, Bacteroidetes, Acidobacteria, and Actinobacteria

Makonde et al. (2015))

Senegal

Cubitermes niokoloensis

Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, and Planctomycetes

Firmicutes, Alphaproteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Chlorobi, Deltaproteobacteria, and Chloroflexi

Fall et al. (2007))

India

Not specified

Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, Chlorobi, Synergistetes, Bacteroidetes, Cyanobacteria, Deinococcus-Thermus, Proteobacteria, and Spirochaetes

–

Manjula et al. (2014))

India

Not specified

Nitrospirae, Chloroflexi, Bacteroidetes, Gemmatimonadetes, Tenericutes, Actinobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Deinococcus, Planctomycetes, Firmicutes, Chlamydiae, Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, and Verrucomicrobia

–

Manjula et al. (2016))

Thailand

Not specified

Streptomyces, Amycolatopsis, Pseudonocardia, Micromonospora, and Nocardia

–

Sujada et al. (2014))