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Symbiotic bacteria on the cuticle of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus protect workers from attack by entomopathogenic fungi

Although only discovered in 1999, the symbiotic filamentous actinobacteria present on the integument of certain species of leaf-cutting ants have been the subject of intense research. These bacteria have been shown to specifically suppress fungal garden parasites by secretion of antibiotics. However...

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Autores principales: Mattoso, Thalles C., Moreira, Denise D. O., Samuels, Richard I.
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3367728/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22130174
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0963
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