Acromyrmex Leaf-Cutting Ants Have Simple Gut Microbiota with Nitrogen-Fixing Potential

Ants and termites have independently evolved obligate fungus-farming mutualisms, but their gardening procedures are fundamentally different, as the termites predigest their plant substrate whereas the ants deposit it directly on the fungus garden. Fungus-growing termites retained diverse gut microbi...

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Published in:Appl Environ Microbiol
Main Authors: Sapountzis, Panagiotis, Zhukova, Mariya, Hansen, Lars H., Sørensen, Søren J., Schiøtt, Morten, Boomsma, Jacobus J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015
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Environmental Microbiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4510174/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26048932
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00961-15
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