The fungal cultivar of leaf-cutter ants produces specific enzymes in response to different plant substrates

Herbivores use symbiotic microbes to help derive energy and nutrients from plant material. Leaf-cutter ants are a paradigmatic example, cultivating their mutualistic fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus on plant biomass that workers forage from a diverse collection of plant species. Here, we investiga...

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Pubblicato in:Mol Ecol
Autori principali: Khadempour, Lily, Burnum-Johnson, Kristin E., Baker, Erin S., Nicora, Carrie D., Webb-Robertson, Bobbie-Jo M., White, Richard A., Monroe, Matthew E., Huang, Eric L., Smith, Richard D., Currie, Cameron R.
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 2016
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5118115/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27696597
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13872
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