Chemical warfare between leafcutter ant symbionts and a co-evolved pathogen

Acromyrmex leafcutter ants form a mutually beneficial symbiosis with the fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus and with Pseudonocardia bacteria. Both are vertically transmitted and actively maintained by the ants. The fungus garden is manured with freshly cut leaves and provides the sole food for the a...

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izdano v:Nat Commun
Main Authors: Heine, Daniel, Holmes, Neil A., Worsley, Sarah F., Santos, Ana Carolina A., Innocent, Tabitha M., Scherlach, Kirstin, Patrick, Elaine H., Yu, Douglas W., Murrell, J. Colin, Vieria, Paulo C., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Hertweck, Christian, Hutchings, Matthew I., Wilkinson, Barrie
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Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5992151/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29880868
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04520-1
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