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An Insect Herbivore Microbiome with High Plant Biomass-Degrading Capacity

Herbivores can gain indirect access to recalcitrant carbon present in plant cell walls through symbiotic associations with lignocellulolytic microbes. A paradigmatic example is the leaf-cutter ant (Tribe: Attini), which uses fresh leaves to cultivate a fungus for food in specialized gardens. Using a...

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Autores principales: Suen, Garret, Scott, Jarrod J., Aylward, Frank O., Adams, Sandra M., Tringe, Susannah G., Pinto-Tomás, Adrián A., Foster, Clifton E., Pauly, Markus, Weimer, Paul J., Barry, Kerrie W., Goodwin, Lynne A., Bouffard, Pascal, Li, Lewyn, Osterberger, Jolene, Harkins, Timothy T., Slater, Steven C., Donohue, Timothy J., Currie, Cameron R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2944797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20885794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1001129