Leaf-cutting ant fungi produce cell wall degrading pectinase complexes reminiscent of phytopathogenic fungi

BACKGROUND: Leaf-cutting (attine) ants use their own fecal material to manure fungus gardens, which consist of leaf material overgrown by hyphal threads of the basidiomycete fungus Leucocoprinus gongylophorus that lives in symbiosis with the ants. Previous studies have suggested that the fecal dropl...

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Autores principales: Schiøtt, Morten, Rogowska-Wrzesinska, Adelina, Roepstorff, Peter, Boomsma, Jacobus J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3022778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21194476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-156

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3022778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21194476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-156

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