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The Dynamics of Plant Cell-Wall Polysaccharide Decomposition in Leaf-Cutting Ant Fungus Gardens

The degradation of live plant biomass in fungus gardens of leaf-cutting ants is poorly characterised but fundamental for understanding the mutual advantages and efficiency of this obligate nutritional symbiosis. Controversies about the extent to which the garden-symbiont Leucocoprinus gongylophorus...

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Autores principales: Moller, Isabel E., De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Harholt, Jesper, Willats, William G. T., Boomsma, Jacobus J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3053354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21423735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017506