A Single Streptomyces Symbiont Makes Multiple Antifungals to Support the Fungus Farming Ant Acromyrmex octospinosus

Attine ants are dependent on a cultivated fungus for food and use antibiotics produced by symbiotic Actinobacteria as weedkillers in their fungus gardens. Actinobacterial species belonging to the genera Pseudonocardia, Streptomyces and Amycolatopsis have been isolated from attine ant nests and shown...

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Autores principales: Seipke, Ryan F., Barke, Jörg, Brearley, Charles, Hill, Lionel, Yu, Douglas W., Goss, Rebecca J. M., Hutchings, Matthew I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3153929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21857911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022028

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3153929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21857911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022028

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