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Shared Escovopsis parasites between leaf-cutting and non-leaf-cutting ants in the higher attine fungus-growing ant symbiosis

Fungus-gardening (attine) ants grow fungus for food in protected gardens, which contain beneficial, auxiliary microbes, but also microbes harmful to gardens. Among these potentially pathogenic microorganisms, the most consistently isolated are fungi in the genus Escovopsis, which are thought to co-e...

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Autores principales: Meirelles, Lucas A., Solomon, Scott E., Bacci, Mauricio, Wright, April M., Mueller, Ulrich G., Rodrigues, Andre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4593684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26473050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150257