Bacterial communities in termite fungus combs are comprised of consistent gut deposits and contributions from the environment

Fungus-growing termites (subfamily Macrotermitinae) mix plant forage with asexual spores of their plant-degrading fungal symbiont Termitomyces in their guts and deposit this blend in fungus comb structures, within which the plant matter is degraded. As Termitomyces grows, it produces nodules with as...

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Autores principales: Otani, Saria, Hansen, Lars H., Sørensen, Søren J., Poulsen, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2015
Materias:
Invertebrate Microbiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4686563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26518432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-015-0692-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4686563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26518432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-015-0692-6

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