Chemical warfare between leafcutter ant symbionts and a co-evolved pathogen

Acromyrmex leafcutter ants form a mutually beneficial symbiosis with the fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus and with Pseudonocardia bacteria. Both are vertically transmitted and actively maintained by the ants. The fungus garden is manured with freshly cut leaves and provides the sole food for the a...

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Autores principales: Heine, Daniel, Holmes, Neil A., Worsley, Sarah F., Santos, Ana Carolina A., Innocent, Tabitha M., Scherlach, Kirstin, Patrick, Elaine H., Yu, Douglas W., Murrell, J. Colin, Vieria, Paulo C., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Hertweck, Christian, Hutchings, Matthew I., Wilkinson, Barrie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5992151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29880868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04520-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5992151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29880868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04520-1

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