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Escovopsioides as a fungal antagonist of the fungus cultivated by leafcutter ants

BACKGROUND: Fungus gardens of fungus-growing (attine) ants harbor complex microbiomes in addition to the mutualistic fungus they cultivate for food. Fungi in the genus Escovopsioides were recently described as members of this microbiome but their role in the ant-fungus symbiosis is poorly known. In...

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Autores principales: Osti, Julio Flavio, Rodrigues, Andre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6180628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30305028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-018-1265-x