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Reconstructing the functions of endosymbiotic Mollicutes in fungus-growing ants

Mollicutes, a widespread class of bacteria associated with animals and plants, were recently identified as abundant abdominal endosymbionts in healthy workers of attine fungus-farming leaf-cutting ants. We obtained draft genomes of the two most common strains harbored by Panamanian fungus-growing an...

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Autores principales: Sapountzis, Panagiotis, Zhukova, Mariya, Shik, Jonathan Z, Schiott, Morten, Boomsma, Jacobus J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30454555
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.39209