Disease-free monoculture farming by fungus-growing termites

Fungus-growing termites engage in an obligate mutualistic relationship with Termitomyces fungi, which they maintain in monocultures on specialised fungus comb structures, without apparent problems with infectious diseases. While other fungi have been reported in the symbiosis, detailed comb fungal c...

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Autores principales: Otani, Saria, Challinor, Victoria L., Kreuzenbeck, Nina B., Kildgaard, Sara, Krath Christensen, Søren, Larsen, Louise Lee Munk, Aanen, Duur K., Rasmussen, Silas Anselm, Beemelmanns, Christine, Poulsen, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6584615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31217550
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45364-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6584615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31217550
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45364-z

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