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Microbial community modulates growth of symbiotic fungus required for stingless bee metamorphosis
The Brazilian stingless bee Scaptotrigona depilis requires the brood cells-associated fungus Zygosaccharomyces sp. as steroid source for metamorphosis. Besides the presence of Zygosaccharomyces sp., other fungi inhabit S. depilis brood cells, but their biological functions are unknown. Here we show...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6657851/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31344052 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219696 |