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Caste-specific nutritional differences define carbon and nitrogen fluxes within symbiotic food webs in African termite mounds
Fungus-growing termites of the genus Macrotermes cultivate symbiotic fungi (Termitomyces) in their underground nest chambers to degrade plant matter collected from the environment. Although the general mechanism of food processing is relatively well-known, it has remained unclear whether the termite...
Autores principales: | Vesala, Risto, Arppe, Laura, Rikkinen, Jouko |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6853943/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31723187 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53153-x |
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