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Abdominal microbial communities in ants depend on colony membership rather than caste and are linked to colony productivity
Gut bacteria aid their host in digestion and pathogen defense, and bacterial communities that differ in diversity or composition may vary in their ability to do so. Typically, the gut microbiomes of animals living in social groups converge as members share a nest environment and frequently interact....
Autores principales: | Segers, Francisca H. I. D., Kaltenpoth, Martin, Foitzik, Susanne |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6912891/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31871657 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5801 |
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