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Fungus-growing insects host a distinctive microbiota apparently adapted to the fungiculture environment

Some lineages of ants, termites, and beetles independently evolved a symbiotic association with lignocellulolytic fungi cultivated for food, in a lifestyle known as fungiculture. Fungus-growing insects’ symbiosis also hosts a bacterial community thought to integrate their physiology. Similarities in...

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Autores principales: Barcoto, Mariana O., Carlos-Shanley, Camila, Fan, Huan, Ferro, Milene, Nagamoto, Nilson S., Bacci, Mauricio, Currie, Cameron R., Rodrigues, Andre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7381635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32709946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68448-7