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The nesting preference of an invasive ant is associated with the cues produced by actinobacteria in soil

Soil-dwelling animals are at risk of pathogen infection in soils. When choosing nesting sites, animals could reduce this risk by avoiding contact with pathogens, yet there is currently little evidence. We tested this hypothesis using Solenopsis invicta as a model system. Newly mated queens of S. inv...

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Autores principales: Huang, Hongmei, Ren, Lu, Li, Huijing, Schmidt, Axel, Gershenzon, Jonathan, Lu, Yongyue, Cheng, Daifeng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7482974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32913361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008800