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Chemical warfare between fungus-growing ants and their pathogens
Fungus-growing attine ants are under constant threat from fungal pathogens such as the specialized mycoparasite Escovopsis, which uses combined physical and chemical attack strategies to prey on the fungal gardens of the ants. In defence, some species assemble protective microbiomes on their exoskel...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7763482/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32949983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.08.001 |