Symbiont-Mediated Protection of Acromyrmex Leaf-Cutter Ants from the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

Many fungus-growing ants engage in a defensive symbiosis with antibiotic-producing ectosymbiotic bacteria in the genus Pseudonocardia, which help protect the ants’ fungal mutualist from a specialized mycoparasite, Escovopsis. Here, using germfree ant rearing and experimental pathogen infection treat...

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Autores principales: Bruner-Montero, Gaspar, Wood, Matthew, Horn, Heidi A., Gemperline, Erin, Li, Lingjun, Currie, Cameron R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8689564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34933458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01885-21

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8689564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34933458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01885-21

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