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A fungal symbiont converts provisioned cellulose into edible yield for its leafcutter ant farmers

While ants are dominant consumers in terrestrial habitats, only the leafcutters practice herbivory. Leafcutters do this by provisioning a fungal cultivar (Leucoagaricus gongylophorus) with freshly cut plant fragments and harnessing its metabolic machinery to convert plant mulch into edible fungal ti...

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Autores principales: Conlon, Benjamin H., O'Tuama, David, Michelsen, Anders, Crumière, Antonin J. J., Shik, Jonathan Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9019514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35440234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0022