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Distinct and enhanced hygienic responses of a leaf‐cutting ant toward repeated fungi exposures

Leaf‐cutting ants and their fungal crops are a textbook example of a long‐term obligatory mutualism. Many microbes continuously enter their nest containing the fungal cultivars, destabilizing the symbiosis and, in some cases, outcompeting the mutualistic partners. Preferably, the ant workers should...

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Autores principales: Goes, Aryel C., Kooij, Pepijn W., Culot, Laurence, Bueno, Odair C., Rodrigues, Andre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9288931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35866016
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9112