A community of ants, fungi, and bacteria: A multilateral approach to studying symbiosis

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2001, Pages 357-380

  Currie, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Antibiotics; Coevolution; Fungus growing ants; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANT; BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTS; ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; SYMBIOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCOVOPSIS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034769835     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.55.1.357     Document Type: Review

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