Phylogenetic analysis of mutualistic filamentous bacteria associated with fungus-growing ants

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 441-446

  Cafaro, Matias J ^a,b   Currie, Cameron R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Attine ants; Mutualism; Phylogeny; Pseudonocardia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; FOOD PRODUCTS; MORPHOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTINOMYCETES; ATTINE ANTS; MUTUALISM; PHYLOGENCY; PSEUDONOCARDIA;

BACTERIA;

DNA 16S;

ANT; BACTERIUM; MUTUALISM; PHYLOGENETICS; SYMBIOSIS;

ACROMYRMEX; ACTINOMYCES; ANT; APTEROSTIGMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BASIDIOMYCETES; CULTIVAR; ESCOVOPSIS; EVOLUTION; FOOD; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDONOCARDIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS; TRACHYMYRMEX; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; ANTS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ACROMYRMEX; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCETALES; APTEROSTIGMA; ATTINI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; ESCOVOPSIS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; PSEUDONOCARDIA; PSEUDONOCARDIACEAE; TRACHYMYRMEX;

EID: 27844518266     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-023     Document Type: Article

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