Defending against parasites: Fungus-growing ants combine specialized behaviours and microbial symbionts to protect their fungus gardens

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-16

  Little, Ainslie E F ^a,b,c   Murakami, Takahiro ^b,d   Mueller, Ulrich G ^c,e   Currie, Cameron R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycete; Behavioural ecology; Escovopsis; Host parasite interaction; Mutualism; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; SYMBIOSIS;

ANT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCOVOPSIS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 33644899936     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0371     Document Type: Article

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