Symbiont recognition of mutualistic bacteria by Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

ISME Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-320

  Zhang, Mingzi M ^a,b   Poulsen, Michael ^a   Currie, Cameron R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Escovopsis; Fungus growing ants; Mutualism; Pseudonocardia; Symbiont choice

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; RNA 16S;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMALS; ANTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ACROMYRMEX; ACTINOBACTERIA; ATTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCOVOPSIS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; PSEUDONOCARDIA;

EID: 34547757523     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2007.41     Document Type: Article

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