Ileum of the Cephalotes ants: A specialized structure to harbor symbionts microorganisms

Micron

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 897-909

  Bution, Murillo Lino ^a   Caetano, F H ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cephalotes; Histochemistry; Microorganisms; Ultra morphology

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM;

DIGESTIVE TRACTS; MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES;

MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ILEUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ILEUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

CEPHALOTES; CEPHALOTES ATRATUS; CEPHALOTES CLYPEATUS; CEPHALOTES PUSILLUS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 48749116933     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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