Symbiotic bacteria and the structural specializations in the ileum of Cephalotes ants

Micron

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-381

  Bution, Murillo L ^a   Caetano, F H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ants; Cephalotes; Ileum; Symbionts; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE TRACT; STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY; SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA; ULTRAMORPHOLOGY;

BACTERIOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ILEUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BACTERIA; ILEUM; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOTES; CEPHALOTES ATRATUS; CEPHALOTES CLYPEATUS; CEPHALOTES PUSILLUS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 77949491003     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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