Metagenomic and metaproteomic insights into bacterial communities in leaf-cutter ant fungus gardens

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1688-1701

  Aylward, Frank O ^a   Burnum, Kristin E ^b   Scott, Jarrod J ^a,c   Suen, Garret ^a   Tringe, Susannah G ^d   Adams, Sandra M ^a   Barry, Kerrie W ^d   Nicora, Carrie D ^b   Piehowski, Paul D ^b   Purvine, Samuel O ^b   Starrett, Gabriel J ^a   Goodwin, Lynne A ^d   Smith, Richard D ^b   Lipton, Mary S ^b   Currie, Cameron R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atta; leaf cutter ants; Leucoagaricus gongylophorus; microbial consortia; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANT; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORAGE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HERBIVORE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOMICS; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; ENTEROBACTER; FUNGI; METAGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOMICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; ATTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA; LEUCOAGARICUS GONGYLOPHORUS; METAZOA; PANTOEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84865343447     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.10     Document Type: Article

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