Specificity and stability of the Acromyrmex-Pseudonocardia symbiosis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4307-4321

  Andersen, S B ^a,b   Hansen, L H ^a   Sapountzis, P ^a   Sorensen S J ^a   Boomsma, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

454 pyrosequencing; attine ant mutualism; bacterial community; Pseudonocardia

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 84882450379     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12380     Document Type: Article

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