A metatranscriptomic approach to the identification of microbiota associated with the ant Formica exsecta

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Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Johansson, Helena ^a   Dhaygude, Kishor ^a   Lindström, Stafva ^a   Helanterä, Heikki ^a   Sundström, Liselotte ^a   Trontti, Kalevi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84894203757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079777     Document Type: Article

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