Bacterial community composition and diversity in an ancestral ant fungus symbiosis

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Kellner, Katrin ^a,d   Ishak, Heather D ^a,b   Linksvayer, Timothy A ^c   Mueller, Ulrich G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attines; Coevolution; Host microbe interaction; Lactobacillus; Microbiota; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANCESTRY; ANT; ANTIBIOTICS; COEVOLUTION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SYMBIOSIS;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ACROMYRMEX; ACTINOBACTERIA; ATTA; ATTINI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; LACTOBACILLUS; MYCOCEPURUS SMITHII; PANTOEA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMAL; ANT; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PANAMA; PANTOEA; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; ANTS; FUNGI; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PANAMA; PANTOEA; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84949200742     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiv073     Document Type: Article

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