Competition-based screening helps to secure the evolutionary stability of a defensive microbiome

Competition-based screening helps to secure the evolutionary stability of a defensive microbiome

Abstract Background The cuticular microbiomes of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants pose a conundrum in microbiome biology because they are freely colonisable, and yet the prevalence of the vertically transmitted bacteria Pseudonocardia, which contributes to the control of Escovopsis fungus garden disease...

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Main Authors: Sarah F. Worsley, Tabitha M. Innocent, Neil A. Holmes, Mahmoud M. Al-Bassam, Morten Schiøtt, Barrie Wilkinson, J. Colin Murrell, Jacobus J. Boomsma, Douglas W. Yu, Matthew I. Hutchings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Biology
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Attini
Game theory
Defensive microbiome
Mutualism
Actinobacteria
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01142-w

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