Reconstructing the functions of endosymbiotic Mollicutes in fungus-growing ants

Mollicutes, a widespread class of bacteria associated with animals and plants, were recently identified as abundant abdominal endosymbionts in healthy workers of attine fungus-farming leaf-cutting ants. We obtained draft genomes of the two most common strains harbored by Panamanian fungus-growing an...

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Main Authors: Panagiotis Sapountzis, Mariya Zhukova, Jonathan Z Shik, Morten Schiott, Jacobus J Boomsma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2018-11-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/39209