Symbiont-Mediated Protection of Acromyrmex Leaf-Cutter Ants from the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae
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DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01885-21
Abstract: In some plants and animals, beneficial microbes mediate host immune response against pathogens, including by serving as defensive symbionts that produce antimicrobial compounds. Defensive symbionts are known in several insects, including some leaf-cutter ants where… read more here.
Keywords: acromyrmex; protection; pseudonocardia; symbiont ... See more keywords