Specialized Metabolites Reveal Evolutionary History and Geographic Dispersion of a Multilateral Symbiosis
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DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c00978
Abstract: Fungus-growing ants engage in a multilateral symbiosis: they cultivate a fungal garden as their primary food source and host symbiotic actinobacteria (Pseudonocardia spp.) that provide chemical defenses. The bacterial symbionts produce small specialized metabolites that… read more here.
Keywords: multilateral symbiosis; specialized metabolites; metabolites reveal; reveal evolutionary ... See more keywords