Do Host Plant and Associated Ant Species Affect Microbial Communities in Myrmecophytes?

Do Host Plant and Associated Ant Species Affect Microbial Communities in Myrmecophytes?

Ant-associated microorganisms can play crucial and often overlooked roles, and given the diversity of interactions that ants have developed, the study of the associated microbiomes is of interest. We focused here on specialist plant-ant species of the genus <i>Allomerus</i> that grow a f...

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Main Authors: Mario X. Ruiz-González, Céline Leroy, Alain Dejean, Hervé Gryta, Patricia Jargeat, Angelo D. Armijos Carrión, Jérôme Orivel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
microbial diversity
domatia
<i>allomerus decemarticulatus</i>
<i>allomerus octoarticulatus</i>
<i>azteca</i> sp. cf. <i>depilis</i>
<i>cordia nodosa</i>
<i>hirtella physophora</i>
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/10/11/391

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