Nutritional upgrading for omnivorous carpenter ants by the endosymbiont <it>Blochmannia</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Carpenter ants (genus <it>Camponotus</it>) are considered to be omnivores. Nonetheless, the genome sequence of <it>Blochmannia floridanus</it>, the obligate intracellular endosymbiont of <it>Camponotus f...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-10-01
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Series: | BMC Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/48 |