The Origin and In Situ Identification of Uncultured Gut Bacteria in Fourth-Instar Larvae of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
This study corroborated the findings of Lee et al. (2008) and relied on culture-independent techniques, particularly 16S rDNA sequencing. Results from the study demonstrated that ants in captivity completely change their gut bacterial diversity strongly supports the conclusion that fire ant gut bac...
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Language: | English |
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Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
2014-10-01
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Series: | Sociobiology |
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Online Access: | http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/665 |