Bacterial symbiont sharing in Megalomyrmex social parasites and their fungus‐growing ant hosts
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Summary
It is shown that social parasites and hosts share a subset of bacterial symbionts, primarily consisting of Entomoplasmatales, Bartonellaceae, Acinetobacter, Wolbachia and Pseudonocardia, which imply that cohabiting ant social parasite and hosts may obtain functional benefits fromacterial symbiont transfer even when they are not closely related.
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- article
- Published
- 2015-06-01
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- 32
- References
- 97
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- Open access
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Keywords
Biology, Wolbachia, Symbiosis, Host (biology), Generalist and specialist species
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