You don’t have the guts: a diverse set of fungi survive passage through Macrotermes bellicosus termite guts

You don’t have the guts: a diverse set of fungi survive passage through Macrotermes bellicosus termite guts

Abstract Background Monoculture farming poses significant disease challenges, but fungus-farming termites are able to successfully keep their monoculture crop free from contamination by other fungi. It has been hypothesised that obligate gut passage of all plant substrate used to manure the fungal s...

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Main Authors: Nick Bos, Leandro Guimaraes, Romen Palenzuela, Justinn Renelies-Hamilton, Lorrie Maccario, Simon Kolotchèlèma Silue, N.’golo Abdoulaye Koné, Michael Poulsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Antimicrobial defence
Macrotermitinae
Mycobiome
Pseudoxylaria
Termitomyces
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-01727-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-01727-z

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