Army ants harbor a host-specific clade of Entomoplasmatales bacteria.
Appl Environ Microbiol
; 77(1): 346-50, 2011 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-21075876
ABSTRACT
In this article, we describe the distributions of Entomoplasmatales bacteria across the ants, identifying a novel lineage of gut bacteria that is unique to the army ants. While our findings indicate that the Entomoplasmatales are not essential for growth or development, molecular analyses suggest that this relationship is host specific and potentially ancient. The documented trends add to a growing body of literature that hints at a diversity of undiscovered associations between ants and bacterial symbionts.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Hormigas
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Tenericutes
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Appl Environ Microbiol
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos