Specificity in the symbiotic association between fungus-growing ants and protective Pseudonocardia bacteria

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2011-06-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2010.2118PMID 21106596PMCID PMC3097832
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