Fungus-growing ants use antibiotic-producing bacteria to control garden parasites

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• Publication year

  1999

• Venue

  Nature

• Publication date

  1999-04-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/19519
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