Metabolism of Plant Polysaccharides byLeucoagaricus gongylophorus, the Symbiotic Fungus of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Atta sexdens L

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• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  Applied and Environmental Microbiology

• Publication date

  1998-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1128/AEM.64.12.4820-4822.1998PMID 9835568PMCID PMC90928
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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