Variation in Pseudonocardia antibiotic defence helps govern parasite-induced morbidity in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Environmental Microbiology Reports

• Publication date

  2009-11-18

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1758-2229.2009.00098.XPMID 22896766PMCID PMC3418327
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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