Metagenomics reveals diet-specific specialization of bacterial communities in fungus gardens of grass- and dicot-cutter ants
L. Khadempour, H. Fan, K. Keefover-Ring, C. Carlos, N. S. Nagamoto, M. A. Dam, M. T. Pupo, C. R. Currie
The paper examines bacterial community differences in fungus gardens of grass- and dicot-cutter ants, finding distinct compositions and functional profiles linked to substrate type.
bioRxiv · Aug 13, 2019Microbiology