EcologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
Symbiotic solutions for colony nutrition: conserved nitrogen recycling within the bacterial pouch of Tetraponera ants
Mingjie Ma, Qiang Li, Fan Wu…·Yi Hu
This study examines nitrogen recycling in Tetraponera ants via their bacterial pouch symbionts, showing that symbiont-assimilated nitrogen supports colony fitness and larval growth.
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