Examining the extent of coevolution between fungus-farming ants and the bacteria that live on their exoskeleton

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Oct 15, 2024, 3:01 pm229 ptsTop
A study investigates the evolution of beneficial bacteria that live inside and on the surface of farming ants. Attine ants farm fungi, in one of the natural world's best-studied mutualistic symbioses. In the 1990s, the picture of this mutualism was expanded to include another partner: an actinobacteria,…

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