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Title |
Leaf-cutting ant fungi produce cell wall degrading pectinase complexes reminiscent of phytopathogenic fungi
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Published in |
BMC Biology, December 2010
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DOI | 10.1186/1741-7007-8-156 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Morten Schiøtt, Adelina Rogowska-Wrzesinska, Peter Roepstorff, Jacobus J Boomsma |
Abstract |
Leaf-cutting (attine) ants use their own fecal material to manure fungus gardens, which consist of leaf material overgrown by hyphal threads of the basidiomycete fungus Leucocoprinus gongylophorus that lives in symbiosis with the ants. Previous studies have suggested that the fecal droplets contain proteins that are produced by the fungal symbiont to pass unharmed through the digestive system of the ants, so they can enhance new fungus garden growth. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 2 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Spain | 1 | 50% |
Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 129 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Mexico | 2 | 2% |
United States | 2 | 2% |
Denmark | 2 | 2% |
India | 1 | <1% |
Costa Rica | 1 | <1% |
South Africa | 1 | <1% |
Germany | 1 | <1% |
Puerto Rico | 1 | <1% |
Poland | 1 | <1% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 117 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 22 | 17% |
Student > Master | 20 | 16% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 15% |
Student > Bachelor | 14 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 8% |
Other | 31 | 24% |
Unknown | 13 | 10% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 84 | 65% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 10% |
Environmental Science | 4 | 3% |
Chemistry | 3 | 2% |
Unspecified | 2 | 2% |
Other | 5 | 4% |
Unknown | 18 | 14% |