Leaf-cutting ant fungi produce cell wall degrading pectinase complexes reminiscent of phytopathogenic fungi

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"Droplets of this fecal fluid are mixed with the new leaf material...to become fungus garden substrate." https://t.co/TpXJ7hZSbm

Fungus enzyme is enriched in the Leafcutter ant poo, and surprisingly is still active. https://t.co/TpXJ7hZSbm

#tbt: the life cycle of fecal droplet proteins in an ant & fungus endosymbiont system http://t.co/tDI0ndUtbO #antpoop http://t.co/Fn657KgR3L

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