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Litter-forager termite mounds enhance the ectomycorrhizal symbiosis between Acacia holosericea A. Cunn. Ex G. Don and Scleroderma dictyosporum isolates.
FEMS microbiology ecology - 1 May 2006
Duponnois Robin, Assikbetse Komi, Ramanankierana Heriniaina, Kisa Marija, Thioulouse Jean, Lepage Michel
Abstract excerpt
The hypothesis of the present study was that the termite mounds of Macrotermes subhyalinus (MS) (a litter-forager termite) were inhabited by a specific microflora that could enhance with the ectomycorrhizal fungal development. We tested the effect of this feeding group mound material on (i) the ectomycorrhization symbiosis between Acacia holosericea (an Australian Acacia introduced in the sahelian areas) and two...
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