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Diversity of Termitomyces associated with fungus-farming termites assessed by cultural and culture-independent methods.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Makonde Huxley M, Boga Hamadi I, Osiemo Zipporah, Mwirichia Romano, Stielow J Benjamin, Göker Markus, Klenk Hans-Peter
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Fungus-cultivating termites make use of an obligate mutualism with fungi from the genus Termitomyces, which are acquired through either vertical transmission via reproductive alates or horizontally transmitted during the formation of new mounds. Termitomyces taxonomy, and thus estimating diversity and host specificity of these fungi, is challenging because fruiting bodies are rarely found. Molecular...
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