Microbial Community Structure of Leaf-Cutter Ant Fungus Gardens and Refuse Dumps

Background: Leaf-cutter ants use fresh plant material to grow a mutualistic fungus that serves as the ants' primary food source. Within fungus gardens, various plant compounds are metabolized and transformed into nutrients suitable for ant consumption. This symbiotic association produces a larg...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2010-03, Vol.5 (3), p.e9922-e9922
Hauptverfasser:	Scott, Jarrod J, Budsberg, Kevin J, Suen, Garret, Wixon, Devin L, Balser, Teri C, Currie, Cameron R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anaerobic bacteria Analysis Animals Ants Ants - microbiology Bacteria Bacteriology Bacteroidetes - metabolism Behavior, Animal Biodegradation Biogeochemistry Biomass Cell Membrane - metabolism Clustering Colonies Community structure Comparative analysis Composting Degradation Ecology/Community Ecology and Biodiversity Ecology/Evolutionary Ecology Ecosystems Evolutionary Biology/Animal Behavior Fatty acids Flowers & plants Food plants Food sources Fungi Fungi - metabolism Fungiculture Fungus gardens Garbage Gardens Gardens & gardening Gram-negative bacteria Hot Temperature Leaves Lignocellulose Lipids - chemistry Microbial activity Microbiology/Applied Microbiology Microbiology/Environmental Microbiology Microbiology/Microbial Evolution and Genomics Microbiology/Microbial Growth and Development Microbiomes Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms) Microorganisms Nutrients Plant biomass Plant Leaves - metabolism Plant Leaves - microbiology Plants - metabolism Proteobacteria - metabolism Refuse Refuse Disposal Science Soil sciences Solid wastes Symbiosis Taxa Waste management
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