A mixed community of actinomycetes produce multiple antibiotics for the fungus farming ant Acromyrmex octospinosus

2010248 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Jörg Barke · University of East Anglia

Ryan F. Seipke · University of East Anglia

Sabine Grüschow · Norwich Research Park

Darren Heavens · Earlham Institute

Nizar Drou · Earlham Institute

Mervyn J. Bibb · John Innes Centre

Rebecca J. M. Goss ·

Abstract

Our results show that a combination of co-evolution and environmental sampling results in the diversity of actinomycete symbionts and antibiotics associated with attine ants.

Topics & Keywords

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Plant and animal studies Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Biology

Volume 8, Issue 1, pp. 109-109

DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-109

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