Ant-plants and fungi : a new threeway symbiosis

Symbioses between plants and fungi, fungi and ants, and ants and plants all play important roles in ecosystems. Symbioses involving all three partners appear to be rare. Here, we describe a novel tripartite symbiosis in which ants and a fungus inhabit domatia of an ant-plant, and present evidence th...

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Publié dans:The New phytologist. - 1979. - 182(2009), 4 vom: 28. Juni, Seite 942-949
Auteur principal: Defossez, Emmanuel (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Selosse, Marc-André, Dubois, Marie-Pierre, Mondolot, Laurence, Faccio, Antonella, Djieto-Lordon, Champlain, McKey, Doyle, Blatrix, Rumsaïs
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2009
Accès à la collection:The New phytologist
Sujets:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't