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Leaf-cutting ant fungi produce cell wall degrading pectinase complexes reminiscent of phytopathogenic fungi

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Antimicrobial Peptides Keep Insect Endosymbionts Under Control

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Tissue and Stage-Specific Distribution of Wolbachia in Brugia malayi

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Wolbachia infection lowers fertile sperm transfer in a moth

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Endophytic fungi reduce leaf-cutting ant damage to seedlings

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Accelerated microevolution in an outer membrane protein (OMP) of the intracellular bacteria Wolbachia

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Multiple gains and losses of Wolbachia symbionts across a tribe of fungus-growing ants

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Microbial Symbionts in Insects Influence Down-Regulation of Defense Genes in Maize

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Synergy of multiple partners, including freeloaders, increases host fitness in a multispecies mutualism

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Species Interactions in a Parasite Community Drive Infection Risk in a Wildlife Population

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Wolbachia as a bacteriocyte-associated nutritional mutualist

(2009) T. Hosokawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Two fungal symbioses collide: endophytic fungi are not welcome in leaf-cutting ant gardens

(2009) S. A. Van Bael et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

High Symbiont Relatedness Stabilizes Mutualistic Cooperation in Fungus-Growing Termites

(2009) D. K. Aanen et al.   SCIENCE

Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in the Fungus Gardens of Leaf-Cutter Ants

(2009) A. A. Pinto-Tomas et al.   SCIENCE

Interactions between vertically transmitted symbionts: cooperation or conflict?

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SPECIALIZATION AND GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION AMONGWOLBACHIASYMBIONTS FROM ANTS AND LYCAENID BUTTERFLIES

(2008) Jacob A. Russell et al.   EVOLUTION

The ontogeny of immunity: Development of innate immune strength in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)

(2008) Noah Wilson-Rich et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology

(2008) John H. Werren et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The Evolution of Invasiveness in Garden Ants

(2008) Sylvia Cremer et al.   PLoS One

Wolbachia in leafcutter ants: a widespread symbiont that may induce male killing or incompatible matings

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