Attine Fungus Gardens Contain Yeasts
- 10 July 1970
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 169 (3941), 184-186
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.169.3941.184
Abstract
Yeasts were detected in the fungus gardens of Atta cephalotes and Acromyrmex octospinosus by scanning electron microscopy and by microbiological techniques.Keywords
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