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BacterioFiles 309 - Fungus Foils Phytophagy

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:08:11
Publish Date: 2017-09-04 00:00:00
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This episode: Fungi living in plants could protect them from ants that cut up their leaves to feed their own fungal gardens!

Download Episode (7.5 MB, 8.2 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Escherichia virus RB3 Journal Paper: Rocha SL, Evans HC, Jorge VL, Cardoso LAO, Pereira FST, Rocha FB, Barreto RW, Hart AG, Elliot SL. 2017. Recognition of endophytic Trichoderma species by leaf-cutting ants and their potential in a Trojan-horse management strategy. R Soc Open Sci 4:160628.

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