Insect science
Host and microbial defenses against fungal invaders in a fungus-farming termite.
Erfu Yang, Kasun H Bodawatta, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Milan C Samarakoon, Sylvie Rapior, Chun-I Chiu, Lisu Han, Juan Feng, Madhava Meegaskumbura, Zhenxiong Zhao, Michael Poulsen, Samantha C Karunarathna, Itthayakorn Promputtha
Published: 202510.1111/1744-7917.70207
Abstract
Fungus farming in termites is vulnerable to invasions by opportunistic and specialized fungi that may compromise the Termitomyces fungal crop that these termites rely on for food. Both termite and symbiont defenses contribute to suppressing such fung…
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