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Fungus-growing ants use antibiotic-producing bacteria to control garden parasites
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- Authors
- Currie, C. R., Scott, J. A., Summerbell, R. C., & Malloch, D.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1999-04-22
- Volume
- 398
- Issue
- 6729
- Pages
- 701-704
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W1666537385
- Cited by
- 853
- References
- 10
- FWCI
- 8.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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