Localization of Bacterial Communities within Gut Compartments across<i>Cephalotes</i>Turtle Ants
Peter J. Flynn, Catherine L. D’Amelio, Jon G. Sanders, Jacob A. Russell, Corrie S. Moreau
Abstract
Gut compartments play an important role in structuring the microbial community within individual ants. The gut chambers of the turtle ant digestive tract differ remarkably in symbiont abundance and diversity.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyTurtle (robot)MicrobiomeZoologyBacteriaHost (biology)VertebrateANTDigestive tractGut floraEcologyBioinformaticsGeneMedicineGeneticsBiochemistryInternal medicineImmunologyInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesPlant and animal studies