Yeasts associated with nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908

1 January 1997

journal article
Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Vol. 71 (3), 243-248
https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1000182108648

Abstract

A total of 137 yeasts associated with the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908 were characterized, being selected 93 for analysis. Twenty four species belonging to seven genera...

Keywords

MICROORGANISMS
ATTA SEXDENS
LEAF CUTTING
CUTTING ANT
SEXDENS RUBROPILOSA
YEASTS ASSOCIATED
ANT ATTA
RUBROPILOSA FOREL

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