Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 32.1, Problem 4.1RIA
Describe the amensalism observed in attine ant communities. What other types of interactions are present in these communities?
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Match the following situations with their correct interactions. Choose between mutualism, commensalism and parasitism.
Leaf cutter ants cultivate a fungal garden to feed the fungus to the ant larvae. Answer
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Prescott's Microbiology
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