Pseudonocardia
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pseudonocardia-286-9289619
title:
Pseudonocardia
text:
Pseudonocardia is a genus of the bacteria family Pseudonocardiaceae. Members of this genus have been found living mutualistically on the cuticle of the leafcutter ants because the bacteria has antibiotic properties that protect the fungus grown by the ants. When they are grooming, their legs are passed over their mouth gland that produces the antibiotic and then their legs touch the fungi while they are walking around. The ants have metapleural glands that produce the antimicrobial components to
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Genus of bacteria
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonocardia
date created:
date modified:
2023-12-27T18:32:15Z
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image:
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13
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