Microbial Communities in Different Tissues of Atta sexdens rubropilosa Leaf-cutting Ants
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Microbiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0343-8651,1432-0991
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-017-1307-x