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Cover: Journal of Basic Microbiology. 1/2013
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of basic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0233-111X
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.201370001
Subject(s) - fungus , mutualism (biology) , hypha , biology , trophic level , botany , host (biology) , cover (algebra) , mycorrhizal fungi , ecology , horticulture , inoculation , engineering , mechanical engineering
Hyphae of the fungal symbiont, Trimmatostroma sp., cultivated by the plant ant Allomerus decemarticulatus to build galleries on their host plant, Hirtella physophora . The fungus also acts as a trophic mediator improving nutrient uptake by the host plant in this tripartite ant‐plant‐fungus mutualism. (Photo: Mario X. Ruiz‐González, Valencia, Spain)