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Oct 2026
Termite sanitary behaviour and their associated bacteria protect against latent Xylaria and entomopathogenic Metarhizium
Abstract Fungus-growing termites harbour diverse microbial communities in their combs and guts. However, culture-based surveys, cross-colony and cross-regional comparisons and assessments of their antimicrobial activities against entomopathogens and fungal weeds remain limited. Through culture-dependent isolation, we s...
Er-Fu Yang, S. C. Karunarathna, Milan C. Samarakoon et al.
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