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8 Cards in this Set
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What do termites need to digest wood?
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Microbial gut endosymbionts or an exosymbiont
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Leaf cutter ants
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Symbiosis between ant and fungus
Ants carry the fungus to new nests and ants provide for the needs of their fungus and the fungus feeds them. |
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T or F
An additional mutualism exists between the ants fungus and bacteria that make antibiotics that controls mold |
True
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Acacia symbiosis
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Symbiotic ants protect the Acacia plants from herbavores and prune away competing plants.
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T or F
Plants have special adaptations to allow ants to live on them |
T
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what ants have special behaviors that make them valuable to bullthorn acacias?
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Pseudomyrmex ants
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Ants appear to function in place of
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alkaloids
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Rewards for pollinator
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Nectar, 10-60% mono- or disaccharides, may have amino acids too
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