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Published on: December 25, 2015
Functional Diversity of Ant-Associated Bacterial Communities
Abstract:
It was found that ants significantly affect the physiological activity and functional diversity of soil microbial communities, and redistribution of biophilic elements (C and N) down through the profile occurs in anthills compared to the control soil, as well as their accumulation in the underground part of the ant nests. A high urease activity was revealed in ant nests and ants. Functional dissimilarities of bacterial communities in all studied objects were determined by the miultisubstrate test.
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