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Science 10 July 1970:
Vol. 169. no. 3941, pp. 184 - 186
DOI: 10.1126/science.169.3941.184
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Attine Fungus Gardens Contain Yeasts

Stephen E. Craven 1, Michael W. Dix 2, and Gene E. Michaels 3

1 Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens 30601
2 Department of Zoology, University of Georgia
3 Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia

Yeasts were detected in the fungus gardens of Atta cephalotes and Acromyrmex octospinosus by scanning electron microscopy and by microbiological techniques.


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