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Comparative study of actinomycete communities associated with Lasius niger and Formica cunicularia ants and their nests

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A comparative analysis of the abundance and biodiversity of actinomycete communities isolated from living ants Lasius niger and Formica cunicularia, as well as their anthills, has been carried out for the first time. The number of actinomycetes detected in L. niger ants is close to the number of actinomycetes in their anthills and one order is higher than that for F. cunicularia. Actinomycete communities of anthills and the intact soil are characterized by a high diversity, equitability, absence of severe dominants, and the presence of common species and differ by number and the range of species. Biodiversity of actinomycetes associated with living ants is considerably lower than in their nests and the surrounding soil and the range of actinomycetes is specific for both the species of ants.

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  1. Department of Soil Science, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    Yu. V. Zakalyukina & M. V. Golichenkov

  2. All-Russia Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, Pervyi Dorozhnyi proezd 1, Moscow, 113545, Russia

    O. I. Brovkina

  3. Department of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    T. S. Putyatina

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Original Russian Text © Yu.V. Zakalyukina, M.V. Golichenkov, O.I. Brovkina, T.S. Putyatina, 2014, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiya, 2014, No. 3, pp. 30–36.

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Zakalyukina, Y.V., Golichenkov, M.V., Brovkina, O.I. et al. Comparative study of actinomycete communities associated with Lasius niger and Formica cunicularia ants and their nests. Moscow Univ. Biol.Sci. Bull. 69, 118–124 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0096392514030109

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