Systems BiologymSystemsPeer-reviewed
From plants to ants: Fungal modification of leaf lipids for nutrition and communication in the leaf-cutter ant fungal garden ecosystem
Lily Khadempour, Jennifer E Kyle, Bobbie‐Jo Webb‐Robertson…·Kristin Burnum-Johnson
This study uses lipidomics to analyze leaf-cutter ant fungal gardens, showing lipids play roles in energy transfer and inter-kingdom communication through differential fatty acid responses.
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