Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Competition-based screening secures the evolutionary stability of a defensive microbiome
S. F. Worsley, T. M. Innocent, N. A. Holmes…·M. I. Hutchings
The paper shows that competition-based screening by Pseudonocardia symbionts maintains a stable defensive microbiome in Acromyrmex ants by eliminating non-antibiotic-producing microbes.
DOI 10.1186/s12915-021-01142-w