Interaction between Workers during a Short Time Window Is Required for Bacterial Symbiont Transmission in Acromyrmex Leaf-Cutting Ants

• Sarah E. Marsh,

  Current address: Institute of Biology of the École Normal Supérieure, Paris, France

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Michael Poulsen,

  Current address: Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen East, Denmark

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Adrián Pinto-Tomás,

  Affiliations Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica, Centro de Investigación en Estructuras Microscópicas, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica

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• Cameron R. Currie

  * E-mail: currie@bact.wisc.edu

  Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, U.S. Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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