Cellulose-Enriched Microbial Communities from Leaf-Cutter Ant (Atta colombica) Refuse Dumps Vary in Taxonomic Composition and Degradation Ability

• Gina R. Lewin,

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

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• Amanda L. Johnson,

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

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• Rolando D. Moreira Soto,

  Affiliations Centro de Investigación en Estructuras Microscópicas, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

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• Kailene Perry,

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

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• Adam J. Book,

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

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• Heidi A. Horn,

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

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• Adrián A. Pinto-Tomás,

  Affiliations Centro de Investigación en Estructuras Microscópicas, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, Centro de Investigación en Biología Celular y Molecular, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

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• Cameron R. Currie

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

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

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