Microbial Community Structure of Leaf-Cutter Ant Fungus Gardens and Refuse Dumps

• Jarrod J. Scott,

  Affiliations United States Department of Energy (DOE) 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, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panamá

  ⨯
• Kevin J. Budsberg,

  Affiliations United States Department of Energy (DOE) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

  ⨯
• Garret Suen,

  Affiliations United States Department of Energy (DOE) 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

  ⨯
• Devin L. Wixon,

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

  ⨯
• Teri C. Balser,

  Affiliations United States Department of Energy (DOE) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

  ⨯
• Cameron R. Currie

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

  Affiliations United States Department of Energy (DOE) 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, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panamá

  ⨯