High diversity and low host-specificity of Termitomyces symbionts cultivated by Microtermes spp. indicate frequent symbiont exchange
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عنوان ژورنال: Fungal Ecology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1754-5048
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100917