Nectar bacteria, but not yeast, weaken a plant-pollinator mutualism

Mutualistic interactions are often subject to exploitation by species that are not directly involved in the mutualism. Understanding which organisms act as such 'third-party' species and how they do so is a major challenge in the current study of mutualistic interactions. Here, we show tha...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Vol. 280; no. 1752; p. 20122601
Main Authors:	Vannette, Rachel L, Gauthier, Marie-Pierre L, Fukami, Tadashi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 07.02.2013
Subjects:	Animals Birds - physiology California DNA, Bacterial - genetics Feeding Behavior Flowers - microbiology Flowers - physiology Gluconobacter - classification Gluconobacter - genetics Gluconobacter - isolation & purification Gluconobacter - physiology Metschnikowia - classification Metschnikowia - genetics Metschnikowia - isolation & purification Metschnikowia - physiology Mimulus - microbiology Mimulus - physiology Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny Plant Nectar - chemistry Plant Nectar - metabolism Pollination Reproduction RNA, Fungal - genetics RNA, Ribosomal - genetics RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics Sequence Analysis, DNA Symbiosis California
ISSN:	1471-2954, 1471-2954
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