image: This is the inside of a colony of Macrotermes natalensis in South Africa. Fungus gardens are arranged in an interconnected network of chambers, each containing a mass of masticated plant substrate in which Termitomyces grows. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Nov. 20 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Duur Aanen of Wageningen University and Research Center in Wageningen, Netherlands, and colleagues was titled, "High Symbiont Relatedness Stabilizes Mutualistic Cooperation in Fungus-Growing Termites." view more
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