Hidden genetic diversity among Blochmanniella endosymbionts of closely related carpenter ant populations
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Carpenter ants (Family Formicidae; Genus Camponotus) are a globally distributed, arboreal clade. They harbor an intracellular obligate bacterial endosymbiont known as "Candidatus Blochmanniella spp." (hereafter Blochmanniella). The host ant species, C. vicin... ...
