Bacterial Composition and Diversity of the Digestive Tract of Odontomachus monticola Emery and Ectomomyrmex javanus Mayr
Ponerine ants are generalist predators feeding on a variety of small arthropods, annelids, and isopods; however, knowledge of their bacterial communities is rather limited.This study investigated the bacterial composition and diversity in the digestive tract (different gut sections Originals Scarf and the infrabuccal pockets (IBPs)) of two ponerine