Specialized Fungal Parasites and Opportunistic Fungi in Gardens of Attine Ants [PDF]
Psyche: Journal of Entomology, 2012 Ants in the tribe Attini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) comprise about 230 described species that share the same characteristic: all coevolved in an ancient mutualism with basidiomycetous fungi cultivated for food. In this paper we focused on fungi other than
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Antifungal compounds from Streptomyces associated with attine ants also inhibit Leishmania donovani [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019 Bacterial strains isolated from attine ants showed activity against the insect specialized fungal pathogen Escovopsis and also against the human protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani.
René F Ramos Alvarenga +2 more
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Host Susceptibility Modulates Escovopsis Pathogenic Potential in the Fungiculture of Higher Attine Ants [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Health and disease emerge from intricate interactions between genotypes, phenotypes, and environmental features. The outcomes of such interactions are context-dependent, existing as a dynamic continuum ranging from benefits to damage.
Irina Jiménez-Gómez +7 more
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Evolutionary patterns of proteinase activity in attine ant fungus gardens [PDF]
BMC Microbiology, 2011 Background Attine ants live in symbiosis with a basidiomycetous fungus that they rear on a substrate of plant material. This indirect herbivory implies that the symbiosis is likely to be nitrogen deprived, so that specific mechanisms may have evolved to ...
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Shared Escovopsis parasites between leaf-cutting and non-leaf-cutting ants in the higher attine fungus-growing ant symbiosis [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 Fungus-gardening (attine) ants grow fungus for food in protected gardens, which contain beneficial, auxiliary microbes, but also microbes harmful to gardens.
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A mixed community of actinomycetes produce multiple antibiotics for the fungus farming ant
BMC Biology, 2010 Background Attine ants live in an intensely studied tripartite mutualism with the fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, which provides food to the ants, and with antibiotic-producing actinomycete bacteria.
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Interactions among Escovopsis, Antagonistic Microfungi Associated with the Fungus-Growing Ant Symbiosis [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Fungi in the genus Escovopsis (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) are prevalent associates of the complex symbiosis between fungus-growing ants (Tribe Attini), the ants’ cultivated basidiomycete fungi and a consortium of both beneficial and harmful microbes found ...
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Phylogenomics and Divergence Dating of Fungus-Farming Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Genera Sericomyrmex and Apterostigma. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Fungus-farming ("attine") ants are model systems for studies of symbiosis, coevolution, and advanced eusociality. A New World clade of nearly 300 species in 15 genera, all attine ants cultivate fungal symbionts for food. In order to better understand the
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Fungal Cultivars of Higher Attine Ants Promote Escovopsis Chemotropism [PDF]
Current Microbiology, 2023 In varied environments, microorganisms search for partners or nutritional resources using chemical signals. Microbes are drawn (chemotaxis) or grow directionally (chemotropism) towards the chemical source, enabling them to establish and maintain symbiosis.
Karina B. de Oliveira +4 more
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More diverse than previously thought: a novel Hypocreaceae symbiont from Apterostigma fungus-farming ants [PDF]
IMA FungusFungi in the family Hypocreaceae colonize a wide range of habitats, including the nests of fungus-farming ants (Attini, the “attines”). Although several Hypocreaceae genera are known from attine ant nests, recent studies indicate an even greater ...
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