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.
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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.
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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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Colony size predicts division of labour in attine ants. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2014 Division of labour is central to the ecological success of eusocial insects, yet the evolutionary factors driving increases in complexity in division of labour are little known.
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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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More pieces to a huge puzzle: Two new Escovopsis species from fungus gardens of attine ants [PDF]
MycoKeys, 2019 Escovopsis (Ascomycota: Hypocreales, Hypocreaceae) is the only known parasite of the mutualistic fungi cultivated by fungus-growing ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini: Attina, the “attines”). Despite its ecological role, the taxonomy and systematics of
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COEVOLUTION BETWEEN ATTINE ANTS AND ACTINOMYCETE BACTERIA: A REEVALUATION [PDF]
Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution, 2008 We reassess the coevolution between actinomycete bacteria and fungus-gardening (attine) ants. Actinomycete bacteria are of special interest because they are metabolic mutualists of diverse organisms (e.g., in nitrogen-fixation or antibiotic production) and because Pseudonocardia actinomycetes are thought to serve disease-suppressing functions in attine
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The presence of protease activity in the rectal fluid of primitive attine ants [PDF]
Journal of Insect Physiology, 1971 Abstract The excretion of proteolytic enzymes by representative species of the attine genera Atta, Acromyrmex, Sericomyrmex, Trachymyrmex, Myrmicocrypta, Apterostigma , and Cyphomyrmex has been established. The significance of protease excretion by the primitive attines is discussed in light of their use of materials as substrates in their fungus ...
Michael M Martin, J S Martin
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Rectal enzymes of attine ants. α-Amylase and chitinase [PDF]
Journal of Insect Physiology, 1973 The faecal material of seven species of attine ants from the genera Cyphomyrmex, Apterostigma, Myrmicocrypta, Sericomyrmex, and Atta has been shown to contain c+amylase and chitinase, but only a trace of uricase. Chitinase probably serves a beneficial rBle in the fungus-culturing activities of the primitive form.3 by contributing to the degradation of ...
Michael M Martin
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The fungus Escovopsis (Ascomycota: Hypocreales): a critical review of its biology and parasitism of attine ant colonies [PDF]
Frontiers in Fungal BiologyTwo biological phenomena that contribute to increasing complexity in biological systems are mutualistic symbiotic interactions and the evolution of sociality.
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