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Translating Attine Ant Colony Architecture into Energy-Efficient Structural Frameworks
Journal of Progress in Civil EngineeringSince ages humans have been getting inspired and replicated nature in one way or the other. On Earth, ants are one of the many species that have survived through the process of evolution and adaptation by creating social colonies by building their nest ...
Sarieh Mtaka, Shakoor Taajan
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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
Ana Ješovnik +2 more
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Morphophysiological differences between the metapleural glands of fungus-growing and non-fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The metapleural gland is an organ exclusive to ants. Its main role is to produce secretions that inhibit the proliferation of different types of pathogens.
Alexsandro Santana Vieira +2 more
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Microbial symbionts are shared between ants and their associated beetles
Environmental Microbiology, Volume 25, Issue 12, Page 3466-3483, December 2023., 2023 The colonies of army ants (Formicidae: Dorylinae) are inhabited by hundreds of closely associated insect species (myrmecophiles). Here, we asked about the similarities in microbial community composition between ants and 13 species of myrmecophile beetles.
Catalina Valdivia +6 more
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Three cuticular amides in the tripartite symbiosis of leafcutter ants
Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, Volume 114, Issue 2, Page 1-13, October 2023., 2023 The heatmap points out three alkyl amides specific for leafcutter ants covered with symbiotic bacteria. These findings indicate an interspecific function of the described compounds within the ant−bacteria relationship. Abstract Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) play various roles in insects' chemical ecology. As leafcutter ants live in a specific symbiosis
Johannes‐Paul Fladerer +2 more
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Putting the waste out: a proposed mechanism for transmission of the mycoparasite Escovopsis between leafcutter ant colonies [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 The attine ant system is a remarkable example of symbiosis. An antagonistic partner within this system is the fungal parasite Escovopsis, a genus specific to the fungal gardens of the Attini.
Juliana O. Augustin +4 more
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Mutualistic interactions between ants and fungi: A review
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2023., 2023 We review the mutualistic interactions between ants and fungi. Neotropical myrmicine Attina cultivate Basidiomycota for food, the same being true for certain “plant‐ants” associated with myrmecophytes that also feed on Ascomycota fungi. Otherwise, these Ascomycota have antibacterial properties.
Alain Dejean +6 more
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Ecological Monographs, Volume 93, Issue 1, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Sustaining beneficial gut symbioses presents a major challenge for animals, including holometabolous insects. Social insects may meet such challenges through partner fidelity, aided by behavioral symbiont transfer and transgenerational inheritance through colony founders.
Yi Hu +10 more
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Biological Reviews, Volume 97, Issue 4, Page 1559-1611, August 2022., 2022 ABSTRACT In a much‐cited 1964 paper entitled “Reproductive efficiency in relation to colony size in hymenopterous societies,” Charles Michener investigated the correlation between a colony's size and its reproductive efficiency – the ability of its adult females to produce reproductives, measured as per‐capita output. Based on his analysis of published
Robert L. Jeanne +4 more
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Distinct and enhanced hygienic responses of a leaf‐cutting ant toward repeated fungi exposures
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 7, July 2022., 2022 The leaf‐cutting ant Atta sexdens discriminates between different antagonistic fungi and apply distinct responses to remove them from the fungus garden. Also, successive exposures to the same antagonist increase sanitization in the fungus garden.
Aryel C. Goes +4 more
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