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Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 2019 The antibiotic streptazolin (1), its E-isomer (2), along with the stereoisomers strepchazolin A (3) and strepchazolin B (4) and the inorganic compound cyclooctasulfur (5) were produced in solid culture by Streptomyces chartreusis ICBG377, which was ...
Humberto E. Ortega +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2011 Attine ants are dependent on a cultivated fungus for food and use antibiotics produced by symbiotic Actinobacteria as weedkillers in their fungus gardens. Actinobacterial species belonging to the genera Pseudonocardia, Streptomyces and Amycolatopsis have
Ryan F Seipke +6 more
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Antagonistic bacterial interactions help shape host-symbiont dynamics within the fungus-growing ant-microbe mutualism. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2007 Conflict within mutually beneficial associations is predicted to destabilize relationships, and theoretical and empirical work exploring this has provided significant insight into the dynamics of cooperative interactions. Within mutualistic associations,
Michael Poulsen +4 more
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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012 Parental care is rare in most lower vertebrates. By selecting optimal oviposition sites, however, mothers can realize some benefits often associated with parental care. We found three ovoid reptilian eggs within a mature nest of a relatively basal fungus-
Gaspar Bruner +3 more
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Symbiotic complexity: discovery of a fifth symbiont in the attine ant–microbe symbiosis [PDF]
Biology Letters, 2007 The fungus-growing ant–microbe mutualism is a classic example of organismal complexity generated through symbiotic association. The ants have an ancient obligate mutualism with fungi they cultivate for food. The success of the mutualism is threatened by specialized fungal parasites ( Escovopsis ) that consume the ...
Ainslie E F, Little, Cameron R, Currie
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Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant–fungus agricultural symbiosis
Nature Communications, 2016 Attine ants, including the leaf-cutting ants, cultivate fungi as their sole source of food. Here, Nygaard et al. use whole genome and transcriptome sequences from seven ant species and their fungal cultivars to reconstruct the reciprocal genetic changes ...
Sanne Nygaard +16 more
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BMC Biology, 2010 Background Leaf-cutting (attine) ants use their own fecal material to manure fungus gardens, which consist of leaf material overgrown by hyphal threads of the basidiomycete fungus Leucocoprinus gongylophorus that lives in symbiosis with the ants ...
Boomsma Jacobus J +3 more
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How Do Leaf-Cutting Ants Recognize Antagonistic Microbes in Their Fungal Crops?
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Leaf-cutting ants employ diverse behavioral strategies for promoting the growth of fungal cultivars in a structure known as fungus garden. As a nutritionally rich resource for the ants, the fungal crop is threatened by microbial antagonists and pathogens.
Aryel C. Goes +5 more
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Escovopsioides as a fungal antagonist of the fungus cultivated by leafcutter ants
BMC Microbiology, 2018 Background Fungus gardens of fungus-growing (attine) ants harbor complex microbiomes in addition to the mutualistic fungus they cultivate for food. Fungi in the genus Escovopsioides were recently described as members of this microbiome but their role in ...
Julio Flavio Osti, Andre Rodrigues
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IMA Fungus, 2021 Escovopsis is a diverse group of fungi, which are considered specialized parasites of the fungal cultivars of fungus-growing ants. The lack of a suitable taxonomic framework and phylogenetic inconsistencies have long hampered Escovopsis research. The aim
Quimi Vidaurre Montoya +4 more
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