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Sociobiology, 2015 This study aimed to evaluate the occurrence of natural parasitism in Acromyrmex landolti Forel, identify parasitoids associated to the species and to estimate parasitism rates. The experiment was conducted from January to May 2012 in Itapetinga, BA.
Maria Aparecida Castellani +6 more
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Harnessing Molecular and Bioactivity Network Analysis to Prioritize Antibacterial Compound Isolation From Ant-Associated Fungi. [PDF]
Phytochem AnalABSTRACT Introduction Antimicrobial resistance is a global public health problem that requires the development of new bioactive compounds. In this context, metabolomic analyses can expedite the research of fungal metabolites as a valuable resource. Objectives To investigate the metabolic profiles and isolate antibacterial compounds from micromycetes ...
Aguilar-Colorado ÁS +2 more
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EntomoBrasilis, 2014 The metapleural gland (MPG) is an exocrine structure, exclusive to formicids, being more developed in females and workers. This structure is stunted or nonexistent in males.
Luciane Junqueira, Elena Diehl
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Microorganisms, 2021 The rapid emergence of bacterial resistance to antibiotics has urged the need to find novel bioactive compounds against resistant microorganisms. For that purpose, different strategies are being followed, one of them being exploring secondary metabolite ...
Ana Ceniceros +5 more
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A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records [PDF]
Check List, 2020 The non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants deposited in two entomological collections in Colombia were curated and identified to assess their diversity in the country.
Daniela Mera-Rodríguez +4 more
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New Light on the Systematics of Fungi Associated with Attine Ant Gardens and the Description ofﾠEscovopsis kreiseliiﾠsp. nov. [PDF]
, 2015 Since the formal description of fungi in the genus Escovopsis in 1990, only a few studies have focused on the systematics of this group. For more than two decades, only two Escovopsis species were described; however, in 2013, three additional Escovopsis ...
Meirelles, Lucas A. +3 more
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Generation of Nutrients and Detoxification: Possible Roles of Yeasts in Leaf-Cutting Ant Nests
Insects, 2012 The possible roles played by yeasts in attine ant nests are mostly unknown. Here we present our investigations on the plant polysaccharide degradation profile of 82 yeasts isolated from fungus gardens of Atta and Acromyrmex species to demonstrate that ...
Fernando C. Pagnocca +4 more
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Specialized Fungal Parasites and Opportunistic Fungi in Gardens of Attine Ants
Psyche: A 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
Fernando C. Pagnocca +2 more
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Group-wise 3D registration based templates to study the evolution of ant worker neuroanatomy [PDF]
, 2017 The evolutionary success of ants and other social insects is considered to be intrinsically linked to division of labor and emergent collective intelligence.
Arganda, Sara +4 more
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Symbiont choice in a fungus-growing ant (Attini, Formicidae) [PDF]
Behavioral Ecology, 2004 Cultivars of fungus-growing (attine) ants are vertically transmitted through inheritance from parent to offspring nest, but horizontal cultivar transfer between ant nests occurs occasionally, resulting in cultivar replacement within ant lineages. Two mechanisms could theoretically prevent the invasion of suboptimal cultivar strains and thus stabilize ...
Mueller, Ulrich Gerhard +2 more
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