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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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The Evolutionary Innovation of Nutritional Symbioses in Leaf-Cutter Ants
Insects, 2012 Fungus-growing ants gain access to nutrients stored in plant biomass through their association with a mutualistic fungus they grow for food. This 50 million-year-old obligate mutualism likely facilitated some of these species becoming dominant ...
Frank O. Aylward +2 more
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Evaluation of DESS as a storage medium for microbial community analysis [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Microbial ecology research requires sampling strategies that accurately represent the microbial community under study. These communities must typically be transported from the collection location to the laboratory and then stored until they can be ...
Kevin M. Lee +2 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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Natural Product Communications, 2019 Microbes associated with fungus-growing ants represent a poorly explored source of natural products. In this study, we used mass spectrometry-based dereplication techniques for identifying a set of secondary metabolites produced during the microbial ...
Cristopher A. Boya P. +3 more
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Trachymyrmex septentrionalis Ant Microbiome Assembly Is Unique to Individual Colonies and Castes
mSphere, 2022 Within social insect colonies, microbiomes often differ between castes due to their different functional roles and between colony locations. Trachymyrmex septentrionalis fungus-growing ants form colonies throughout the eastern United States and northern ...
Emily A. Green, Jonathan L. Klassen
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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 ...
Yuliana Christopher +5 more
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Parasites may help stabilize cooperative relationships
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2009 Background The persistence of cooperative relationships is an evolutionary paradox; selection should favor those individuals that exploit their partners (cheating), resulting in the breakdown of cooperation over evolutionary time.
Little Ainslie EF, Currie Cameron R
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Mutualistic interactions between ants and fungi: A review
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 The large amount of dead plant biomass caused by the final extinction events triggered a fungi proliferation that mostly differentiated into saprophytes degrading organic matter; others became parasites, predators, likely commensals, and mutualists ...
Alain Dejean +6 more
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Communication or Toxicity: What Is the Effect of Cycloheximide on Leaf-Cutting Ant Workers?
Insects, 2017 Leaf-cutting ants are insects that use plant material to grow fungus from which they feed. These fungus-growing ants perform various behavioral activities to establish an environment conducive to the fungus.
Kátia Kaelly Andrade Sousa +2 more
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