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eDNA Analysis for Native Cavity‐Nesting Bee Ecology: A Comparison of Data From Brood Cells Contents and Larval DNA

Environmental DNA, Volume 8, Issue 5, September‐October 2026.
Artificial bee homes become eDNA reservoirs of insect, plant, fungal, and bacterial taxa providing a non‐invasive way to assess the ecology of wild bee larvae. ABSTRACT While the colonial honeybee is widely recognized by the public as a pollinator, thousands of native bees play an important but often under‐recognized role.
Katherine Lunn, Orianne Tournayre, Alejandro José Biganzoli‐Rangel, Nina R. Garrett, Maria L. Kuzmina, Nguyen Nguyen, Evgeny V. Zakharov, Dirk Steinke, Elizabeth L. Clare   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in Cold‐Plasma Technology for Legume Seeds: Mechanisms, Nutritional Quality Improvement, Food Safety and Sustainable Agriculture

Legume Science, Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Cold plasma (CP), a nonthermal ionised gas rich in reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS), has emerged as a sustainable technology for enhancing legume production and quality. This review summarises current advances in CP applications in legumes, focusing on seed germination, seedling vigour, nutrient enhancement, antinutrient reduction ...
Jannatul Ferdous, Joyairia Tabassum, Md. Hassan Bin Nabi, Abid Hassan Arnab, Wahidu Zzaman, Iftekhar Ahmad   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Host Plant and Associated Ant Species Affect Microbial Communities in Myrmecophytes?

Insects, 2019
Ant-associated microorganisms can play crucial and often overlooked roles, and given the diversity of interactions that ants have developed, the study of the associated microbiomes is of interest.
Mario X. Ruiz-González, Céline Leroy, Alain Dejean, Hervé Gryta, Patricia Jargeat, Angelo D. Armijos Carrión, Jérôme Orivel   +6 more
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Symbiosis, dysbiosis and the impact of horizontal exchange on bacterial microbiomes in higher fungus-gardening ants

Scientific Reports
Advances in our understanding of symbiotic stability have demonstrated that microorganisms are key to understanding the homeostasis of obligate symbioses.
Blake Bringhurst, Matthew Greenwold, Katrin Kellner, Jon N. Seal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Amycolatopsis from Desert Specialist Fungus-Growing Ants Suppresses Contaminant Fungi Using the Antibiotic ECO-0501. [PDF]

Appl Environ Microbiol, 2023
Kim JH, Scherer G, Lumpkin DS, Rao K, Puentes Flores CD, Van Arnam EB.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Oligocene Termite Nests with In Situ Fungus Gardens from the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania, Support a Paleogene African Origin for Insect Agriculture.

PLoS ONE, 2016
Based on molecular dating, the origin of insect agriculture is hypothesized to have taken place independently in three clades of fungus-farming insects: the termites, ants or ambrosia beetles during the Paleogene (66-24 Ma).
Eric M Roberts, Christopher N Todd, Duur K Aanen, Tânia Nobre, Hannah L Hilbert-Wolf, Patrick M O'Connor, Leif Tapanila, Cassy Mtelela, Nancy J Stevens   +8 more
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External and internal architecture of nests of fungus-growing ants of the genera Cyphomyrmex, Mycetarotes, Mycocepurus, Myrmicocrypta, and Trachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Studying the nest structures of fungus-growing ants of the genera Cyphomyrmex, Mycetarotes, Mycocepurus, Myrmicocrypta, and Trachymyrmex is essential to understanding their ecological role.
A. A. Moreira, O. C. Bueno, R. S. Camargo, M. A. Castellani, S. A. Leite, J. C. Zanuncio, J. A. Sabattini, R. C. A. L. Paula, R. N. S. Lemos, B. S. Coelho, N. C. Oliveira   +10 more
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A genomic comparison of two termites with different social complexity

Frontiers in Genetics, 2015
The termites evolved eusociality and complex societies before the ants, but have been studied much less. The recent publication of the first two termite genomes provides a unique comparative opportunity, particularly because the sequenced termites ...
Judith eKorb, Michael ePoulsen, Haofu eHu, Cai eLi, Cai eLi, Jacobus Jan Boomsma, Guojie eZhang, Guojie eZhang, Juergen eLiebig   +8 more
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Burkholderia from Fungus Gardens of Fungus-Growing Ants Produces Antifungals That Inhibit the Specialized Parasite Escovopsis. [PDF]

Appl Environ Microbiol, 2021
Francoeur CB, May DS, Thairu MW, Hoang DQ, Panthofer O, Bugni TS, Pupo MT, Clardy J, Pinto-Tomás AA, Currie CR.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cytogenetic studies in Trachymyrmex holmgreni Wheeler, 1925 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) by conventional and molecular methods

Sociobiology, 2018
Over the past several decades, ant cytogenetic studies have focused on chromosome number and morphology; however, recently, additional information concerning heterochromatin composition and 45S rDNA location has become accessible. The fungus-growing ants
Luísa Antônia Campos Barros, Gisele Amaro Teixeira, Hilton Jeferson Alves Cardoso de Aguiar, Denilce Meneses Lopes, Silvia das Graças Pompolo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source