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Bacteria Contribute to Plant Secondary Compound Degradation in a Generalist Herbivore System

mBio, 2020
Herbivores must overcome a variety of plant defenses, including coping with plant secondary compounds (PSCs). To help detoxify these defensive chemicals, several insect herbivores are known to harbor gut microbiota with the metabolic capacity to degrade ...
Charlotte B. Francoeur, Lily Khadempour, Rolando D. Moreira-Soto, Kirsten Gotting, Adam J. Book, Adrián A. Pinto-Tomás, Ken Keefover-Ring, Cameron R. Currie   +7 more
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Metagenomics Reveals Diet-Specific Specialization of Bacterial Communities in Fungus Gardens of Grass- and Dicot-Cutter Ants

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Leaf-cutter ants in the genus Atta are dominant herbivores in the Neotropics. While most species of Atta cut dicots to incorporate into their fungus gardens, some species specialize on grasses.
Lily Khadempour, Lily Khadempour, Lily Khadempour, Huan Fan, Huan Fan, Ken Keefover-Ring, Camila Carlos-Shanley, Camila Carlos-Shanley, Camila Carlos-Shanley, Nilson S. Nagamoto, Miranda A. Dam, Monica T. Pupo, Cameron R. Currie, Cameron R. Currie   +13 more
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Correction: Enrichment and Broad Representation of Plant Biomass-Degrading Enzymes in the Specialized Hyphal Swellings of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the Fungal Symbiont of Leaf-Cutter Ants. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Frank O Aylward, Lily Khadempour, Daniel M Tremmel, Bradon R McDonald, Carrie D Nicora, Si Wu, Ronald J Moore, Daniel J Orton, Matthew E Monroe, Paul D Piehowski, Samuel O Purvine, Richard D Smith, Mary S Lipton, Kristin E Burnum-Johnson, Cameron R Currie   +14 more
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The genome sequence of the leaf-cutter ant Atta cephalotes reveals insights into its obligate symbiotic lifestyle. [PDF]

PLoS Genetics, 2011
Leaf-cutter ants are one of the most important herbivorous insects in the Neotropics, harvesting vast quantities of fresh leaf material. The ants use leaves to cultivate a fungus that serves as the colony's primary food source.
Garret Suen, Clotilde Teiling, Lewyn Li, Carson Holt, Ehab Abouheif, Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Pascal Bouffard, Eric J Caldera, Elizabeth Cash, Amy Cavanaugh, Olgert Denas, Eran Elhaik, Marie-Julie Favé, Jürgen Gadau, Joshua D Gibson, Dan Graur, Kirk J Grubbs, Darren E Hagen, Timothy T Harkins, Martin Helmkampf, Hao Hu, Brian R Johnson, Jay Kim, Sarah E Marsh, Joseph A Moeller, Mónica C Muñoz-Torres, Marguerite C Murphy, Meredith C Naughton, Surabhi Nigam, Rick Overson, Rajendhran Rajakumar, Justin T Reese, Jarrod J Scott, Chris R Smith, Shu Tao, Neil D Tsutsui, Lumi Viljakainen, Lothar Wissler, Mark D Yandell, Fabian Zimmer, James Taylor, Steven C Slater, Sandra W Clifton, Wesley C Warren, Christine G Elsik, Christopher D Smith, George M Weinstock, Nicole M Gerardo, Cameron R Currie   +48 more
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Microsatellite loci characterized in the leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata [PDF]

BMC Research Notes, 2013
Abstract Background The leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata (Formicidae: Attini) is an agricultural pest largely distributed in the Neotropics and a model organism for studies of evolution, speciation and population genetics.
Kakazu, Sérgio, Sanches, Alexandra, Bacci Jr., Maurício   +2 more
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Adoption of a surrogate artificial queen in a colony of Atta cephalotes (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Colombia

Sociobiology, 2015
In nature, Atta cephalotes (L.) is a monogynous species. Each colony has a single, permanent queen fed and protected by thousands of sterile workers. At death the queen colony practically disappears.
Guillermo Sotelo, Diana Sofía Ortiz Giraldo, Jonathan Rodríguez, James Montoya Lerma   +3 more
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An insect herbivore microbiome with high plant biomass-degrading capacity. [PDF]

PLoS Genetics, 2010
Herbivores can gain indirect access to recalcitrant carbon present in plant cell walls through symbiotic associations with lignocellulolytic microbes. A paradigmatic example is the leaf-cutter ant (Tribe: Attini), which uses fresh leaves to cultivate a ...
Garret Suen, Jarrod J Scott, Frank O Aylward, Sandra M Adams, Susannah G Tringe, Adrián A Pinto-Tomás, Clifton E Foster, Markus Pauly, Paul J Weimer, Kerrie W Barry, Lynne A Goodwin, Pascal Bouffard, Lewyn Li, Jolene Osterberger, Timothy T Harkins, Steven C Slater, Timothy J Donohue, Cameron R Currie   +17 more
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New Records, Including a New Species, of Scuttle Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Associated with Leaf Cutter Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Brazil

Sociobiology, 2014
Among scuttle flies caught at colonies of leaf cutter ants were Apterophora bragancai Disney new species, and new host records for other species.
R. Henry L. Disney, Marcos A. L. Bragança   +1 more
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Insecticidal and Cholinesterase Activity of Dichloromethane Extracts of Tithonia diversifolia on Atta cephalotes Worker Ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

Insects, 2020
Leaf-cutter ants are agricultural and urban pests that defy chemical control methods. Laboratory and field studies have revealed repellent and insecticidal activity by the extracts of Tithonia diversifolia (Asteraceae), known as Mexican sunflower, as a ...
Kriss D. Pantoja-Pulido, Jonathan Rodríguez, José H. Isaza-Martínez, Margarita Gutiérrez-Cabrera, Ana J. Colmenares-Dulcey, James Montoya-Lerma   +5 more
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Prudent sperm use by leaf-cutter ant queens [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2009
In many species, females store sperm between copulation and egg fertilization, but the consequences of sperm storage and patterns of sperm use for female life history and reproductive success have not been investigated in great detail.
Den Boer, S.P.A, Baer, B., Dreier, S., Aron, Serge, Nash, D., Boomsma, J. J.   +5 more
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