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 Leaf-cutter ants are prolific and conspicuous constituents of Neotropical ecosystems that derive energy from specialized fungus gardens they cultivate using prodigious amounts of foliar biomass.
Frank O Aylward +2 more
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The Symbiotic Fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus (Möller) Singer (Agaricales, Agaricaceae) as a Target Organism to Control Leaf-Cutting Ants [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Atta and Acromyrmex are the main genera of leaf-cutting ants present in North and South America, causing extensive damage to agroforestry. Control of the ants requires high handling costs with few effective methods available to decrease the losses.
Sean Araújo +10 more
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Protocol for generating protoplasts from the leafcutter ant symbiotic fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus [PDF]
STAR ProtocolsSummary: We present a protocol to isolate viable protoplasted cells of the basidiomycete fungal mutualist (Leucoagaricus gongylophorus) obligately farmed by leafcutter ants. We describe steps for culturing actively growing mycelia, enzymatic digestion of
Ayoub Stelate, Jonathan Z. Shik
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Evidence that the domesticated fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus recycles its cytoplasmic contents as nutritional rewards to feed its leafcutter ant farmers [PDF]
IMA Fungus, 2023 Leafcutter ants farm a fungal cultivar (Leucoagaricus gongylophorus) that converts inedible vegetation into food that sustains colonies with up to millions of workers. Analogous to edible fruits of crops domesticated by humans, L.
Caio Ambrosio Leal-Dutra +5 more
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Development of Xanthyletin-Loaded Nanoparticles for the Control of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus [PDF]
MoleculesThis study describes the development, characterization and in vitro evaluation of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) nanoparticles loaded with xanthyletin for the control of Atta sexdens rubropilosa through the inhibition of its symbiotic fungus Leucoagaricus ...
Cristiane de Melo Cazal +8 more
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A Conserved Lignocellulolytic Secretome with Quantitative Modulation in Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the Mutualistic Fungus of Leaf-Cutting Ants [PDF]
MycobiologyLeucoagaricus gongylophorus is essential to the mutualistic relationship between leaf-cutting ants and their fungal gardens. Known for its ability to degrade complex plant polysaccharides, this fungus produces a range of CAZymes and FOLymes enzymes that ...
Gabriela Cejas-Añón +5 more
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Metabolism of Plant Polysaccharides by Leucoagaricus gongylophorus , the Symbiotic Fungus of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Atta sexdens L [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1998 ABSTRACT Atta sexdens L. ants feed on the fungus they cultivate on cut leaves inside their nests. The fungus, Leucoagaricus gongylophorus , metabolizes plant polysaccharides, such as xylan, starch, pectin, and cellulose, mediating assimilation of these compounds by the ants.
Mauricio Bacci +2 more
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Functional characterization of a yellow laccase from Leucoagaricus gongylophorus. [PDF]
Springerplus, 2015 In this work we have identified, using mass spectrometry, two laccases produced by Leucoagaricus gongylophorus. One of them, Lac1Lg, was isolated, purified and characterized. Lac1Lg, a monomeric enzyme, was studied using ABTS and syringaldazine substrates.
Ike PT +6 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 +14 more
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Isolation of the symbiotic fungus of Acromyrmex pubescens and phylogeny of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus from leaf-cutting ants. [PDF]
Saudi J Biol Sci, 2017 Leaf-cutting ants live in an obligate symbiosis with a Leucoagaricus species, a basidiomycete that serves as a food source to the larvae and queen. The aim of this work was to isolate, identify and complete the phylogenetic study of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus species of Acromyrmex pubescens.
Bich GA +3 more
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