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Lack of fungal cultivar fidelity and low virulence of Escovopsis trichodermoides
(2020-06-01)
Fungus-growing ants (the attines) are a paramount example of symbiosis, practicing fungiculture for food. Fungi in the genus Escovopsis (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) threaten the ant fungal cultivars and show patterns of ...
Fungus-growing insects host a distinctive microbiota apparently adapted to the fungiculture environment
(2020-12-01)
Some lineages of ants, termites, and beetles independently evolved a symbiotic association with lignocellulolytic fungi cultivated for food, in a lifestyle known as fungiculture. Fungus-growing insects’ symbiosis also hosts ...
The first fossil fungus gardens of Isoptera: oldest evidence of symbiotic termite fungiculture (Miocene, Chad basin)
(Springer Verlag Berlín, 2006-08-22)
Higher termites of the subfamily Macrotermitinae (fungus-growing termites) are known to build fungus gardens where a symbiotic fungus (Termitomyces sp.) is cultivated. The fungus grows on a substrate called fungus comb, a ...
Host Susceptibility Modulates Escovopsis Pathogenic Potential in the Fungiculture of Higher Attine Ants
(2021-06-14)
Health and disease emerge from intricate interactions between genotypes, phenotypes, and environmental features. The outcomes of such interactions are context-dependent, existing as a dynamic continuum ranging from benefits ...
Climate change influences basidiome emergence of leaf-cutting ant cultivars
(2021-11-01)
Maintaining symbiosis homeostasis is essential for mutualistic partners. Leaf-cutting ants evolved a long-term symbiotic mutualism with fungal cultivars for nourishment while using vertical asexual transmission across ...
Fungus-growing insects host a convergent microbiome with functional similarities to other lignocellulose-feeding insects
(Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), 2017-05-05)
Fungus-growing insects (ants, termites, and beetles) independently evolved a symbiotic association with fungi that metabolize recalcitrant plant biomass, producing nutrients available to the insect host. These fungicultural ...
Lack of host fidelity and low virulence of the filamentous fungus Escovopsis trichodermoides
(Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), 2019-02-22)
Uma das associações simbióticas fascinantes na natureza é o mutualismo entre as formigas da tribo Attini (atíneas) e fungos que cultivam como alimento. Fungos do gênero Escovopsis são considerados parasitas dos fungos ...
Nesting biology and fungiculture of the fungus-growing ant, Mycetagroicus cerradensis: New light on the origin of higher-attine agriculture
(Univ Arizona, 2011-02-04)
The genus Mycetagroicus is perhaps the least known of all fungus-growing ant genera, having been first described in 2001 from museum specimens. A recent molecular phylogenetic analysis of the fungus-growing ants demonstrated ...
Nesting biology and fungiculture of the fungus-growing ant, Mycetagroicus cerradensis: New light on the origin of higher-attine agriculture
(Univ Arizona, 2011-02-04)
The genus Mycetagroicus is perhaps the least known of all fungus-growing ant genera, having been first described in 2001 from museum specimens. A recent molecular phylogenetic analysis of the fungus-growing ants demonstrated ...