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Starch metabolism in Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the symbiotic fungus of leaf-cutting ants
(Elsevier B.V., 2006-01-01)
Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the symbiotic fungus of the leaf-cutting ants, degrades starch, this degradation being supposed to occur in the plant material which leafcutters forage to the nests, generating most of the ...
Do Workers from Subspecies Acromyrmex subterraneus Prepare Leaves and Toxic Baits in Similar Ways for Their Fungus Garden?
(Entomological Soc Brasil, 2020-02-01)
Toxic baits are the most efficient method to control leaf-cutter ants in eucalyptus forests for paper and cellulose production. For the proper use of these baits, insecticide compounds must reach workers and contaminate ...
O papel dos microfungos associados aos jardins das formigas Attini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
(Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), 2009-01-12)
As formigas da tribo Attini são conhecidas pela complexa simbiose que mantêm com fungos, os quais cultivam como alimento. É sabido que além desse fungo, outros microrganismos podem ser encontrados nos ninhos desses insetos ...
Parabiosis between basal fungus-growing ants (Formicidae, Attini)
(BIRKHAUSER VERLAG AG, 2008)
We describe the first observation of parabiosis between two Attini ants (Apterostigma urichii Forel and Cyphomyrmex faunulus Wheeler) found in northern Manaus, AM, Brazil. Complete, mature colonies of both species were ...
Yeasts in the nests of the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex balzani in a Savanna biome: exploitation of community and metabolic diversity
(2021-01-01)
The leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex balzani is responsible for causing important losses in reforestation areas, crops, and pastures, and is frequently found in the Brazilian savanna (Cerrado). So far, there is no information ...
Thievery in rainforest fungus-growing ants: interspecific assault on culturing material at nest entrance
(Springer, 2018-08-01)
Cleptobiosis in social insects refers to a relationship in which members of a species rob food resources, or other valuable items, from members of the same or a different species. Here, we report and document in field ...
Leaf-cutting ant faecal fluid and mandibular gland secretion: effects on microfungi spore germination
(Soc Brasileira Microbiologia, 2013)
Genetic diversity of the entomopathogenic fungus Cordyceps takaomontana in forests and butterfly gardens in Quindío, Colombia
(Universidad de los AndesMaestría en Ciencias BiológicasFacultad de CienciasDepartamento de Ciencias Biológicas, 2017)
"In East Asian countries, Cordyceps takaomontana Yakush. & Kumaz is highly valued in traditional medicine as a food ingredient and to strengthen the immune system. This fungus is an entomopathogen that infects pupae or ...
Ecology of microfungal communities in gardens of fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a year-long survey of three species of attine ants in Central Texas
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-11-01)
We profiled the microfungal communities in gardens of fungus-growing ants to evaluate possible species-specific ant-microfungal associations and to assess the potential dependencies of microfungal diversity on ant foraging ...