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Burkholderia from fungus gardens of fungus-growing ants produce antifungals that inhibit the specialized parasite Escovopsis.
(2021-06)
Within animal-associated microbiomes, the functional roles of specific microbial taxa are often uncharacterized. Here, we use the fungus-growing ant system, a model for microbial symbiosis, to determine the potential ...
Putting the waste out: a proposed mechanism for transmission of the mycoparasite Escovopsis between leafcutter ant colonies
(Royal Society Open Science, 2018)
Shared Escovopsis parasites between leaf-cutting and non-leaf-cutting ants in the higher attine fungus-growing ant symbiosis
(2015)
Fungus-gardening (attine) ants grow fungus for food in protected gardens, which contain beneficial, auxiliary microbes, but also microbes harmful to gardens. Among these potentially pathogenic microorganisms, the most ...
New light on the systematics of fungi associated with attine ant gardens and the description of escovopsis kreiselii sp nov
(Public Library Science, 2015-01-24)
Since the formal description of fungi in the genus Escovopsis in 1990, only a few studies have focused on the systematics of this group. For more than two decades, only two Escovopsis species were described; however, in ...
Escovopsis trichodermoides sp nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
(Springer, 2015-03-01)
Currently, five species are formally described in Escovopsis, a specialized mycoparasitic genus of fungus gardens of attine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: tribe Attini). Four species were isolated from leaf-cutting ants ...
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 ...
Sistemática e filogenia do fungo parasita Escovopsis associado às formigas Attini
(Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), 2015-05-15)
Attine ant nests harbor a diverse and complex microbiota. Such insects have a mutualistic relationship with mutualistic fungus, cultured as food source. However, several microorganisms are also present in attine nests. ...
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 ...