Artigo
Novel Phialophora species from leaf-cutting ants (tribe Attini)
Registro en:
Fungal Diversity. New York: Springer, v. 65, n. 1, p. 65-75, 2014.
1560-2745
10.1007/s13225-013-0275-0
WOS:000333258100005
Autor
Attili-Angelis, D. [UNESP]
Duarte, A. P. M. [UNESP]
Pagnocca, F. C. [UNESP]
Nagamoto, N. S. [UNESP]
Vries, M. de
Stielow, J. B.
Hoog, G. S. de
Resumen
Ants in the tribe Attini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) maintain a 50 million-year-old lifestyle of co-evolution with symbiotic basidiomycetous fungi which they cultivate as essential source of nutrition. However, other microorganisms have been reported from ant habitats indicating a higher diversity of consistently associated species than established to date. Recently, black yeast-like fungi have been reported as a possible symbiont, like a competitor of the actinomycete bacteria that grow in the integument of the insects. During the mating season, gynes of Atta capiguara and A. laevigata were collected from nests located in Botucatu, SP, Brazil and sampled using flotation technique. Phylogenetic analysis based on ITS, partial 28S (LSU) and beta-tubulin sequences revealed the occurrence of two novel species of Phialophora among the melanized fungi isolated. Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Science (KNAW) Fonds voor Economische Stuctuurversterking (FES) grant 'Barcoding the CBS collections' Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) UNESP Sao Paulo State Univ, Ctr Study Social Insects, Sao Paulo, Brazil Univ Estadual Campinas, CPQBA, Div Microbial Resources, Campinas, SP, Brazil UNESP Sao Paulo State Univ, Dept Plant Protect, Botucatu, SP, Brazil KNAW Fungal Biodivers Ctr, Centraalbur Schimmelcultures, Utrecht, Netherlands Univ Amsterdam, Inst Biodivers & Ecosyst Dynam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sun Yat Sen Mem Hosp, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, Peoples R China Peking Univ, Res Ctr Med Mycol, Hlth Sci Ctr, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China Second Mil Med Univ, Changzheng Hosp, Shanghai Inst Med Mycol, Shanghai, Peoples R China Univ Fed Parana, Basic Pathol Dept, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil King Abdulaziz Univ, Jeddah 21413, Saudi Arabia UNESP Sao Paulo State Univ, Ctr Study Social Insects, Sao Paulo, Brazil UNESP Sao Paulo State Univ, Dept Plant Protect, Botucatu, SP, Brazil CNPq: 305.457/2001-0 CNPq: 560.682/2010-7