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A metabolic pathway assembled by enzyme selection may support herbivory of leaf-cutter ants on plant starch

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Absence of the Parasite Escovopsis in Fungus Garden Pellets Carried by Gynes of Atta sexdens

An antifungal polyketide associated with horizontally acquired genes supports symbiont-mediated defense in Lagria villosa beetles. ⬇️

scientific article

Antagonistic interactions between garden yeasts and microfungal garden pathogens of leaf-cutting ants

scientific article published on 18 May 2009

Anti-Candida properties of urauchimycins from actinobacteria associated with trachymyrmex ants. ⬇️

scientific article published on 18 March 2013

Antibiotic-producing symbionts dynamically transition between plant pathogenicity and insect-defensive mutualism

scientific article

Antifungal compounds with anticancer potential from Trichoderma sp. P8BDA1F1, an endophytic fungus from Begonia venosa

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

Antimicrobial activity of crude extracts of endophytic fungi from Oryctanthus alveolatus (Kunth) Kuijt (Mistletoe)

Assessment of fungi in soils of sugarcane crops and their potential for production of biomass-degrading enzymes

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Bacterial ectosymbionts in cuticular organs chemically protect a beetle during molting stages

scientific article published on 2 September 2022

Bacterial microbiomes from vertically-transmitted fungal inocula of the leaf-cutting ant Atta texana

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Biochemical properties and evaluation of washing performance in commercial detergent compatibility of two collagenolytic serine peptidases secreted by Aspergillus fischeri and Penicillium citrinum.

scientific article published on 23 August 2016

Biogeography of mutualistic fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants

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Biology of the relict fungus-farming ant Apterostigma megacephala Lattke, including descriptions of the male, gyne, and larva

Broad Escovopsis-inhibition activity of Pseudonocardia associated with Trachymyrmex ants

scientific article published on 8 January 2014

Cellulases and xylanases production by endophytic fungi by solid state fermentation using lignocellulosic substrates and enzymatic saccharification of pretreated sugarcane bagasse

scholarly article in Industrial Crops and Products, vol. 122, October 2018

Coevolution between attine ants and actinomycete bacteria: a reevaluation

scientific article published on 26 August 2008

Cold-adapted enzymes produced by fungi from terrestrial and marine Antarctic environments.

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Comparative analysis of fungal communities in colonies of two leaf-cutting ant species with different substratum preferences

scientific article published in 2016

Determination of Specificity and Biochemical Characteristics of Neutral Protease Isolated from Myceliophthora thermophila

scientific article published on 16 August 2015

Diversity of endophytic fungi in Eucalyptus microcorys assessed by complementary isolation methods

scientific article published in 2018

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.

scientific article published on 14 July 2011

Effect of initial moisture content on two Amazon rainforest Aspergillus strains cultivated on agro-industrial residues: Biomass-degrading enzymes production and characterization

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Escovopsioides as a fungal antagonist of the fungus cultivated by leafcutter ants

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Escovopsis kreiselii specialization to its native hosts in the fungiculture of the lower attine ant Mycetophylax morschi

scholarly article by Bruna Cristina Custodio published in September 2018

Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii

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Evaluation of the catalytic specificity, biochemical properties, and milk clotting abilities of an aspartic peptidase from Rhizomucor miehei.

scientific article published on 10 May 2016

Filamentous Fungi Isolates of Contaminated Sediment in the Amazon Region with the Potential for Benzo(a)pyrene Degradation

Filamentous fungi found in Atta sexdens rubropilosa colonies after treatment with different toxic bait formulations

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Filamentous fungi found on foundress queens of leaf-cutting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scholarly article by A. Rodrigues et al published May 2010 in Journal of Applied Entomology

Filamentous fungi vectored by ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a public hospital in North-Eastern Brazil.

scientific article published on 29 January 2013

Fungal Endophyte Communities in Begonia Species from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

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Fungal communities in gardens of the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes in forest and cabruca agrosystems of southern Bahia State (Brazil).

scientific article published on 11 September 2015

Fungal communities in pressmud composting harbour beneficial and detrimental fungi for human welfare.

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Fungal communities in the garden chamber soils of leaf-cutting ants.

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Fungal diversity associated with Brazilian energy transmission towers

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Fungi from Admiralty Bay (King George Island, Antarctica) Soils and Marine Sediments

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

Fungi inhabiting attine ant colonies: reassessment of the genus Escovopsis and description of Luteomyces and Sympodiorosea gens. nov

scientific article published on 24 August 2021

Fungus-growing insects host a distinctive microbiota apparently adapted to the fungiculture environment

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

Generation of Nutrients and Detoxification: Possible Roles of Yeasts in Leaf-Cutting Ant Nests.

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Genome mining for peptidases in heat-tolerant and mesophilic fungi and putative adaptations for thermostability

scientific article published on 20 February 2018

Hawksworthiomyces gen. nov. (Ophiostomatales), illustrates the urgency for a decision on how to name novel taxa known only from environmental nucleic acid sequences (ENAS).

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High cellulolytic activities in filamentous fungi isolated from an extreme oligotrophic subterranean environment (Catão cave) in Brazil

scientific article published on 29 July 2019

Host Susceptibility Modulates <i>Escovopsis</i> Pathogenic Potential in the Fungiculture of Higher Attine Ants

scientific article published on 14 June 2021

Intraspecific variation and emendation of Hannaella kunmingensis

scientific article published in 2012

Investigation of Liquid and Solid Fermentation Processes of the Fungus Aspergillus fumigatus for Protease Production

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Leaf-cutting ant faecal fluid and mandibular gland secretion: effects on microfungi spore germination

scholarly article by André Rodrigues et al published March 2008 in Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Marine-derived fungus Aspergillus cf. tubingensis LAMAI 31: a new genetic resource for xylanase production

scientific article published on 24 March 2016

Microbial culture collections as pillars for promoting fungal diversity, conservation and exploitation.

scientific article

Microfungal "weeds" in the leafcutter ant symbiosis

scientific article published on 28 March 2008

Monoculture of leafcutter ant gardens

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More pieces to a huge puzzle: Two new Escovopsis species from fungus gardens of attine ants

scientific article published on 18 February 2019

Nature of the interactions between hypocrealean fungi and the mutualistic fungus of leaf-cutter ants

scientific article published on 31 December 2016

Nesting biology and fungiculture of the fungus-growing ant, Mycetagroicus cerradensis: new light on the origin of higher attine agriculture

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New light on the systematics of fungi associated with attine ant gardens and the description of Escovopsis kreiselii sp. nov

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Pathogenic nature of Syncephalastrum in Atta sexdens rubropilosa fungus gardens

scientific article published on 19 August 2016

Pectinases from Sphenophorus levis Vaurie, 1978 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): putative accessory digestive enzymes

scientific article published on 11 February 2015

Preliminary List of Microfungi Found inParatrechina longicornis(Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Prevalence of the genus Cladosporium on the integument of leaf-cutting ants characterized by 454 pyrosequencing

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Production and Catalytic Properties of Amylases from Lichtheimia ramosa and Thermoascus aurantiacus by Solid-State Fermentation

scientific article published on 20 June 2016

Production and partial characterization of serine and metallo peptidases secreted by Aspergillus fumigatus Fresenius in submerged and solid state fermentation.

scientific article published on 31 May 2013

Production of xylanase, cellulase and laccase by mesophilic fungi isolated from sugar cane soil

article by Tassia Chiachio Egea et al published November 2010 in Journal of Biotechnology

Production, partial characterization, and immobilization in alginate beads of an alkaline protease from a new thermophilic fungus Myceliophthora sp.

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Selection of thermophilic and thermotolerant fungi for the production of cellulases and xylanases under solid-state fermentation

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Shared Escovopsis parasites between leaf-cutting and non-leaf-cutting ants in the higher attine fungus-growing ant symbiosis

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Soluble Compounds of Filamentous Fungi Harm the Symbiotic Fungus of Leafcutter Ants

scientific article published on 10 September 2018

Specialized Fungal Parasites and Opportunistic Fungi in Gardens of Attine Ants

article published in 2012

Starmerella aceti f.a., sp. nov., an ascomycetous yeast species isolated from fungus garden of the leafcutter ant Acromyrmex balzani

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Susceptibility of the ant-cultivated fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus (Agaricales: Basidiomycota) towards microfungi.

scientific article published in August 2006

Taxonomic studies on Mucor inaequisporus, isolated for the first time in South America ⬇️

scientific article published in 2013

Terrestrial filamentous fungi from Gruta do Catão (São Desidério, Bahia, Northeastern Brazil) show high levels of cellulose degradation

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The molecular phylogenetics of Trachymyrmex Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of ‘higher‐attine’ ant agriculture ⬇️

scientific article published on 3 September 2019

The potential of compounds isolated from Xylaria spp. as antifungal agents against anthracnose.

scientific article published on 31 March 2018

Thermophilic fungi as new sources for production of cellulases and xylanases with potential use in sugarcane bagasse saccharification.

scientific article published on 4 February 2015

Thermophilic fungi in the new age of fungal taxonomy.

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Trichoderma asperelloides Spores Downregulate dectin1/2 and TLR2 Receptors of Mice Macrophages and Decrease Candida parapsilosis Phagocytosis Independent of the M1/M2 Polarization.

scientific article published on 7 September 2017

Unraveling Trichoderma species in the attine ant environment: description of three new taxa.

scientific article

Using Amazon forest fungi and agricultural residues as a strategy to produce cellulolytic enzymes

Variability of non-mutualistic filamentous fungi associated with Atta sexdens rubropilosa nests.

scientific article published in January 2005

Wickerhamiella kiyanii f.a., sp. nov. and Wickerhamiella fructicola f.a., sp. nov., two yeasts isolated from native plants of Atlantic rainforest in Brazil.

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Xylarenones C-E from an endophytic fungus isolated from Alibertia macrophylla.

scientific article published on 21 April 2011

Yeasts and filamentous fungi carried by the gynes of leaf-cutting ants

scientific article published on 30 July 2008

Yeasts found on an ephemeral reproductive caste of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa

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Yeasts in the attine ant–fungus mutualism: Diversity, functional roles, and putative biotechnological applications

scientific article published on 02 September 2021

Yeasts isolated from a fungus-growing ant nest, including the description of Trichosporon chiarellii sp. nov., an anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast

scientific article published on 11 August 2009

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