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A Brazilian population of the asexual fungus-growing ant Mycocepurus smithii (Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Attini) cultivates fungal symbionts with gongylidia-like structures

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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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A social parasite evolved reproductive isolation from its fungus-growing ant host in sympatry

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

scientific article published on 18 May 2009

Asymmetric chromosome segregation in Xanthomonas citri ssp. citri.

scientific article published on 15 December 2013

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

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Biogeography of mutualistic fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants

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Candida bromeliacearum sp. nov. and Candida ubatubensis sp. nov., two yeast species isolated from the water tanks of Canistropsis seidelii (Bromeliaceae).

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Candida heliconiae sp. nov., Candida picinguabensis sp. nov. and Candida saopaulonensis sp. nov., three ascomycetous yeasts from Heliconia velloziana (Heliconiaceae).

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Candida leandrae sp. nov., an asexual ascomycetous yeast species isolated from tropical plants.

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Cellulose degradation by Leucocoprinus gongylophorus, the fungus cultured by the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa.

scientific article published on January 1995

Chromosomal and molecular analyses of Leptodactylus gracilis gracilis, L. gracilis delattini, and L. plaumanni (Anura, Leptodactylidae): taxonomic implications

scientific article published in 2004

Cryptic sexual populations account for genetic diversity and ecological success in a widely distributed, asexual fungus-growing ant

scientific article (publication date: 26 July 2011)

Culture-dependent and culture-independent characterization of microorganisms associated with Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) (L.) and dynamics of bacterial colonization in the midgut.

scientific article published on 29 April 2010

Cyatta abscondita: taxonomy, evolution, and natural history of a new fungus-farming ant genus from Brazil

scientific article published in 2013

De novo assembly and characterization of leaf and floral transcriptomes of the hybridizing bromeliad species (Pitcairnia spp.) adapted to Neotropical Inselbergs.

scientific article published on 05 February 2016

De novo transcriptome assembly: a new laccase multigene family from the marine-derived basidiomycete Peniophora sp. CBMAI 1063.

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

Development and characterization of twenty-two polymorphic microsatellite markers for the leafcutter ant, Acromyrmex lundii, utilizing Illumina sequencing

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Development of twenty-one polymorphic microsatellite markers for the fungus-growing ant, Mycocepurus goeldii (Formicidae: Attini), using Illumina paired-end genomic sequencing

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 6-months of physical exercise on the nitrate/nitrite levels in hypertensive postmenopausal women

scientific article published on 19 June 2009

Evaluation of monocot and eudicot divergence using the sugarcane transcriptome.

scientific article published in March 2004

Expressed sequence tags from Atta laevigata and identification of candidate genes for the control of pest leaf-cutting ants

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

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Genetic variability of porcine parvovirus isolates revealed by analysis of partial sequences of the structural coding gene VP2.

scientific article published in June 2003

Habitat and Host Species Drive the Structure of Bacterial Communities of Two Neotropical Trap-Jaw Odontomachus Ants

scientific article published in 2022

ITScan: a web-based analysis tool for Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) sequences

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Influence of eNOS gene polymorphism on cardiometabolic parameters in response to physical training in postmenopausal women

scientific article published on 19 August 2011

Inhibition of the symbiotic fungus of leaf-cutting ants by coumarins ⬇️

scientific article published on 8 November 2006

Leaf-cutter ant fungus gardens are biphasic mixed microbial bioreactors that convert plant biomass to polyols with biotechnological applications.

scientific article published on 24 April 2015

Low variation in ribosomal DNA and internal transcribed spacers of the symbiotic fungi of leaf-cutting ants (Attini: Formicidae).

scientific article published on 22 September 2004

Microfungal "weeds" in the leafcutter ant symbiosis

scientific article published on 28 March 2008

Microsatellite loci characterized in the leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata

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Nuclear mitochondrial-like sequences in ants: evidence from Atta cephalotes (Formicidae: Attini).

scientific article published in December 2007

Occurrence of killer yeasts in leaf-cutting ant nests.

scientific article published in January 2002

Paleodistributions and comparative molecular phylogeography of leafcutter ants (Atta spp.) provide new insight into the origins of Amazonian diversity

scientific article (publication date: 23 July 2008)

Phylogenetic patterns of ant-fungus associations indicate that farming strategies, not only a superior fungal cultivar, explain the ecological success of leafcutter ants

scientific article published on 09 May 2018

Phylogenetic relationships in genus Arachis based on ITS and 5.8S rDNA sequences

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Prevalence of dyslipidemia in middle-aged adults with NOS3 gene polymorphism and low cardiorespiratory fitness

scientific article published in February 2013

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

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Production of polysaccharidases in different carbon sources by Leucoagaricus gongylophorus Möller (Singer), the symbiotic fungus of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens Linnaeus

scientific article published on 22 May 2006

Protein depletion using the arabinose promoter in Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri

scientific article published on 23 March 2017

Rediscovery of the enigmatic fungus-farming ant "Mycetosoritis" asper Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Implications for taxonomy, phylogeny, and the evolution of agriculture in ants

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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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Starch metabolism in Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the symbiotic fungus of leaf-cutting ants.

scientific article published on 27 December 2005

Subcellular localization of proteins labeled with GFP in Xanthomonas citri ssp. citri: targeting the division septum.

scientific article published on 23 June 2010

Survival of Atta sexdens workers on different food sources.

scientific article published in April 2003

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

scientific article published in August 2006

Symbiotic bacterial communities in rainforest fungus-farming ants: evidence for species and colony specificity

scientific article published on 23 June 2020

Sympodiomyces attinorum sp. nov., a yeast species associated with nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens.

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The mitochondrial genome of the leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata: a mitogenome with a large number of intergenic spacers.

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The most relictual fungus-farming ant species cultivates the most recently evolved and highly domesticated fungal symbiont species.

scientific article published on 17 March 2015

The presence of the NOS3 gene polymorphism for intron 4 mitigates the beneficial effects of exercise training on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in adults

scientific article published on 18 April 2014

Thelytokous parthenogenesis in the fungus-gardening ant Mycocepurus smithii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Three phylogenetically distinct and culturable diazotrophs are perennial symbionts of leaf-cutting ants

scientific article published on 14 December 2021

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

scientific article published in January 2005

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

scientific article published on 30 July 2008

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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