Enrichment and Broad Representation of Plant Biomass-Degrading Enzymes in the Specialized Hyphal Swellings of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the Fungal Symbiont of Leaf-Cutter Ants

The prominent role of fungi and fungal enzymes in the ant–fungus biomass conversion symbiosis

(2014) L. Lange et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The fungus gardens of leaf-cutter ants undergo a distinct physiological transition during biomass degradation

(2014) Eric L. Huang et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Convergent Bacterial Microbiotas in the Fungal Agricultural Systems of Insects

(2014) Frank O. Aylward et al.   mBio

Symbiotic adaptations in the fungal cultivar of leaf-cutting ants

(2014) Henrik H. De Fine Licht et al.   Nature Communications

Leucoagaricus gongylophorus Produces Diverse Enzymes for the Degradation of Recalcitrant Plant Polymers in Leaf-Cutter Ant Fungus Gardens

(2013) Frank O. Aylward et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The fungal symbiont of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants expresses the full spectrum of genes to degrade cellulose and other plant cell wall polysaccharides

(2013) Morten N Grell et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The carbohydrate-active enzymes database (CAZy) in 2013

(2013) Vincent Lombard et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Activities at the Universal Protein Resource (UniProt)

(2013)   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

MEROPS: the database of proteolytic enzymes, their substrates and inhibitors

(2013) Neil D. Rawlings et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

STEPS: A grid search methodology for optimized peptide identification filtering of MS/MS database search results

(2013) Paul D. Piehowski et al.   PROTEOMICS

Parameters for accurate genome alignment

(2012) Martin C Frith et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Metagenomic and metaproteomic insights into bacterial communities in leaf-cutter ant fungus gardens

(2012) Frank O Aylward et al.   ISME Journal

Laccase detoxification mediates the nutritional alliance between leaf-cutting ants and fungus-garden symbionts

(2012) H. H. De Fine Licht et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Evolutionary Innovation of Nutritional Symbioses in Leaf-Cutter Ants

(2012) Frank O. Aylward et al.   Insects

Leaf-cutting ant fungi produce cell wall degrading pectinase complexes reminiscent of phytopathogenic fungi

(2011) Morten Schiøtt et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Evolutionary patterns of proteinase activity in attine ant fungus gardens

(2011) Tatyana A Semenova et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

The Dynamics of Plant Cell-Wall Polysaccharide Decomposition in Leaf-Cutting Ant Fungus Gardens

(2011) Isabel E. Moller et al.   PLoS One

The Genome Sequence of the Leaf-Cutter Ant Atta cephalotes Reveals Insights into Its Obligate Symbiotic Lifestyle

(2011) Garret Suen et al.   PLoS Genetics

Rapid shifts in Atta cephalotes fungus-garden enzyme activity after a change in fungal substrate (Attini, Formicidae)

(2010) P. W. Kooij et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Microbial Community Structure of Leaf-Cutter Ant Fungus Gardens and Refuse Dumps

(2010) Jarrod J. Scott et al.   PLoS One

An Insect Herbivore Microbiome with High Plant Biomass-Degrading Capacity

(2010) Garret Suen et al.   PLoS Genetics

FOLy: An integrated database for the classification and functional annotation of fungal oxidoreductases potentially involved in the degradation of lignin and related aromatic compounds

(2008) Anthony Levasseur et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Spectral Probabilities and Generating Functions of Tandem Mass Spectra: A Strike against Decoy Databases

(2008) Sangtae Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Do herbivores exert top-down effects in Neotropical savannas? Estimates of biomass consumption by leaf-cutter ants

(2008) Alan N. Costa et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Microfungal “Weeds” in the Leafcutter Ant Symbiosis

(2008) A. Rodrigues et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY