New Light on the Systematics of Fungi Associated with Attine Ant Gardens and the Description of Escovopsis kreiselii sp. nov.

RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies

(2014) Alexandros Stamatakis   BIOINFORMATICS

Novel Phialophora species from leaf-cutting ants (tribe Attini)

(2014) D. Attili-Angelis et al.   FUNGAL DIVERSITY

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

(2014) W. G. P. Melo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2013) Andre Rodrigues et al.   JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Cyatta abscondita: Taxonomy, Evolution, and Natural History of a New Fungus-Farming Ant Genus from Brazil

(2013) Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo et al.   PLoS One

Yet More “Weeds” in the Garden: Fungal Novelties from Nests of Leaf-Cutting Ants

(2013) Juliana O. Augustin et al.   PLoS One

BroadEscovopsis-inhibition activity ofPseudonocardiaassociated withTrachymyrmexants

(2013) Lucas A. Meirelles et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Endophytic fungi increase the processing rate of leaves by leaf-cutting ants (Atta)

(2012) SUNSHINE A. VAN BAEL et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

jModelTest 2: more models, new heuristics and parallel computing

(2012) Diego Darriba et al.   NATURE METHODS

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

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

(2012) Thais D. Mendes et al.   Insects

Preliminary In Vitro Insights into the Use of Natural Fungal Pathogens of Leaf-cutting Ants as Biocontrol Agents

(2011) Patricia Folgarait et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Growth and Conidiation Response of Escovopsis weberi (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) Against the Fungal Cultivar of Acromyrmex lundii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

(2011) P. J. Folgarait et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

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

(2011) Andre Rodrigues et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Comparative Dating of Attine Ant and Lepiotaceous Cultivar Phylogenies Reveals Coevolutionary Synchrony and Discord

(2010) Alexander S. Mikheyev et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Presence of Multiparasite Infections Within Individual Colonies of Leaf-Cutter Ants

(2010) S. J. Taerum et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

How Many Bootstrap Replicates Are Necessary?

(2010) Nicholas D. Pattengale et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

Monoculture of Leafcutter Ant Gardens

(2010) Ulrich G. Mueller et al.   PLoS One

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

(2009) F. C. Pagnocca et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Two fungal symbioses collide: endophytic fungi are not welcome in leaf-cutting ant gardens

(2009) S. A. Van Bael et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

BLACK YEAST SYMBIONTS COMPROMISE THE EFFICIENCY OF ANTIBIOTIC DEFENSES IN FUNGUS-GROWING ANTS

(2008) Ainslie E. F. Little et al.   ECOLOGY

Microfungal “Weeds” in the Leafcutter Ant Symbiosis

(2008) A. Rodrigues et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Phylogeography of post-Pleistocene population expansion in a fungus-gardening ant and its microbial mutualists

(2008) Alexander S. Mikheyev et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Major evolutionary transitions in ant agriculture

(2008) T. R. Schultz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA