The Evolutionary Innovation of Nutritional Symbioses in Leaf-Cutter Ants

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

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

The genome of the leaf-cutting antAcromyrmex echinatiorsuggests key adaptations to advanced social life and fungus farming

(2011) Sanne Nygaard et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

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

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

A Single Streptomyces Symbiont Makes Multiple Antifungals to Support the Fungus Farming Ant Acromyrmex octospinosus

(2011) Ryan F. Seipke et al.   PLoS One

Metagenomic Discovery of Biomass-Degrading Genes and Genomes from Cow Rumen

(2011) M. Hess et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2011) Garret Suen et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

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

A mixed community of actinomycetes produce multiple antibiotics for the fungus farming ant Acromyrmex octospinosus

(2010) Jörg Barke et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Forage collection, substrate preparation, and diet composition in fungus-growing ants

(2010) HENRIK H. DE FINE LICHT et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

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

Phylogenetic diversity and community structure of anaerobic gut fungi (phylum Neocallimastigomycota) in ruminant and non-ruminant herbivores

(2010) Audra S Liggenstoffer et al.   ISME Journal

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

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

Monoculture of Leafcutter Ant Gardens

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

Adaptation to herbivory by the Tammar wallaby includes bacterial and glycoside hydrolase profiles different from other herbivores

(2010) P. B. Pope et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Specificity in the symbiotic association between fungus-growing ants and protective Pseudonocardia bacteria

(2010) M. J. Cafaro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An Insect Herbivore Microbiome with High Plant Biomass-Degrading Capacity

(2010) Garret Suen et al.   PLoS Genetics

Antimicrobial activities of components of the glandular secretions of leaf cutting ants of the genus Atta

(2009) Adriana de Lima Mendonça et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2009) Andre Rodrigues et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Insect Symbioses: A Case Study of Past, Present, and Future Fungus-growing Ant Research

(2009) Eric J. Caldera et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

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

Dentigerumycin: a bacterial mediator of an ant-fungus symbiosis

(2009) Dong-Chan Oh et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

The Complete Genome of Teredinibacter turnerae T7901: An Intracellular Endosymbiont of Marine Wood-Boring Bivalves (Shipworms)

(2009) Joyce C. Yang et al.   PLoS One

Candicidin-producing Streptomyces support leaf-cutting ants to protect their fungus garden against the pathogenic fungus Escovopsis

(2009) S. Haeder et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gene-centric metagenomics of the fiber-adherent bovine rumen microbiome reveals forage specific glycoside hydrolases

(2009) Jennifer M. Brulc et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Generalized antifungal activity and 454-screening of Pseudonocardia and Amycolatopsis bacteria in nests of fungus-growing ants

(2009) R. Sen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reduced biological control and enhanced chemical pest management in the evolution of fungus farming in ants

(2009) H. Fernandez-Marin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in the Fungus Gardens of Leaf-Cutter Ants

(2009) A. A. Pinto-Tomas et al.   SCIENCE

Variation in Pseudonocardia antibiotic defence helps govern parasite-induced morbidity in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

(2009) Michael Poulsen et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Towards a molecular understanding of symbiont function: Identification of a fungal gene for the degradation of xylan in the fungus gardens of leaf-cutting ants

(2008) Morten Schiøtt et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2008) André Rodrigues et al.   BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Hydrolytic enzymes of leaf-cutting ant fungi

(2008) Milton Erthal et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Leaf cutter ants: a possible missing source of biogenic halocarbons

(2008) M. I. Mead et al.   Environmental Chemistry

COEVOLUTION BETWEEN ATTINE ANTS AND ACTINOMYCETE BACTERIA: A REEVALUATION

(2008) Ulrich G. Mueller et al.   EVOLUTION

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

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

Evolution of Mammals and Their Gut Microbes

(2008) R. E. Ley et al.   SCIENCE