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

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

(2011) Morten Schiøtt et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Evolution of cold-tolerant fungal symbionts permits winter fungiculture by leafcutter ants at the northern frontier of a tropical ant-fungus symbiosis

(2011) U. G. Mueller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Species richness analysis and ITS rDNA phylogeny revealed the majority of cultivable foliar endophytes from beech (Fagus sylvatica)

(2010) Martin Unterseher et al.   Fungal Ecology

Monoculture of Leafcutter Ant Gardens

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

An Insect Herbivore Microbiome with High Plant Biomass-Degrading Capacity

(2010) Garret Suen et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

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

Phylogeny and taxonomy of obscure genera of microfungi

(2009) P.W. Crous et al.   PERSOONIA

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

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

Rethinking crop-disease management in fungus-growing ants

(2009) J. J. Boomsma 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

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

(2008) Fernando C. Pagnocca et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Food limitation in the fungus-gardening ant,Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

(2008) JON N. SEAL et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Microfungal “Weeds” in the Leafcutter Ant Symbiosis

(2008) A. Rodrigues et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Phylogeny of leafcutter ants in the genus Atta Fabricius (Formicidae: Attini) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences

(2008) Maurício Bacci et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

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

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY: All That Makes Fungus Gardens Grow

(2008) E. Youngsteadt   SCIENCE