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Characterization of actinobacteria associated with three ant-plant mutualisms.
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- Actinomycetes associated with hymenopteran insects: a promising source of bioactive natural products.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Review
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- Bacterial diversity in arboreal ant nesting spaces is linked to colony developmental stage.Communications biology · 2023Article
- Isolation, characterization and screening of actinomycetes associated with fijian ant-plant symbioses.Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2023Article
- Fungi as mutualistic partners in ant-plant interactions.Frontiers in fungal biology · 2023Review
- Streptomyces sp. M54: an actinobacteria associated with a neotropical social wasp with high potential for antibiotic production.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2021Article
- Insights Into the Ecological Role ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
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- Community Composition, Antifungal Activity and Chemical Analyses of Ant-Derived Actinobacteria.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
- Population Genomics Insights into Adaptive Evolution and Ecological Differentiation in Streptomycetes.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2019Article
- Diversity and antagonistic potential of Actinobacteria from the fungus-growing termite3 Biotech · 2019Article
- The antimicrobial potential of Streptomyces from insect microbiomes.Nature communications · 2019Article
- Evidence for Widespread Associations between Neotropical Hymenopteran Insects and Actinobacteria.Frontiers in microbiology · 2017Article
- Antimicrobial Activity of Actinobacteria Isolated From the Guts of Subterranean Termites.Environmental entomology · 2016Article
- Diversity of Culturable Thermophilic Actinobacteria in Hot Springs in Tengchong, China and Studies of their Biosynthetic Gene Profiles.Microbial ecology · 2016Article
- Evolution of High Cellulolytic Activity in Symbiotic Streptomyces through Selection of Expanded Gene Content and Coordinated Gene Expression.PLoS biology · 2016Article
- Recent advances in understandingF1000Research · 2016Review
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Abstract
Ant-plant mutualisms are conspicuous and ecologically important components of tropical ecosystems that remain largely unexplored in terms of insect-associated microbial communities. Recent work has revealed that ants in some ant-plant systems cultivate fungi (Chaetothyriales) within their domatia, which are fed to larvae. Using Pseudomyrmex penetrator/Tachigali sp. from French Guiana and Petalomyrmex phylax/Leonardoxa africana and Crematogaster margaritae/Keetia hispida, both from Cameroon, as models, we tested the hypothesis that ant-plant-fungus mutualisms co-occur with culturable Actinobacteria. Using selective media, we isolated 861 putative Actinobacteria from the three systems. All C. margaritae/K. hispida samples had culturable Actinobacteria with a mean of 10.0 colony forming units (CFUs) per sample, while 26 % of P. penetrator/Tachigali samples (mean CFUs 1.3) and 67 % of P. phylax/L. africana samples (mean CFUs 3.6) yielded Actinobacteria. The largest number of CFUs was obtained from P. penetrator workers, P. phylax alates, and C. margaritae pupae. 16S rRNA gene sequencing and phylogenetic analysis revealed the presence of four main clades of Streptomyces and one clade of Nocardioides within these three ant-plant mutualisms. Streptomyces with antifungal properties were isolated from all three systems, suggesting that they could serve as protective symbionts, as found in other insects. In addition, a number of isolates from a clade of Streptomyces associated with P. phylax/L. africana and C. margaritae/K. hispida were capable of degrading cellulose, suggesting that Streptomyces in these systems may serve a nutritional role. Repeated isolation of particular clades of Actinobacteria from two geographically distant locations supports these isolates as residents in ant-plant-fungi niches.
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