ReviewCurrent opinion in chemical biology2020
Chemical warfare between fungus-growing ants and their pathogens.
Review in Current opinion in chemical biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Production of Escovopsis conidia and the potential use of this parasitic fungus as a biological control agent of leaf-cutting ant fungus gardens.Archives of microbiology · 2024Article
- Unearthing a Cryptic Biosynthetic Gene Cluster for the Piperazic Acid-Bearing Depsipeptide Diperamycin in the Ant-DwellerInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Actinomycetes associated with hymenopteran insects: a promising source of bioactive natural products.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Review
- Fungal Cultivars of Higher Attine Ants Promote Escovopsis Chemotropism.Current microbiology · 2023Article
- Taxonomy and systematics of the fungus-growing ant associateStudies in mycology · 2023Article
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- Environments and Hosts Structure the Bacterial Microbiomes of Fungus-Gardening Ants and their Symbiotic Fungus Gardens.Microbial ecology · 2023Article
- Mutualistic interactions between ants and fungi: A review.Ecology and evolution · 2023Review
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Fungus-growing attine ants are under constant threat from fungal pathogens such as the specialized mycoparasite Escovopsis, which uses combined physical and chemical attack strategies to prey on the fungal gardens of the ants. In defence, some species assemble protective microbiomes on their exoskeletons that contain antimicrobial-producing Actinobacteria. Underlying this network of mutualistic and antagonistic interactions are an array of chemical signals. Escovopsis weberi produces the shearinine terpene-indole alkaloids, which affect ant behaviour, diketopiperazines to combat defensive bacteria, and other small molecules that inhibit the fungal cultivar. Pseudonocardia and Streptomyces mutualist bacteria produce depsipeptide and polyene macrolide antifungals active against Escovopsis spp. The ant nest metabolome is further complicated by competition between defensive bacteria, which produce antibacterials active against even closely related species.
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