Literature DB >> 16897590

Susceptibility of the ant-cultivated fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus (Agaricales: Basidiomycota) towards microfungi.

A Silva1, A Rodrigues, M Bacci, F C Pagnocca, O C Bueno.   

Abstract

The aim of this study was to select virulent strains of microfungi against Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, a symbiotic fungus cultivated by leaf-cutting ants. The results from in vitro assays showed that microfungal strains had a variable and significant impact on the colony development of L. gongylophorus. Specifically, Trichoderma harzianum, Escovopsis weberi CBS 810.71 and E. weberi A088 were more effective, inhibiting the L. gongylophorus colonies by 75, 68 and 67%, respectively (P < 0.05) after 15 days. Strain E. weberi A086 and Acremonium kiliense were less effective: 43 and 26%, respectively (P < 0.05). In spite of the current negative perspective of a microbiological control approach for these ants, the present work discusses the possibility of using mycopathogenic fungi for the control of these insects, and points out the importance of encouraging more studies in this area.

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Year:  2006        PMID： 16897590     DOI： 10.1007/s11046-006-0037-6

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Mycopathologia        ISSN： 0301-486X            Impact factor:   2.574


  11 in total

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3.  Prevalence and impact of a virulent parasite on a tripartite mutualism.

Authors:  Cameron R Currie
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  2001-06-01       Impact factor: 3.225

4.  Weeding and grooming of pathogens in agriculture by ants.

Authors:  C R Currie; A E Stuart
Journal:  Proc Biol Sci       Date:  2001-05-22       Impact factor: 5.349

5.  Pathogenicity of Escovopsis weberi: The parasite of the attine ant-microbe symbiosis directly consumes the ant-cultivated fungus.

Authors:  Hannah T Reynolds; Cameron R Currie
Journal:  Mycologia       Date:  2004 Sep-Oct       Impact factor: 2.696

6.  Low variation in ribosomal DNA and internal transcribed spacers of the symbiotic fungi of leaf-cutting ants (Attini: Formicidae).

Authors:  A C O Silva-Pinhati; M Bacci; G Hinkle; M L Sogin; F C Pagnocca; V G Martins; O C Bueno; M J A Hebling
Journal:  Braz J Med Biol Res       Date:  2004-09-22       Impact factor: 2.590

7.  Ant versus fungus versus mutualism: ant-cultivar conflict and the deconstruction of the attine ant-fungus symbiosis.

Authors:  Ulrich G Mueller
Journal:  Am Nat       Date:  2002-10       Impact factor: 3.926

8.  Survival of Atta sexdens workers on different food sources.

Authors:  Aline Silva; Maurício Bacci; Célia Gomes de Siqueira; Odair Correa Bueno; Fernando Carlos Pagnocca; Maria José Aparecida Hebling
Journal:  J Insect Physiol       Date:  2003-04       Impact factor: 2.354

9.  In vitro evaluation of trichoderma and gliocladium antagonism against the symbiotic fungus of the leaf-cutting ant Atta cephalotes.

Authors:  A Ortiz; S Orduz
Journal:  Mycopathologia       Date:  2001       Impact factor: 3.785

10.  Variability of non-mutualistic filamentous fungi associated with Atta sexdens rubropilosa nests.

Authors:  A Rodrigues; F C Pagnocca; M Júnior Bacci; M J A Hebling; O C Bueno; L H Pfenning
Journal:  Folia Microbiol (Praha)       Date:  2005       Impact factor: 2.629
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  6 in total

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2.  Microfungal "weeds" in the leafcutter ant symbiosis.

Authors:  A Rodrigues; M Bacci; U G Mueller; A Ortiz; F C Pagnocca
Journal:  Microb Ecol       Date:  2008-03-28       Impact factor: 4.552

Review 3.  The Evolutionary Innovation of Nutritional Symbioses in Leaf-Cutter Ants.

Authors:  Frank O Aylward; Cameron R Currie; Garret Suen
Journal:  Insects       Date:  2012-01-06       Impact factor: 2.769

4.  Recognition of endophytic Trichoderma species by leaf-cutting ants and their potential in a Trojan-horse management strategy.

Authors:  Silma L Rocha; Harry C Evans; Vanessa L Jorge; Lucimar A O Cardoso; Fernanda S T Pereira; Fabiano B Rocha; Robert W Barreto; Adam G Hart; Simon L Elliot
Journal:  R Soc Open Sci       Date:  2017-04-05       Impact factor: 2.963

Review 5.  The Symbiotic Fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus (Möller) Singer (Agaricales, Agaricaceae) as a Target Organism to Control Leaf-Cutting Ants.

Authors:  Sean Araújo; Janaína Seibert; Ana Ruani; Ricardo Alcántara-de la Cruz; Artur Cruz; Alana Pereira; Doraí Zandonai; Moacir Forim; Maria Fátima Silva; Odair Bueno; João Fernandes
Journal:  Insects       Date:  2022-04-06       Impact factor: 3.139

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

Authors:  André Rodrigues; Carla D Carletti; Odair C Bueno; Fernando C Pagnocca
Journal:  Braz J Microbiol       Date:  2008-03-01       Impact factor: 2.476
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