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

Mycopathologia

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-119

  Silva, A ^a   Rodrigues, A ^a   Bacci Jr , M ^a   Pagnocca, F C ^a   Bueno, O C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Atta; Attini; Fungus growing ants; Pathogens; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CYTOLOGY; DEUTEROMYCETES; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; INSECT CONTROL; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; SYMBIOSIS;

ACREMONIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); ACREMONIUM KILIENSE; AGARICALES; ATTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; ESCOVOPSIS WEBERI; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HYPOCREA LIXII; INSECTA; LEUCOAGARICUS GONGYLOPHORUS;

EID: 33746911590     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-006-0037-6     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. TR Schultz RA Meier 1995 A phylogenetic analysis of the fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini) based on morphological characters on the larvae Syst. Entomol. 20 337 370
2. R Singer 1986 The Agaricales in Modern Taxonomy Koeltz Scientific Books Koenigstein-Germany
3. UG Mueller 2002 Ant versus fungus versus mutualism: ant-cultivar conflict and the deconstruction of the Attine ant-fungus symbiosis Am. Nat. 160 67 98
4. AC Silva-Pinhati M Bacci Jr. ML Hinkle ML Sogin FC Pagnocca VG Martins OC Bueno MJA Hebling 2004 Low variation in ribossomal DNA and internal transcribed spacers of the symbiotic fungi of leaf-cutting ants (Attini: Formicidae) Braz. J. Med. Biol. Res. 37 1463 1472
5. G Stahel 1943 The fungus gardens of the leaf-cutting ants J. New York Bot. Garden 44 245 253
6. RJ Quinlan JM Cherrett 1979 The role of fungus in the diet of the leaf-cutting ant Atta cephalotes (L.) Ecol. Entomol. 4 151 160
7. A Silva M Bacci Jr CG Siqueira OC Bueno FC Pagnocca MJA Hebling 2003 Survival of Atta sexdens on different food sources J. Insect Physiol. 49 307 313
8. NA Weber 1979 Fungus culturing by ants LR Batra Insect-fungus Symbiosis, Mutualism and Commensalism New York John Wiley 77 116
9. SC Carreiro FC Pagnocca OC Bueno M Bacci Jr MJA Hebling AO Silva 1997 Yeasts associated with nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 71 243 248
10. CR Currie UG Mueller D Malloch 1999 The agricultural pathology of ant fungus gardens Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 96 7998 8002
11. PJ Fisher DJ Stradling BC Sutton LE Petrini 1996 Microfungi in the fungus gardens of the leaf-cutting ant Atta cephalotes: a preliminary study Mycol. Res. 100 541 546
12. CR Currie AE Stuart 2001 Weeding and grooming of pathogens in agriculture by ants Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 268 1033 1039
13. AEF Little T Murakami UG Mueller CR Currie 2006 Defending against parasites: fungus-growing ants combine specialized behaviours and microbial symbionts to protect their fungus gardens Biol. Lett. 2 1 12 16
14. R Powell DJ Stradling 1986 Factors influencing the growth of Attamyces bromatificus, a symbiont of attine ants Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc. 87 205 213
15. CR Currie 2001 Prevalence and impact of a virulent parasite on a tripartite mutualism Oecologia 128 99 106
16. HT Reynolds CR Currie 2004 Pathogenicity of Escovopsis weberi: The parasite of the attine ant-microbe symbiosis directly consumes the ant-cultivated fungus Mycologia 96 955 959
17. A Rodrigues FC Pagnocca OC Bueno LH Pfenning M Bacci Jr. 2005 Assessment of microfungi in fungus gardens free of the ants Sociobiology 46 317 322
18. JJ Muchovej TMC Della Lucia 1990 Escovopsis, a new genus from leaf-cutting ant nests to replace Phialocladus nomen invalidum Mycotaxon 37 1 191 195
19. A Rodrigues FC Pagnocca M Bacci Jr MJA Hebling OC Bueno LH Pfenning 2005 Variability of non-mutualistic filamentous fungi associated with Atta sexdens rubropilosa nests Folia Microbiol. 50 421 425
20. JH Zar 1996 Biostatistical Analysis 3 Prentice-Hall New Jersey
21. A Ortiz S Orduz 2000 In vitro evaluation of Trichoderma and Gliocladium antagonism against the symbiotic fungus of the leaf-cutting ant Atta cephalotes Mycopathologia 150 53 60
22. E Diehl-Fleigh ME Silva A Specht ME Valim-Labres 1993 Efficiency of Beauveria bassiana for Acromyrmex spp Control (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Ann. Soc. Entomol. Brasil 22 281 285
23. A Kermarrec G Febvay M Decharme 1986 Protection of leaf-cutting ants from biohazards: is there a future for microbiological control? CS Lofgren RKV Meer Fire Ants and Leaf-Cutting Ants: Biology and Management Westview Press London 339 356
24. E Lopez S Orduz 2003 Metarhizium anisopliae and Trichoderma viride for control of nests of the fungus-growing ant, Atta cephalotes Biol. Control 27 194 200
25. PJ Neves SB Alves 1999 Controle associado de Cornitermes cumulans (Kollar, 1832) (Isoptera: Termitidae) com Metarhizium anisopliae, Beauveria bassiana e Imidacloprid Sci. Agric. 56 2 305 311
26. PMOJ Neves SB Alves 2000 Grooming capacity inhibition in Cornitermes cumulans (Kollar) (Isoptera: Termitidae) inoculated with entomopathogenic fungi and treated with imidacloprid An. Soc. Entomol. Brasil 29 537 545