In recent years, the insect microbiome has become the focus of many actinomycete
researchers in their search for novel bioactive compounds with members of the order …

Escovopsis is a symbiont of fungus-growing ant colonies. Unstandardised taxonomy
prevented the evaluation of the morphological diversity of Escovopsis for more than a …

Pest ants are known for their damage to biodiversity, harm to agriculture, and negative
impact on human welfare. Ants thrive when environmental opportunities arise, becoming …

Escovopsis is a diverse group of fungi, which are considered specialized parasites of the
fungal cultivars of fungus-growing ants. The lack of a suitable taxonomic framework and …

The metabolic intimacy of symbiosis often demands the work of specialists. Natural products
and defensive secondary metabolites can drive specificity by ensuring infection and …

Leaf‐cutting ants and their fungal crops are a textbook example of a long‐term obligatory
mutualism. Many microbes continuously enter their nest containing the fungal cultivars …

In varied environments, microorganisms search for partners or nutritional resources using
chemical signals. Microbes are drawn (chemotaxis) or grow directionally (chemotropism) …

This study was carried out to investigate the use of different substrates for the production of
Escovopsis conidia and verify the virulence of four different isolates cultured on four types of …

Fungus-growing attine ants maintain a mutualistic relationship with basidiomycete fungi
which they cultivate for food. In addition to the fungal partner, attine ant colonies harbor a …

Frente às alterações nas condições ambientais, os organismos podem assumir distintos
papéis ecológicos e estabelecer diferentes interações. O conteúdo nutricional, em …