Insects interact with microorganisms in several situations, ranging from the accidental
interaction to locate attractive food or the acquisition of essential nutrients missing in the …

Fungi are found in all aerobic ecosystems, colonizing a diversity of substrates and
performing a wide diversity of functions, some of which are not well understood. Many …

Leaf-cutting ants, being the principal herbivores and ecosystem engineers in the Neotropics,
have been considered to be a keystone species in natural ecosystems and agroecosystems …

Fungal DNA was selectively amplified, and the ITS region sequenced, from fecal samples
taken from 45 healthy human volunteers at one (21 volunteers) or two (24 volunteers) time …

Several biological, chemical, cultural and mechanical methods have been studied for the
control of leaf-cutting ants due to their economic importance in forestry, agriculture and …

Following the concept of the holobiont, insect-microbiota interactions play an important role
in insect biology. Many examples of host-associated microorganisms have been reported to …

We profiled the microfungal communities in gardens of fungus-growing ants to evaluate
possible species-specific ant–microfungal associations and to assess the potential …

We investigate the diversity of yeasts isolated in gardens of the leafcutter ant Atta texana.
Repeated sampling of gardens from four nests over a 1-year time period showed that …

Background Symbiotic relationships modulate the evolution of living organisms in all levels
of biological organization. A notable example of symbiosis is that of attine ants (Attini; …

Microbiome surveys provide clues for the functional roles of symbiotic microbial communities
and their hosts. In this study, we elucidated bacterial microbiomes associated with the …