The ecosystem services provided by social insects: traits, management tools and knowledge gaps

L Elizalde, M Arbetman, X Arnan, P Eggleton… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Social insects, ie ants, bees, wasps and termites, are key components of ecological
communities, and are important ecosystem services (ESs) providers. Here, we review the …

Microbial symbionts of insects as a source of new antimicrobials: a review

L Van Moll, J De Smet, P Cos… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
To stop the antimicrobial resistance crisis, there is an urgent need for increased investment
in antimicrobial research and development. Currently, many researchers are focussing on …

Bioleaching of heavy metals from printed circuit board (PCB) by Streptomyces albidoflavus TN10 isolated from insect nest

D Kaliyaraj, M Rajendran, V Angamuthu… - Bioresources and …, 2019 - Springer
Background E-waste management is extremely difficult to exercise owing to its complexity
and hazardous nature. Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are the core components of electrical …

Diversity of Bacterial Endophytes of Maize (Zea mays) and Their Functional Potential for Micronutrient Biofortification

S Verma, M Kumar, A Kumar, S Das, H Chakdar… - Current …, 2022 - Springer
Microorganisms due, to their immense metabolic diversity, have the potential to augment the
uptake of iron and zinc in addition to other important nutrients in plants. In the present work …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for widespread associations between neotropical hymenopteran insects and actinobacteria

B Matarrita-Carranza, RD Moreira-Soto… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The evolutionary success of hymenopteran insects has been associated with complex
physiological and behavioral defense mechanisms against pathogens and parasites …

Actinomycetes associated with hymenopteran insects: a promising source of bioactive natural products

U Diarra, T Osborne-Naikatini… - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Bacterial community composition and diversity in an ancestral ant fungus symbiosis

K Kellner, HD Ishak, TA Linksvayer… - FEMS microbiology …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Fungus-farming ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Attini) exhibit some of the most complex
microbial symbioses because both macroscopic partners (ants and fungus) are associated …

Phylogenetic analyses of antibiotic-producing Streptomyces sp. isolates obtained from the stingless-bee Tetragonisca angustula (Apidae: Meliponini)

JC Cambronero-Heinrichs… - …, 2019 - microbiologyresearch.org
Many insects have been associated with actinobacteria in protective symbiosis where
antimicrobial metabolites inhibit host pathogens. However, the microbiota of neotropical …

Characterization of Actinomycetes Strains Isolated from the Intestinal Tract and Feces of the Larvae of the Longhorn Beetle Cerambyx welensii

RI Santamaría, A Martínez-Carrasco… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Actinomycetes constitute a large group of Gram-positive bacteria present in different
habitats. One of these habitats involves the association of these bacteria with insects. In this …

Ants/nest-associated fungi and their specialized metabolites: taxonomy, chemistry, and bioactivity

ÁS Aguilar-Colorado, J Rivera-Chávez - Revista Brasileira de …, 2023 - Springer
Microscopic fungi occupy a vast number of habitats, are taxonomically diverse, degrade
complex substrates, and have stood out for their capacity to biosynthesize a plethora of …