Disease management in two sympatric Apterostigma fungusâgrowing ants for controlling the parasitic fungus Escovopsis
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7379
Abstract: Abstract Antagonistic interactions between host and parasites are often embedded in networks of interacting species, in which hosts may be attacked by competing parasites species, and parasites may infect more than one host species. To… read more here.
Keywords: two sympatric; growing ants; escovopsis; host ... See more keywords
Imaging with Mass Spectrometry of Bacteria on the Exoskeleton of Fungus-Growing Ants.
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DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.7b00038
Abstract: Mass spectrometry imaging is a powerful analytical technique for detecting and determining spatial distributions of molecules within a sample. Typically, mass spectrometry imaging is limited to the analysis of thin tissue sections taken from the… read more here.
Keywords: mass spectrometry; growing ants; mass; fungus growing ... See more keywords
Amycolatopsis from Desert Specialist Fungus-Growing Ants Suppresses Contaminant Fungi Using the Antibiotic ECO-0501
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DOI: 10.1128/aem.01838-22
Abstract: Animal hosts often benefit from chemical defenses provided by microbes. These molecular defenses are a potential source of novel antibiotics and offer opportunities for understanding how antibiotics are used in ecological contexts with defined interspecies… read more here.
Keywords: eco 0501; fungus growing; amycolatopsis; desert ... See more keywords