Functional Symbionts

3 records

Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Atta cephalotes

Hymenoptera
Fungi
Extracellular

certain enzymes produced by symbiont may be particularly important in the initial degradation of foliar material for host
Digestive enzymes

2015
Fungi

have six fungal proteases to provide food to the ants
Fungal farming

2014

Atta sexdens

Hymenoptera
Fungi
Extracellular

The association between the leaf-cutter ant Atta sexdens and the basidiomycete fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus has enabled them to degrade starch from plant material generating glucose, which is a major food source for both mutualists.
Sugar metabolism Fungal farming

2013
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