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Symbiont Species	Strain Records	Classification	Function Tags	Total Records
Amycolatopsis Actinomycetota	Trachymyrmex Amycolatopsis (from desert specialist fungus-growing ants) produces the antibiotic EC0-0501, which has strong activity … Trachymyrmex smithi Amycolatopsis inhibited the growth of Pseudonocardia symbionts under laboratory conditions, with the novel analog nocam…	Bacteria	Antimicrobial Activity	2
Pseudonocardia Actinomycetota	Acromyrmex Pseudonocardia provides protection to Acromyrmex leaf-cutter ants against the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium. Mycocepurus smithii Pseudonocardia produces secondary metabolites with antibiotic activity that protects the host ant's fungus garden again… Mycetarotes parallelus Pseudonocardia produces secondary metabolites with antibiotic activity that protects the host ant's fungus garden again… Mycetophylax morschi Pseudonocardia produces secondary metabolites with antibiotic activity that protects the host ant's fungus garden again…	Bacteria	Antimicrobial Activity Chemical Biosynthesis	4