RISB2080 - Leucoagaricus gongylophorus

Symbiont Classification

Classification

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Order

Agaricales

Genus

Leucoagaricus

Host Classification

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Subfamily

Myrmicinae

Species

Acromyrmex echinatior

Function

have six fungal proteases to provide food to the ants

Fungal farming

Localization

No localization information available

Transmission Mode

No transmission mode information available

Supporting Reference

Leucoagaricus gongylophorus uses leaf-cutting ants to vector proteolytic enzymes towards new plant substrate

Kooij, PW; Rogowska-Wrzesinska, A; Hoffmann, D ... Boomsma, JJ; Schiott, M

Journal: The ISME Journal
DOI:
10.1038/ismej.2013.231 (2014)

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Related Accession Numbers
GenBank
KF571927 KF571928 KF571929 KF571930 KF571931 KF571932

Related Publications

4 records

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Leucoagaricus gongylophorus uses leaf-cutting ants to vector proteolytic enzymes towards new plant substrate
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Kooij, PW; Rogowska-Wrzesinska, A; Hoffmann, D ... Boomsma, JJ; Schiott, M
The ISME Journal
2014
Diversity and Transmission of Gut Bacteria in Atta and Acromyrmex Leaf-Cutting Ants during Development
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gut bacteria
Zhukova, M; Sapountzis, P; Schlott, M; Boomsma, JJ
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
2017
Enrichment and Broad Representation of Plant Biomass-Degrading Enzymes in the Specialized Hyphal Swellings of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the Fungal Symbiont of Leaf-Cutter Ants
Atta cephalotes
Leucoagaricus gongylophorus
Aylward, FO; Khadempour, L; Tremmel, DM ... Burnum-Johnson, KE; Currie, CR
PLOS ONE
2015
A metabolic pathway assembled by enzyme selection may support herbivory of leaf-cutter ants on plant starch
Atta sexdens
Leucoagaricus gongylophorus
Bacci, M; Bueno, OC; Rodrigues, A ... Somera, AF; Silva, A
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY
2013
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