Chemical warfare between leafcutter ant symbionts and a co-evolved pathogen

Chemical warfare between leafcutter ant symbionts and a co-evolved pathogen

Acromyrmex ants cultivate fungus gardens that can be parasitized by Escovopsis sp., leading to colony collapse. Here, Heine et al. identify two secondary metabolites produced by Escovopsis that accumulate in Acromyrmex tissue, reduce behavioural defenses and suppress symbiotic Pseudonocardia bacteri...

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Main Authors: Daniel Heine, Neil A. Holmes, Sarah F. Worsley, Ana Carolina A. Santos, Tabitha M. Innocent, Kirstin Scherlach, Elaine H. Patrick, Douglas W. Yu, J. Colin Murrell, Paulo C. Vieria, Jacobus J. Boomsma, Christian Hertweck, Matthew I. Hutchings, Barrie Wilkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04520-1

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04520-1

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