Microbial community modulates growth of symbiotic fungus required for stingless bee metamorphosis.

Microbial community modulates growth of symbiotic fungus required for stingless bee metamorphosis.

The Brazilian stingless bee Scaptotrigona depilis requires the brood cells-associated fungus Zygosaccharomyces sp. as steroid source for metamorphosis. Besides the presence of Zygosaccharomyces sp., other fungi inhabit S. depilis brood cells, but their biological functions are unknown. Here we show...

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Main Authors: Camila Raquel Paludo, Gleb Pishchany, Andres Andrade-Dominguez, Eduardo Afonso Silva-Junior, Cristiano Menezes, Fabio Santos Nascimento, Cameron R Currie, Roberto Kolter, Jon Clardy, Mônica Tallarico Pupo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219696

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219696

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