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Leaf-cutting ant fungi produce cell wall degrading pectinase complexes reminiscent of phytopathogenic fungi

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Title
Leaf-cutting ant fungi produce cell wall degrading pectinase complexes reminiscent of phytopathogenic fungi
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BMC Biology, December 2010
DOI 10.1186/1741-7007-8-156
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Morten Schiøtt, Adelina Rogowska-Wrzesinska, Peter Roepstorff, Jacobus J Boomsma

Abstract

Leaf-cutting (attine) ants use their own fecal material to manure fungus gardens, which consist of leaf material overgrown by hyphal threads of the basidiomycete fungus Leucocoprinus gongylophorus that lives in symbiosis with the ants. Previous studies have suggested that the fecal droplets contain proteins that are produced by the fungal symbiont to pass unharmed through the digestive system of the ants, so they can enhance new fungus garden growth.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Mexico 2 2%
United States 2 2%
Denmark 2 2%
India 1 <1%
Costa Rica 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Puerto Rico 1 <1%
Poland 1 <1%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 115 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 22 17%
Student > Master 20 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 15%
Student > Bachelor 14 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 8%
Other 30 24%
Unknown 12 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 84 66%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 13 10%
Environmental Science 4 3%
Chemistry 3 2%
Unspecified 1 <1%
Other 5 4%
Unknown 17 13%