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| Ribeiro,Stelamaris B.; Pagnocca,Fernando C.; Victor,Sandra R.; Bueno,Odair C.; Hebling,Maria J.; Bacci Jr,Mauricio; Silva,Osvaldo A.; Fernandes,João B.; Vieira,Paulo C.; Silva,Maria F. G. F.. |
| The symbiotic fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus (Möller) Singer (syn. Rozites gongylophora Möller) cultivated by the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens L. had its development strongly inhibited by crude extracts obtained from leaves of sesame, Sesamum indicum L. (Pedaliaceae). With most of the fractions from these extracts total inhibition was observed at 2.5 mg/ml, whereas inhibition of 50% was observed with some fractions at 1.25 mg/ml. Chromatographic analysis of the hexane extract showed that it was composed by a mixture of fatty acids, of which tetradecanoic, hexadecanoic, octadecanoic, icosanoic, docosanoic and 9,12,15 octadecatrienoic acids were the major components. The separation of these compounds during the different steps of purification resulted... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Insecta; Hymenoptera; Sesame; Mutualistic fungus; Leaf-cutting ants. |
| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0301-80591998000300010 |
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| Carvalho,Alfredo O. R.; Vieira,Luiz G. E.. |
| High quality DNA for molecular studies can be easily extracted from fresh specimens. However, live samples are difficult to keep for long periods thus making their preservation a serious problem, specially when they are collected and transported from remote locations. In order to establish an efficient method to preserve Atta spp. (leaf-cutting ants) for RAPD analysis, six different storage methods were examined: 1) -70°C; 2) 95% ethanol at -20°C; 3) 95% ethanol at 4°C; 4) 95% ethanol at room temperature; 5) silica gel at room temperature; and 6) buffer (0.25 M EDTA, 2.5% SDS, 0.5 M Tris-HCl, pH 9.2) at room temperature. DNA was extracted (Cheung et al., 1993 - modified) and examined after 90, 210 and 360 days of storage. Freshly killed specimens were used... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Insecta; Leaf-cutting ants; DNA extraction; Storage conditions. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0301-80592000000300011 |
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| Nickele, Mariane Aparecida; Pie, Marcio Roberto; Reis Filho, Wilson; Penteado, Susete do Rocio Chiarello. |
| The tribe Attini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) comprises 14 genera with approximately 230 described ant species, which are engaged in an obligate mutualism with fungi. The fungus is cultivated inside their colonies, using a variety of organic material as substrate. The fungus is used as food by the ants, and in return, the ants nourish, protect, and disperse their fungal cultivars. Although all species of this tribe cultivate fungi, attine ants are quite heterogeneous in relation to agricultural system, colony size and social structure, substrate preparation behavior, foraging behavior, etc. Agriculture, symbiosis and natural history traits of fungus-farming ants are discussed in this review, as well as future research directions. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Attini; Leaf-cutting ants; Pest; Symbiosis Entomologia Agricultura; Attini; Formigas cortadeiras; Simbiose; Praga. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://pfb.cnpf.embrapa.br/pfb/index.php/pfb/article/view/403 |
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| Araújo,Márcio S.; Delia Lucia,Terezinha M.C.; Mayhé-Nunes,Antonio J.. |
| This Work was conducted in Eucalyptus stands at the Itapoã farm of the Mannesmann Fi-El Florestal Ltda. in Paraopeba, MG. The species of fungus growing-ants and leaf-cutting ants found in regrowth areas and in harvesting phase plantings were: Acromyrmex balzani Emery, 1890; Acromyrmex laticeps nigrosetosus Forel 1908; Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus Forel, 1893; Atta laevigala (F. Smith, 1858); Alta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908; Mycocepurus goeldii Forel, 1893; Sericomyrmex sp.; Trachymyrmex fuscus Emery, 1894 and three morphospecies of Trachymyrmex Forel, 1893. Taxa belonging to the genus Atta Fabricius, 1804 represented 39.14 and 41.22% of the total number of nests found in the regrowth area and in the harvesting phase plantings, respectively.... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Formicidae; Attini; Leaf-cutting ants; Eucalyptus. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81751997000200006 |
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| Silva-Pinhati,A.C.O.; Bacci Jr.,M.; Hinkle,G.; Sogin,M.L.; Pagnocca,F.C.; Martins,V.G.; Bueno,O.C.; Hebling,M.J.A.. |
| Leaf-cutting ants of the genera Atta and Acromyrmex (tribe Attini) are symbiotic with basidiomycete fungi of the genus Leucoagaricus (tribe Leucocoprineae), which they cultivate on vegetable matter inside their nests. We determined the variation of the 28S, 18S, and 5.8S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) gene loci and the rapidly evolving internal transcribed spacers 1 and 2 (ITS1 and ITS2) of 15 sympatric and allopatric fungi associated with colonies of 11 species of leafcutter ants living up to 2,600 km apart in Brazil. We found that the fungal rDNA and ITS sequences from different species of ants were identical (or nearly identical) to each other, whereas 10 GenBank Leucoagaricus species showed higher ITS variation. Our findings suggest that Atta and Acromyrmex... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Atta; Acromyrmex; Internal transcribed spacer; Leaf-cutting ants; Leucoagaricus; Leucoagaricus gongylophorus. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004001000004 |
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| Tainter, Joseph A; USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station; jtainter@fs.fed.us; Allen, T. F. H.; University of Wisconsin-Madison; tfallen@facstaff.wisc.edu; Little, Amanda; University of Wisconsin-Madison; amlittle@students.wisc.edu; Hoekstra, Thomas W; USDA Forest Service, Inventory and Monitoring Institute; thoekstra@fs.fed.us. |
| Energy gain constrains resource use, social organization, and landscape organization in human and other living systems. Changes in energy gain have common characteristics across living systems. We describe these commonalities in selected case studies involving imperial taxation, fungus-farming ants, and North American beaver, and propose a suite of hypotheses for the organization of systems that subsist on different levels of energy gain. Organizational constraints arising from energy gain predict changes to settlement and organization in postcarbon societies. |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Roman Empire; Beaver; Complexity; Energy; Energy gain; Fungus-farming ants; Leaf-cutting ants; Living systems; Organization; Renewable resources; Resources; Solar energy. |
| Ano: 2003 |
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| Duarte, A.P.M.; Attili-Angelis, D.; Baron, N.C.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Crous, P.W.; Pagnocca, F.C.. |
| Isolates of Teratosphaeriaceae have frequently been found in the integument of attine ants, proving to be common and diverse in this microenvironment. The LSU phylogeny of the ant-isolated strains studied revealed that they cluster in two main lineages. The first was associated with the genus Xenopenidiella whereas the other represented two ant-isolated lineages sister to the taxa Penidiella aggregata and P. drakensbergensis, which are allocated to the new genus Penidiellomyces. The genus Penidiella is limited to the lineage containing P. columbiana, which is not congeneric with Penidiellomyces or Penidiellopsis, nor with Simplicidiella, a novel genus introduced here to accommodate a strain isolated from ants. For species level analysis, the final 26... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Attini tribe; Leaf-cutting ants; Multi-gene analyses; Systematics; Xenopenidiella. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/617936 |
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