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Provedor de dados: | 65
País: | Brazil
Título: | Growth of symbiont fungi of some higher attine ants in mineral medium
Autores: | Loeck,Alci Enimar; Pierobom,Carlos Roberto; Gusmão,Luciana Guerra de; Afonso,Ana Paula.
Data: | 2004-02-01
Ano: | 2004
Palavras-chave: | Leaf-cutting ants; Symbiont fungus; Mycelial growth.
Resumo: | Bioassays were conducted to verify the possibility of culturing the symbiont fungus of some higher attine in mineral medium and finding out the optimum pH value for their satisfactory mycelial growth. Three organic media and one mineral medium were inoculated with isolates from Atta sexdens piriventris and Acromyrmex heyeri. In mineral medium different values of pH (4.0, 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0) were tested with isolates from A. laevigata and A. laticeps. The behavior of isolates (colony diameter) was different in the mineral medium. However, even the one which grew the least of all provided enough mycelial for RAPD analysis. The best range of pH for fungal growth in mineral medium was between 4.0 and 5.0
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782004000100012
Editor: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Relação: | 10.1590/S0103-84782004000100012
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Ciência Rural  v.34 n.1 2004
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess