Symbiont recruitment versus ant-symbiont co-evolution in the attine ant–microbe symbiosis

Highlights ► Fungus-farming ants protect their fungal gardens against Escovopsis garden-disease. ► Pseudonocardia bacteria on the ant integument are thought to specifically suppress Escovopsis . ► A decade of research focused on Escovopsis – Pseudonocardia arms-race co-evolution. ► Recently, assumpt...

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Published in:Current opinion in microbiology 2012-06, Vol.15 (3), p.269-277
Main Author: Mueller, Ulrich G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actinomycetales - physiology
Animals
Ants - microbiology
Ants - physiology
Attini
bacteria
biofilm
Biofilms
Biological and medical sciences
Biological Evolution
coevolution
Escovopsis
Formicidae
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
fungi
gardens
Hypocreales - physiology
integument
Microbiology
pathogens
Pathology
Pseudonocardia
Research Design
symbionts
Symbiosis
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Summary:Highlights ► Fungus-farming ants protect their fungal gardens against Escovopsis garden-disease. ► Pseudonocardia bacteria on the ant integument are thought to specifically suppress Escovopsis . ► A decade of research focused on Escovopsis – Pseudonocardia arms-race co-evolution. ► Recently, assumptions of Escovopsis – Pseudonocardia co-evolution could not be verified. ► Biofilms on the ant integument may protect the ants primarily against ant diseases.
ISSN:1369-5274
1879-0364
DOI:10.1016/j.mib.2012.03.001