Leaf-cutting ant fungi produce cell wall degrading pectinase complexes reminiscent of phytopathogenic fungi
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Leaf-cutting ant fungi produce cell wall degrading pectinase complexes reminiscent of phytopathogenic fungi. / Schiøtt, Morten; Rogowska-Wrzesinska, Adelina; Roepstorff, Peter; Boomsma, Jacobus J.
In: B M C Biology, Vol. 8, 01.01.2010, p. 156.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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T1 - Leaf-cutting ant fungi produce cell wall degrading pectinase complexes reminiscent of phytopathogenic fungi
AU - Schiøtt, Morten
AU - Rogowska-Wrzesinska, Adelina
AU - Roepstorff, Peter
AU - Boomsma, Jacobus J
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Amino Acid Sequence
KW - Animals
KW - Ants
KW - Cell Wall
KW - Cloning, Molecular
KW - Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
KW - Feces
KW - Fungi
KW - Genes, Fungal
KW - Mass Spectrometry
KW - Models, Biological
KW - Multienzyme Complexes
KW - Plant Leaves
KW - Polygalacturonase
KW - Symbiosis
U2 - 10.1186/1741-7007-8-156
DO - 10.1186/1741-7007-8-156
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 21194476
VL - 8
SP - 156
JO - B M C Biology
JF - B M C Biology
SN - 1741-7007
ER -
ID: 33517951