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Tipo: Artigo
Título: Actinomycetes inhibit filamentous fungi from the cuticle of Acromyrmex leafcutter ants
Autor(es): Dângelo, Rômulo Augusto Cotta
Souza, Danival José de
Mendes, Thais Demarchi
Couceiro, Joel da Cruz
Lucia, Terezinha Maria Castro Della
Abstract: Actinomycetes bacteria associated with leafcutter ants produce secondary metabolites with antimicrobial properties against Escovopsis, a fungus specialized in attacking the gardens of fungus-growing ants, which denies the ants their food source. Because previous studies have used fungi isolated from fungus gardens but not from ant integument, the aims of the present study were to isolate actinomycetes associated with the cuticle of the Acromyrmex spp. and to quantify their inhibition abilities against the filamentous fungal species carried by these ants. The results demonstrated that actinomycetes had varied strain-dependent effects on several filamentous fungal species in addition to antagonistic activity against Escovopsis. The strain isolated from Acromyrmex balzani was identified as a Streptomyces species, whereas the remaining isolates were identified as different strains belonging to the genus Pseudonocardia. These findings corroborate the hypothesis that actinomycetes do not act specifically against Escovopsis mycoparasites and may have the ability to inhibit other species of pathogenic fungi.
Palavras-chave: Attini
Actinobacteria
Symbiosis
Specificity
Editor: Journal of Basic Microbiology
Tipo de Acesso: WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA,Weinheim
URI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jobm.201500593
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Data do documento: 11-Nov-2015
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