Enrichment and Broad Representation of Plant Biomass-Degrading Enzymes in the Specialized Hyphal Swellings of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the Fungal Symbiont of Leaf-Cutter Ants.

Enrichment and Broad Representation of Plant Biomass-Degrading Enzymes in the Specialized Hyphal Swellings of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the Fungal Symbiont of Leaf-Cutter Ants.

Leaf-cutter ants are prolific and conspicuous constituents of Neotropical ecosystems that derive energy from specialized fungus gardens they cultivate using prodigious amounts of foliar biomass. The basidiomycetous cultivar of the ants, Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, produces specialized hyphal swelli...

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Main Authors: Frank O Aylward, Lily Khadempour, Daniel M Tremmel, Bradon R McDonald, Carrie D Nicora, Si Wu, Ronald J Moore, Daniel J Orton, Matthew E Monroe, Paul D Piehowski, Samuel O Purvine, Richard D Smith, Mary S Lipton, Kristin E Burnum-Johnson, Cameron R Currie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4552819?pdf=render

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