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Microfungal “Weeds” in the Leafcutter Ant Symbiosis by Rodrigues, A, Bacci Jr, M, Mueller, U. G, Ortiz, A, Pagnocca, F. C

“…Leafcutter ants (Formicidae: tribe Attini) are well-known insects that cultivate basidiomycete fungi (Agaricales: Lepiotaceae) as their principal food. Fungus…”
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Nuclear mitochondrial-like sequences in ants: evidence from Atta cephalotes (Formicidae: Attini) by Martins, J. Jr, Solomon, S.E, Mikheyev, A.S, Mueller, U.G, Ortiz, A, Bacci, M. Jr

“…Nuclear mitochondrial-like sequences (numts) are copies of mitochondrial DNA that have migrated to the genomic DNA. We present the first characterization of…”
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Low variation in ribosomal DNA and internal transcribed spacers of the symbiotic fungi of leaf-cutting ants (Attini: Formicidae) by Silva-Pinhati, A C O, Bacci, Jr, M, Hinkle, G, Sogin, M L, Pagnocca, F C, Martins, V G, Bueno, O C, Hebling, M J A

“…Leaf-cutting ants of the genera Atta and Acromyrmex (tribe Attini) are symbiotic with basidiomycete fungi of the genus Leucoagaricus (tribe Leucocoprineae),…”
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Metabolism of plant polysaccharides by Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the symbiotic fungus of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens L by Siqueira, C.G. de (Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil.), Bacci, M. Jr, Pagnocca, F.C, Bueno, O.C, Hebling, M.J.A

“…Atta sexdens L. ants feed on the fungus they cultivate on cut leaves inside their nests. The fungus, Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, metabolizes plant…”
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Diversity and Geographical Distribution of Phytoplasmas infecting China-tree in Argentina by Arneodo, J.D, Marini, D.C, Galdeano, E, Meneguzzi, N, Bacci, M. JR, Domecq, C, Nome, S.F, Conci, L.R

“…Yellows diseases associated with phytoplasmas cause high mortality in China-tree (Melia azedarach) in Argentina, but there has been no previous large-scale…”
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Occurrence of killer yeasts in leaf-cutting ant nests by CARREIRO, S. C, PAGNOCCA, F. C, BACCI, M. JR, BUENO, O. C, HEBLING, M. J. A, MIDDELHOVEN, W. J

“…Killer activity was screened in 99 yeast strains isolated from the nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens against 6 standard sensitive strains, as well as…”
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Filamentous fungi found on foundress queens of leaf-cutting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Rodrigues, A, Silva, A, Bacci Jr, M, Forti, L.C, Pagnocca, F.C

“…Queens of the leaf-cutting ant species Atta laevigata and Atta capiguara were collected soon after their mating flight and maintained in the laboratory until…”
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Susceptibility of the ant-cultivated fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus (Agaricales: Basidiomycota) towards microfungi by Silva, A, Rodrigues, A, Bacci, M. Jr, Pagnocca, F.C, Bueno, O.C

“…The aim of this study was to select virulent strains of microfungi against Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, a symbiotic fungus cultivated by leaf-cutting ants. The…”
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Planting of fungus onto hibernating workers of the fungus-growing ant Mycetosoritis clorindae (Attini, Formicidae) by Mueller, U. G, Ortiz, A, Bacci, M. Jr

“…We describe a peculiar fungus-coating behavior of the attine ant Mycetosoritis clorindae, where workers plant fungal mycelium on hibernating nestmates…”
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Cellulose degradation by Leucocoprinus gongylophorus, the fungus cultured by the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa by BACCI, M. JR, ANVERSA, M. M, PAGNOCCA, F. C

“…Leucocoprinus gongylophorus, the fungus cultured by the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa, is able to degrade efficiently cellulose, microcrystaline…”
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Phylogenetic relationships of Pseudis and Lysapsus (Anura, Hylidae, Hylinae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences by Aguiar, O. Jr, Bacci, M. Jr, Lima, A.P, Rossa-Feres, D.C, Haddad, C.F.B, Recco-Pimentel, S.M

“…The previous uncertain placement of Lysapsus and Pseudis within the neobatrachians was recently resolved by molecular and morphological studies, which…”
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Starch metabolism in Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the symbiotic fungus of leaf-cutting ants by Silva, A., Bacci, M., Pagnocca, F.C., Bueno, O.C., Hebling, M.J.A.

“…Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the symbiotic fungus of the leaf-cutting ants, degrades starch, this degradation being supposed to occur in the plant material…”
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Nesting biology of the fungus growing ants Mycetarotes Emery (Attini, Formicidae) by SOLOMON, S. E, MUELLER, U. G, SCHULTZ, T. R, CURRIE, C. R, PRICE, S. L, OLIVEIRA DA SILVA-PINHATI, A. C, BACCI, M. JR, VASCONCELOS, H. L

“…Fungus-growing ants of the genus Mycetarotes are among the least studied in the tribe Attini. This report documents nest architecture and worker population…”
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Yeasts associated with nests of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908 by CARREIRO, S. C, PAGNOCCA, F. C, CORREA BUENO, O, BACCI, M. JR, APRECIDA HEBLING, M. J, DA SILVA, O. A

“…A total of 137 yeasts associated with the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908 were characterized, being selected 93 for analysis. Twenty four…”
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Acromyrmex charruanus: a new inquiline social parasite species of leaf-cutting ants by Rabeling, C, Schultz, T. R, Bacci, M., Jr, Bollazzi, M

“…Social parasites exploit the colony resources of social species to secure their own survival and reproduction. Social parasites are frequently studied as…”
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A search for markers of sugarcane evolution by Bacci Jr, M., Miranda, V.F.O., Martins, V.G., Figueira, A.V.O., Lemos, M.V., Pereira, J.O., Marino, C.L.

“…To determine the phylogenetic relationship between sugarcane cultivars and other members of the Saccharinae subtribe, we identified the fast evolving…”
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Prevalence of the genus Cladosporium on the integument of leaf-cutting ants characterized by 454 pyrosequencing by Duarte, A. P. M., Ferro, M., Rodrigues, A., Bacci, M., Nagamoto, N. S., Forti, L. C., Pagnocca, F. C.

“…The relationship of attine ants with their mutualistic fungus and other microorganisms has been studied during the last two centuries. However, previous…”
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First isolation of microorganisms from the gut diverticulum of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): new perspectives for an insect-bacteria association by Gusmão, Desiely Silva, Santos, Adão Valmir, Marini, Danyelle Cristine, Russo, Erica de Souza, Peixoto, Anelise Maria Dias, Bacci Júnior, Maurício, Berbert-Molina, Marília Amorim, Lemos, Francisco José Alves

“…We show for the first time that the ventral diverticulum of the mosquito gut (impermeable sugar storage organ) harbors microorganisms. The gut diverticulum…”
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Survival of Atta sexdens workers on different food sources by Silva, Aline, Bacci Jr, Maurício, Gomes de Siqueira, Célia, Correa Bueno, Odair, Pagnocca, Fernando Carlos, Aparecida Hebling, Maria José

“…Leaf-cutting ants belonging to the tribe Attini are major herbivores and important agriculture pests in the neotropics, these ants being thought to feed on the…”
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Genetic variability of porcine parvovirus isolates revealed by analysis of partial sequences of the structural coding gene VP2 by Soares, Rodrigo Martins, Cortez, Adriana, Heinemann, Marcos Bryan, Sakamoto, Sidnei Myioshi, Martins, Vanderlei Geraldo, Bacci, Mauricio, Jr, de Campos Fernandes, Flora Maria, Richtzenhain, Leonardo Jose

“…1 Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Professor Dr…”
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