Evidence that the domesticated fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus recycles its cytoplasmic contents as nutritional rewards to feed its leafcutter ant farmers

Abstract Leafcutter ants farm a fungal cultivar (Leucoagaricus gongylophorus) that converts inedible vegetation into food that sustains colonies with up to millions of workers. Analogous to edible fruits of crops domesticated by humans, L. gongylophorus has evolved specialized nutritional rewards—sw...

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Principais autores:	Caio Ambrosio Leal-Dutra, Lok Man Yuen, Bruno Augusto Maciel Guedes, Marta Contreras-Serrano, Pedro Elias Marques, Jonathan Zvi Shik
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Pensoft Publishers 2023-09-01
coleção:	IMA Fungus
Assuntos:	Autophagy Leucoagaricus gongylophorus Leafcutter ant Gongylidia Fungus Symbiosis
Acesso em linha:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s43008-023-00126-5
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