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Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii

Overview of attention for article published in Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, January 2015
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Title
Escovopsis trichodermoides sp. nov., isolated from a nest of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, January 2015
DOI 10.1007/s10482-014-0367-1
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Authors

Virginia E. Masiulionis, Marta N. Cabello, Keith A. Seifert, Andre Rodrigues, Fernando C. Pagnocca

Abstract

Currently, five species are formally described in Escovopsis, a specialized mycoparasitic genus of fungus gardens of attine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: tribe Attini). Four species were isolated from leaf-cutting ants in Brazil, including Escovopsis moelleri and Escovopsis microspora from nests of Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans, Escovopsis weberi from a nest of Atta sp. and Escovopsis lentecrescens from a nest of Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus. The fifth species, Escovopsis aspergilloides was isolated from a nest of the higher attine ant Trachymyrmex ruthae from Trinidad. Here, we describe a new species, Escovopsis trichodermoides isolated from a fungus garden of the lower attine ant Mycocepurus goeldii, which differs from the five other species by highly branched, trichoderma-like conidiophores lacking swollen vesicles, with reduced conidiogenous cells and distinctive conidia morphology. Phylogenetic analyses based on partial tef1 gene sequences support the distinctiveness of this species. A portion of the internal transcribed spacers of the nuclear rDNA was sequenced to serve as a DNA barcode. Future molecular and morphological studies in this group of fungi will certainly unravel the taxonomic diversity of Escovopsis associated with fungus-growing ants.

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Unknown 46 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 10 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 15%
Professor 6 13%
Student > Bachelor 4 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 7%
Other 8 17%
Unknown 8 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 26 57%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 4%
Chemistry 2 4%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 4%
Environmental Science 1 2%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 11 24%
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