TY - JOUR AU - Osti, Julio Flavio AU - Rodrigues, Andre PY - 2018 DA - 2018/10/10 TI - Escovopsioides as a fungal antagonist of the fungus cultivated by leafcutter ants JO - BMC Microbiology SP - 130 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Fungus gardens of fungus-growing (attine) ants harbor complex microbiomes in addition to the mutualistic fungus they cultivate for food. Fungi in the genus Escovopsioides were recently described as members of this microbiome but their role in the ant-fungus symbiosis is poorly known. In this study, we assessed the phylogenetic diversity of 21 Escovopsioides isolates obtained from fungus gardens of leafcutter ants (genera Atta and Acromyrmex) and non-leafcutter ants (genera Trachymyrmex and Apterostigma) sampled from several regions in Brazil. SN - 1471-2180 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-018-1265-x DO - 10.1186/s12866-018-1265-x ID - Osti2018 ER -