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Table 2 Presence of Escovopsioides in fungus gardens of Atta sexdens rubropilosa after 0, 5 and 10 days of treatment with conidia of this fungus. The values are means ± standard errors of garden fragments with conidia on a scale of percentage, with 0 (no conidia present on garden fragments) to 100 (conidia present on all garden fragments). Data followed by different letters are significantly different between treatments in the same day (P ≤ 0.05). Escovopsis sp. LESF 19 was used for comparison. T: type species of Escovopsioides nivea

From: Escovopsioides as a fungal antagonist of the fungus cultivated by leafcutter ants

Isolates

Day 0

Day 5

Day 10

Control

0a

0 a

0a

LESF 596

100b

48.27 ± 14.79 b,c

44.82 ± 13.53c,d

LESF 599

100b

73.91 ± 22.75c,d

26.08 ± 9.52b,c

LESF 602

100b

33.33 ± 8.78b

4.76 ± 4.76a,b

LESF 590

100b

103.57 ± 3.57f

71.42 ± 14.28d

LESF 595

100b

84 ± 7.48d,e

60 ± 17.12d

LESF 151

100b

100f

70 ± 16.93*

LESF 510

100b

100f

16.66 ± 16.66*

LESF 592

100b

93.33 ± 6.66d,e,f

33.33 ± 15.20*

LESF 594

100b

82.14 ± 8.60d,e

46.42 ± 20.26*

LESF 601

100b

96.66 ± 3.33e,f

10 ± 10*

LESF 603

100b

100f

70 ± 10*

CBS 135749T

100b

100f

20 ± 10.32*

Escovopsis sp. LESF 19

100b

100f

100*

  1. *Values not considered in the analysis, since they refer to Escovopsioides growth in waste material, not from the fungus garden