Applied and environmental microbiology
Novel killer yeasts and toxins from the gardens of fungus-growing ants.
Rodolfo Bizarria, Jack W Creagh, Renato A Corrêa Dos Santos, Lily L Givens, Sara A Coss, Tanner J Badigian, Adrian V Chavez, Rim T Tekle, Noah Fredstrom, F Marty Ytreberg, Maitreya J Dunham, Andre Rodrigues, Paul A Rowley
Published: 202610.1128/aem.02246-25
Abstract
Killer toxins are proteinaceous antifungal molecules produced by yeasts, with activity against a wide range of human and plant pathogenic fungi. Fungus gardens of attine ants in Brazil were surveyed to determine the presence of killer toxin-producing…
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