Journal article
Microbial community modulates growth of symbiotic fungus required for stingless bee metamorphosis
Abstract
The Brazilian stingless bee Scaptotrigona depilis requires the brood cells-associated fungus Zygosaccharomyces sp. as steroid source for metamorphosis. Besides the presence of Zygosaccharomyces sp., other fungi inhabit S. depilis brood cells, but their biological functions are unknown. Here we show that Candida sp. and Monascus ruber, isolated from cerumen of S. depilis brood provisions, interact with Zygosaccharomyces sp. and modulate its …
Authors
Paludo CR; Pishchany G; Andrade-Dominguez A; Silva-Junior EA; Menezes C; Nascimento FS; Currie CR; Kolter R; Clardy J; Pupo MT
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 14, No. 7,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0219696
ISSN
1932-6203