Carreiro S C, Pagnocca F C, Bueno O C, Hebling M J, da Silva O A
Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 1997 Mar;71(3):243-8. doi: 10.1023/a:1000182108648.
A total of 137 yeasts associated with the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel, 1908 were characterized, being selected 93 for analysis. Twenty four species belonging to seven genera (Candida, Cryptococcus, Rhodotorula, Sporobolomyces, Tremella, Trichosporon, Pichia) were isolated from the different analysed material. The genus Candida was widely distributed, with C. homilentoma, C. colliculosa-like, C. famata and C. colliculosa being the most prevalent. A few isolates did not fit the standard descriptions and probably some of them could be new biotypes or even new species. Three strains of black yeasts were also isolated, and four other were identified as being Candida spp. The effective number of yeast species was higher in newer sponge. The origin, distribution and relative importance of these microorganisms for the ants are discussed.
对总共137种与切叶蚁Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel（1908年）相关的酵母进行了特征描述，从中挑选出93种进行分析。从不同分析材料中分离出属于7个属（假丝酵母属、隐球菌属、红酵母属、掷孢酵母属、银耳属、丝孢酵母属、毕赤酵母属）的24个物种。假丝酵母属分布广泛，其中霍米伦托马假丝酵母、类小丘假丝酵母、法塔假丝酵母和小丘假丝酵母最为常见。一些分离株不符合标准描述，其中一些可能是新的生物型甚至新物种。还分离出了三株黑色酵母，另外四株被鉴定为假丝酵母属。在较新的海绵中酵母物种的有效数量更高。讨论了这些微生物对蚂蚁的起源、分布和相对重要性。
