From plants to ants: Fungal modification of leaf lipids for nutrition and communication in the leaf-cutter ant fungal garden ecosystem
Lily Khadempour, Jennifer E Kyle, Bobbie‐Jo Webb‐Robertson, Carrie Nicora, Francesca B. Smith, Richard D. Smith, Mary S. Weir Lipton, Cameron R. Currie, Erin Shammel Baker, Kristin Burnum-Johnson
This study uses lipidomics to analyze leaf-cutter ant fungal gardens, showing lipids play roles in energy transfer and inter-kingdom communication through differential fatty acid responses.
mSystems · Mar 23, 2021Peer-reviewedSystems Biology