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Bioprospecting macroalgae, marine and terrestrial invertebrates & their associated microbiota
; ; ; Palma, Mario Sergio
(Biota Neotropica, 2022) [Artigo]
The present review aims the discussion of the impact of the bioprospection initiative developed by the projects associated to BIOprospecTA, a subprogram of the program BIOTA, supported by FAPESP. This review brings a summary ... -
Gut anatomy and ultrastructural features of the paunch epithelium in the Neotropical termite Serritermes serrifer (Blattaria, Isoptera, Serritermitidae)
Costa–Leonardo, Ana Maria; da Silva, Iago Bueno (Zoologischer Anzeiger, 2022) [Artigo]
Termite gut comprises a long tube divided into several compartments. The well-developed hindgut includes five distinct portions, in which microbial communities are harbored, being responsible for different physiological ... -
Transcriptomic analysis of Malpighian tubules from the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris reveals thiamethoxam-induced damages
Miotelo, Lucas; Ferro, Milene ; Maloni, Geovana ; Otero, Igor Vinicius Ramos ; ; Bacci, Mauricio ; Malaspina, Osmar (Science of the Total Environment, 2022) [Artigo]
The concern about pesticide exposure to neotropical bees has been increasing in the last few years, and knowledge gaps have been identified. Although stingless bees, (e.g.: Melipona scutellaris), are more diverse than ... -
Oxidative cleavage of polysaccharides by a termite-derived superoxide dismutase boosts the degradation of biomass by glycoside hydrolases
; ; ; ; ; ; Ferreira, Marcel R.; ; ; et al. (Green Chemistry, 2022) [Artigo]
Wood-feeding termites effectively degrade plant biomass through enzymatic degradation. Despite their high efficiencies, however, individual glycoside hydrolases isolated from termites and their symbionts exhibit anomalously ... -
First Neotropical record of the association between brown sclerotium-forming fungi and termite eggs in a nest of Coptotermes gestroi (Blattaria, Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)
Costa-Leonardo, Ana Maria; Janei, Vanelize ; da Silva, Iago Bueno (Science of Nature, 2022) [Artigo]
Insects and fungi are abundant in many environments, in which facultative and/or obligate associations involving these groups have been established during evolution. In termites, mutualism with fungi is well reported for ... -
Uncovering the Yeast Communities in Fungus-Growing Ant Colonies
Bizarria, Rodolfo; de Castro Pietrobon, Tatiane ; Rodrigues, Andre (Microbial Ecology, 2022) [Artigo]
Yeast-insect interactions are compelling models to study the evolution, ecology, and diversification of yeasts. Fungus-growing (attine) ants are prominent insects in the Neotropics that evolved an ancient fungiculture of ... -
Optimization of in vitro culture of honeybee nervous tissue for pesticide risk assessment
Azevedo, Patricia; Butolo, Nicole Pavan ; ; Lima, Hellen Maria Soares ; ; Malaspina, Osmar ; (Toxicology in Vitro, 2022) [Artigo]
The most used pesticides have neurotoxic action on the neurotransmitter system of target and non-targeted insects, such as honeybees. However, honeybees have foremost importance worldwide, which has encouraged the development ... -
Exploring the diversity and potential interactions of bacterial and fungal endophytes associated with different cultivars of olive (Olea europaea) in Brazil
de Oliveira, Amanda Aparecida; ; ; ; ; Bueno, Odair Correa (Microbiological Research, 2022) [Artigo]
The olive crop has expanded in the southeastern region of South America, particularly in Brazil. Thus, the objectives of this study were to identify the diversity of endophytic microorganisms associated with olive leaves ... -
A dataset of Neotropical liana research focusing on the strategies of control for forest restoration and management practices
da Cunha Vargas, Betânia; ; Morellato, Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira (Annals of Forest Science, 2022) [Data paper]
Key message: Forest fragmentation leads to a micro-environmental condition that favors the proliferation of liana, which infest trees, compete with them, and reduce their performance. To report the state of the art of the ... -
New evidence of putative Unenlagiinae (Deinonychosauria, Theropoda) in the São Luís-Grajaú Basin, Albian– Cenomanian, State of Maranhão, Brazil.
Letizio, Luiz Antonio; Bertini, Reinaldo J. ; (Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, 2022) [Artigo]
We studied an assemblage of teeth from Laje do Coringa, São Luís-Grajaú Basin, Alcântara Formation, State of Maranhão, Brazil. The collection sites are dated as Albian–Cenomanian. Ten teeth were submitted to morphological ... -
ARRIVAL ORDER AND AQUATIC MACROPHYTE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION IN A TROPICAL ESTUARY
Nunes, Laís Samira Correia; Camargo, Antonio Fernando Monteiro (Oecologia Australis, 2022) [Artigo]
The arrival order in species colonization may be important to the communities’ organization of perennial plants along environmental gradients. In estuarine gradients, the competitive exclusion may have great importance to ... -
Mastoparans: A Group of Multifunctional α-Helical Peptides With Promising Therapeutic Properties
; ; ; Palma, Mário Sérgio; (Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2022) [Resenha]
Biologically active peptides have been attracting increasing attention, whether to improve the understanding of their mechanisms of action or in the search for new therapeutic drugs. Wasp venoms have been explored as a ... -
Habitat and Host Species Drive the Structure of Bacterial Communities of Two Neotropical Trap-Jaw Odontomachus Ants: Habitat and Host Species Drive the Structure of Bacterial Communities of Two Neotropical Trap-Jaw Odontomachus Ants
; ; Lyra, Mariana L.; Bacci, Maurício ; (Microbial Ecology, 2022) [Artigo]
Antshave long been known for their associations with other taxa, including macroscopic fungi and symbiotic bacteria. Recently, many ant species have had the composition and function of their bacterial communities investigated. ... -
The Symbiotic Fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus (Möller) Singer (Agaricales, Agaricaceae) as a Target Organism to Control Leaf-Cutting Ants
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Bueno, Odair et al. (Insects, 2022) [Resenha]
Atta and Acromyrmex are the main genera of leaf-cutting ants present in North and South America, causing extensive damage to agroforestry. Control of the ants requires high handling costs with few effective methods available ... -
Proteomic characterization of the fibroin-based silk fibers produced by weaver ant Camponotus textor
Pinto, José Roberto Aparecido dos Santos; Esteves, Franciele Grego ; ; Perez-Riverol, Amilcar ; ; Bueno, Odair Correa ; Palma, Mario Sergio (Journal of Proteomics, 2022) [Artigo]
The fibroin-based silk fibers of weaver ants are an alternative biomaterial to be investigated and explored for potential biomedical applications. In this context, the silk fibers from the nest of the weaver ant Camponotus ... -
Cytotoxic Cyclotides from Anchietea pyrifolia, a South American Plant Species
Fernandez-Bobey, Antonio; Pinto, Meri Emili Ferreira ; ; Souza, Bibiana Monson de ; ; ; Cilli, Eduardo Maffud ; ; ; Palma, Mario Sergio et al. (Journal Of Natural Products, 2022) [Artigo]
Cyclotides are mini-proteins with potent bioactivities and outstanding potential for agricultural and pharmaceutical applications. More than 450 different plant cyclotides have been isolated from six angiosperm families. ... -
Lepanthes florenciana (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), a new species from the Eastern Andes of Colombia
Moreno, Juan sebastian; ; ; ; ; Morales, Nicolas gutierrez (Phytotaxa, 2022) [Artigo]
A new species of Lepanthes from the Eastern Andes of Colombia is described and illustrated. Lepanthes florenciana is most similar to Lepanthes niphas, but it can be distinguished by the petals transversely trilobed with ... -
Foliar cuticles of species of Persea subg. Eriodaphne (Lauraceae)
Moraes, Pedro Luis Rodrigues de; Trinca, Mayra Deltreggia (Phytotaxa, 2022) [Artigo]
The American species of Persea are divided in two subgenera, Persea subg. Persea and P. subg. Eriodaphne, which form a monophyletic group. In this study we analysed leaf cuticle characters of 220 collections of 54 species ... -
Taxonomic update and first record of Aphelandra martiusii (Acanthaceae) in Peru
; Azevedo, Igor H. F.; (Phytotaxa, 2022) [Artigo]
A taxonomic update is provided for Aphelandra martiusii (Acanthaceae), a poorly known species from the Amazon Forest. The species was previously known from Brazil and Colombia and it is recorded for the first time in the ... -
Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve vascular epiphytes: a hotspot in the mountains of the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil
Marcusso, Gabriel Mendes; ; Lombardi, Julio Antonio (Phytotaxa, 2022) [Artigo]
The Atlantic Forest (AF) is globally known as a hotspot of biodiversity, with high levels of endemism and richness. How-ever, within the AF, different localities may differ in their diversity values; in Southeastern Brazil, ...