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Draft Genome Sequence of the Ant-Associated Fungus Phialophora attae (CBS 131958)
Leandro F Moreno1, J Benjamin Stielow2, Michel de Vries2
1CBS, KNAW, Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands Department of Pathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Abstract:
The black yeast Phialophora attae was isolated from the cuticle of tropical ant gynes. The ant-fungus association is sustained due to symbiotic evolutionary adaptations that allow fungal assimilation and tolerance of toxic compounds produced by the ant. The genome sequence of the first ant-associated fungus, P. attae, is presented here.
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