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SUBMITTER: Paludo CR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6657851 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Paludo Camila Raquel CR Pishchany Gleb G Andrade-Dominguez Andres A Silva-Junior Eduardo Afonso EA Menezes Cristiano C Nascimento Fabio Santos FS Currie Cameron R CR Kolter Roberto R Clardy Jon J Pupo Mônica Tallarico MT
PloS one 20190725 7
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 growth. Candida sp. produces volatile organic compounds ...[more]