Figure 5
Differentially abundant features codified by the fungus-growing insects’ microbiota. Summary of abundant CAZy families and KEGG pathways that are more abundantly codified by the FGI microbiota when compared to other hosts (White test, Bonferroni corrected P < 0.05)105. Possible metabolic roles for these functions were speculated according to the literature (Supplementary Table S4). Diverse studies suggest these functions participating in plant biomass metabolism, biofilm formation, fungal biomass metabolism, general nutrition, and antimicrobials biosynthesis. Abundance and statistic comparisons of each CAZy family and KEGG pathway may be found at Fig. 4, and Supplementary Figs. S10-S18. Ant gardens, termite combs, and beetle galleries depicted at the center exhibit characteristic structures deriving from the metabolism of plant biomass. Pencil drawings by Mariana Barcoto.
