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48
Citations
7261
World Ranking
4295
National Ranking
54

Best Publications

  • Dentigerumycin: a bacterial mediator of an ant-fungus symbiosis

    Dong-Chan Oh;Michael Poulsen;Cameron R Currie;Jon Clardy

  • Coevolved Crypts and Exocrine Glands Support Mutualistic Bacteria in Fungus-Growing Ants

    Cameron Robert Currie;Michael Poulsen;John Mendenhall;Jacobus J. Koos Boomsma

  • Hemimetabolous genomes reveal molecular basis of termite eusociality

    Mark C. Harrison;Evelien Jongepier;Hugh M. Robertson;Nicolas Arning

  • Complementary symbiont contributions to plant decomposition in a fungus-farming termite

    Michael Poulsen;Haofu Hu;Cai Li;Zhensheng Chen

  • Experimental evidence for the costs and hygienic significance of the antibiotic metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants

    Michael Poulsen;Adriane N. M. Bot;Mogens G. Nielsen;Jacobus J. Koos Boomsma

  • Comparison of 26 Sphingomonad Genomes Reveals Diverse Environmental Adaptations and Biodegradative Capabilities

    Frank O. Aylward;Bradon R. McDonald;Sandra M. Adams;Sandra M. Adams;Alejandra Valenzuela;Alejandra Valenzuela

  • Mutualistic Fungi Control Crop Diversity in Fungus-Growing Ants

    Michael Poulsen;Jacobus J. Koos Boomsma

  • Specificity in the symbiotic association between fungus-growing ants and protective Pseudonocardia bacteria

    Matías J. Cafaro;Michael Poulsen;Ainslie E. F. Little;Shauna L. Price

  • Diet is the primary determinant of bacterial community structure in the guts of higher termites.

    Aram Mikaelyan;Aram Mikaelyan;Carsten Dietrich;Tim Köhler;Michael Poulsen

  • Identifying the core microbial community in the gut of fungus-growing termites

    Saria Otani;Aram Mikaelyan;Tânia Nobre;Lars H. Hansen

  • Chemical analyses of wasp-associated streptomyces bacteria reveal a prolific potential for natural products discovery.

    Michael K Poulsen;Michael K Poulsen;Dong-Chan Oh;Dong-Chan Oh;Jon Clardy;Cameron R Currie

  • The fungus-growing termite Macrotermes natalensis harbors bacillaene-producing Bacillus sp. that inhibit potentially antagonistic fungi

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  • Natural products from microbes associated with insects

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  • Avian gut microbiomes taking flight

    Kasun H. Bodawatta;Sarah M. Hird;Kirsten Grond;Michael Poulsen

  • Convergent Bacterial Microbiotas in the Fungal Agricultural Systems of Insects

    Frank O. Aylward;Frank O. Aylward;Garret Suen;Peter H. W. Biedermann;Aaron S. Adams

  • Macrotermycins A–D, Glycosylated Macrolactams from a Termite-Associated Amycolatopsis sp. M39

    Christine Beemelmanns;Timothy R. Ramadhar;Ki Hyun Kim;Jonathan L. Klassen

  • Exploring the potential for actinobacteria as defensive symbionts in fungus-growing termites.

    Anna A. Visser;Tânia Nobre;Cameron R. Currie;Cameron R. Currie;Duur K. Aanen

  • Symbiont-Mediated Digestion of Plant Biomass in Fungus-Farming Insects.

    Hongjie Li;Hongjie Li;Hongjie Li;Soleil E. Young;Michael Poulsen;Cameron R. Currie;Cameron R. Currie

  • Variation in Pseudonocardia antibiotic defence helps govern parasite-induced morbidity in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

    Michael Poulsen;Matías J. Cafaro;Daniel P. Erhardt;Ainslie E. F. Little

  • Insect Symbioses: A Case Study of Past, Present, and Future Fungus-Growing Ant Research*

    Eric J. Caldera;Michael Poulsen;Garret Suen;Garret Suen;Cameron R. Currie;Cameron R. Currie

Frequent Co-Authors

Cameron R. Currie
Cameron R. Currie University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jacobus J. Boomsma
Jacobus J. Boomsma University of Copenhagen
Jon Clardy
Jon Clardy Harvard University
Knud A. Jønsson
Knud A. Jønsson Swedish Museum of Natural History
Garret Suen
Garret Suen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Judith Korb
Judith Korb University of Freiburg
Andreas Brune
Andreas Brune Max Planck Society
Søren J. Sørensen
Søren J. Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Marcel Kaiser
Marcel Kaiser Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Nina Gunde-Cimerman
Nina Gunde-Cimerman University of Ljubljana

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