Michael Poulsen

Michael Poulsen publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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Michael Poulsen D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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Best Publications

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

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

  444
  Citations

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

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

  408
  Citations

• Hemimetabolous genomes reveal molecular basis of termite eusociality

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

  320
  Citations

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

  Michael Poulsen;Haofu Hu;Cai Li;Zhensheng Chen

  313
  Citations

• 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

  209
  Citations

• 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

  195
  Citations

• Mutualistic Fungi Control Crop Diversity in Fungus-Growing Ants

  Michael Poulsen;Jacobus J. Koos Boomsma

  194
  Citations

• 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

  187
  Citations

• 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

  183
  Citations

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

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

  172
  Citations

• 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

  159
  Citations

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

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  156
  Citations

• Natural products from microbes associated with insects

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  136
  Citations

• Avian gut microbiomes taking flight

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

  133
  Citations

• 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

  128
  Citations

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

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

  128
  Citations

• 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

  118
  Citations

• 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

  98
  Citations

• 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

  96
  Citations

• 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

  96
  Citations