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(2012) Ulrich G Mueller   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

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When Subterranean Termites Challenge the Rules of Fungal Epizootics

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Managing Social Insects of Urban Importance

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Fifty years of attempted biological control of termites – Analysis of a failure

(2011) Thomas Chouvenc et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Symbiotic bacteria on the cuticle of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus protect workers from attack by entomopathogenic fungi

(2011) T. C. Mattoso et al.   Biology Letters

Influence of termites on ecosystem functioning. Ecosystem services provided by termites

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Presence and Diversity of Streptomyces in Dendroctonus and Sympatric Bark Beetle Galleries Across North America

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Chemical Analyses of Wasp-Associated Streptomyces Bacteria Reveal a Prolific Potential for Natural Products Discovery

(2011) Michael Poulsen et al.   PLoS One

A Single Streptomyces Symbiont Makes Multiple Antifungals to Support the Fungus Farming Ant Acromyrmex octospinosus

(2011) Ryan F. Seipke et al.   PLoS One

Chemical basis of the synergism and antagonism in microbial communities in the nests of leaf-cutting ants

(2011) Ilka Schoenian et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Placement of attine ant-associated Pseudonocardia in a global Pseudonocardia phylogeny (Pseudonocardiaceae, Actinomycetales): a test of two symbiont-association models

(2010) Ulrich G. Mueller et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A mixed community of actinomycetes produce multiple antibiotics for the fungus farming ant Acromyrmex octospinosus

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Biomedical exploitation of the fungus-growing ant symbiosis

(2010) M. Poulsen   DRUG NEWS & PERSPECTIVES

Adaptive evolution in subterranean termite antifungal peptides

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Apparent Synergy Among Defense Mechanisms in Subterranean Termites (Rhinotermitidae) Against Epizootic Events: Limits and Potential for Biological Control

(2010) Thomas Chouvenc et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Symbiotic streptomycetes provide antibiotic combination prophylaxis for wasp offspring

(2010) Johannes Kroiss et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

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

(2010) M. J. Cafaro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2009) Eric J. Caldera et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Inhibition of Metarhizium anisopliae in the alimentary tract of the eastern subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes

(2009) Thomas Chouvenc et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Cellular encapsulation in the eastern subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera), against infection by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

(2009) Thomas Chouvenc et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Candicidin-producing Streptomyces support leaf-cutting ants to protect their fungus garden against the pathogenic fungus Escovopsis

(2009) S. Haeder et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Generalized antifungal activity and 454-screening of Pseudonocardia and Amycolatopsis bacteria in nests of fungus-growing ants

(2009) R. Sen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Targeting an antimicrobial effector function in insect immunity as a pest control strategy

(2009) M. S. Bulmer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Actinobacteria as mutualists: general healthcare for insects?

(2009) Martin Kaltenpoth   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

COEVOLUTION BETWEEN ATTINE ANTS AND ACTINOMYCETE BACTERIA: A REEVALUATION

(2008) Ulrich G. Mueller et al.   EVOLUTION

Interaction Between the Subterranean Termite Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) and the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae in Foraging Arenas

(2008) Thomas Chouvenc et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Resource Amendments Influence Density and Competitive Phenotypes of Streptomyces in Soil

(2008) Daniel Schlatter et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Bacterial Protection of Beetle-Fungus Mutualism

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