Fungi That Infect Insects: Altering Host Behavior and Beyond

New species of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, an ubiquitous pathogen of ants from Thailand

(2015) Noppol Kobmoo et al.   Fungal Biology

Species-specific ant brain manipulation by a specialized fungal parasite

(2014) Charissa de Bekker et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Trajectory and genomic determinants of fungal-pathogen speciation and host adaptation

(2014) Xiao Hu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular Mechanisms of Phase Change in Locusts

(2013) Xianhui Wang et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Genome survey uncovers the secrets of sex and lifestyle in caterpillar fungus

(2013) Xiao Hu et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality

(2013) D. F. Simola et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Walking with insects: molecular mechanisms behind parasitic manipulation of host behaviour

(2013) Stineke van Houte et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The Genome of Tolypocladium inflatum: Evolution, Organization, and Expression of the Cyclosporin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster

(2013) Kathryn E. Bushley et al.   PLoS Genetics

Altered Immunity in Crowded Locust Reduced Fungal (Metarhizium anisopliae) Pathogenesis

(2013) Yundan Wang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Neural Mechanisms of Reward in Insects

(2012) Clint J. Perry et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Ants Disinfect Fungus-Exposed Brood by Oral Uptake and Spread of Their Poison

(2012) Simon Tragust et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Unveiling the biosynthetic puzzle of destruxins in Metarhizium species

(2012) B. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Endophytic Insect-Parasitic Fungi Translocate Nitrogen Directly from Insects to Plants

(2012) S. W. Behie et al.   SCIENCE

The Baculovirus Uses a Captured Host Phosphatase to Induce Enhanced Locomotory Activity in Host Caterpillars

(2012) Susumu Katsuma et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Social interactions influence dopamine and octopamine homeostasis in the brain of the ant Formica japonica

(2011) A. Wada-Katsumata et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Musty odor of entomopathogens enhances disease-prevention behaviors in the termite Coptotermes formosanus

(2011) Aya Yanagawa et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Hidden Diversity Behind the Zombie-Ant Fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis: Four New Species Described from Carpenter Ants in Minas Gerais, Brazil

(2011) Harry C. Evans et al.   PLoS One

A Gene for an Extended Phenotype

(2011) K. Hoover et al.   SCIENCE

Genome Sequencing and Comparative Transcriptomics of the Model Entomopathogenic Fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and M. acridum

(2011) Qiang Gao et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genome sequence of the insect pathogenic fungus Cordyceps militaris, a valued traditional chinese medicine

(2011) Peng Zheng et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Behavioral mechanisms and morphological symptoms of zombie ants dying from fungal infection

(2011) David P Hughes et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Moribund Ants Leave Their Nests to Die in Social Isolation

(2010) Jürgen Heinze et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Life of a Dead Ant: The Expression of an Adaptive Extended Phenotype

(2009) Sandra B. Andersen et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

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

Manipulation of Host Behavior by Parasitic Insects and Insect Parasites

(2008) Frederic Libersat et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Genetic, Individual, and Group Facilitation of Disease Resistance in Insect Societies

(2008) Noah Wilson-Rich et al.   Annual Review of Entomology