Abdominal microbial communities in ants depend on colony membership rather than caste and are linked to colony productivity

The influence of symbiotic bacteria on reproductive strategies and wing polyphenism in pea aphids responding to stress

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Parasitism and queen presence interactively shape worker behaviour and fertility in an ant host

(2019) Sara Beros et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Seasonal shifts in the insect gut microbiome are concurrent with changes in cold tolerance and immunity

(2018) Laura V. Ferguson et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The gut microbiome is associated with behavioural task in honey bees

(2018) J. C. Jones et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Herbivorous turtle ants obtain essential nutrients from a conserved nitrogen-recycling gut microbiome

(2018) Yi Hu et al.   Nature Communications

Vitellogenin-like A–associated shifts in social cue responsiveness regulate behavioral task specialization in an ant

(2018) Philip Kohlmeier et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Transmission of mutualistic bacteria in social and gregarious insects

(2018) Thomas Ogao Onchuru et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Dietary specialization in mutualistic acacia-ants affects relative abundance but not identity of host-associated bacteria

(2018) Benjamin E. R. Rubin et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Gene expression is more strongly associated with behavioural specialisation than with age or fertility in ant workers

(2018) Philip Kohlmeier et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Dramatic Differences in Gut Bacterial Densities Correlate with Diet and Habitat in Rainforest Ants

(2017) Jon G. Sanders et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Host effects on microbiota community assembly

(2017) Kathrin Näpflin et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Gut microbiota of the pine weevil degrades conifer diterpenes and increases insect fitness

(2017) Aileen Berasategui et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

By their own devices: invasive Argentine ants have shifted diet without clear aid from symbiotic microbes

(2017) Yi Hu et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The structured diversity of specialized gut symbionts of the New World army ants

(2017) Piotr Łukasik et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Intrinsic worker mortality depends on behavioral caste and the queens’ presence in a social insect

(2017) Philip Kohlmeier et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Seasonal cycling in the gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania

(2017) Samuel A. Smits et al.   SCIENCE

Disentangling metabolic functions of bacteria in the honey bee gut

(2017) Lucie Kešnerová et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Commensal bacteria and essential amino acids control food choice behavior and reproduction

(2017) Ricardo Leitão-Gonçalves et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Diversity and Transmission of Gut Bacteria in Atta and Acromyrmex Leaf-Cutting Ants during Development

(2017) Mariya Zhukova et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Intrinsic worker mortality depends on behavioral caste and the queens’ presence in a social insect

(2017) Philip Kohlmeier et al.   Science of Nature

Dynamic microbiome evolution in social bees

(2017) Waldan K. Kwong et al.   Science Advances

Species-specific signatures of the microbiome from Camponotus and Colobopsis ants across developmental stages

(2017) Manuela Oliveira Ramalho et al.   PLoS One

Developmental and Ecological Benefits of the Maternally Transmitted Microbiota in a Dung Beetle

(2016) Daniel B. Schwab et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Host Selection of Microbiota via Differential Adhesion

(2016) Kirstie McLoughlin et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

A bacterial filter protects and structures the gut microbiome of an insect

(2016) Michele Caroline Lanan et al.   ISME Journal

Mosquitoes host communities of bacteria that are essential for development but vary greatly between local habitats

(2016) Kerri L. Coon et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Bacterial Communities in the Midgut of Ponerine Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)

(2016) Tássio Brito de Oliveira et al.   SOCIOBIOLOGY

Characterization of the Core and Caste-Specific Microbiota in the Termite, Reticulitermes flavipes

(2016) Jacquelynn Benjamino et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The genome of Rhizobiales bacteria in predatory ants reveals urease gene functions but no genes for nitrogen fixation

(2016) Minna-Maria Neuvonen et al.   Scientific Reports

Acromyrmex Leaf-Cutting Ants Have Simple Gut Microbiota with Nitrogen-Fixing Potential

(2015) Panagiotis Sapountzis et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Development of the Honey Bee Gut Microbiome throughout the Queen-Rearing Process

(2015) David R. Tarpy et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diet Dominates Host Genotype in Shaping the Murine Gut Microbiota

(2015) Rachel N. Carmody et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Marked seasonal variation in the wild mouse gut microbiota

(2015) Corinne F Maurice et al.   ISME Journal

Bacterial symbiont sharing inMegalomyrmexsocial parasites and their fungus-growing ant hosts

(2015) Joanito Liberti et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

An out-of-body experience: the extracellular dimension for the transmission of mutualistic bacteria in insects

(2015) H. Salem et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Host and Symbiont Jointly Control Gut Microbiota during Complete Metamorphosis

(2015) Paul R. Johnston et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Caste-Specific Differences in Hindgut Microbial Communities of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

(2015) Karen M. Kapheim et al.   PLoS One

Routes of Acquisition of the Gut Microbiota of the Honey Bee Apis mellifera

(2014) J. Elijah Powell et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial communities in meerkat anal scent secretions vary with host sex, age, and group membership

(2014) S. Leclaire et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

The Gut Bacterial Communities Associated with Lab-Raised and Field-Collected Ants of Camponotus fragilis (Formicidae: Formicinae)

(2014) Hong He et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Symbiotic bacteria enable olive flies (Bactrocera oleae) to exploit intractable sources of nitrogen

(2014) M. Ben-Yosef et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Symbiotic digestion of lignocellulose in termite guts

(2014) Andreas Brune   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Distribution and dietary regulation of an associated facultative Rhizobiales-related bacterium in the omnivorous giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata

(2014) Hannah K. Larson et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Genomics and host specialization of honey bee and bumble bee gut symbionts

(2014) W. K. Kwong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2014) Michael Poulsen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Waste Not, Want Not: Why Rarefying Microbiome Data Is Inadmissible

(2014) Paul J. McMurdie et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Correlates of gut community composition across an ant species (Cephalotes varians) elucidate causes and consequences of symbiotic variability

(2013) Yi Hu et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Stability and phylogenetic correlation in gut microbiota: lessons from ants and apes

(2013) Jon G. Sanders et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

UPARSE: highly accurate OTU sequences from microbial amplicon reads

(2013) Robert C Edgar   NATURE METHODS

The gut microbiota — masters of host development and physiology

(2013) Felix Sommer et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Frequent Replenishment Sustains the Beneficial Microbiome of Drosophila melanogaster

(2013) J. E. Blum et al.   mBio

Establishment of Characteristic Gut Bacteria during Development of the Honeybee Worker

(2012) Vincent G. Martinson et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Associating microbiome composition with environmental covariates using generalized UniFrac distances

(2012) Jun Chen et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Synchronous Evolution of an Odor Biosynthesis Pathway and Behavioral Response

(2012) Qian Li et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ecological effects on gut bacterial communities in wild bumblebee colonies

(2012) Hauke Koch et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Dynamic Wolbachia prevalence in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants: potential for a nutritional symbiosis

(2012) S. B. ANDERSEN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Highly similar microbial communities are shared among related and trophically similar ant species

(2012) KIRK E. ANDERSON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Do diet and taxonomy influence insect gut bacterial communities?

(2012) D. R. Colman et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Detection of Bacterial 16S rRNA and Identification of Four Clinically Important Bacteria by Real-Time PCR

(2012) Robert J. Clifford et al.   PLoS One

Disruption of the Termite Gut Microbiota and Its Prolonged Consequences for Fitness

(2011) Rebeca B. Rosengaus et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular detection of Spiroplasma apis and Spiroplasma melliferum in bees

(2011) Ivan Meeus et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Bacterial Diversity in Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis geminata Ant Colonies Characterized by 16S amplicon 454 Pyrosequencing

(2011) Heather D. Ishak et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Socially transmitted gut microbiota protect bumble bees against an intestinal parasite

(2011) H. Koch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Army Ants Harbor a Host-Specific Clade ofEntomoplasmatalesBacteria

(2010) Colin F. Funaro et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Trophallaxis and prophylaxis: social immunity in the carpenter ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus

(2010) C. Hamilton et al.   Biology Letters

Sexually transmitted bacteria affect female cloacal assemblages in a wild bird

(2010) Joël White et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A simple and distinctive microbiota associated with honey bees and bumble bees

(2010) VINCENT G. MARTINSON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

(2010) J Gregory Caporaso et al.   NATURE METHODS

Adaptation via Symbiosis: Recent Spread of a Drosophila Defensive Symbiont

(2010) J. Jaenike et al.   SCIENCE

Regulation of Midgut Growth, Development, and Metamorphosis

(2009) Raziel S. Hakim et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Communal Nutrition in Ants

(2009) Audrey Dussutour et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Bacterial gut symbionts are tightly linked with the evolution of herbivory in ants

(2009) Jacob A. Russell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Consensus multivariate methods in gas chromatography mass spectrometry and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis: MHC-congenic and other strains of mice can be classified according to the profiles of volatiles and microflora in their scent-marks

(2008) Simeone Zomer et al.   ANALYST

Diet-Induced Obesity Is Linked to Marked but Reversible Alterations in the Mouse Distal Gut Microbiome

(2008) Peter J. Turnbaugh et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Evolution of Mammals and Their Gut Microbes

(2008) R. E. Ley et al.   SCIENCE

Innate Immune Homeostasis by the Homeobox Gene Caudal and Commensal-Gut Mutualism in Drosophila

(2008) J.-H. Ryu et al.   SCIENCE

Ileum of the Cephalotes ants: A specialized structure to harbor symbionts microorganisms

(2007) Murillo Lino Bution et al.   MICRON