The chemical ecology of the fungus-farming termite symbiosis

Comparative Genomics Reveals Prophylactic and Catabolic Capabilities of Actinobacteria within the Fungus-Farming Termite Symbiosis

(2021) Robert Murphy et al.   mSphere

The Termite Fungal Cultivar Termitomyces Combines Diverse Enzymes and Oxidative Reactions for Plant Biomass Conversion

(2021) Felix Schalk et al.   mBio

Community Composition, Antifungal Activity and Chemical Analyses of Ant-Derived Actinobacteria

(2020) Zhiyan Wang et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Targeted Discovery of Tetrapeptides and Cyclic Polyketide‐Peptide Hybrids from a Fungal Antagonist of Farming Termites

(2020) Felix Schalk et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Gene Cluster Activation in a Bacterial Symbiont Leads to Halogenated Angucyclic Maduralactomycins and Spirocyclic Actinospirols

(2020) Huijuan Guo et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Fungi contain genes associated with flavonoid biosynthesis pathway

(2020) Tapan Kumar Mohanta   Journal of Functional Foods

Parasitism of Soldiers of the Termite, Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen), by the Scuttle Fly, Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae)

(2020) Royto Noknoy et al.   Insects

Chemical Mediators at the Bacterial-Fungal Interface

(2020) Kirstin Scherlach et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Termitomyces heimii Associated with Fungus-Growing Termite Produces Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Lignocellulose-Degrading Enzymes

(2020) Guiying Yang et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

(2020) Hongjie Li et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Antimicrobial flavonoids as a potential substitute for overcoming antimicrobial resistance

(2020) Avadh Biharee et al.   FITOTERAPIA

You don’t have the guts: a diverse set of fungi survive passage through Macrotermes bellicosus termite guts

(2020) Nick Bos et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Symbiotic Plant Biomass Decomposition in Fungus-Growing Termites

(2019) Rafael da Costa et al.   Insects

Diversity and antagonistic potential of Actinobacteria from the fungus-growing termite Odontotermes formosanus

(2019) Caiping Yin et al.   3 Biotech

New Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) reared from dead Termite, Odontotermes formosanus (Shiraki, 1909) (Isoptera: Termitidae) in China

(2019) GUANG-CHUN LIU et al.   ZOOTAXA

Isarubrolones Containing a Pyridooxazinium Unit from Streptomyces as Autophagy Activators

(2019) Linli Li et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

Synergistic effects of geldanamycin with fluconazole are associated with reactive oxygen species in Candida tropicalis resistant to azoles and amphotericin B

(2019) Chang Jia et al.   FREE RADICAL RESEARCH

Antibacterial Activity of Terpenes and Terpenoids Present in Essential Oils

(2019) Aline Cristina Guimarães et al.   MOLECULES

Investigation of Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Different Extracts of Auricularia and Termitomyces Species of Mushrooms

(2019) Gebreselema Gebreyohannes et al.   TheScientificWorldJOURNAL

Disease-free monoculture farming by fungus-growing termites

(2019) Saria Otani et al.   Scientific Reports

Foraging Macrotermes natalensis Fungus-Growing Termites Avoid a Mycopathogen but Not an Entomopathogen

(2019) Kasun Bodawatta et al.   Insects

In Vitro Interaction of Geldanamycin with Triazoles and Echinocandins Against Common and Emerging Candida Species

(2019) Shahram Mahmoudi et al.   MYCOPATHOLOGIA

Efomycins K and L From a Termite-Associated Streptomyces sp. M56 and Their Putative Biosynthetic Origin

(2019) Jonathan L. Klassen et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Antibacterial Activity of Some Flavonoids and Organic Acids Widely Distributed in Plants

(2019) Artur Adamczak et al.   Journal of Clinical Medicine

4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde sensitizes Acinetobacter baumannii to amphenicols

(2018) Bora Shin et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Defense contracts: molecular protection in insect-microbe symbioses

(2018) Ethan B. Van Arnam et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Local hypoxia generated by live burial is effective in weed control within termite fungus farms

(2018) L. Katariya et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Antifungal effects of actinomycin D on Verticillium dahliae via a membrane-splitting mechanism

(2018) Hong Zeng et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH

Chemical warfare between leafcutter ant symbionts and a co-evolved pathogen

(2018) Daniel Heine et al.   Nature Communications

A Fragment Library Screening Approach to Identify Selective Inhibitors against an Essential Fungal Enzyme

(2018) Gopal P. Dahal et al.   SLAS Discovery

Can interaction specificity in the fungus-farming termite symbiosis be explained by nutritional requirements of the fungal crop?

(2018) Rafael R. da Costa et al.   Fungal Ecology

β‐Sitosterol improves experimental colitis in mice with a target against pathogenic bacteria

(2018) Kang Ding et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

Natalenamides A–C, Cyclic Tripeptides from the Termite-Associated Actinomadura sp. RB99

(2018) Seoung Rak Lee et al.   MOLECULES

Comprehensive review of antimicrobial activities of plant flavonoids

(2018) Ireneusz Górniak et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Convergent evolution of complex structures for ant–bacterial defensive symbiosis in fungus-farming ants

(2018) Hongjie Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Coculture of Marine Streptomyces sp. With Bacillus sp. Produces a New Piperazic Acid-Bearing Cyclic Peptide

(2018) Daniel Shin et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Dynamic environments of fungus-farming termite mounds exert growth-modulating effects on fungal crop parasites

(2017) Lakshya Katariya et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Antifungal and Antiviral Cyclic Peptides from the Deep-Sea-Derived Fungus Simplicillium obclavatum EIODSF 020

(2017) Xiao Liang et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Suppressive drug combinations and their potential to combat antibiotic resistance

(2017) Nina Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIBIOTICS

Antibacterial activities of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) against planktonic and biofilm growing Streptococcus mutans

(2017) Mengjun Sun et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

Symbiosis-inspired approaches to antibiotic discovery

(2017) Navid Adnani et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Linear Peptides Are the Major Products of a Biosynthetic Pathway That Encodes for Cyclic Depsipeptides

(2017) Thomas P. Wyche et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

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

(2017) Christine Beemelmanns et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Microbial Volatiles: Small Molecules with an Important Role in Intra- and Inter-Kingdom Interactions

(2017) Kristin Schulz-Bohm et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Imaging mass spectrometry and MS/MS molecular networking reveals chemical interactions among cuticular bacteria and pathogenic fungi associated with fungus-growing ants

(2017) Cristopher A. Boya P. et al.   Scientific Reports

GdmRIII, a TetR Family Transcriptional Regulator, Controls Geldanamycin and Elaiophylin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces autolyticus CGMCC0516

(2017) MingXing Jiang et al.   Scientific Reports

Regulation and Role of Fungal Secondary Metabolites

(2016) Juliane Macheleidt et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Natural products from microbes associated with insects

(2016) Christine Beemelmanns et al.   Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

Symbionts modify interactions between insects and natural enemies in the field

(2016) Jan Hrček et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Synergistic Antibacterial Effect and Antibacterial Action Mode of Chitosan-Ferulic Acid Conjugate against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2016) Sung-Hwan Eom et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Experimental Modeling of Flavonoid–Biomembrane Interactions

(2016) Didem Sanver et al.   LANGMUIR

Antibacterial and antibiofilm activities of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) against periodontopathic bacteria

(2016) Mengjun Sun et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

Antimicrobial and enhancement of the antibiotic activity by phenolic compounds: Gallic acid, caffeic acid and pyrogallol

(2016) Valéria N. Lima et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

Importance and Implications of the Production of Phenolic Secondary Metabolites by Endophytic Fungi: A Mini-Review

(2016) Patrícia Lunardelli Negreiros de Carvalho et al.   MINI-REVIEWS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Biosynthesis of polyketides by trans-AT polyketide synthases

(2016) Eric J. N. Helfrich et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Tropolone Ring Construction in the Biosynthesis of Rubrolone B, a Cationic Tropolone Alkaloid from Endophytic Streptomyces

(2016) Yijun Yan et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Pseudoxylallemycins A–F, Cyclic Tetrapeptides with Rare Allenyl Modifications Isolated from Pseudoxylaria sp. X802: A Competitor of Fungus-Growing Termite Cultivars

(2016) Huijuan Guo et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

The synergy and mode of action of quercetin plus amoxicillin against amoxicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis

(2016) Supatcharee Siriwong et al.   BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology

Antibiotic additive and synergistic action of rutin, morin and quercetin against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2015) Muhammad Usman Amin et al.   BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

The origin and implications of variations in soil-related properties within Macrotermes falciger mounds

(2015) Hans Erens et al.   GEODERMA

Polyphenolic extract of Termitomyces heimii: antioxidant activity and phytochemical constituents

(2015) Payel Mitra et al.   Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit-Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety

Application of bacterial cytological profiling to crude natural product extracts reveals the antibacterial arsenal of Bacillus subtilis

(2015) Poochit Nonejuie et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIBIOTICS

Combinatorial Activity of Flavonoids with Antibiotics Against Drug-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus

(2015) Ana Cristina Abreu et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Bacterial communities in termite fungus combs are comprised of consistent gut deposits and contributions from the environment

(2015) Saria Otani et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Selected Compounds Structurally Related to Acyclic Sesquiterpenoids and Their Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Activity

(2015) Radosław Bonikowski et al.   MOLECULES

Antibiotic Resistance Modulation and Modes of Action of (-)-α-Pinene in Campylobacter jejuni

(2015) Jasna Kovač et al.   PLoS One

The Cockroach Origin of the Termite Gut Microbiota: Patterns in Bacterial Community Structure Reflect Major Evolutionary Events

(2014) Carsten Dietrich et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Docking analysis insights quercetin can be a non-antibiotic adjuvant by inhibiting Mmr drug efflux pump inMycobacteriumsp. and its homologue EmrE inEscherichia coli

(2014) Balasubramanian Suriyanarayanan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS

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

(2014) Saria Otani et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A Novel Polysaccharide in Insects Activates the Innate Immune System in Mouse Macrophage RAW264 Cells

(2014) Takashi Ohta et al.   PLoS One

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

Natalamycin A, an ansamycin from a termite-associated Streptomyces sp.

(2014) Ki Hyun Kim et al.   Chemical Science

New alkaloid fromStreptomyces koyangensisresiding inOdontotermes formosanus

(2013) Shu-Feng Bi et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH

Antibacterial Activity and Mode of Action of Ferulic and Gallic Acids Against Pathogenic Bacteria

(2013) Anabela Borges et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

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

(2013) Soohyun Um et al.   Scientific Reports

Shikimate and Phenylalanine Biosynthesis in the Green Lineage

(2013) Takayuki Tohge et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Novel Cerebroside, Termitomycesphin I, from the Mushroom,Termitomyces titanicus

(2012) Jae-Hoon CHOI et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Termitomycesphins G and H, Additional Cerebrosides from the Edible Chinese MushroomTermitomyces albuminosus

(2012) Yuan QU et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Membrane Disruption by Antimicrobial Fatty Acids Releases Low-Molecular-Weight Proteins from Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) J. B. Parsons et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Antimicrobial Activity of Phenolics and Glucosinolate Hydrolysis Products and their Synergy with Streptomycin against Pathogenic Bacteria

(2012) Maria Saavedra et al.   Medicinal Chemistry

Biological Activities of a-Pinene and β-Pinene Enantiomers

(2012) Ana Cristina Rivas da Silva et al.   MOLECULES

Antifungal proteins: More than antimicrobials?

(2012) Nikoletta Hegedüs et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

Terpenoid and Phenolic Metabolites from the Fungus Xylaria sp. Associated with Termite Nests

(2011) Sha Yan et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY

Microbial metabolism of pyrazines

(2011) K. S. Rajini et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular antifungal defenses in subterranean termites: RNA interference reveals in vivo roles of termicins and GNBPs against a naturally encountered pathogen

(2011) Casey Hamilton et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Microbial community analysis in the termite gut and fungus comb of Odontotermes formosanus: the implication of Bacillus as mutualists

(2011) Gincy Marina Mathew et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Pseudoxylaria as stowaway of the fungus-growing termite nest: Interaction asymmetry between Pseudoxylaria, Termitomyces and free-living relatives

(2011) Anna A. Visser et al.   Fungal Ecology

Lipid Components of a Malaysian Edible Mushroom,Termitomyces heimiiNatarajan

(2011) Sri Nurestri Abd Malek et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD PROPERTIES

Subterranean termite prophylactic secretions and external antifungal defenses

(2011) Casey Hamilton et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

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

Antifungal activity of redox-active benzaldehydes that target cellular antioxidation

(2011) Jong H Kim et al.   Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Isolation of a Pyrazine Alarm Pheromone Component from the Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta

(2010) Robert K. Vander Meer et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Chemical warfare in termites

(2010) Jan Šobotník et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Termite-induced heterogeneity in African savanna vegetation: mechanisms and patterns

(2010) Gudeta W. Sileshi et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Termitomycamides A to E, Fatty Acid Amides Isolated from the MushroomTermitomyces titanicus, Suppress Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress

(2010) Jae-Hoon Choi et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Pyrazines: occurrence, formation and biodegradation

(2009) Rudolf Müller et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Cell membrane damage induced by phenolic acids on wine lactic acid bacteria

(2009) F.M. Campos et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Dentigerumycin: a bacterial mediator of an ant-fungus symbiosis

(2009) Dong-Chan Oh et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

High Symbiont Relatedness Stabilizes Mutualistic Cooperation in Fungus-Growing Termites

(2009) D. K. Aanen et al.   SCIENCE

Chemosensitization of fungal pathogens to antimicrobial agents using benzo analogs

(2008) Jong H. Kim et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Amphibian Chemical Defense: Antifungal Metabolites of the Microsymbiont Janthinobacterium lividum on the Salamander Plethodon cinereus

(2008) Robert M. Brucker et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Three flavonoids targeting the β-hydroxyacyl-acyl carrier protein dehydratase fromHelicobacter pylori: Crystal structure characterization with enzymatic inhibition assay

(2008) Liang Zhang et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE