Microbiota in insect fungal pathology

Bacterial Symbionts in Lepidoptera: Their Diversity, Transmission, and Impact on the Host

(2018) Luis R. Paniagua Voirol et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The role of the gut microbiome in health and disease of adult honey bee workers

(2018) Kasie Raymann et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

The evolutionary development of plant-feeding insects and their nutritional endosymbionts

(2017) Isabel H. Skidmore et al.   Insect Science

Metarhizium brunneum – An enzootic wireworm disease and evidence for its suppression by bacterial symbionts

(2017) Todd Kabaluk et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

An exceptional family: Ophiocordyceps -allied fungus dominates the microbiome of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccidae)

(2017) Priscila Gomez-Polo et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Susceptibility of Atta sexdens worker ants treated with the immunosuppressant Sandimmun Neoral to Metarhizium anisopliae

(2017) Aline Silvestre Pereira Dornelas et al.   PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA

Regulatory cascade and biological activity ofBeauveria bassianaoosporein that limits bacterial growth after host death

(2017) Yanhua Fan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Insect pathogenic fungus interacts with the gut microbiota to accelerate mosquito mortality

(2017) Ge Wei et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multi-functional roles of a soldier-specific volatile as a worker arrestant, primer pheromone and an antimicrobial agent in a termite

(2017) Yuki Mitaka et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Riptortus pedestris and Burkholderia symbiont: an ideal model system for insect–microbe symbiotic associations

(2017) Kazutaka Takeshita et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Symbionts protect aphids from parasitic wasps by attenuating herbivore-induced plant volatiles

(2017) Enric Frago et al.   Nature Communications

The Native Hawaiian Insect Microbiome Initiative: A Critical Perspective for Hawaiian Insect Evolution

(2017) Kirsten Poff et al.   Insects

Propolis Counteracts Some Threats to Honey Bee Health

(2017) Michael Simone-Finstrom et al.   Insects

A survey of the mycobiota associated with larvae of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) reared for feed production

(2017) Ilaria Varotto Boccazzi et al.   PLoS One

New evidence showing that the destruction of gut bacteria by antibiotic treatment could increase the honey bee’s vulnerability to Nosema infection

(2017) Jiang Hong Li et al.   PLoS One

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

Metatranscriptome analysis reveals bacterial symbiont contributions to lower termite physiology and potential immune functions

(2016) Brittany F. Peterson et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Phytotoxic, Antifungal and Immunosuppressive Metabolites from Aspergillus terreus QT122 Isolated from the Gut of Dragonfly

(2016) Yi-Hui Lu et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Effects of entomopathogenic fungi on the mortality and immune system of the leaf-cutting antAcromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus

(2016) Joel da Cruz Couceiro et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Antimicrobial Activity of Actinobacteria Isolated From the Guts of Subterranean Termites

(2016) R. A. Arango et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Fungal community composition in the gut of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the Canadian boreal forest reveals possible endosymbiotic interactions for dietary needs

(2016) Franck O.P. Stefani et al.   Fungal Ecology

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

(2016) Michele Caroline Lanan et al.   ISME Journal

Slowing them down will make them lose: a role for attine ant crop fungus in defending pupae against infections?

(2016) Sophie A. O. Armitage et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Genetic diversity and population structure of the Chinese Fungus Metarhizium rileyi causing green muscardine in silkworm

(2016) Shengli Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Fungal dimorphism in the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium rileyi: Detection of an in vivo quorum-sensing system

(2016) D. Boucias et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Insect symbionts in food webs

(2016) Ailsa H. C. McLean et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Bee Microbiome: Impact on Bee Health and Model for Evolution and Ecology of Host-Microbe Interactions

(2016) Philipp Engel et al.   mBio

Lower Termite Associations with Microbes: Synergy, Protection, and Interplay

(2016) Brittany F. Peterson et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The rich somatic life ofWolbachia

(2016) Jose E. Pietri et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Strategies of Genomic Integration Within Insect-Bacterial Mutualisms

(2016) Jennifer J. Wernegreen   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Inhibition of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae sensu lato in vitro by the bed bug defensive secretions (E)-2-hexenal and (E)-2-octenal

(2015) Kevin R. Ulrich et al.   BIOCONTROL

The Chemical Constituents and Pharmacological Actions ofCordyceps sinensis

(2015) Yi Liu et al.   Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Wolbachiastrains for disease control: ecological and evolutionary considerations

(2015) Ary A. Hoffmann et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Bacterial cell motility ofBurkholderiagut symbiont is required to colonize the insect gut

(2015) Jun Beom Lee et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Parasitic Wasps Aphidius ervi are More Attracted to a Blend of Host-Induced Plant Volatiles than to the Independent Compounds

(2015) Hiroyuki Takemoto et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Unveiling chemical defense in the rice stalk stink bug against the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

(2015) Rodrigo Alves da Silva et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Insect pathogens as biological control agents: Back to the future

(2015) L.A. Lacey et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Insect’s intestinal organ for symbiont sorting

(2015) Tsubasa Ohbayashi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fungal biosynthesis of the bibenzoquinone oosporein to evade insect immunity

(2015) Peng Feng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tenebrionid secretions and a fungal benzoquinone oxidoreductase form competing components of an arms race between a host and pathogen

(2015) Nicolás Pedrini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diverse bacterial symbionts of insect-pathogentic fungi and possible impact on the maintenance of virulence during infection

(2015) Chun Chen et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Wolbachia and the insect immune system: what reactive oxygen species can tell us about the mechanisms of Wolbachia–host interactions

(2015) Roman Zug et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Insect behaviour and the microbiome

(2015) Zenobia Lewis et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

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

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

Improving mycoinsecticides for insect biological control

(2014) Almudena Ortiz-Urquiza et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Stress response signaling and virulence: insights from entomopathogenic fungi

(2014) Almudena Ortiz-Urquiza et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Bbmsn2acts as a pH-dependent negative regulator of secondary metabolite production in the entomopathogenic fungusBeauveria bassiana

(2014) Zhibing Luo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A host as an ecosystem:Wolbachiacoping with environmental constraints

(2014) Mathieu Sicard et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Functional Analysis of Insect Molting Fluid Proteins on the Protection and Regulation of Ecdysis

(2014) Jie Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Evaluating Insect-Microbiomes at the Plant-Insect Interface

(2014) Clare L. Casteel et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Activity of a novel compound produced by Aspergillus parasiticus in the presence of red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and coleopteran insects

(2014) Elena Cartagena et al.   JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

Wolbachia endosymbionts and human disease control

(2014) Barton E. Slatko et al.   MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY

Discovering the secondary metabolite potential encoded within entomopathogenic fungi

(2014) Donna M. Gibson et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Characterisation and bioactivity of oosporein produced by endophytic fungusCochliobolus kusanoiisolated fromNerium oleanderL.

(2014) Ramesha Alurappa et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH

The Importance of Gut Symbionts in the Development of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål)

(2014) Christopher M. Taylor et al.   PLoS One

Unveiling the mechanism by which microsporidian parasites prevent locust swarm behavior

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

Antifungal activity of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in Stomoxys calcitranslarvae

(2014) Ana Paula Rodrigues Moraes et al.   REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PARASITOLOGIA VETERINARIA

Symbiont-derived β-1,3-glucanases in a social insect: mutualism beyond nutrition

(2014) Rebeca B. Rosengaus et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Effectiveness of Antimicrobial Defenses Declines With Increasing Group Size and Genetic Similarity

(2013) S. J. Hoggard et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Ubiquity of Insect-Derived Nitrogen Transfer to Plants by Endophytic Insect-Pathogenic Fungi: an Additional Branch of the Soil Nitrogen Cycle

(2013) Scott W. Behie et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Symbiont-Mediated Protection against Fungal Pathogens in Pea Aphids: a Role for Pathogen Specificity?

(2013) Benjamin J. Parker et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molting-associated suppression of symbiont population and up-regulation of antimicrobial activity in the midgut symbiotic organ of the Riptortus–Burkholderia symbiosis

(2013) Jiyeun Kate Kim et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Defensive microbial symbionts in Hymenoptera

(2013) Martin Kaltenpoth et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Protection against a fungal pathogen conferred by the aphid facultative endosymbiontsRickettsiaandSpiroplasmais expressed in multiple host genotypes and species and is not influenced by co-infection with another symbiont

(2013) P. Łukasik et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The impact of microbial symbionts on host plant utilization by herbivorous insects

(2013) Allison K. Hansen et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Gut bacteria facilitate adaptation to crop rotation in the western corn rootworm

(2013) C.-C. Chu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Extended disease resistance emerging from the faecal nest of a subterranean termite

(2013) T. Chouvenc et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ectosymbionts and immunity in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus

(2012) Danival José de Souza et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Ecological effects on gut bacterial communities in wild bumblebee colonies

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

Imidacloprid Inhibits Behavioral Defences of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)

(2012) Jefferson P. Galvanho et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR

Exploiting host molecules to augment mycoinsecticide virulence

(2012) Yanhua Fan et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Have biopesticides come of age?

(2012) Travis Glare et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Ecological and Evolutionary Determinants of Bark Beetle —Fungus Symbioses

(2012) Diana L. Six   Insects

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

Lessons from Studying Insect Symbioses

(2011) Angela E. Douglas   Cell Host & Microbe

Bacterial symbionts as mediators of ecologically important traits of insect hosts

(2011) HEIKE FELDHAAR   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Perspectives on the potential of entomopathogenic fungi in biological control of ticks

(2011) Éverton K.K. Fernandes et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Differential expression of insect and plant specific adhesin genes, Mad1 and Mad2, in Metarhizium robertsii

(2011) Larissa Barelli et al.   Fungal Biology

Growth Inhibition ofBeauveria bassianaby Bacteria Isolated from the Cuticular Surface of the Corn Leafhopper,Dalbulus maidisand the Planthopper,Delphacodes kuscheli,Two Important Vectors of Maize Pathogens

(2011) A.V. Toledo et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

Two hydrophobins are involved in fungal spore coat rodlet layer assembly and each play distinct roles in surface interactions, development and pathogenesis in the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana

(2011) Shizhu Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Bees brought to their knees: microbes affecting honey bee health

(2011) Jay D. Evans et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Tsetse Immune System Maturation Requires the Presence of Obligate Symbionts in Larvae

(2011) Brian L. Weiss et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

An ancient but promiscuous host–symbiont association between Burkholderia gut symbionts and their heteropteran hosts

(2010) Yoshitomo Kikuchi et al.   ISME Journal

Could insect phagocytic avoidance by entomogenous fungi have evolved via selection against soil amoeboid predators?

(2010) M. J. Bidochka et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Insects and their chemical weaponry: New potential for drug discovery

(2010) Aaron T. Dossey   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

An Insect Herbivore Microbiome with High Plant Biomass-Degrading Capacity

(2010) Garret Suen et al.   PLoS Genetics

Diversity of gut microbiota increases with aging and starvation in the desert locust

(2009) Rod J. Dillon et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Principles from community and metapopulation ecology: application to fungal entomopathogens

(2009) Nicolai V. Meyling et al.   BIOCONTROL

Host-symbiont co-speciation and reductive genome evolution in gut symbiotic bacteria of acanthosomatid stinkbugs

(2009) Yoshitomo Kikuchi et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Novel fungal disease in complex leaf-cutting ant societies

(2009) DAVID P. HUGHES et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

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

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

Endosymbiotic Bacteria in Insects: Their Diversity and Culturability

(2009) Yoshitomo Kikuchi   MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS

Lectin mapping reveals stage-specific display of surface carbohydrates in in vitro and haemolymph-derived cells of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

(2009) A. Wanchoo et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Uptake of the fluorescent probe FM4-64 by hyphae and haemolymph-derived in vivo hyphal bodies of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

(2009) M. W. Lewis et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

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

Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

(2008) Nancy A. Moran et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

The Obligate Mutualist Wigglesworthia glossinidia Influences Reproduction, Digestion, and Immunity Processes of Its Host, the Tsetse Fly

(2008) R. Pais et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

BLACK YEAST SYMBIONTS COMPROMISE THE EFFICIENCY OF ANTIBIOTIC DEFENSES IN FUNGUS-GROWING ANTS

(2008) Ainslie E. F. Little et al.   ECOLOGY

Immunosuppressive effect of cyclosporin A on insect humoral immune response

(2008) Marta J. Fiolka   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Intracellular infection of tick cell lines by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

(2008) T. J. Kurtti et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Major evolutionary transitions in ant agriculture

(2008) T. R. Schultz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Isolation of ergosterol peroxide from Nomuraea rileyi infected larvae of tobacco cutworm

(2008) Pannipa Prompiboon et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY