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Sex and diversity: The mutualistic and parasitic fungi of a fungus-growing termite differ in genetic diversity and reproductive strategy

(2017) Lakshya Katariya et al.   Fungal Ecology

Fungus-Farming Termites Selectively Bury Weedy Fungi that Smell Different from Crop Fungi

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

(2017) Christine Beemelmanns et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Building mud castles: a perspective from brick-laying termites

(2017) Nikita Zachariah et al.   Scientific Reports

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

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

(2014) Ki Hyun Kim et al.   Chemical Science

Chemical Ecology Mediated by Fungal Endophytes in Grasses

(2013) Kari Saikkonen et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

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

(2013) Soohyun Um et al.   Scientific Reports

When Subterranean Termites Challenge the Rules of Fungal Epizootics

(2012) Thomas Chouvenc et al.   PLoS One

Fungiculture or Termite Husbandry? The Ruminant Hypothesis

(2012) Tânia Nobre et al.   Insects

Ecological studies on Echinochloa crus-galli and the implications for weed management in direct-seeded rice

(2011) B.S. Chauhan et al.   CROP PROTECTION

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

Burial behaviour by dealates of the termite Pseudacanthotermes spiniger (Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) induced by chemical signals from termite corpses

(2011) T. Chouvenc et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Exploring the Potential for Actinobacteria as Defensive Symbionts in Fungus-Growing Termites

(2011) Anna A. Visser et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Ant farmers practice proactive personal hygiene to protect their fungus crop

(2010) Citlalli Morelos-Juárez et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Caste specialization in behavioral defenses against fungus garden parasites in Acromyrmex octospinosus leaf-cutting ants

(2010) D. Abramowski et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Complex undertaking behavior in Temnothorax lichtensteini ant colonies: from corpse-burying behavior to necrophoric behavior

(2010) M. Renucci et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

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

Levels of specificity ofXylariaspecies associated with fungus-growing termites: a phylogenetic approach

(2009) A. A. VISSER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Phylogenetic status of Xylaria subgenus Pseudoxylaria among taxa of the subfamily Xylarioideae (Xylariaceae) and phylogeny of the taxa involved in the subfamily

(2009) Huei-Mei Hsieh et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Mycangimycin, a Polyene Peroxide from a MutualistStreptomycessp.

(2009) Dong-Chan Oh et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Bacterial Protection of Beetle-Fungus Mutualism

(2008) J. J. Scott et al.   SCIENCE