Prospecting for viral natural enemies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta in Argentina

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Dicistroviridae

(2017) S. M Valles et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

MEGA7: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 7.0 for Bigger Datasets

(2016) Sudhir Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Solenopsis invicta virus 3: Further Host-Specificity Tests with NativeSolenopsisAnts (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

(2015) Sanford D. Porter et al.   FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST

Large-scale contamination of microbial isolate genomes by Illumina PhiX control

(2015) Supratim Mukherjee et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Dynamic changes in host-virus interactions associated with colony founding and social environment in fire ant queens (Solenopsis invicta)

(2015) Fabio Manfredini et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Release and Establishment of the Little Decapitating FlyPseudacteon cultellatus(Diptera: Phoridae) on Imported Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Florida

(2014) Sanford D. Porter et al.   FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST

Solenopsis invicta virus 3: Pathogenesis and stage specificity in red imported fire ants

(2014) Steven M. Valles et al.   VIROLOGY

Discovery and molecular characterization of an ambisense densovirus from South American populations of Solenopsis invicta

(2013) Steven M. Valles et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

The Fire Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Pathogen,Vairimorpha invictae(Microsporidia: Burenellidae), Not Detected in Florida

(2013) David H. Oi et al.   FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST

Host specificity and colony impacts of the fire ant pathogen, Solenopsis invicta virus 3

(2013) Sanford D. Porter et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Successful transmission of Solenopsis invicta virus 3 to Solenopsis invicta fire ant colonies in oil, sugar, and cricket bait formulations

(2013) Steven M. Valles et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

A Metatranscriptomic Approach to the Identification of Microbiota Associated with the Ant Formica exsecta

(2013) Helena Johansson et al.   PLoS One

Metatranscriptomics and Pyrosequencing Facilitate Discovery of Potential Viral Natural Enemies of the Invasive Caribbean Crazy Ant, Nylanderia pubens

(2012) Steven M. Valles et al.   PLoS One

Fire Ant Decapitating Fly Cooperative Release Programs (1994–2008): TwoPseudacteonSpecies,P. tricuspisandP. curvatus, Rapidly Expand Across Imported Fire Ant Populations in the Southeastern United States

(2011) Anne-Marie A. Callcott et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

Seasonal variation and the co-occurrence of four pathogens and a group of parasites among monogyne and polygyne fire ant colonies

(2010) Steven M. Valles et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Loss of microbial (pathogen) infections associated with recent invasions of the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta

(2010) Chin-Cheng Yang et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows-Wheeler transform

(2009) H. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Isolation and characterization of Solenopsis invicta virus 3, a new positive-strand RNA virus infecting the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

(2009) Steven M. Valles et al.   VIROLOGY

Putative native source of the invasive fire ant Solenopsis invicta in the USA

(2008) Eric J. Caldera et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Expressed sequence tags from the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta: Annotation and utilization for discovery of viruses

(2008) Steven M. Valles et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Ecological dominance of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in its native range

(2008) Luis A. Calcaterra et al.   OECOLOGIA