Publications

Marie Dayras, Yaming Liu, Rebecca Kochems, Martinus de Kruijff, Sven Balluff, Sari Rasheed, Andreas M. Kany, Jennifer Herrmann, Sebastian Götze, Bernd Morgenstern, N’Golo A. Koné, Michael Poulsen, Rolf Müller, Christine Beemelmanns* Microbial Cross-Talk: Unlocking the Cytochalasin Diversity from a Termite-Associated Xylaria JACS Au 2025
Erfu Yang, Kasun H. Bodawatta, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Milan C. Samarakoon, Sylvie Rapior, Chun-I Chiu, Lisu Han, Juan Feng, Madhava Meegaskumbura, Zhenxiong Zhao, Michael Poulsen, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Itthayakorn Promputtha Host and microbial defenses against fungal invaders in a fungus-farming termite Insect Science 2025
Henry F. N. Lankes, Lene Bruhn Pedersen, Rasmus Stenbak Larsen, Kathrin Rousk, Anders Priemé, N'golo A. Koné, Natasha de Vere, Jacob Heilmann-Clausen, Michael Poulsen, Kristine Bohmann, Kasun H. Bodawatta Moss-Accumulated eDNA Is a Promising Source for Terrestrial Biodiversity Surveys Across the Tree of Life and Biomes Molecular Ecology Resources 2025 26 (1),
Julia M. Kelliher, Chloe Mirzayi, Sarah R. Bordenstein, Aaron Oliver, Christina A. Kellogg, Eneida L. Hatcher, Maureen Berg, Petr Baldrian, Mashael Aljumaah, Cassandra Maria Luz Miller, Christopher Mungall, Vlastimil Novak, Alexis Palucki, Ethan Smith, Nazifa Tabassum, Gregory Bonito, J. Rodney Brister, Patrick S. G. Chain, Mingfei Chen, Samuel Degregori, Jose Pablo Dundore-Arias, Joanne B. Emerson, Vanessa Moreira C. Fernandes, Roberto Flores, Antonio Gonzalez, Zoe A. Hansen, Scott A. Jackson, Ahmed M. Moustafa, Trent R. Northen, Nonia Pariente, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Sydne Record, Linta Reji, Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Virginia I. Rich, Lorna Richardson, Simon Roux, Lynn M. Schriml, Reed S. Shabman, Maria A. Sierra, Matthew B. Sullivan, Punithavathi Sundaramurthy, Katherine M. Thibault, Luke R. Thompson, Scott Tighe, Ethell Vereen, STREAMS Consortium & Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh STREAMS guidelines: standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated microbiome studies Nature microbiology 2025
Suzanne Schmidt, Kasun H. Bodawatta, Bertil Jensen Bille, Felix Krogh Vissing, Kolotchèlèma Simon Silué, N’golo A. Koné, Erin L. Cole, Søren Rosendahl, Jonathan Z. Shik, Michael Poulsen From soil to symbiosis: elemental filtering in a termite-fungus mutualism Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2025
Nicolai Kallscheuer, Kim-Loreen Carlstedt, Jonathan Hammer, Tom Haufschild, René Benndorf, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Michael Poulsen, Christine Beemelmanns & Christian Jogler Tundrisphaera macrotermitis sp. nov., a novel member of the family Isosphaeraceae isolated from the gut of a fungus-growing termite Scientific Reports 2025 15
Min Lin, Martinus de Kruijff, Michael Poulsen, Christine Beemelmanns Genome-Mining Based Discovery of Pyrrolomycin K and L from the Termite-Associated Micromonospora sp. RB23 Journal of Natural Products 2025
Farhan Ahmad, Kasun H. Bodawatta, Michael Poulsen, Daochen Zhu Advancing approaches to cultivate industrially and ecologically relevant microorganisms from termite guts Biotechnology Advances 2025 84
Se Yun Jeong, Mei Tong He, Mihyang Kim, Ki-Hwan Nam, Michael Poulsen, Christine Beemelmanns, Ki Sung Kang and Ki Hyun Kim Anti-adipogenic effects of N-acetyltyramine from termite-associated Streptomyces sp. M45 Organic & Biomolecular medicine 2025 (40),
Risto Vesala, Sambit Ghosh, Robert Murphy, Michael Poulsen, Suzanne Schmidt, Lucas Mwangala, Matthew J. Wooller, Jouko Rikkinen, Laura Arppe Nutritional dynamics in fungus-growing termites: Integration of biological nitrogen fixation and microbial amino acids Functional Ecology 2025 39 (9),
Nanna Hjort Vidkjær, Suzanne Schmidt, Cleo Lisa Davie-Martin, Kolotchèlèma Simon Silué, N'golo Abdoulaye Koné, Riikka Rinnan, Michael Poulsen Volatile Organic Compounds of Diverse Origins and Their Changes Associated With Cultivar Decay in a Fungus-Farming Termite Environmental Microbiology 2025 27 (2),
Kasun H. Bodawatta, Lorrie Maccario, Nils Peereboom, Benjamin H. Conlon, Guangshuo Li, Tamás Plaszkó, Celia Vinagre-Izquierdo, Knud A. Jønsson, Risto M. Vesala, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Anders Priemé, Michael Poulsen Microbial landscapes in Trinervitermes trinervoides termite colonies are affected by mound compartments and soil properties but not by symbiotic Podaxis fungi Science of The Total Environment 2024 (957),
Guangshuo Li, Suzanne Schmidt, Simon Kolotchéléma Silué, N’golo A. Koné, Michael Poulsen Phylogenetic analysis of termite-associated Xylaria from Africa reveals hidden diversity Fungal Biology 2024
Lijie Song, Lasse Johan Dyrbye Nielsen, Xinming Xu, Omkar Satyavan Mohite, Matin Nuhamunada, Zhihui Xu, Rob Murphy, Kasun Bodawatta, Michael Poulsen, Mohamed Hatha Abdulla, Eva C. Sonnenschein, Tilmann Weber & Ákos T. Kovács Expanding the genome information on Bacillales for biosynthetic gene cluster discovery Scientific data 2024 (11),
Tabitha M. Innocent, Panagiotis Sapountzis, Mariya Zhukova, Michael Poulsen, Morten Schiøtt, David R. Nash, Jacobus J. Boomsma From the inside out: Were the cuticular Pseudonocardia bacteria of fungus-farming ants originally domesticated as gut symbionts? PNAS Nexus 2024 3
Suzanne Schmidt, Robert Murphy, Joel Vizueta, Signe Kjærsgaard Schierbech, Benjamin H. Conlon, Nina B. Kreuzenbeck, Sabine M. E. Vreeburg, Lennart J. J. van de Peppel, Duur K. Aanen, Kolotchèlèma S. Silué, N’Golo A. Kone, Christine Beemelmanns, Tilmann Weber & Michael Poulsen Comparative genomics unravels a rich set of biosynthetic gene clusters with distinct evolutionary trajectories across fungal species (Termitomyces) farmed by termites Communications Biology 2024 7
Elena Seibel, Soohyun Um, Kasun H. Bodawatta, Anna J. Komor, Tanya Decker, Janis Fricke, Robert Murphy, Gibson Maiah, Bulisa Iova, Hannah Maus, Tanja Schirmeister, Knud Andreas Jønsson, Michael Poulsen & Christine Beemelmanns Bacteria from the Amycolatopsis genus associated with a toxic bird secrete protective secondary metabolites Nature Communications 2024 15
Ester Martínez-Renau, Antonio M. Martín-Platero, Kasun H. Bodawatta, Manuel Martín-Vivaldi, Manuel Martínez-Bueno, Michael Poulsen & Juan José Soler Social environment influences microbiota and potentially pathogenic bacterial communities on the skin of developing birds Animal Microbiome 2024 6
Simon Hellemans, Mauricio M. Rocha, Menglin Wang, Johanna Romero Arias, Duur K. Aanen, Anne-Geneviève Bagnères, Aleš Buček, Tiago F. Carrijo, Thomas Chouvenc, Carolina Cuezzo, Joice P. Constantini, Reginaldo Constantino, Franck Dedeine, Jean Deligne, Paul Eggleton, Theodore A. Evans, Robert Hanus, Mark C. Harrison, Myriam Harry, Guy Josens, Corentin Jouault, Chicknayakanahalli M. Kalleshwaraswamy, Esra Kaymak, Judith Korb, …Thomas Bourguignon Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites Nature Communications 2024 15
Robert M. Murphy, Veronica M. Sinotte, Ana Cuesta-Maté, Justinn Renelies-Hamilton, Mikael Lenz-Strube & Michael Poulsen Shaping the tripartite symbiosis: are termite microbiome functions directed by the environmentally acquired fungal cultivar? Animal Microbiome 2024 6
Robert Murphy, Mikael Lenz Strube, Suzanne Schmidt, Kolotchèlèma Simon Silué, N’golo Abdoulaye Koné, Søren Rosendahl, Michael Poulsen Non-ribosomal peptide synthase profiles remain structurally similar despite minimally shared features across fungus-farming termite microbiomes ISME Communications 2024 4 (1),
Malou B. Storm, Emilia M. R. Arfaoui, Phumlile Simelane, Jason Denlinger, Celine Alfredo Dias, Ana Gledis da Conceição, Ara Monadjem, Kristine Bohmann, Michael Poulsen, Kasun H. Bodawatta Diet components associated with specific bacterial taxa shape overall gut community compositions in omnivorous African viverrids Ecology & Evolution 2024 14 (7),
Li, G.S.; Leal-Dutra, C.A.; Cuesta-Maté, A.; Conlon, B.H.; Peereboom, N.; Beemelmanns, C.; Aanen, D.K.; Rosendahl, S.; Debeer, Z.W.; Poulsen, M. Resolution of eleven reported and five novel Podaxis species based on ITS phylogeny, phylogenomics, morphology, ecology, and geographic distribution Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 2023 51
Elena Seibel, Soohyun Um, Marie Dayras, Kasun H. Bodawatta, Martinus de Kruijff, Knud A. Jønsson, Michael Poulsen, Ki Hyun Kim & Christine Beemelmanns Genome mining for macrolactam-encoding gene clusters allowed for the network-guided isolation of β-amino acid-containing cyclic derivatives and heterologous production of ciromicin A. Communications Chemistry 2023 6 (257),
Veronica M Sinotte, Justinn Renelies-Hamilton, Sergio Andreu-Sánchez, Mireille Vasseur-Cognet, Michael Poulsen Selective enrichment of founding reproductive microbiomes allows extensive vertical transmission in a fungus-farming termite Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2023 290 (2009),
Kasun H Bodawatta, Nynne Ravn, Pedro Oromí, José Luis Martin Esquivel, Anders Michelsen, Michael Poulsen, Knud Andreas Jønsson, Ana Sofia Reboleira Comparable early-stage decomposition but contrasting underlying drivers between surface and cave habitats along an elevational gradient Ecological Indicators 2023 154
Suzanne Schmidt, Nick Bos, Robert Murphy, N Koné, Kolotchelema Simon Silue, Nicolai Vitt Meyling, Michael Poulsen Make the environment protect you from disease: elevated CO2 inhibits antagonists of the fungus-farming termite symbiosis Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2023 11 430
David Diez-Méndez, Kasun H. Bodawatta, Inga Freiberga, Irena Klečková, Knud A. Jønsson, Michael Poulsen, Katerina Sam Indirect maternal effects via nest microbiome composition drive gut colonization in altricial chicks Molecular Ecology 2023
Nina B. Kreuzenbeck, Seema Dhiman, Dávid Roman, Immo Burkhardt, Benjamin H. Conlon, Janis Fricke, Huijuan Guo, Janis Blume, Helmar Görls, Michael Poulsen, Jeroen S. Dickschat, Tobias G. Köllner, Hans-Dieter Arndt & Christine Beemelmanns Isolation, (bio)synthetic studies and evaluation of antimicrobial properties of drimenol-type sesquiterpenes of Termitomyces fungi Communications Chemistry 2023 6 (79),
Janis Fricke, Felix Schalk, Nina B. Kreuzenbeck, Elena Seibel, Judith Hoffmann, Georg Dittmann, Benjamin H. Conlon, Huijuan Guo, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Daniel Giddings Vassão, Gerd Gleixner, Michael Poulsen and Christine Beemelmanns Adaptations of Pseudoxylaria towards a comb-associated lifestyle in fungus-farming termite colonies The ISME Journal 2023
Kasun H. Bodawatta, Haofu Hu, Felix Schalk, Jan-Martin Daniel, Gibson Maiah, Bonny Koane, Bulisa Iova, Christine Beemelmanns, Michael Poulsen, Knud A. Jønsson Multiple mutations in the Nav1.4 sodium channel of New Guinean toxic birds provide autoresistance to deadly batrachotoxin Molecular Ecology, 2023 00 1-14
Zaman, Maid, Imtiaz Ali Khan, Suzanne Schmidt, Robert Murphy, and Michael Poulsen Morphometrics, Distribution, and DNA Barcoding: An Integrative Identification Approach to the Genus Odontotermes (Termitidae: Blattodea) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Forest 2022 13 (5), 674
Nina B. Kreuzenbeck, Elena Seibel, Jan W. Schwitalla, Janis Fricke, Benjamin H. Conlon, Suzanne Schmidt, Almuth Hammerbacher, Tobias G. Köllner, Michael Poulsen, Dirk Hoffmeister, Christine Beemelmanns Comparative Genomic and Metabolomic Analysis of Termitomyces Species Provides Insights into the Terpenome of the Fungal Cultivar and the Characteristic Odor of the Fungus Garden of Macrotermes natalensis Termites mSystems 2022 7 (1), e01214-21
Farhan Ahmad, Guiying Yang, Yaning Zhu, Michael Poulsen, Wuhan Li, Ting Yu, Jianchu Moa Tripartite Symbiotic Digestion of Lignocellulose in the Digestive System of a Fungus-Growing Termite Microbiology Spectrum 2022 (e01234-22),
Huijuan Guo, Jan-Martin Daniel, Elena Seibel, Immo Burkhardt, Benjamin H. Conlon, Helmar Görls, Daniel Giddings Vassão, Jeroen S. Dickschat, Michael Poulsen, and Christine Beemelmanns Insights into the Metabolomic Capacity of Podaxis and Isolation of Podaxisterols A–D, Ergosterol Derivatives Carrying Nitrosyl Cyanide-Derived Modifications Journal of Natural Products 2022 85 (9), 2159–2167
Ana Sofia Reboleira, Kasun H. Bodawatta, Nynne M. R. Ravn, Stein-Erik Lauritzen, Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund, Michael Poulsen, Anders Michelsen and Knud Andreas Jønsson Nutrient-limited subarctic caves harbour more diverse and complex bacterial communities than their surface soil Environmental Microbiome 2022 17 (41),
Benjamin H. Conlon, Suzanne Schmidt, Michael Poulsen, Jonathan Z. Shik Orthogonal protocols for DNA extraction from filamentous fungi STAR Protocols 2022 3 (1), 101126
Kasun H. Bodawatta, Irena Klečková, Jan Klečka, Kateřina Pužejová, Bonny Koane, Michael Poulsen, Knud A. Jønsson & Katerina Sam Specific gut bacterial responses to natural diets of tropical birds Sci Rep 2022 12 (713),
Gerard Arrey, Guangshuo Li, Robert Murphy, Leandro Guimaraes, Sefa Alizadeh, Michael Poulsen, Birgitte Regenberg Isolation, characterization, and genome assembly of Barnettozyma botsteinii sp. nov. and novel strains of Kurtzmaniella quercitrusa isolated from the intestinal tract of the termite Macrotermes bellicosus G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics 2021 jkab342
Wilma J. Nel, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Michael J. Wingfield, Michael Poulsen, Duur K. Aanen, Brenda D. Wingfield & Tuan A. Duong Phylogenetic and phylogenomic analyses reveal two new genera and three new species of ophiostomatalean fungi from termite fungus combs Mycologia 2021 113 (6), 1199-1217
Cuesta Mate, A., Renelies-Hamilton, J., Kryger, P., Bruun Jensen, A., Sinotte, V.M., Poulsen, M. Resistance and vulnerability of honeybee (Apis mellifera) gut bacteria to commonly used pesticides. Frontiers in Microbiology 2021
Schmidt, S., Kildgaard, S., Guo, H., Beemelmanns, C., and Poulsen, M. The chemical ecology of the fungus-growing termite symbiosis. Natural Product Report 2021
Kasun H. Bodawatta, Sarah M. Hird, Kirsten Grond, Michael Poulsen, Knud A. Jønsson. Avian gut microbiomes taking flight. Trends in Microbiology 2021
Soohyun Um, Huijuan Guo, Sirinthra Thiengmag, René Benndorf, Robert Murphy, Maja Rischer, Daniel Braga, Michael Poulsen, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Gerald Lackner, and Christine Beemelmanns Comparative Genomic and Metabolic Analysis of Streptomyces sp. RB110 Morphotypes Illuminates Genomic Rearrangements and Formation of a New 46-Membered Antimicrobial Macrolide ACS Chemical Biology 2021 16 (8), 1482-1492
Benjamin H. Conlon, Cene Gostinčar, Janis Fricke, Nina B. Kreuzenbeck, Jan-Martin Daniel, Malte S.L. Schlosser, Nils Peereboom, Duur K. Aanen, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Christine Beemelmanns, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Michael Poulsen, Genome reduction and relaxed selection is associated with the transition to symbiosis in the basidiomycete genus Podaxis iScience, 2021 24 (6), 102680
Felix Schalk, Cene Gostinčar, Nina B. Kreuzenbeck, Benjamin H. Conlon, Elisabeth Sommerwerk, Patrick Rabe, Immo Burkhardt, , Thomas Krüger, Olaf Kniemeyer, Axel A. Brakhage, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Jeroen S. Dickschat, Michael Poulsen and Christine Beemelmanns The Termite Fungal Cultivar Termitomyces Combines Diverse Enzymes and Oxidative Reactions for Plant Biomass Conversion mBio 2021 12 (3), e03551-20
Felix Schalk, Janis Fricke, Soohyun Um, Benjamin H. Conlon, Hannah Maus, Nils Jäger, Thorsten Heinzel, Tanja Schirmeister, Michael Poulsen, Christine Beemelmanns GNPS-guided discovery of xylacremolide C and D, evaluation of their putative biosynthetic origin and bioactivity studies of xylacremolide A and B RSC Advances 2021 11 18749
Bodawatta Kasun H., Koane Bonny, Maiah Gibson, Sam Katerina, Poulsen Michael and Jønsson Knud A. Species-specific but not phylosymbiotic gut microbiomes of New Guinean passerine birds are shaped by diet and flight-associated gut modifications Proc. R. Soc. B. 2021 288 (1949),
Veronica M. Sinotte, Benjamin H. Conlon, Elena Seibel, Jan W. Schwitalla, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Michael Poulsen, Nick Bos Female‐biased sex allocation and lack of inbreeding avoidance in Cubitermes termites Ecology and Evolution 2021 00 1-8
Robert Murphy, René Benndorf, Z Wilhelm de Beer, John Vollmers, Anne-Kristin Kaster, Christine Beemelmanns, Michael Poulsen Comparative Genomics Reveals Prophylactic and Catabolic Capabilities of Actinobacteria within the Fungus-Farming Termite Symbiosis mSphere 2021 6 (2), e01233-20
Afshinnekoo, E., Bhattacharya, C., Burguete, A., Castro, E., Desnues, C., Dias-Neto, E., Elhaik, E., Jang, S., Łabaj, P.P., Mason, C.E., Nagarajan, N., Poulsen, M., Prithiviraj, B., Suzuki, H., Zambrano, M.M., and Bhattacharyya, M. COVID-19 drug practices risk antimicrobial resistance evolution. The Lancet Microbe 2021 2 (4), e135-e136
Bodawatta, K.H., Freiberga, I., Puzejova, K., Sam, K., Poulsen, M., and Jønsson, K.A. Flexibility and resilience of great tit (Parus major) gut microbiomes to changing diets. BMC Animal Microbiome 2021 3 (20),
Vidkjær, N.H.; Schmidt, S.; Hu, H.; Bodawatta, K.H.; Beemelmanns, C.; Poulsen, M. Species- and Caste-Specific Gut Metabolomes in Fungus-Farming Termites Metabolites 2021 11 839
Celia Vinagre-Izquierdo, Kasun Bodawatta, Krystof Chmel, Justinn Renelies-Hamilton, Luda Paul,Nick Bos, Pavel Munclinger, Michael Poulsen, Knud Andreas Jønsson The drivers of avian haemosporidian prevalence in tropical lowland forest of New Guinea in three dimensions Ecology and Evolution 2021
Hongjie Li, Soleil E. Young, Michael Poulsen, and Cameron R. Currie Symbiont-Mediated Digestion of Plant Biomass in Fungus-Farming Insects Annual Review of Entomology 2021 66 (1),
Justinn Renelies-Hamilton, Kristjan Germer, David Sillam-Dussès, Kasun H. Bodawatta, Michael Poulsen Disentangling the Relative Roles of Vertical Transmission, Subsequent Colonizations, and Diet on Cockroach Microbiome Assembly mSphere 2021 6 (1), e01023-20
Jan W. Schwitalla, René Benndorf, Karin Martin, John Vollmers, Anne-Kristin Kaster, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Michael Poulsen, Christine Beemelmanns Streptomyces smaragdinus sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the fungus growing-termite Macrotermes natalensis Microbiology Society 2020 70 (11),
Kasun H. Bodawatta, Petr Synek, Nick Bos, Eduardo Garcia‐del‐Rey, Bonny Koane, Petter Z. Marki, Tomáš Albrecht,Jan Lifjeld, Pavel Munclinger, Michael Poulsen, Katarina Sam, Knud A. Jønsson Spatiotemporal patterns of avian host-parasite interactions in the face of biogeographical range expansions Molecular Ecology 2020 29 (13), 2431-2448
Kasun H. Bodawatta, Katarina Puzejova, Katarina Sam, Michael Poulsen & Knud A. Jønsson Cloacal swabs and alcohol bird specimens are good proxies for compositional analyses of gut microbial communities of Great tits (Parus major) Animal Microbiome 2 (9),
Nick Bos, Leandro Guimaraes, Romen Palenzuela, Justinn Renelies-Hamilton, Lorrie Maccario, Simon Kolotchèlèma Silue, N.’golo Abdoulaye Koné & Michael Poulsen You don’t have the guts: a diverse set of fungi survive passage through Macrotermes bellicosus termite guts BMC Evol Biol 2020 20 (163),
Anna Fomsgaard, Maiken Worsøe Rosenstierne, Morten Rasmussen, Patricia Wright, Gabrielle L. Bueno, Eliette Noromalala, Sally L. Bornbusch, Christen Rune, Michael Poulsen, Christina Hvilsom Prevalence, infection intensity and genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in ring-tailed lemurs Lemur catta from European zoos and wild populations Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research 2020 8 (4), 253–258
Semeh Bejaoui, Michael Poulsen The impact of early life antibiotic use on atopic and metabolic disorders: Meta-analyses of recent insights Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 2020 2020 (1), 279–289
Veronica M. Sinotte, Justinn Renelies-Hamilton, Benjamin A. Taylor, Kirsten M. Ellegaard , Panagiotis Sapountzis, Mireille Vasseur-Cognet, and Michael Poulsen Synergies Between Division of Labor and Gut Microbiomes of Social Insects Frontiers 2020 7 503
René Benndorf, Jan W. Schwitalla, Karin Martin, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, John Vollmers, Anne-Kristin Kaster, Michael Poulsen, Christine Beemelmanns Nocardia macrotermitis sp. nov. and Nocardia aurantia sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes natalensis Microbiology Society 2020 70 (10),
Sabine M. E. Vreeburg, Norbert C. A. de Ruijter, Bas J. Zwaan, Rafael R. da Costa, Michael Poulsen and Duur K. Aanen Asexual and sexual reproduction are two separate developmental pathways in a Termitomyces species The Royal Society 2020 16 (8),
Jonathan L. Klassen, Seoung Rak Lee, Michael Poulsen, Christine Beemelmanns and Ki Hyun Kim Efomycins K and L From a Termite-Associated Streptomyces sp. M56 and Their Putative Biosynthetic Origin Front. Microbiol. 2019 10 (1739),
Haofu Hu, Rafael Rodrigues da Costa, Bo Pilgaard, Morten Schiøtt, Lene Lange, Michael Poulsen Fungiculture in Termites Is Associated with a Mycolytic Gut Bacterial Community mSphere 2019 4 (3), e00165-19
Justinn Renelies-Hamilton, Marc Noguera-Julian, Mariona Parera,Roger Paredes, Liliana Pacheco, Elena Dacal, José M. Saugare, José M. Rubio, Michael Poulsen, Pamela C. Köster, David Carmena Exploring interactions between Blastocystis sp., Strongyloides spp. and the gut microbiomes of wild chimpanzees in Senegal Elsevier 2019 74 1567-1348
Kasun H. Bodawatta, Michael Poulsen, Nick Bos Foraging Macrotermes natalensis Fungus-Growing Termites Avoid a Mycopathogen but Not an Entomopathogen Insects 2019 10 (7), 185
Saria Otani, Victoria L. Challinor, Nina B. Kreuzenbeck, Sara Kildgaard, Søren Krath Christensen, Louise Lee Munk Larsen, Duur K. Aanen, Silas Anselm Rasmussen, Christine Beemelmanns, Michael Poulsen Disease-free monoculture farming by fungus-growing termites Scientific Reports 2019 9 8819
Serafino Teseo, Jelle S. van Zweden, Luigi Pontier, Pepijn W. Kooij, Søren J. Sørensen, Tom Wenseleers, Michael Poulsen, Jacobus J. Boomsma, Panagiotis Sapountzis The scent of symbiosis: gut bacteria may affect social interactions in leaf-cutting ants Animal Behaviour 2019 150 239-254
Rafael R. da Costa, Haofu Hu, Hongjie Li and Michael Poulsen Symbiotic Plant Biomass Decomposition in Fungus-Growing Termites INSECTS 2019 10 (4), 87
Judith Korb, Boris D. Kasseney, Yvonne T é t é Cakpo, Robin H. Casalla Daza, Jean Norbert K. B. Gbenyedji, Mayour é Edith Ilboudo, Guy Josens, N’golo Abdoulaye Kon é, Karen Meusemann, Abdoulaye B. Ndiaye, Simon Idoko Okweche, Michael Poulsen, Yves Roisin and Fernand Sankara Termite Taxonomy, Challenges and Prospects: West Africa, A Case Example insects 2019 10 (1), 32
Conlon, B.H., Aanen, D.K., Beemelmanns, C., Wilhelm de Beer, Z., De Fine Licht, H.H., Gunde-Cimerman, N., Schiøtt, M., Poulsen, M. Reviewing the taxonomy of Podaxis: opportunities for understanding extreme fungal lifestyles, Fungal Biology 2019 123 (3), 183-187
Saria Otani, Mariya Zhukova, N'golo Abdoulaye Koné, Rafael Rodrigues da Costa, Aram Mikaelyan, Panagiotis Sapountzis, Michael Poulsen Gut microbial compositions mirror caste‐specific diets in a major lineage of social insects Environmental Microbiology Reports 2019 11 (2), 196-205
Rafael R. da Costa, Sabine M.E. Vreeburg, Jonathan Z. Shik, Duur K. Aanen, Michael Poulsen Can interaction specificity in the fungus-farming termite symbiosis be explained by nutritional requirements of the fungal crop? Fungal Ecology 2018 38 54-61
Michael Poulsen, Nick Bos, Sara Kildgaard Learning from Nature: understanding sustainable antibiotic use Health Europa 2018 7 176-179
Stephen Nilsson-Møller, Michael Poulsen, Tabitha M. Innocent A Visual Guide for Studying Behavioral Defenses to Pathogen Attacks in Leaf-Cutting Ants Journal of Visualized Experiments 2018 140 e58420
René Benndorf, Huijuan Guo, Elisabeth Sommerwerk, Christiane Weigel, Maria Garcia-Altares, Karin Martin, Haofu Hu, Michelle Küfner, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Michael Poulsen, Christine Beemelmanns Natural products from Actinobacteria associated with fungus-growing termites Antibiotics 2018 7 83
Kasun H. Bodawatta, Katerina Sam, Knud A. Jønsson, Michael Poulsen Comparative Analyses of the Digestive Tract Microbiota of New Guinean Passerine Birds Frontiers in Microbiology 2018 9 1830
da Costa, R.R. and Poulsen, M. Mixed-Mode Transmission Shapes Termite Gut Community Assemblies Trends in Microbiology 2018 26 (7), 557-559
Guo H, Benndorf R, König S, Leichnitz D, Weigel C, Peschel G, Berthel P, Kaiser M, Steinbeck C, Werz O, Poulsen M, Beemelmanns C. Expanding the Rubterolone Family - Intrinsic Reactivity and Directed Diversification of PKS-derived Pyrans Chemistry 2018
Giron D, Dubreuil G, Bennett A, Dedeine F, Dicke M, Dyer LA, Erb M, Harris MO, Huguet E, Kaloshian I, Kawakita A, Lopez‐Vaamonde C, Palmer TM, Petanidou T, Poulsen M, Sallé A, Simon J-C, Terblanche JS, Thiéry D, Whiteman NK, Woods HA, Pincebourde S Promises and challenges in insect–plant interactions Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 2018 166 (5), 319-343
Buys, M., Conlon, B., de Fine Licht, H.H., Aanen, D.K., Poulsen, M., De Beer, Z.W. Searching for Podaxis on the trails of early explorers in southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 2017 115 317
da Costa RR, Hu H, Pilgaard B, Vreeburg SME, Schückel J, Pedersen KSK, Kračun SK, Busk PK, Harholt J, Sapountzis P, Lange L, Aanen DK, Poulsen M. Enzyme Activities at Different Stages of Plant Biomass Decomposition in Three Species of Fungus-Growing Termites. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 84 (10),
Harrison MC, Jongepier E, Robertson HM, Arning N, Bitard-Feildel T, Chao H, Childers CP, Dinh H, Doddapaneni H, Dugan S, Gowin J, Greiner C, Han Y, Hu H, Hughes DST, Huylmans AK, Kemena C, Kremer LPM, Lee SL, Lopez-Ezquerra A, Mallet L, Monroy-Kuhn JM, Moser A, Murali SC, Muzny DM, Otani S, Piulachs MD, Poelchau M, Qu J, Schaub F, Wada-Katsumata A, Worley KC, Xie Q, Ylla G, Poulsen M, Gibbs RA, Schal C, Richards S, Belles X, Korb J, Bornberg-Bauer E Hemimetabolous genomes reveal molecular basis of termite eusociality. Nat Ecol Evol 2018 2 (3), 557-566
Richards C, Otani S, Mikaelyan A, Poulsen M Pycnoscelus surinamensis cockroach gut microbiota respond consistently to a fungal diet without mirroring those of fungus-farming termites. PLoS ONE 2017 12 (10), e0185745
Guo H, Benndorf R, Leichnitz D, Klassen JL, Vollmers J, Görls H, Steinacker M, Weigel C, Dahse HM, Kaster AK, de Beer ZW, Poulsen M, Beemelmanns C Isolation, Biosynthesis and Chemical Modifications of Rubterolones A-F: Rare Tropolone Alkaloids from Actinomadura sp. 5-2. Chemistry 2017 23 (39), 9338-9345
Conlon BH, Mitchell J, de Beer ZW, Carøe C, Gilbert MT, Eilenberg J, Poulsen M, de Fine Licht HH Draft genome of the fungus-growing termite pathogenic fungus (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales, Ascomycota). Data Brief 2017 11 537-542
Wyche TP, Ruzzini AC, Beemelmanns C, Kim KH, Klassen JL, Cao S, Poulsen M, Bugni TS, Currie CR, Clardy J Linear Peptides Are the Major Products of a Biosynthetic Pathway That Encodes for Cyclic Depsipeptides. Org. Lett. 2017 19 (7), 1772-1775
Beemelmanns C, Ramadhar TR, Kim KH, Klassen JL, Cao S, Wyche TP, Hou Y, Poulsen M, Bugni TS, Currie CR, Clardy J Macrotermycins A-D, Glycosylated Macrolactams from a Termite-Associated Amycolatopsis sp. M39. Org. Lett. 2017 19 (5), 1000-1003
Sapountzis P, de Verges J, Rousk K, Cilliers M, Vorster BJ, Poulsen M Potential for Nitrogen Fixation in the Fungus-Growing Termite Symbiosis. Front Microbiol 2016 7 1993
Sillam-Dussès D, Hanus R, Poulsen M, Roy V, Favier M, Vasseur-Cognet M Correction to 'The role of the glucose-sensing transcription factor carbohydrate-responsive element-binding protein pathway in termite queen fertility'. Open Biol 2016 6 (10),
Conlon BH, de Beer ZW, De Fine Licht HH, Aanen DK, Poulsen M Phylogenetic analyses of Podaxis specimens from Southern Africa reveal hidden diversity and new insights into associations with termites. Fungal Biol 2016 120 (9), 1065-76
Guo H, Kreuzenbeck NB, Otani S, Garcia-Altares M, Dahse HM, Weigel C, Aanen DK, Hertweck C, Poulsen M, Beemelmanns C Pseudoxylallemycins A-F, Cyclic Tetrapeptides with Rare Allenyl Modifications Isolated from Pseudoxylaria sp. X802: A Competitor of Fungus-Growing Termite Cultivars. Org. Lett. 2016 18 (14), 3338-41
Sillam-Dussès D, Hanus R, Poulsen M, Roy V, Favier M, Vasseur-Cognet M The role of the glucose-sensing transcription factor carbohydrate-responsive element-binding protein pathway in termite queen fertility. Open Biol 2016 6 (5),
Palmer M, de Maayer P, Poulsen M, Steenkamp ET, van Zyl E, Coutinho TA, Venter SN. Draft genome sequences of Pantoea agglomerans and Pantoea vagans isolates associated with termites. Stand Genomic Sci. 2016 11 23
Beemelmanns C, Guo H, Rischer M, Poulsen M. Natural products from microbes associated with insects. Beilstein J Org Chem. 2016 12 314–327
Kooij PW, Poulsen M, Schiøtt M, Boomsma JJ Somatic incompatibility and genetic structure of fungal crops in sympatric and leaf-cutting ants. Fungal Ecol 2016 18 10-17
Otani S, Hansen LH, Sørensen SJ, Poulsen M Bacterial communities in termite fungus combs are comprised of consistent gut deposits and contributions from the environment. Microb. Ecol. 2015 71 (1), 207-20
Mikaelyan A, Dietrich C, Köhler T, Poulsen M, Sillam-Dussès D, Brune A Diet is the primary determinant of bacterial community structure in the guts of higher termites. Mol. Ecol. 2015 24 (20), 5284-95
Sapountzis P, Gruntjes T, Otani S, Estevez J, da Costa RR, Plunkett G, Perna NT, Poulsen M The Enterobacterium Trabulsiella odontotermitis Presents Novel Adaptations Related to Its Association with Fungus-Growing Termites. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2015 81 (19), 6577-88
Korb J, Poulsen M, Hu H, Li C, Boomsma JJ, Zhang G, Liebig J A genomic comparison of two termites with different social complexity. Front Genet 2015 6 9
Poulsen M Towards an integrated understanding of the consequences of fungus domestication on the fungus-growing termite gut microbiota. Environ. Microbiol. 2015 17 (8), 2562-72
Aylward FO, Suen G, Biedermann PH, Adams AS, Scott JJ, Malfatti SA, Glavina del Rio T, Tringe SG, Poulsen M, Raffa KF, Klepzig KD, Currie CR Convergent bacterial microbiotas in the fungal agricultural systems of insects. MBio 2014 5 (6), e02077
Kim KH, Ramadhar TR, Beemelmanns C, Cao S, Poulsen M, Currie CR, Clardy J Natalamycin A, an Ansamycin from a Termite-Associated sp. Chem Sci 2014 5 (11), 4333-4338
Poulsen M, Hu H, Li C, Chen Z, Xu L, Otani S, Nygaard S, Nobre T, Klaubauf S, Schindler PM, Hauser F, Pan H, Yang Z, Sonnenberg AS, de Beer ZW, Zhang Y, Wingfield MJ, Grimmelikhuijzen CJ, de Vries RP, Korb J, Aanen DK, Wang J, Boomsma JJ, Zhang G Complementary symbiont contributions to plant decomposition in a fungus-farming termite. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2014 111 (40), 14500-5
Otani S, Mikaelyan A, Nobre T, Hansen LH, Koné NA, Sørensen SJ, Aanen DK, Boomsma JJ, Brune A, Poulsen M Identifying the core microbial community in the gut of fungus-growing termites. Mol. Ecol. 2014 23 (18), 4631-44
Marsh SE, Poulsen M, Pinto-Tomás A, Currie CR Interaction between workers during a short time window is required for bacterial symbiont transmission in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. PLoS ONE 2014 9 (7), e103269
Um S, Fraimout A, Sapountzis P, Oh DC, Poulsen M The fungus-growing termite Macrotermes natalensis harbors bacillaene-producing Bacillus sp. that inhibit potentially antagonistic fungi. Sci Rep 2013 3 3250
Marsh SE, Poulsen M, Gorosito NB, Pinto-Tomás A, Masiulionis VE, Currie CR Association between Pseudonocardia symbionts and Atta leaf-cutting ants suggested by improved isolation methods. Int. Microbiol. 2013 16 (1), 17-25
Aylward FO, McDonald BR, Adams SM, Valenzuela A, Schmidt RA, Goodwin LA, Woyke T, Currie CR, Suen G, Poulsen M Comparison of 26 sphingomonad genomes reveals diverse environmental adaptations and biodegradative capabilities. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2013 79 (12), 3724-33
Carr G, Poulsen M, Klassen JL, Hou Y, Wyche TP, Bugni TS, Currie CR, Clardy J Microtermolides A and B from termite-associated Streptomyces sp. and structural revision of vinylamycin. Org. Lett. 2012 14 (11), 2822-5
Poulsen M, Sapountzis P Behind every great ant, there is a great gut. Mol. Ecol. 2012 21 (9), 2054-7
Poulsen M, Maynard J, Roland DL, Currie CR The role of symbiont genetic distance and potential adaptability in host preference towards Pseudonocardia symbionts in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. J. Insect Sci. 2012 11 120
Raundrup, K., Levermann, N., Poulsen, M.Overlap in diet and distribution of two goose species suggests potential for competition at a common moulting are in West Greenland. Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 2012 106 93-100
Visser AA, Nobre T, Currie CR, Aanen DK, Poulsen M Exploring the potential for actinobacteria as defensive symbionts in fungus-growing termites. Microb. Ecol. 2011 63 (4), 975-85
Sze Huei Yek, Jacobus J. Boomsma, and Michael Poulsen Towards a Better Understanding of the Evolution of Specialized Parasites of Fungus-Growing Ant Crops Psyche 2011 2012
Folgarait P, Gorosito N, Poulsen M, Currie CR Preliminary in vitro insights into the use of natural fungal pathogens of leaf-cutting ants as biocontrol agents. Curr. Microbiol. 2011 63 (3), 250-8
Six, D.L., Poulsen, M., Hansen, A.K., Wingfield, M.J., Roux, J., Eggleton, P., Slippers, B., Paine, T.D. Anthropogenic effects on interaction outcomes: examples from insect-microbial symbioses in forest and savannah ecosystems. Symbiosis 2011 53 101-121
Poulsen M, Oh DC, Clardy J, Currie CR Chemical analyses of wasp-associated streptomyces bacteria reveal a prolific potential for natural products discovery. PLoS ONE 2011 6 (2), e16763
Abramowski, D., Currie, C.R., Poulsen, M. Caste specialization in behavioral defenses against fungus garden parasites in Acromyrmex octospinosus leaf-cutting ants Insectes Sociaux 2011 58 (1), 65-75
Oh DC, Poulsen M, Currie CR, Clardy J Sceliphrolactam, a polyene macrocyclic lactam from a wasp-associated Streptomyces sp. Org. Lett. 2011 13 (4), 752-5
Gerstner, A., Poulsen, M., Currie, C.R. Recruitment of minor workers for defense against a specialized parasite of Atta leaf-cutting ant fungus gardens Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 2011 23 (1), 61-75
Cafaro MJ, Poulsen M, Little AE, Price SL, Gerardo NM, Wong B, Stuart AE, Larget B, Abbot P, Currie CR Specificity in the symbiotic association between fungus-growing ants and protective Pseudonocardia bacteria. Proc. Biol. Sci. 2010 278 (1713), 1814-22
Poulsen M, Cafaro MJ, Erhardt DP, Little AE, Gerardo NM, Tebbets B, Klein BS, Currie CR Variation in Pseudonocardia antibiotic defence helps govern parasite-induced morbidity in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. Environ Microbiol Rep 2010 2 (4), 534-540
Poulsen M Biomedical exploitation of the fungus-growing ant symbiosis. Drug News Perspect. 2010 23 (3), 203-10
Poulsen M, Currie CR Symbiont interactions in a tripartite mutualism: exploring the presence and impact of antagonism between two fungus-growing ant mutualists. PLoS ONE 2010 5 (1), e8748
Caldera EJ, Poulsen M, Suen G, Currie CR Insect symbioses: a case study of past, present, and future fungus-growing ant research. Environ. Entomol. 2009 38 (1), 78-92
Poulsen M, Currie CR On ants, plants and fungi. New Phytol. 2009 182 (4), 785-8
Poulsen M, Fernández-Marín H, Currie CR, Boomsma JJ Ephemeral windows of opportunity for horizontal transmission of fungal symbionts in leaf-cutting ants. Evolution 2009 63 (9), 2235-47
Oh DC, Poulsen M, Currie CR, Clardy J Dentigerumycin: a bacterial mediator of an ant-fungus symbiosis. Nat. Chem. Biol. 2009 5 (6), 391-3
Ivens, A.B.F., Nash, D.R., Poulsen, M., Boomsma, J.J. Caste-specific symbiont policing by workers of Acromyrmex fungus-growing ants. Behavioral Ecology 2009 20 (2), 378–384
Zhang MM, Poulsen M, Currie CR Symbiont recognition of mutualistic bacteria by Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. ISME J 2007 1 (4), 313-20
Richard FJ, Poulsen M, Drijfhout F, Jones G, Boomsma JJ Specificity in chemical profiles of workers, brood and mutualistic fungi in Atta, Acromyrmex, and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants. J. Chem. Ecol. 2007 33 (12), 2281-92
Poulsen M, Erhardt DP, Molinaro DJ, Lin TL, Currie CR Antagonistic bacterial interactions help shape host-symbiont dynamics within the fungus-growing ant-microbe mutualism. PLoS ONE 2007 2 (9), e960
Richard, F.-J.*, Poulsen, M.*, Hefetz, A., Errard, C., Nash, D.R., Boomsma, J.J. The origin of chemical profiles of fungal symbionts and their significance for nest-mate recognition in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 2007 61 (11), 1637-1649
Poulsen, M., Hughes, W.O.H., Boomsma, J.J. Differential resistance and the importance of antibiotic production in Acromyrmex echinatior leaf-cutting ant castes towards the entomopathogenic fungus Aspergillus nomius Insectes Sociaux 2006 53 (3), 349-355
Currie CR, Poulsen M, Mendenhall J, Boomsma JJ, Billen J Coevolved crypts and exocrine glands support mutualistic bacteria in fungus-growing ants. Science 2006 311 (5757), 81-3
Poulsen M, Cafaro M, Boomsma JJ, Currie CR Specificity of the mutualistic association between actinomycete bacteria and two sympatric species of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. Mol. Ecol. 2005 14 (11), 3597-604
Poulsen M, Boomsma JJ Mutualistic fungi control crop diversity in fungus-growing ants. Science 2005 307 (5710), 741-4
Hughes WO, Petersen KS, Ugelvig LV, Pedersen D, Thomsen L, Poulsen M, Boomsma JJ Density-dependence and within-host competition in a semelparous parasite of leaf-cutting ants. BMC Evol. Biol. 2004 4 45
Poulsen M, Bot AN, Boomsma JJ The effect of metapleural gland secretion on the growth of a mutualistic bacterium on the cuticle of leaf-cutting ants. Naturwissenschaften 2003 90 (9), 406-9
Poulsen, M., Bot, A.N.M., Currie, C.R., Nielsen, M.G., Boomsma, J.J. Within colony transmission and the cost of a mutualistic bacterium in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus. Functional Ecology 2003 17 (2), 260-269
Poulsen, M., Bot, A.N.M., Nielsen, M.G., Boomsma, J.J. Experimental evidence for the cost and hygienic significance of the antibiotic metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 2002 52 (2), 151-157
Poulsen, M., Bot, A.N.M., Currie, C.R., Boomsma, J.J. Mutualistic bacteria and a possible trade-off between alternative defence mechanisms in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants Insectes Sociaux 2002 49 (1), 15-19