Michael Poulsen

Michael Poulsen

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    1. Published

      Natural products from actinobacteria associated with fungus-growing termites

      Benndorf, R., Guo, H., Sommerwerk, E., Weigel, C., Garcia-Altares, M., Martin, K., Hu, H., Küfner, M., de Beer, Z. W., Poulsen, Michael & Beemelmanns, C., 2018, In: Antibiotics. 7, 3, p. 1-25 83.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    2. Published

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

      Kim, K. H., Ramadhar, T. R., Beemelmanns, C., Cao, S., Poulsen, Michael, Currie, C. R. & Clardy, J., 2014, In: Chemical Science. 5, p. 4333-4338 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    3. Published

      Mutualistic fungi control crop diversity in fungus-growing ants

      Poulsen, Michael & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Science. 307, 5710, p. 741-744 4 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    4. Published

      Mutualistic bacteria and a possible trade-off between alternative defence mechanisms in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

      Poulsen, Michael, Bot, A. N. M., Currie, C. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Insectes Sociaux. 49, 1, p. 15-19 5 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    5. Published

      Multiple mutations in the Nav1.4 sodium channel of New Guinean toxic birds provide auto‐resistance to deadly batrachotoxin

      Bodawatta, Kasun Harshana, Hu, H., Schalk, F., Daniel, J. M., Maiah, G., Koane, B., Iova, B., Beemelmanns, C., Poulsen, Michael & Jønsson, Knud Andreas, 2024, In: Molecular Ecology. 33, 9, 14 p., e16878.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    6. Published

      Morphometrics, Distribution, and DNA Barcoding: An Integrative Identification Approach to the Genus Odontotermes (Termitidae: Blattodea) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

      Zaman, M., Khan, I. A., Schmidt, Suzanne, Murphy, Rob & Poulsen, Michael, 2022, In: Forests. 13, 5, 17 p., 674.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    7. Published

      Mixed-Mode Transmission Shapes Termite Gut Community Assemblies

      Rodrigues da Costa, R. & Poulsen, Michael, 2018, In: Trends in Microbiology. 26, 7, p. 557-559 3 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    8. Published

      Microtermolides A and B from termite-associated Streptomyces sp. and structural revision of vinylamycin

      Carr, G., Poulsen, Michael, Klassen, J. L., Hou, Y., Wyche, T. P., Bugni, T. S., Currie, C. R. & Clardy, J., 2012, In: Organic Letters. 14, 11, p. 2822–2825 4 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    9. Published

      Make the environment protect you from disease: elevated CO2 inhibits antagonists of the fungus-farming termite symbiosis

      Schmidt, Suzanne, Bos, N., Murphy, R., Koné, N. A., Silué, K. S., Meyling, Nicolai Vitt & Poulsen, Michael, 2023, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11, 9 p., 1134492.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    10. Published

      Macrotermycins A-D, glycosylated macrolactams from a termite-associated Amycolatopsis sp. M39

      Beemelmanns, C., Ramadhar, T. R., Kim, K. H., Klassen, J. L., Cao, S., Wyche, T. P., Hou, Y., Poulsen, Michael, Bugni, T. S., Currie, C. R. & Clardy, J., 3 Mar 2017, In: Organic Letters. 19, 5, p. 1000-1003 4 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

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

      Wyche, T. P., Ruzzini, A. C., Beemelmanns, C., Kim, K. H., Klassen, J. L., Cao, S., Poulsen, Michael, Bugni, T. S., Currie, C. R. & Clardy, J., 2017, In: Organic Letters. 19, 7, p. 1772-1775 4 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

    12. Published

      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

      Arrey Tané, Gerard, Li, G., Murphy, Rob, Guimaraes, L., Alizadeh, S., Poulsen, Michael & Regenberg, Birgitte, 2021, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 11, 12, 13 p., jkab342.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    13. Published

      Isolation, biosynthesis and chemical modifications of Rubterolones A-F: rare tropolone alkaloids from Actinomadura sp 5-2

      Guo, H., Benndorf, R., Leichnitz, D., Klassen, J. L., Vollmers, J., Görls, H., Steinacker, M., Weigel, C., Dahse, H., Kaster, A., de Beer, Z. W., Poulsen, Michael & Beemelmanns, C., 12 Jul 2017, In: Chemistry: A European Journal. 23, 39, p. 9338-9345 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    14. Published

      Isolation, (bio)synthetic studies and evaluation of antimicrobial properties of drimenol-type sesquiterpenes of Termitomyces fungi

      Kreuzenbeck, N. B., Dhiman, S., Roman, D., Burkhardt, I., Conlon, B. H., Fricke, J., Guo, H., Blume, J., Görls, H., Poulsen, Michael, Dickschat, J. S., Köllner, T. G., Arndt, H. & Beemelmanns, C., 2023, In: Communications Chemistry. 6, 14 p., 79.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    15. Interaction between workers during a short time window is required for bacterial symbiont transmission in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

      Marsh, S. E., Poulsen, Michael, Pinto-Tomás, A. & Currie, C. R., 2014, In: PLOS ONE. 9, 7, 9 p., e103269.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    16. Published

      Insights into the Metabolomic Capacity of Podaxis and Isolation of Podaxisterols A-D, Ergosterol Derivatives Carrying Nitrosyl Cyanide-Derived Modifications

      Guo, H., Daniel, J. M., Seibel, E., Burkhardt, I., Conlon, B. H., Görls, H., Vassão, D. G., Dickschat, J. S., Poulsen, Michael & Beemelmanns, C., 2022, In: Journal of Natural Products. 85, 9, p. 2159-2167

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    17. Published

      Insect symbioses: a case study of past, present, and future fungus-growing ant research

      Caldera, E. J., Poulsen, Michael, Suen, G. & Currie, C. R., 1 Feb 2009, In: Environmental Entomology. 38, 1, p. 78-92 15 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    18. Published

      Indirect maternal effects via nest microbiome composition drive gut colonization in altricial chicks

      Diez‐Méndez, D., Bodawatta, Kasun Harshana, Freiberga, I., Klečková, I., Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Poulsen, Michael & Sam, K., 2023, In: Molecular Ecology. 32, 13, p. 3657-3671 15 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    19. Published

      Impact of Microbial Symbionts on Fungus-Farming Termites and Their Derived Ecosystem Functions

      Murphy, Rob, Sinotte, Veronica Marie, Schmidt, Suzanne, Li, Guangshuo, Hamilton Renalias, J., Koné, N. A. & Poulsen, Michael, 2023, Assessing the Microbiological Health of Ecosystems. Hurst, C. J. (ed.). Wiley, p. 185-203

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

    20. Published

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

      Otani, S., Mikaelyan, A., Nobre, T., Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Koné, N. A., Sørensen, Søren Johannes, Aanen, D. K., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Brune, A. & Poulsen, Michael, 2014, In: Molecular Ecology. 23, 18, p. 4631–4644 14 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    21. Published

      Hemimetabolous genomes reveal molecular basis of termite eusociality

      Harrison, M. C., Jongepier, E., Robertson, H. M., Arning, N., Bitard-Feildel, T., Chao, H., Childers, C. P., Dinh, H., Doddapaneni, H., Dugan, S., Gowin, J., Greiner, C., Han, Y., Hu, H., Hughes, D. S. T., Huylmans, A. K., Kemena, C., Kremer, L. P. M., Lee, S. L., Lopez-Ezquerra, A. & 21 others, Mallet, L., Monroy-Kuhn, J. M., Moser, A., Murali, S. C., Muzny, D. M., Otani, S., Piulachs, M. D., Poelchau, M., Qu, J., Schaub, F., Wada-Katsumata, A., Worley, K. C., Xie, Q., Ylla, G., Poulsen, Michael, Gibbs, R. A., Schal, C., Richards, S., Belles, X., Korb, J. & Bornberg-Bauer, E., 2018, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2, 3, p. 557-566 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    22. Published

      Gut microbial compositions mirror caste-specific diets in a major lineage of social insects

      Otani, S., Zhukova, M., Koné, N. A., Rodrigues da Costa, R., Mikaelyan, A., Sapountzis, P. & Poulsen, Michael, 2019, In: Environmental Microbiology Reports. 11, 2, p. 196-205

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    23. Published

      Great Tit (Parus major) Uropygial Gland Microbiomes and Their Potential Defensive Roles

      Bodawatta, Kasun Harshana, Schierbech, S. K., Petersen, N. R., Sam, K., Bos, N., Jønsson, Knud Andreas & Poulsen, Michael, 2020, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 11, 11 p., 1735.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    24. Published

      Genome reduction and relaxed selection is associated with the transition to symbiosis in the basidiomycete genus Podaxis

      Conlon, B. H., Gostinčar, C., Fricke, J., Kreuzenbeck, N. B., Daniel, J., Schlosser, M. S. L., Peereboom, N., Aanen, D. K., de Beer, Z. W., Beemelmanns, C., Gunde-Cimerman, N. & Poulsen, Michael, 2021, In: iScience. 24, 6, 20 p., 102680.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    25. Published

      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

      Seibel, E., Um, S., Dayras, M., Bodawatta, Kasun Harshana, de Kruijff, M., Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Poulsen, Michael, Kim, K. H. & Beemelmanns, C., 2023, In: Communications Chemistry. 6, 15 p., 257.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    26. Published

      GNPS-guided discovery of xylacremolide C and D, evaluation of their putative biosynthetic origin and bioactivity studies of xylacremolide A and B

      Schalk, F., Fricke, J., Um, S., Conlon, B. H., Maus, H., Jäger, N., Heinzel, T., Schirmeister, T., Poulsen, Michael & Beemelmanns, C., 2021, In: RSC Advances. 31, 11, p. 18748-18756 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    27. Published

      Fungus-growing ant-microbe symbiosis: Using microbes to defend beneficial associations within symbiotic communities

      Poulsen, Michael, Little, A. E. F. & Currie, C. R., 26 May 2009, Defensive Mutualism in Microbial Symbiosis. CRC Press, p. 149-164 16 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

    28. Published

      Fungiculture in termites is associated with a mycolytic gut bacterial community

      Hu, H., da Costa, R. R., Pilgaard, B., Schiøtt, M., Lange, L. & Poulsen, Michael, 2019, In: mSphere. 4, 3, 13 p., e00165-19.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    29. Published

      Foraging Macrotermes natalensis fungus-growing termites avoid a mycopathogen but not an entomopathogen

      Bodawatta, Kasun Harshana, Poulsen, Michael & Bos, N., 2019, In: Insects. 10, 7, 8 p., 185.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    30. Published

      Flexibility and resilience of great tit (Parus major) gut microbiomes to changing diets

      Bodawatta, Kasun Harshana, Freiberga, I., Puzejova, K., Sam, K., Poulsen, Michael & Jønsson, Knud Andreas, 2021, In: BMC Animal Microbiome. 3, 14 p., 20.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    31. Published

      Female-biased sex allocation and lack of inbreeding avoidance in Cubitermes termites

      Sinotte, Veronica Marie, Conlon, B. H., Seibel, E., Schwitalla, J. W., de Beer, Z. W., Poulsen, Michael & Bos, N., 2021, In: Ecology and Evolution. 11, 10, p. 5598-5605 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    32. Published

      Extensive inheritance of gut microbial communities in a superorganismal termite

      Sinotte, Veronica Marie, Renelies-Hamilton, J., Andreu-Sánchez, S., Vasseur-Cognet, M. & Poulsen, Michael, 30 Aug 2022, Research Square-Preprint, 34 p.

      Research output: Working paperPreprint

    33. Published

      Exploring the potential for actinobacteria as defensive symbionts in fungus-growing termites

      Visser, A. A., Nobre, T., Currie, C. R., Aanen, D. K. & Poulsen, Michael, 2012, In: Microbial Ecology. 63, 4, p. 975-985 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    34. Published

      Exploring interactions between Blastocystis sp., Strongyloides spp. and the gut microbiomes of wild chimpanzees in Senegal

      Renelies-Hamilton, J., Noguera-Julian, M., Parera, M., Paredes, R., Pacheco, L., Dacal, E., Saugar, J. M., Rubio, J. M., Poulsen, Michael, Köster, P. C. & Carmena, D., 2019, In: Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 74, 9 p., 104010.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    35. Published

      Experimental evidence for the costs and hygienic significance of the antibiotic metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants

      Poulsen, Michael, Bot, A., Nielsen, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 52, 2, p. 151-157 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    36. Published

      Expanding the Rubterolone Family: Intrinsic Reactivity and Directed Diversification of PKS-derived Pyrans

      Guo, H., Benndorf, R., König, S., Leichnitz, D., Weigel, C., Peschel, G., Berthel, P., Kaiser, M., Steinbeck, C., Werz, O., Poulsen, Michael & Beemelmanns, C., 2018, In: Chemistry - A European Journal. 24, 44, p. 11319-11324

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    37. Published

      Ephemeral windows of opportunity for horizontal transmission of fungal symbionts in leaf-cutting ants

      Poulsen, Michael, Fernández-Marín, H., Currie, C. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Evolution. 63, 9, p. 2235-2247 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    38. Published

      Enzyme activities at different stages of plant biomass decomposition in three species of fungus-growing termites

      Rodrigues da Costa, R., Hu, H., Pilgaard, B., Vreeburg, S. M. E., Schückel, J., Pedersen, K. S. K., Kracun, S. K., Busk, P. K., Harholt, J., Sapountzis, P., Lange, L., Aanen, D. K. & Poulsen, Michael, 2018, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84, 5, 16 p., e01815-17 .

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    39. Published

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

      Klassen, J. L., Lee, S. R., Poulsen, Michael, Beemelmanns, C. & Kim, K. H., 2019, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 10, 8 p., 1739.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    40. Published

      Draft genome sequences of Pantoea agglomerans and Pantoea vagans isolates associated with termites

      Palmer, M., de Maayer, P., Poulsen, Michael, Steenkamp, E. T., van Zyl, E., Coutinho, T. A. & Venter, S. N., 2016, In: Standards in Genomic Sciences. 11, 11 p., 23.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    41. Published

      Draft genome of the fungus-growing termite pathogenic fungus Ophiocordyceps bispora (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales, Ascomycota)

      Conlon, B. H., Mitchell, J., de Beer, Z. W., Carøe, C., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Eilenberg, Jørgen, Poulsen, Michael & de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, 2017, In: Data in Brief. 11, p. 537-542 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    42. Published

      Disentangling the Relative Roles of Vertical Transmission, Subsequent Colonizations, and Diet on Cockroach Microbiome Assembly

      Renelies-Hamilton, J., Germer, K., Sillam-Dussès, D., Bodawatta, Kasun Harshana & Poulsen, Michael, 2021, In: mSphere. 6, 1, 18 p., e01023-20.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    43. Published

      Disease-free monoculture farming by fungus-growing termites

      Otani, S., Challinor, V. L., Kreuzenbeck, N. B., Kildgaard, S., Christensen, S. K., Larsen, L. L. M., Aanen, D. K., Rasmussen, S. A., Beemelmanns, C. & Poulsen, Michael, 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, p. 1-10 8819.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    44. Published

      Diet is the primary determinant of bacterial community structure in the guts of higher termites

      Mikaelyan, A., Dietrich, C., Köhler, T., Poulsen, Michael, Sillam-Dusses, D. & Brune, A., 2015, In: Molecular Ecology. 24, 20, p. 5284-5295 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    45. Published

      Dentigerumycin: a bacterial mediator of an ant-fungus symbiosis

      Oh, D., Poulsen, Michael, Currie, C. R. & Clardy, J., 1 Jun 2009, In: Nature Chemical Biology. 5, 6, p. 391-3 3 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    46. Published

      Density-dependence and within-host competition in a semelparous parasite of leaf-cutting ants.

      Hughes, W., Petersen, K., Ugelvig, Line Vej, Pedersen, D., Thomsen, L., Poulsen, Michael & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 4, 1, p. 45 1 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    47. Published

      Convergent bacterial microbiotas in the fungal agricultural systems of insects

      Aylward, F. O., Suen, G., Biedermann, P. H. W., Adams, A. S., Scott, J. J., Malfatti, S. A., del Rio, T. G., Tringe, S. G., Poulsen, Michael, Raffa, K. F., Klepzig, K. D. & Currie, C. R., 2014, In: mBio (Print). 5, 6, 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    48. Published

      Complexity of insect-fungal associations: Exploring the influence of microorganisms on the attine ant-fungus symbiosis

      Poulsen, Michael & Currie, C. R., 1 Jan 2006, Insect Symbiosis. CRC Press, Vol. 2. p. 57-77 21 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

    49. Published

      Complementary symbiont contributions to plant decomposition in a fungus-farming termite

      Thomas-Poulsen, M., Hu, H., Li, C., Chen, Z., Xu, L., Otani, S., Nygaard, S., Nobre, T., Klaubauf, S., Schindler, P. M., Hauser, F., Pan, H., Yang, Z., Sonnenberg, A. S. M., de Beer, Z. W., Zhang, Y., Wingfield, M. J., Grimmelikhuijzen, C., de Vries, R. P., Korb, J. & 4 others, Aanen, D. K., Wang, J., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & KU, thw266, 2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111, 40, 6 p., 14500-14505.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    50. Published

      Comparison of 26 sphingomonad genomes reveals diverse environmental adaptations and biodegradative capabilities

      Aylward, F. O., McDonald, B. R., Adams, S. M., Valenzuela, A., Schmidt, R. A., Goodwin, L. A., Woyke, T., Currie, C. R., Suen, G. & Poulsen, Michael, 2013, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79, 12, p. 3724-3733 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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