Michael Poulsen

Michael Poulsen

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    1. Published

      Somatic incompatibility and genetic structure of fungal crops in sympatric Atta colombica and Acromyrmex echinatior leaf-cutting ants

      Kooij, P. W., Poulsen, Michael, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2015, In: Fungal Ecology. 18, p. 10-17 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    2. Published

      A genomic comparison of two termites with different social complexity

      Korb, J., Poulsen, Michael, Hu, H., Li, C., Boomsma, Jacobus J., KU, thw266 & Liebig, J., 2015, In: Frontiers in Genetics. 6, 12 p., 9.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    3. Published

      Termite Taxonomy, Challenges and Prospects: West Africa, A Case Example

      Korb, J., Kasseney, B. D., Cakpo, Y. T., Casalla Daza, R. H., Gbenyedji, J. N. K. B., Ilboudo, M. E., Josens, G., Koné, N. A., Meusemann, K., Ndiaye, A. B., Okweche, S. I., Poulsen, Michael, Roisin, Y. & Sankara, F., 2019, In: Insects. 10, 1, p. 1-8 32.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    4. 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

    5. Published

      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

      Kreuzenbeck, N. B., Seibel, E., Schwitalla, J. W., Fricke, J., Conlon, B. H., Schmidt, Suzanne, Hammerbacher, A., Köllner, T. G., Poulsen, Michael, Hoffmeister, D., Beemelmanns, C. & Pupo, M. T. (ed.), 2022, In: mSystems. 7, 1, 16 p., e01214-21.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    6. Published

      Resolution of eleven reported and five novel Podaxis species based on ITS phylogeny, phylogenomics, morphology, ecology, and geographic distribution

      Li, Guangshuo, A. Leal-Dutra, Caio, Cuesta Mate, Ana, Conlon, B. H., Peereboom, N., Beemelmanns, C., Aanen, D. K., Rosendahl, Søren, de Beer, Z. W. & Poulsen, Michael, 2023, In: Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 51, p. 257-279 23 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    7. Published

      Symbiont-Mediated Digestion of Plant Biomass in Fungus-Farming Insects

      Li, H., Young, S. E., Poulsen, Michael & Currie, C. R., 2021, In: Annual Review of Entomology. 66, p. 297-316 20 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    8. Published

      Association between Pseudonocardia symbionts and Atta leaf-cutting ants suggested by improved isolation methods

      Marsh, S. E., Poulsen, Michael, Gorosito, N. B., Pinto-Tomás, A., Masiulionis, V. E. & Currie, C. R., 2013, In: International Microbiology. 16, 1, p. 17-25 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    9. 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

    10. 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

    11. 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

    12. Published

      Comparative Genomics Reveals Prophylactic and Catabolic Capabilities of Actinobacteria within the Fungus-Farming Termite Symbiosis

      Murphy, Rob, Benndorf, R., de Beer, Z. W., Vollmers, J., Kaster, A., Beemelmanns, C. & Poulsen, Michael, Mar 2021, In: mSphere. 6, 2, 12 p., e01233-20.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    13. Published

      Phylogenetic and phylogenomic analyses reveal two new genera and three new species of ophiostomatalean fungi from termite fungus combs

      Nel, W. J., de Beer, Z. W., Wingfield, M. J., Poulsen, Michael, Aanen, D. K., Wingfield, B. D. & Duong, T. A., 2021, In: Mycologia. 113, 6, p. 1199-1217

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    14. Published

      A Visual Guide for Studying Behavioral Defenses to Pathogen Attacks in Leaf-Cutting Ants

      Nilsson-Møller, S., Poulsen, Michael & Innocent, T. M., 2018, In: Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. 140, p. 1-12

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    15. Published

      Sceliphrolactam, a polyene macrocyclic lactam from a wasp-associated Streptomyces sp

      Oh, D., Poulsen, Michael, Currie, C. R. & Clardy, J., 2011, In: Organic Letters. 13, 4, p. 752-755 4 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    16. 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

    17. 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

    18. Published

      Bacterial communities in termite fungus combs are comprised of consistent gut deposits and contributions from the environment

      Otani, S., Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Sørensen, Søren Johannes & Poulsen, Michael, 2016, In: Microbial Ecology. 71, 1, p. 207-220 14 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    19. 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

    20. 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

    21. 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

    22. Published

      Specificity of the mutualistic association between actinomycete bacteria and two sympatric species of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

      Poulsen, M., Cafaro, M., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Currie, C. R. & Poulsen, Michael, 1 Oct 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 11, p. 3597-3604 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    23. Variation in Pseudonocardia antibiotic defence helps govern parasite-induced morbidity in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

      Poulsen, Michael, Cafaro, M. J., Erhardt, D. P., Little, A. E. F., Gerardo, N. M., Tebbets, B., Klein, B. S. & Currie, C. R., 2010, In: Environmental Microbiology Reports. 2, 4, p. 534-540 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    24. Published

      Antagonistic bacterial interactions help shape host-symbiont dynamics within the fungus-growing ant-microbe mutualism

      Poulsen, Michael, Erhardt, D. P., Molinaro, D. J., Lin, T. & Currie, C. R., 1 Jan 2007, In: P L o S One. 2, 9, p. e960

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    25. 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

    26. 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

    27. Published

      Chemical analyses of wasp-associated streptomyces bacteria reveal a prolific potential for natural products discovery

      Poulsen, Michael, Oh, D., Clardy, J. & Currie, C. R., 2011, In: P L o S One. 6, 2, p. e16763 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    28. Published

      On ants, plants and fungi

      Poulsen, Michael & Currie, C. R., 1 Jun 2009, In: New Phytologist. 182, 4, p. 785-8 4 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    29. 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

    30. 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

    31. Published

      The effect of metapleural gland secretion on the growth of a mutualistic bacterium on the cuticle of leaf-cutting ants

      Poulsen, Michael, Bot, A. N. M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1 Sep 2003, In: Die Naturwissenschaften. 90, 9, p. 406-409 4 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    32. Symbiont interactions in a tripartite mutualism: exploring the presence and impact of antagonism between two fungus-growing ant mutualists

      Poulsen, Michael & Currie, C. R., 1 Jan 2010, In: P L o S One. 5, 1, p. 1-14

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    33. 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

    34. 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

    35. Published

      Within-colony transmission and the cost of a mutualistic bacterium in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus

      Poulsen, Michael, Bot, A. N. M., Currie, C. R., Nielsen, M. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Functional Ecology. 17, 2, p. 260-269 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    36. Published

      Behind every great ant, there is a great gut

      Poulsen, Michael & Sapountzis, P., 2012, In: Molecular Ecology. 21, 9, p. 2054-2057 4 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    37. Published

      Overlap in diet and distribution of two goose species suggests potential for competition at a common moulting area in West Greenland

      Raundrup, K., Levermann, N. & Poulsen, Michael, 2012, In: Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift. 106, 3, p. 93-100 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    38. Published

      Nutrient-limited subarctic caves harbour more diverse and complex bacterial communities than their surface soil

      Reboleira, Ana Sofia, Bodawatta, Kasun Harshana, Ravn, N. M. R., Lauritzen, S., Skoglund, R. Ø., Poulsen, Michael, Michelsen, Anders & Jønsson, Knud Andreas, 2022, In: Environmental Microbiomes. 17, 17 p., 41.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    39. 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

    40. 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

    41. Published

      Specificity in chemical profiles of workers, brood and mutualistic fungi in Atta, Acromyrmex, and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants

      Richard, F., Poulsen, Michael, Drijfhout, F., Jones, G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33, 12, p. 2281-2292 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    42. Published

      The origin of the chemical profiles of fungal symbionts and their significance for nestmate recognition in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

      Richard, F., Poulsen, Michael, Hefetz, A., Errard, C., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61, 11, p. 1637-1649 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    43. Published

      Pycnoscelus surinamensis cockroach gut microbiota respond consistently to a fungal diet without mirroring those of fungus-farming termites

      Richards, C., Otani, S., Mikaelyan, A. & Poulsen, Michael, 3 Oct 2017, In: PLoS ONE. 12, 10, 19 p., e0185745.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    44. 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.

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    45. 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

    46. Published

      The enterobacterium Trabulsiella odontotermitis presents novel adaptations related to its association with fungus-growing termites

      Sapountzis, P., Gruntjes, T., Otani, S., Estevez, J., da Costa, R. R., Plunkett III, G., Perna, N. T. & Poulsen, Michael, 2015, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81, 19, p. 6577-6588 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    47. Published

      Potential for nitrogen fixation in fungus-growing termite symbiosis

      Sapountzis, P., de Verges, J., Rousk, Kathrin, Cilliers, M., J. Vorster, B. & Poulsen, Michael, 2016, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 7, 5 p., 1993.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    48. 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

    49. Published

      The Termite Fungal Cultivar Termitomyces Combines Diverse Enzymes and Oxidative Reactions for Plant Biomass Conversion

      Schalk, F., Gostinčar, C., Kreuzenbeck, N. B., Conlon, B. H., Sommerwerk, E., Rabe, P., Burkhardt, I., Krüger, T., Kniemeyer, O., Brakhage, A. A., Gunde-Cimerman, N., de Beer, Z. W., Dickschat, J. S., Poulsen, Michael & Beemelmanns, C., 2021, In: mBio. 12, 3, 17 p., e03551-20.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    50. 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

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