Michael Poulsen

Michael Poulsen

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    1. Published

      Nocardia macrotermitis sp. nov. and Nocardia aurantia sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes natalensis

      Benndorf, R., Schwitalla, J. W., Martin, K., De Beer, Z. W., Vollmers, J., Kaster, A., Poulsen, Michael & Beemelmanns, C., 2020, In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70, 10, p. 5226-5234 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    2. 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

    3. Published

      Streptomyces smaragdinus sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the fungus growing-termite Macrotermes natalensis

      Schwitalla, J. W., Benndorf, R., Martin, K., Vollmers, J., Kaster, A., Wilhelm de Beer, Z., Poulsen, Michael & Beemelmanns, C., 2020, In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70, 11, p. 5806-5811 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    4. 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

    5. 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

    6. Published

      Adaptations of Pseudoxylaria towards a comb-associated lifestyle in fungus-farming termite colonies

      Fricke, J., Schalk, F., Kreuzenbeck, N. B., Seibel, E., Hoffmann, J., Dittmann, G., Conlon, B. H., Guo, H., Wilhelm de Beer, Z., Vassão, D. G., Gleixner, G., Poulsen, Michael & Beemelmanns, C., 2023, In: ISME Journal. 17, 15 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    7. 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

    8. Published

      Anthropogenic effects on interaction outcomes: examples from insect-microbial symbioses in forest and savanna ecosystems

      Six, D. L., Poulsen, Michael, Hansen, A. K., Wingfield, M. J., Roux, J., Eggleton, P., Slippers, B. & Paine, T. D., 2011, In: Symbiosis. 53, 3, p. 101-121 21 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    9. Published

      Asexual and sexual reproduction are two separate developmental pathways in a Termitomyces species

      Vreeburg, S. M. E., de Ruijter, N. C. A., Zwaan, B. J., da Costa, R. R., Poulsen, Michael & Aanen, D. K., 2020, In: Biology Letters. 16, 8, 5 p., 20200394.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    10. 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

    11. Published

      Avian gut microbiomes taking flight

      Bodawatta, Kasun Harshana, Hird, S. M., Grond, K., Poulsen, Michael & Jønsson, Knud Andreas, 2022, In: Trends in Microbiology. 30, 3, p. 268-280 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    12. 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

    13. 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

    14. Biomedical exploitation of the fungus-growing ant symbiosis

      Poulsen, Michael, 1 Apr 2010, In: Drug News & Perspectives. 23, 3, p. 203-10 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    15. Published

      COVID-19 drug practices risk antimicrobial resistance evolution

      MetaSUB Consortium, M. C., 2021, In: The Lancet Microbe. 2, 4, p. e135-e136

      Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

    16. Published

      Can interaction specificity in the fungus-farming termite symbiosis be explained by nutritional requirements of the fungal crop?

      da Costa, R. R., Vreeburg, S. M. E., Shik, Jonathan Z., Aanen, D. K. & Poulsen, Michael, 2019, In: Fungal Ecology. 38, p. 54-61

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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

      Abramowski, D., Currie, C. R. & Poulsen, Michael, 2010, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 1, p. 65-75 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    18. Published

      Caste-specific symbiont policing by workers of Acromyrmex fungus-growing ants

      Ivens, A. B. F., Nash, David Richard, Poulsen, Michael & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Behavioral Ecology. 20, 2, p. 378-384 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    19. 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

    20. Published

      Cloacal swabs and alcohol bird specimens are good proxies for compositional analyses of gut microbial communities of Great tits (Parus major)

      Bodawatta, Kasun Harshana, Puzejova, K., Sam, K., Poulsen, Michael & Jønsson, Knud Andreas, 2020, In: BMC Animal Microbiome. 2, 13 p., 9.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    21. Published

      Coevolved crypts and exocrine glands support mutualistic bacteria in fungus-growing ants

      Currie, C. R., Poulsen, Michael, Mendenhall, J., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Billen, J., 2006, In: Science. 311, 5757, p. 81-83 3 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    22. Published

      Comparable early-stage decomposition but contrasting underlying drivers between surface and cave habitats along an elevational gradient

      Bodawatta, Kasun Harshana, Ravn, N., Oromí, P., Esquivel, J. L. M., Michelsen, Anders, Poulsen, Michael, Jønsson, Knud Andreas & Reboleira, Ana Sofia, 2023, In: Ecological Indicators. 154, 12 p., 110607.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    23. Published

      Comparative Genomic and Metabolic Analysis of Streptomyces sp. RB110 Morphotypes Illuminates Genomic Rearrangements and Formation of a New 46-Membered Antimicrobial Macrolide

      Um, S., Guo, H., Thiengmag, S., Benndorf, R., Murphy, Rob, Rischer, M., Braga, D., Poulsen, Michael, de Beer, Z. W., Lackner, G. & Beemelmanns, C., 2021, In: ACS chemical biology. 16, 8, p. 1482-1492

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    24. 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

    25. 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

    26. Published

      Comparative analyses of the digestive tract microbiota of New Guinean passerine birds

      Bodawatta, Kasun Harshana, Sam, K., Jønsson, Knud Andreas & Poulsen, Michael, 2018, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 9, 13 p., 1830.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    27. 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

    28. 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

    29. 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

    30. 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

    31. 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

    32. 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

    33. 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

    34. 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

    35. 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

    36. 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

    37. 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

    38. 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

    39. 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

    40. 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

    41. 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

    42. 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

    43. 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

    44. 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

    45. 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 paperPreprintResearch

    46. 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

    47. 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

    48. 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

    49. 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

    50. 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

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