Michael Poulsen

Michael Poulsen

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    1. 2019
    2. 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

    3. 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

    4. 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

    5. 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

    6. Published

      Symbiotic Plant Biomass Decomposition in Fungus-Growing Termites

      da Costa, R. R., Hu, H., Li, H. & Poulsen, Michael, 2019, In: Insects. 10, 4, 15 p., 87.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    7. 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

    8. Published

      The scent of symbiosis: gut bacteria may affect social interactions in leaf-cutting ants

      Teseo, S., van Zweden, J. S., Pontieri, L., Kooij, P. W., Sørensen, Søren Johannes, Wenseleers, T., Poulsen, Michael, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Sapountzis, P., 2019, In: Animal Behaviour. 150, p. 239-254

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    9. 2018
    10. 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

    11. 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

    12. 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

    13. 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

    14. 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

    15. 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

    16. 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

    17. Published

      Promises and challenges in insect-plant interactions

      Giron, D., Dubreuil, G., Bennett, A., Dedeine, F., Dicke, M., Dyer, L. A., Erb, M., Harris, M. O., Huguet, E., Kaloshian, I., Kawakita, A., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Palmer, T. M., Petanidou, T., Poulsen, M., Sallé, A., Simon, J-C., Terblanche, J. S., Thiéry, D., Whiteman, N. K. & 2 others, Woods, H. A. & Pincebourde, S., 2018, In: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 166, 5, p. 319-343

      Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

    18. Published

      Searching for Podaxis on the trails of early explorers in southern Africa

      Buys, M., Conlon, B., de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Aanen, D. K., Poulsen, Michael & De Beer, Z. W., 2018, In: South African Journal of Botany. 115, p. 317 1 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    19. 2017
    20. 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

    21. 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

    22. 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

    23. 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

    24. 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

    25. 2016
    26. Published

      Phylogenetic analyses of diverse Podaxis specimens from Southern Africa reveal hidden diversity and new insights into associations with termites

      Conlon, B. H., de Beer, Z. W., de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Aanen, D. K. & Poulsen, Michael, Sep 2016, In: Fungal Biology. 120, 9, p. 1065-1076 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    27. 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

    28. 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

    29. Published

      Natural products from microbes associated with insects

      Beemelmanns, C., Guo, H., Rischer, M. & Poulsen, Michael, 2016, In: Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 12, p. 314-327 14 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    30. 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

    31. Published

      Pseudoxylallemycins A-F, cyclic tetrapeptides with rare allenyl modifications isolated from Pseudoxylaria sp. X802: a competitor of fungus-growing termite cultivars

      Guo, H., Kreuzenbeck, N. B., Otani, S., Garcia-Altares, M., Dahse, H., Weigel, C., Aanen, D. K., Hertweck, C., Poulsen, Michael & Beemelmanns, C., 2016, In: Organic Letters. 18, 14, p. 3338-3341 4 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

    32. Published

      The role of the glucose-sensing transcription factor carbohydrate-responsive element-binding protein pathway in termite queen fertility

      Sillam-Dussès, D., Hanus, R., Poulsen, Michael, Roy, V., Favier, M. & Vasseur-Cognet, M., 2016, In: Open Biology. 6, 5, 13 p., 160080.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    33. 2015
    34. 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

    35. 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

    36. 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

    37. 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

    38. Published

      Towards an integrated understanding of the consequences of fungus domestication on the fungus-growing termite gut microbiota

      Poulsen, Michael, 2015, In: Environmental Microbiology. 17, 8, p. 2562-2572 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    39. 2014
    40. 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

    41. 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

    42. 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

    43. 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.

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    44. 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

    45. 2013
    46. 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

    47. 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

    48. Published

      The fungus-growing termite Macrotermes natalensis harbors bacillaene-producing Bacillus sp. that inhibit potentially antagonistic fungi

      Um, S., Fraimout, A., Sapountzis, P., Oh, D. & Poulsen, Michael, 2013, In: Scientific Reports. 3, 7 p., 3250.

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    49. 2012
    50. 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.

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    51. 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

    52. 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

    53. 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

    54. Published

      Towards a better understanding of the evolution of specialized parasites of fungus-growing ant crops

      Yek, S. H., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Poulsen, Michael, 2012, In: Psyche (Cambridge, 1874). 2012, 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    55. 2011
    56. Specificity in the symbiotic association between fungus-growing ants and protective Pseudonocardia bacteria

      Cafaro, M. J., Poulsen, Michael, Little, A. E. F., Price, S. L., Gerardo, N. M., Wong, B., Stuart, A. E., Larget, B., Abbot, P. & Currie, C. R., 24 Nov 2011, In: Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    57. Preliminary In Vitro Insights into the Use of Natural Fungal Pathogens of Leaf-cutting Ants as Biocontrol Agents

      Folgarait, P., Gorosito, N., Poulsen, Michael & Currie, C. R., 8 Jul 2011, In: Current Microbiology. 63, 3, p. 250-258

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    58. 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

    59. 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

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