Symbiont-derived beta-1,3-glucanases in a social insect: mutualism beyond nutrition

Autor: Rebeca B Rosengaus, Kelley F Schultheis, Alla eYalonetskaya, Mark S Bulmer, William S DuComb, Ryan W Benson, John Paul eThottam, Veronica eGodoy-Carter

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 5 (2014)

Termites have had a long co-evolutionary history with prokaryotic and eukaryotic gut microbes. Historically, the role of these anaerobic obligate symbionts has been attributed to the nutritional welfare of the host. We provide evidence that protozoa

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Overcoming Immune Deficiency with Allogrooming

Autor: Mark S. Bulmer, Bruno A. Franco, Aditi Biswas, Samantha F. Greenbaum

Publikováno v: Insects, Vol 14, Iss 2, p 128 (2023)

Allogrooming appears to be essential in many social animals for protection from routine exposure to parasites. In social insects, it appears to be critical for the removal of pathogenic propagules from the cuticle before they can start an infectious

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Natural variation in colony inbreeding does not influence susceptibility to a fungal pathogen in a termite

Autor: Pierre-André Eyer, Edward L. Vargo, Jason S. Martin, Carlos M. Aguero, Mark S. Bulmer

Publikováno v: Ecology and Evolution
Ecology and Evolution, Wiley Open Access, 2021, 11 (7), pp.3072-3083. ⟨10.1002/ece3.7233⟩
Ecology and Evolution, Vol 11, Iss 7, Pp 3072-3083 (2021)

Reduced genetic diversity through inbreeding can negatively affect pathogen resistance. This relationship becomes more complicated in social species, such as social insects, since the chance of disease transmission increases with the frequency of int

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33841768

Variation in subterranean termite susceptibility to fatal infections by local Metarhizium soil isolates

Autor: D. Denier, Mark S. Bulmer

Publikováno v: Insectes Sociaux. 62:219-226

Metarhizium was isolated from soil in the immediate vicinity of subterranean termite colonies belonging to Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) in order to investigate the variety and virulence of naturally encountered strains of this fungal entomopathog

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-015-0394-6

Selective sweeps in Cryptocercus woodroach antifungal proteins

Autor: Jessica Kalisch, Joseph F. Velenovsky, Mark S. Bulmer

Publikováno v: Genetica. 144(5)

We identified the antifungal gene termicin in three species of Cryptocercus woodroaches. Cryptocercus represents the closest living cockroach lineage of termites, which suggests that the antifungal role of termicin evolved prior to the divergence of

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27623784