Competition-based screening helps to secure the evolutionary stability of a defensive microbiome

Autor: Sarah F. Worsley, Tabitha M. Innocent, Neil A. Holmes, Mahmoud M. Al-Bassam, Morten Schiøtt, Barrie Wilkinson, J. Colin Murrell, Jacobus J. Boomsma, Douglas W. Yu, Matthew I. Hutchings

Publikováno v: BMC Biology, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-20 (2021)

Abstract Background The cuticular microbiomes of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants pose a conundrum in microbiome biology because they are freely colonisable, and yet the prevalence of the vertically transmitted bacteria Pseudonocardia, which contributes

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Chemical warfare between leafcutter ant symbionts and a co-evolved pathogen

Autor: Daniel Heine, Neil A. Holmes, Sarah F. Worsley, Ana Carolina A. Santos, Tabitha M. Innocent, Kirstin Scherlach, Elaine H. Patrick, Douglas W. Yu, J. Colin Murrell, Paulo C. Vieria, Jacobus J. Boomsma, Christian Hertweck, Matthew I. Hutchings, Barrie Wilkinson

Publikováno v: Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2018)

Acromyrmex ants cultivate fungus gardens that can be parasitized by Escovopsis sp., leading to colony collapse. Here, Heine et al. identify two secondary metabolites produced by Escovopsis that accumulate in Acromyrmex tissue, reduce behavioural defe

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The Conserved Actinobacterial Two-Component System MtrAB Coordinates Chloramphenicol Production with Sporulation in Streptomyces venezuelae NRRL B-65442

Autor: Nicolle F. Som, Daniel Heine, Neil A. Holmes, John T. Munnoch, Govind Chandra, Ryan F. Seipke, Paul A. Hoskisson, Barrie Wilkinson, Matthew I. Hutchings

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 8 (2017)

Streptomyces bacteria make numerous secondary metabolites, including half of all known antibiotics. Production of antibiotics is usually coordinated with the onset of sporulation but the cross regulation of these processes is not fully understood. Th

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Competition-based screening helps to secure the evolutionary stability of a defensive microbiome

Autor: Barrie Wilkinson, Tabitha M. Innocent, Douglas W. Yu, Neil A. Holmes, J. Colin Murrell, Morten Schiøtt, Jacobus J. Boomsma, Sarah F. Worsley, Matthew I. Hutchings, Mahmoud M. Al-Bassam

Publikováno v: BMC Biology, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-20 (2021)
Worsley, S F, Innocent, T M, Holmes, N A, Al-Bassam, M M, Schiøtt, M, Wilkinson, B, Murrell, J C, Boomsma, J J, Yu, D W & Hutchings, M I 2021, ' Competition-based screening helps to secure the evolutionary stability of a defensive microbiome ', BMC Biology, vol. 19, 205 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01142-w
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Background The cuticular microbiomes of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants pose a conundrum in microbiome biology because they are freely colonisable, and yet the prevalence of the vertically transmitted bacteria Pseudonocardia, which contributes to the co

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https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/81466/

Characterisation of the symbionts in the Mediterranean fruitfly gut

Autor: Tracey Chapman, Matthew I. Hutchings, Lucy A. Friend, Sarah F. Worsley, Naomi V. E. Clarke, John T. Margaritopoulos, Saskia A. Hogenhout, Neil A. Holmes, Michael Darrington, Philip T. Leftwich

Symbioses between bacteria and their insect hosts can range from very loose associations through to obligate interdependence. While fundamental evolutionary insights have been gained from the in-depth study of obligate mutualisms, there is increasing

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https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.09.447743