ReviewNatural product reports2022
The chemical ecology of the fungus-farming termite symbiosis.
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- The yeasts associated with the fungus-growing termite, Macrotermes michaelseni, of Botswana: biodiversity and potential functional roles.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2026Article
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- Genome-Mining Based Discovery of Pyrrolomycin K and L from the Termite-AssociatedJournal of natural products · 2025Article
- Nest Microbial Community Dynamics Within the Nest-Building Stage of Green-Backed Tits (Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Antibacterial activity of fungus comb extracts from Senegalese fungus-farming termites.AMB Express · 2025Article
- Fungal impacts on Earth's ecosystems.Nature · 2025Review
- Volatile Organic Compounds of Diverse Origins and Their Changes Associated With Cultivar Decay in a Fungus-Farming Termite.Environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- Comparative genomics unravels a rich set of biosynthetic gene clusters with distinct evolutionary trajectories across fungal species (Termitomyces) farmed by termites.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Investigation into how Odontotermes obesus maintains a predominantly Termitomyces monoculture in their fungus combs suggests a potential partnership with both fungi and bacteria.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Molecular networking and computational NMR analyses uncover six polyketide-terpene hybrids from termite-associated Xylaria isolates.Communications chemistry · 2024Article
- Actinomycetes Associated with Arthropods as a Source of New Bioactive Compounds.Current issues in molecular biology · 2024Review
- Dietary potential of the symbiotic fungusApplied and environmental microbiology · 2024Article
- Exploring the diversity of microbes and natural products from fungus-growing termite tripartite symbiosis.Engineering microbiology · 2024Review
- Novel strains of Actinobacteria associated with neotropical social wasps (Vespidae; Polistinae, Epiponini) with antimicrobial potential for natural product discovery.FEMS microbes · 2024Article
- Non-ribosomal peptide synthase profiles remain structurally similar despite minimally shared features across fungus-farming termite microbiomes.ISME communications · 2024Article
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- Adaptations of Pseudoxylaria towards a comb-associated lifestyle in fungus-farming termite colonies.The ISME journal · 2023Article
- Isolation, (bio)synthetic studies and evaluation of antimicrobial properties of drimenol-type sesquiterpenes of Termitomyces fungi.Communications chemistry · 2023Article
- Ecological Niche-Inspired Genome Mining Leads to the Discovery of Crop-Protecting Nonribosomal Lipopeptides Featuring a Transient Amino Acid Building Block.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2023Article
- Comparing the succession of microbial communities throughout development in field and laboratory nests of the ambrosia beetleFrontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Covering: September 1972 to December 2020Explorations of complex symbioses have often elucidated a plethora of previously undescribed chemical compounds that may serve ecological functions in signalling, communication or defence. A case in point is the subfamily of termites that cultivate a fungus as their primary food source and maintain complex bacterial communities, from which a series of novel compound discoveries have been made. Here, we summarise the origins and types of 375 compounds that have been discovered from the symbiosis over the past four decades and discuss the potential for synergistic actions between compounds within the complex chemical mixtures in which they exist. We go on to highlight how vastly underexplored the diversity and geographic distribution of the symbiosis is, which leaves ample potential for natural product discovery of compounds of both ecological and medical importance.
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