Aram Arshak Mikaelyan

Host-specific microbiomes of blow flies: ecological drivers and implications for pathogen carriage

Mikaelyan, A., Receveur, J., Bernstein, K., Babcock, N. J., Pechal, J. L., Welsh, M. V., … Benbow, M. E. (2025, November 27). Frontiers in Immunology.

Phylogenomics and the evolution of larval feeding habits in the blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Beza‐Beza, C. F., Soghigian, J., Bailey, E., Johnston, N. P., Cassel, B. K., Bayless, K. M., … Wiegmann, B. M. (2025, December 12). Systematic Entomology.

Physiological stress tolerance responses of the dung decomposer fungus Mucor circinelloides

Acheampong, M. A., Pupin, B., Dias, L. P., Santos, M. P., Bernardes, L. O., Pinheiro, M. S., … Rangel, D. E. N. (2025, April 10). Fungal Biology, Vol. 129.

Role of the Plant–Microbiome Partnership in Environmentally Harmonious 21st Century Agriculture

Sharma, S. B., Raverkar, K. P., Wani, S. P., Bagyaraj, D. J., Kannepalli, A., Kandula, D. R. W., … Sharma, R. (2025, December 13). Microorganisms.

Chewing through challenges: Exploring the evolutionary pathways to wood‐feeding in insects

Beza‐Beza, C. F., Wiegmann, B. M., Ware, J. A., Petersen, M., Gunter, N., Cole, M. E., … Mikaelyan, A. (2024, March 27). BioEssays, Vol. 3.

Fight, retreat, repeat: The male–male agonistic behavior in the wood‐feeding cockroach, Panesthia angustipennis spadica (Dictyoptera: Blattodea: Blaberidae)

Osaki, H., Nakazono, T., Yabe, K., Takata, M., & Mikaelyan, A. (2024, October 1). Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 14.

Lethal Disruption of the Symbiotic Gut Community in Eastern Subterranean Termite Caused by Boric Acid

Ashbrook, A. R., Schwarz, M., Schal, C., & Mikaelyan, A. (2024, June 30).

Lethal disruption of the bacterial gut community in Eastern subterranean termite caused by boric acid

Ashbrook, A. R., Schwarz, M., Schal, C., & Mikaelyan, A. (2024, September 19). (C. Husseneder, Ed.). Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 10.

Scaling the wall: overcoming barriers to STEM knowledge mobilization

Wilkins, M. R., Rapciak, S. E., Goller, C. C., Weintraub, J., & Mikaelyan, A. (2024, March 27). Frontiers in Communication, Vol. 9.

The Genome of Arsenophonus sp. and Its Potential Contribution in the Corn Planthopper, Peregrinus maidis

Wang, Y.-H., Mikaelyan, A., Coates, B. S., & Lorenzen, M. (2024, February 5). Insects.

Viability and virulence of freeze-dried Beauveria bassiana , Metarhizium acridum , and Hirsutella thompsonii isolates under non-refrigerated conditions in Ghana

Amanor, G. T., Acheampong, M. A., Luke, B., Smith, D., Ryan, M., Kermode, A., … Mikaelyan, A. (2024, March 3). Biocontrol Science and Technology.

A call to termitologists: it is time to abandon the use of “lower” and “higher” termites

Carrijo, T. F., Engel, M. S., Chouvenc, T., Gile, G. H., Mikaelyan, A., Dedeine, F., … Santos, C. M. D. (2023, August 23). Insectes Sociaux, Vol. 8.

Chewing Through Challenges: Exploring the Evolutionary Pathways to Wood-Feeding in Insects

Beza-Beza, C. F., Wiegmann, B. M., Ware, J. A., Petersen, M., Gunter, N., Cole, M. E., … Mikaelyan, A. (2023, December 28).

Reevaluating Symbiotic Digestion in Cockroaches: Unveiling the Hindgut’s Contribution to Digestion in Wood-Feeding Panesthiinae (Blaberidae)

Schwarz, M., Tokuda, G., Osaki, H., & Mikaelyan, A. (2023, September 14). Insects, Vol. 14.

The use of Beauveria bassiana for the control of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus, in stored maize: Semi-field trials in Ghana

Luke, B., Acheampong, M. A., Rangel, D. E. N., Cornelius, E. W., Asante, S. K., Nboyine, J. A., … Mikaelyan, A. (2023, August 21). Fungal Biology, Vol. 8, pp. 1505–1511.

Wood fibers are a crucial microhabitat for cellulose- and xylan- degrading bacteria in the hindgut of the wood-feeding beetle Odontotaenius disjunctus

Schwarz, M., Beza-Beza, C. F., & Mikaelyan, A. (2023, June 28). Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 14.

Comparative Efficacy of a Fungal Entomopathogen with a Broad Host Range against Two Human-Associated Pests

Ashbrook, A. R., Mikaelyan, A., & Schal, C. (2022, August 26). Insects, Vol. 9.

Beating Them with Their Own Stick—Tick Uses Amidase of Bacterial Origin as Part of Its Immune Arsenal

Mikaelyan, A. (2021, January 1). Cell Host & Microbe, Vol. 29, pp. 1–3.

Genomes of Gut Bacteria from Nasonia Wasps Shed Light on Phylosymbiosis and Microbe-Assisted Hybrid Breakdown

Cross, K. L., Leigh, B. A., Hatmaker, E. A., Mikaelyan, A., Miller, A. K., & Bordenstein, S. R. (2021, April 5). MSystems, Vol. 4.

Genomes of gut bacteria from Nasonia wasps shed light on phylosymbiosis and microbe-assisted hybrid breakdown

Cross, K. L., Leigh, B. A., Hatmaker, E. A., Mikaelyan, A., Miller, A. K., & Bordenstein, S. R. (2021, February 14).

The power of poop: Defecation behaviors and social hygiene in insects

Cole, M. E., Ceja-Navarro, J. A., & Mikaelyan, A. (2021, October 28). (M. A. Jabra-Rizk, Ed.). PLoS Pathogens, Vol. 10.

Diet is not the primary driver of bacterial community structure in the gut of litter-feeding cockroaches

Lampert, N., Mikaelyan, A., & Brune, A. (2019, October 30). BMC Microbiology, Vol. 19.

Fiber-associated spirochetes are major agents of hemicellulose degradation in the hindgut of wood-feeding higher termites

Tokuda, G., Mikaelyan, A., Fukui, C., Matsuura, Y., Watanabe, H., Fujishima, M., & Brune, A. (2018, November 30). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 115, pp. E11996–12004.

Finer-Scale Phylosymbiosis: Insights from Insect Viromes

Leigh, B. A., Bordenstein, S. R., Brooks, A. W., Mikaelyan, A., & Bordenstein, S. R. (2018, October 30). MSystems, Vol. 3.

Gut microbial compositions mirror caste‐specific diets in a major lineage of social insects

Otani, S., Zhukova, M., Koné, N. A., Costa, R. R., Mikaelyan, A., Sapountzis, P., & Poulsen, M. (2018, December 17). Environmental Microbiology Reports, Vol. 11, pp. 196–205.

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, M. (2017, October 3). PLoS ONE.

Genome analysis of ‘ Candidatus Ancillula trichonymphae’, first representative of a deep‐branching clade of Bifidobacteriales , strengthens evidence for convergent evolution in flagellate endosymbionts

Strassert, J. F. H., Mikaelyan, A., Woyke, T., & Brune, A. (2016, August 12). Environmental Microbiology Reports.

Microenvironmental heterogeneity of gut compartments drives bacterial community structure in wood- and humus-feeding higher termites

Mikaelyan, A., Meuser, K., & Brune, A. (2016, October 8). FEMS Microbiology Ecology.

‘ Candidatus Adiutrix intracellularis’, an endosymbiont of termite gut flagellates, is the first representative of a deep‐branching clade of Deltaproteobacteria and a putative homoacetogen

Ikeda‐Ohtsubo, W., Strassert, J. F. H., Köhler, T., Mikaelyan, A., Gregor, I., McHardy, A. C., … Brune, A. (2016, February 25). Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 18, pp. 2548–2564,

Age polyethism drives community structure of the bacterial gut microbiota in the fungus‐cultivating termite O dontotermes formosanus

Li, H., Dietrich, C., Zhu, N., Mikaelyan, A., Ma, B., Pi, R., … Mo, J. (2015, September 8). Environmental Microbiology.

Classifying the bacterial gut microbiota of termites and cockroaches: A curated phylogenetic reference database (DictDb)

Mikaelyan, A., Köhler, T., Lampert, N., Rohland, J., Boga, H., Meuser, K., & Brune, A. (2015, August 8). Systematic and Applied Microbiology, Vol. 38, pp. 472–482.

Deterministic Assembly of Complex Bacterial Communities in Guts of Germ-Free Cockroaches

Mikaelyan, A., Thompson, C. L., Hofer, M. J., & Brune, A. (2015, December 12). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 82, pp. 1256–1263,

Diet is the primary determinant of bacterial community structure in the guts of higher termites

Mikaelyan, A., Dietrich, C., Köhler, T., Poulsen, M., Sillam‐Dussès, D., & Brune, A. (2015, September 8). Molecular Ecology, Vol. 24, pp. 5284–5295.

Metagenomic analysis of the microbiota in the highly compartmented hindguts of six wood- or soil-feeding higher termites

Rossmassler, K., Dietrich, C., Thompson, C., Mikaelyan, A., Nonoh, J. O., Scheffrahn, R. H., … Brune, A. (2015, October 20). Microbiome, Vol. 3, p. 56,

Analysis of Midgut Bacterial Community Structure of <i>Neanthes chilkaensis</i> from Polluted Mudflats of Gorai, Mumbai, India

Markande, A. R., Mikaelyan, A., Nayak, B. B., Patel, K. D., Vachharajani, N. B., Vennila, A., … Purushothaman, C. S. (2014, January 1). Advances in Microbiology.

Identifying the core microbial community in the gut of fungus‐growing termites

Otani, S., Mikaelyan, A., Nobre, T., Hansen, L. H., Koné, N. G. A., Sørensen, S. J., … Poulsen, M. (2014, July 29). Molecular Ecology, Vol. 23, pp. 4631–4644.

Physicochemical conditions, metabolites and community structure of the bacterial microbiota in the gut of wood-feeding cockroaches (Blaberidae: Panesthiinae)

Bauer, E., Lampert, N., Mikaelyan, A., Köhler, T., Maekawa, K., & Brune, A. (2014, December 15). FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Vol. 91, pp. 1–14.

The fibre‐associated cellulolytic bacterial community in the hindgut of wood‐feeding higher termites ( N asutitermes spp.)

Mikaelyan, A., Strassert, J. F. H., Tokuda, G., & Brune, A. (2014, February 17). Environmental Microbiology.

Immune-modulating gut symbionts are not “Candidatus Arthromitus”

Thompson, C. L., Mikaelyan, A., & Brune, A. (2012, September 26). Immune-modulating gut symbionts are not “Candidatus Arthromitus.” Mucosal Immunology, Vol. 6, pp. 200–201.

‘ Candidatus Arthromitus’ revised: segmented filamentous bacteria in arthropod guts are members of Lachnospiraceae

Thompson, C. L., Vier, R., Mikaelyan, A., Wienemann, T., & Brune, A. (2012, March 21). Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 14, pp. 1454–1465.