Works (28)

Updated: October 26th, 2023 05:01

2023 article

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.

co-author countries: Belgium 🇧🇪 Brazil 🇧🇷 Czechia 🇨🇿 France 🇫🇷 United States of America 🇺🇸
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: August 30, 2023

2023 journal article

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

INSECTS, 14(9).

By: M. Schwarz n, G. Tokuda*, H. Osaki n & A. Mikaelyan n

co-author countries: Japan 🇯🇵 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: wood-feeding; saproxylophagy; cockroaches; Panesthiinae; Blaberidae; Percoll; lignocellulose; xylanase; cellulase; digestion
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: October 23, 2023

2023 journal article

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

Fungal Biology, 8.

By: B. Luke*, M. Acheampong*, . den, E. Cornelius*, S. Asante, J. Nboyine, V. Eziah*, K. Fening* ...

co-author countries: Brazil 🇧🇷 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧 Ghana 🇬🇭 United States of America 🇺🇸
Source: ORCID
Added: August 30, 2023

2023 journal article

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

FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, 14.

By: M. Schwarz n, C. Beza-Beza n & A. Mikaelyan n

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: beetles; Passalidae; lignocellulose; symbiotic digestion; gut microbiomes
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 24, 2023

2022 journal article

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

INSECTS, 13(9).

By: A. Ashbrook n, A. Mikaelyan n & C. Schal n

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: bed bugs; German cockroaches; Beauveria bassiana; entomopathogens; bioassays
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 30, 2022

2021 article

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

Mikaelyan, A. (2021, January 13). CELL HOST & MICROBE, Vol. 29, pp. 1–3.

By: A. Mikaelyan n

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
MeSH headings : Amidohydrolases / genetics; Animals; Immunologic Factors; Ixodes; Symbiosis; Vertebrates
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: February 15, 2021

2021 journal article

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

MSYSTEMS, 6(2).

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Proteus; Providencia; Nasonia; gut bacteria; microbiome; phage
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 6, 2021

2021 article

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). (Vol. 2). Vol. 2.

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
Source: ORCID
Added: June 28, 2021

2021 journal article

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

PLOS PATHOGENS, 17(10).

By: M. Cole n, J. Ceja-Navarro* & A. Mikaelyan n

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸

Ed(s): M. Jabra-Rizk

MeSH headings : Animals; Behavior, Animal / physiology; Defecation / physiology; Feces; Insecta / physiology; Social Behavior
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: October 29, 2021

2019 journal article

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

BMC MICROBIOLOGY, 19(1).

By: N. Lampert*, A. Mikaelyan n & A. Brune*

co-author countries: Germany 🇩🇪 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Insects; Gut microbiota; Deep sequencing; Cockroaches; Lignocellulose
MeSH headings : Animals; Bacteria / classification; Bacteria / genetics; Bacteria / isolation & purification; Cockroaches / microbiology; DNA, Bacterial / genetics; DNA, Ribosomal / genetics; Diet; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / methods; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Isoptera / microbiology; Lignin / metabolism; Phylogeny; Plant Leaves / chemistry; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: December 9, 2019

2019 journal article

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

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS, 11(2), 196–205.

co-author countries: Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮 Denmark 🇩🇰 United States of America 🇺🇸
MeSH headings : Animals; Bacteria / classification; Bacteria / genetics; Behavior, Animal; Biodiversity; DNA, Bacterial / genetics; Diet; Gastrointestinal Microbiome / physiology; Host Specificity; Isoptera / microbiology; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: April 9, 2019

2018 journal article

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

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 115(51), E11996–E12004.

co-author countries: Germany 🇩🇪 Japan 🇯🇵 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: metatranscriptome; xylanase; spirochetes; fiber-associated community; termite hindgut
MeSH headings : Animals; Cellulases / genetics; Cellulases / metabolism; Cellulose / metabolism; Gastrointestinal Microbiome / genetics; Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / genetics; Gene Transfer, Horizontal; Genes, Bacterial / genetics; Glycoside Hydrolases / genetics; Glycoside Hydrolases / metabolism; Isoptera / microbiology; Metagenome / genetics; Metagenomics; Phylogeny; Polysaccharides / metabolism; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Spirochaetales / enzymology; Spirochaetales / genetics; Spirochaetales / metabolism; Symbiosis; Wood / metabolism; Xylans / metabolism; Xylosidases / classification; Xylosidases / genetics; Xylosidases / metabolism
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: January 7, 2019

2018 journal article

Finer-Scale Phylosymbiosis: Insights from Insect Viromes

MSYSTEMS, 3(6).

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Nasonia; Proteus; Providencia; Morganella; bacteriophage; microbiome; microbiota; phage; phylosymbiosis; virome
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: January 21, 2019

2017 journal article

Pycnoscelus surinamensis cockroach gut microbiota respond consistently to a fungal diet without mirroring those of fungus-farming termites.

PloS One.

MeSH headings : Animals; Cockroaches / microbiology; Diet; Fungi; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology; Isoptera / microbiology
Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2021

2016 journal article

'Candidatus Adiutrix intracellularis', an endosymbiont of termite gut flagellates, is the first representative of a deep-branching clade of Deltaproteobacteria and a putative homoacetogen.

Environmental Microbiology, 18(8), 2548–2564,

By: W. Ikeda-Ohtsubo*, J. Strassert*, T. Köhler*, A. Mikaelyan*, I. Gregor*, A. McHardy*, S. Tringe*, P. Hugenholtz*, R. Radek*, A. Brune*

co-author countries: Australia 🇦🇺 Germany 🇩🇪 United States of America 🇺🇸
MeSH headings : Animals; Deltaproteobacteria / classification; Deltaproteobacteria / genetics; Deltaproteobacteria / isolation & purification; Desulfovibrio / genetics; Formate Dehydrogenases / genetics; Gene Transfer, Horizontal / genetics; Hypermastigia / microbiology; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; Intestines / microbiology; Isoptera / parasitology; Nitrogen Fixation / genetics; Phylogeny; Symbiosis
Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2021

2016 journal article

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

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82(4), 1256–1263,

By: A. Mikaelyan*, C. Thompson*, M. Hofer* & A. Brune*

co-author countries: Australia 🇦🇺 Germany 🇩🇪
MeSH headings : Animals; Cluster Analysis; Cockroaches / microbiology; DNA, Bacterial / chemistry; DNA, Bacterial / genetics; DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry; DNA, Ribosomal / genetics; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Germ-Free Life; Isoptera; Mice; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Symbiosis
Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2021

2016 journal article

Genome analysis of 'Candidatus Ancillula trichonymphae', first representative of a deep-branching clade of Bifidobacteriales, strengthens evidence for convergent evolution in flagellate endosymbionts.

Environmental Microbiology Reports.

By: J. Strassert*, A. Mikaelyan*, T. Woyke* & A. Brune*

co-author countries: Germany 🇩🇪 United States of America 🇺🇸
Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2021

2016 journal article

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

FEMS Microbiology Ecology.

author keywords: insects; termites; gut microbiota; microhabitats
MeSH headings : Animals; Bacteria / classification; Bacteria / genetics; Bacteria / isolation & purification; Bacteria / metabolism; Digestive System / microbiology; Feeding Behavior; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; Isoptera / microbiology; Isoptera / physiology; Lignin / metabolism; Phylogeny; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Soil / chemistry; Wood / microbiology
Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2021

2015 journal article

Age polyethism drives community structure of the bacterial gut microbiota in the fungus-cultivating termite Odontotermes formosanus.

Environmental Microbiology.

By: H. Li*, C. Dietrich*, N. Zhu*, A. Mikaelyan*, B. Ma*, R. Pi*, Y. Liu, M. Yang, A. Brune*, J. Mo*

co-author countries: Canada 🇨🇦 China 🇨🇳 Germany 🇩🇪 United States of America 🇺🇸
MeSH headings : Aging / physiology; Animals; Bacteria / classification; Digestive System / microbiology; Fungi / classification; Gastrointestinal Microbiome / physiology; Isoptera / microbiology; Isoptera / physiology
Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2021

2015 journal article

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

Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 38(7), 472–482.

By: A. Mikaelyan*, T. Köhler*, N. Lampert*, J. Rohland*, H. Boga*, K. Meuser*, A. Brune*

co-author countries: Germany 🇩🇪
author keywords: Insects; Gut microbiota; Deep-sequencing; Termites; Cockroaches; 16S rRNA
MeSH headings : Animals; Bacteria / classification; Bacteria / genetics; Cluster Analysis; Cockroaches / microbiology; DNA, Bacterial / chemistry; DNA, Bacterial / genetics; DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry; DNA, Ribosomal / genetics; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; Isoptera / microbiology; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA
Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2021

2015 journal article

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

Molecular Ecology, 24(20), 5284–5295.

By: A. Mikaelyan*, C. Dietrich*, T. Köhler*, M. Poulsen*, D. Sillam-Dussès* & A. Brune*

co-author countries: Germany 🇩🇪 Denmark 🇩🇰 France 🇫🇷
author keywords: gut microbiota; insects; pyrosequencing; termites
MeSH headings : Animals; Bacteria / classification; Cluster Analysis; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Diet; French Guiana; Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology; Isoptera / classification; Isoptera / microbiology; Microbiota; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Soil; South Africa; Symbiosis; Wood
Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2021

2015 journal article

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

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By: K. Rossmassler*, C. Dietrich*, C. Thompson*, A. Mikaelyan*, J. Nonoh*, R. Scheffrahn*, D. Sillam-Dussès*, A. Brune*

co-author countries: Germany 🇩🇪 France 🇫🇷 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Metagenomics; Termites; Hindgut; Functional potential; Gut microbiota; Community structure
MeSH headings : Animals; Bacteria / classification; Bacteria / genetics; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Genes, Bacterial; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; Isoptera / microbiology; Metagenome; Metagenomics / methods; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2021

2015 journal article

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

FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 91(2), 1–14.

By: E. Bauer*, N. Lampert*, A. Mikaelyan*, T. Köhler*, K. Maekawa* & A. Brune*

co-author countries: Germany 🇩🇪 Japan 🇯🇵
author keywords: cockroach; gut microbiota; diversity; lignocellulose; hydrogen
Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2021

2014 journal article

Analysis of Midgut Bacterial Community Structure of Neanthes chilkaensis from Polluted Mudflats of Gorai, Mumbai, India

Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2021

2014 journal article

Identifying the core microbial community in the gut of fungus-growing termites.

Molecular Ecology, 23(18), 4631–4644.

co-author countries: Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮 Germany 🇩🇪 Denmark 🇩🇰 Netherlands 🇳🇱
author keywords: 16S rRNA pyrosequencing; bacterial community; gut microbiota; Macrotermitinae; symbiosis; Termitomyces
MeSH headings : Animals; Bacteria / classification; Bacteria / genetics; DNA, Bacterial / genetics; Digestive System / microbiology; Isoptera / microbiology; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Species Specificity; Symbiosis
Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2021

2014 journal article

The fibre-associated cellulolytic bacterial community in the hindgut of wood-feeding higher termites (Nasutitermes spp.)

Environmental Microbiology.

Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2021

2013 journal article

Immune-modulating gut symbionts are not "Candidatus Arthromitus".

Mucosal Immunology, 6(1), 200–201.

By: C. Thompson*, A. Mikaelyan* & A. Brune*

co-author countries: Germany 🇩🇪
MeSH headings : Animals; Bacteria / classification; Bacteria / cytology; Bacteria / genetics; Intestines / immunology; Intestines / microbiology; Isoptera / immunology; Isoptera / microbiology; Symbiosis / immunology
Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2021

2012 journal article

'Candidatus Arthromitus' revised: segmented filamentous bacteria in arthropod guts are members of Lachnospiraceae.

Environmental Microbiology, 14(6), 1454–1465.

By: C. Thompson*, R. Vier*, A. Mikaelyan*, T. Wienemann* & A. Brune*

co-author countries: Germany 🇩🇪
MeSH headings : Animals; Arthropods / genetics; Arthropods / microbiology; Bacillus cereus / classification; Bacillus cereus / genetics; Digestive System / microbiology; Gram-Positive Bacteria / classification; Gram-Positive Bacteria / genetics; Gram-Positive Bacteria / physiology; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; Isoptera / genetics; Isoptera / microbiology; Polymerase Chain Reaction
Source: ORCID
Added: June 15, 2021

Employment

Updated: March 16th, 2020 19:43

2018 - present

North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Assistant Professor Entomology and Plant Pathology

2016 - present

Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN, US
Post-doctoral research scholar | The role of gut microbiota in host speciation Department of Biological Sciences

2015 - 2016

LOEWE centre for synthetic microbiology/Max Planck Institute for terresstrial microbiology Marburg, Hessen, DE
Research associate | Synthetic gut communities in cockroaches

2013 - 2014

Max Planck Institute for terrestrial microbiology Marburg, Hessen, DE
Post-doctoral fellow | Termite gut microbiota

2007 - 2010

Central Institute of Fisheries Education Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN
Senior research fellow Aquatic Environment and Health Management

Education

Updated: October 19th, 2016 09:41

2010 - 2013

Max Planck Institute for terrestrische microbiology Marburg, Hessen, DE
Dr. rer. nat. | Microhabitat-specificity of hindgut microbiota in higher termites

Funding History

Funding history based on the linked ORCID record. Updated: January 23rd, 2021 13:52

grant January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2025
Dimensions US Sao Paulo: Evolutionary and genetic origins of diverse trophic specializations in blow flies
Directorate for Biological Sciences
grant April 23, 2019 - September 30, 2023
The ecological basis of host-microbe interactions in termites and other wood-destroying pests
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
award October 1, 2017 - August 1, 2018
The genetic basis of phylosymbiosis and microbe-mediated hybrid lethality
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
grant April 1, 2016 - March 31, 2019
タカサゴシロアリが木質繊維(キシラン)を分解するメカニズム
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
grant April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2018
Exploration of lignocellulolytic enzymes on the surface of bacterial cell walls in the gut of termites using monoclonal antibodies
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
grant January 1, 2015
Host responses to synthetic microbial communities in germ-free cockroaches
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