Loganathan Ponnusamy

Ponnusamy, L., Travanty, N. V., Watson, D. W., Seagle, S. W., Boyce, R. M., & Reiskind, M. H. (2024). Microbiome of Invasive Tick Species Haemaphysalis Longicornis in North Carolina, USA. INSECTS, 15(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15030153

Chen, K., Travanty, N. V., Garshong, R., Crossley, D., Wasserberg, G., Apperson, C. S., … Ponnusamy, L. (2023). Detection of Orientia spp. Bacteria in Field-Collected Free-Living Eutrombicula Chigger Mites, United States. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 29(8), 1676–1679. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2908.230528

Richardson, E. A., Roe, R. M., Apperson, C. S., & Ponnusamy, L. (2023). Rickettsia amblyommatis in Ticks: A Review of Distribution, Pathogenicity, and Diversity. Microorganisms. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11020493

Johnson, C. R., Ponnusamy, L., Richards, A. L., & Apperson, C. S. (2022, April 30). Analyses of Bloodmeal Hosts and Prevalence of Rickettsia parkeri in the Gulf Coast Tick Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) From a Reconstructed Piedmont Prairie Ecosystem, North Carolina (K. Macaluso, Ed.). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjac033

Travanty, N. V., Vargo, E. L., Schal, C., Apperson, C. S., & Ponnusamy, L. (2022). Bacterial Isolates Derived from Nest Soil Affect the Attraction and Digging Behavior of Workers of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren. INSECTS, 13(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13050444

Chen, K., Roe, R. M., & Ponnusamy, L. (2022). [Review of Biology, Systematics, Microbiome, Pathogen Transmission and Control of Chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae) with Emphasis on the United States]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 19(22). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215147

Lawrie, R. D., Mitchell, R. D., Deguenon, J. M., Ponnusamy, L., Reisig, D., Pozo-Valdivia, A. D., … Roe, R. M. (2022). Characterization of Long Non-Coding RNAs in the Bollworm, Helicoverpa zea, and Their Possible Role in Cry1Ac-Resistance. INSECTS, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13010012

Dhammi, A., Krestchmar, J. B., Zhu, J., Ponnusamy, L., Gould, F., Reisig, D., … Roe, R. M. (2022). Impact of Caterpillar Increased Feeding Rates on Reduction of Bt Susceptibility. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 23(23). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314856

Chen, K., Ponnusamy, L., Mouhamadou, C. S., Fodjo, B. K., Sadia, G. C., Affoue, F. P. K., … Roe, R. M. (2022). Internal and external microbiota of home-caught Anopheles coluzzii (Diptera: Culicidae) from Cote d'Ivoire, Africa: Mosquitoes are filthy. PLOS ONE, 17(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278912

Richardson, E. A., Ponnusamy, L., & Roe, R. M. (2022). Mechanical Acaricides Active against the Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis. INSECTS, 13(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13080672

Ponnusamy, L., Garshong, R., McLean, B. S., Wasserberg, G., Durden, L. A., Crossley, D., … Roe, R. M. (2022). Rickettsia felis and Other Rickettsia Species in Chigger Mites Collected from Wild Rodents in North Carolina, USA. MICROORGANISMS, 10(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10071342

Deguenon, J. M., Dhammi, A., Ponnusamy, L., Travanty, N. V., Cave, G., Lawrie, R., … Roe, R. M. (2021). Bacterial Microbiota of Field-Collected Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Transgenic Bt and Non-Bt Cotton. MICROORGANISMS, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9040878

Travanty, N. V., Vargo, E. L., Apperson, C. S., & Ponnusamy, L. (2021, August 9). Colonization by the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta, Modifies Soil Bacterial Communities. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01826-4

Kakumanu, M. L., Marayati, B. F., Schal, C., Apperson, C. S., Wasserberg, G., & Ponnusamy, L. (2021). Oviposition-Site Selection of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) Sand Flies: Attraction to Bacterial Isolates From an Attractive Rearing Medium. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 58(2), 518–527. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa198

Kakumanu, M. L., Marayati, B. F., Wada-Katsumata, A., Wasserberg, G., Schal, C., Apperson, C. S., & Ponnusamy, L. (2021). Sphingobacterium phlebotomi sp. nov., a new member of family Sphingobacteriaceae isolated from sand fly rearing substrate. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 71(5). https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004809

Ponnusamy, L., Sutton, H., Mitchell, R. D., Sonenshine, D. E., Apperson, C. S., & Roe, R. M. (2021). Tick Ecdysteroid Hormone, Global Microbiota/Rickettsia Signaling in the Ovary versus Carcass during Vitellogenesis in Part-Fed (Virgin) American Dog Ticks, Dermacentor variabilis. MICROORGANISMS, 9(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9061242

Lawrie, R. D., Mitchell III, R. D., Deguenon, J. M., Ponnusamy, L., Reisig, D., Pozo-Valdivia, A. D., … Roe, R. M. (2020). Multiple Known Mechanisms and a Possible Role of an Enhanced Immune System in Bt-Resistance in a Field Population of the Bollworm, Helicoverpa zea: Differences in Gene Expression with RNAseq. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(18), 6528. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21186528

Travanty, N. V., Apperson, C. S., & Ponnusamy, L. (2019). A Diverse Microbial Community Supports Larval Development and Survivorship of the Asian Tiger Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 56(3), 632–640. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjz003

Shymanovich, T., Faw, L., Hajhashemi, N., Teague, J., Schal, C., Ponnusamy, L., … Wasserberg, G. (2019). Diel periodicity and visual cues guide oviposition behavior in Phlebotomus papatasi, vector of old-world cutaneous leishmaniasis. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13(3), e0007165. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007165

Travanty, N. V., Ponnusamy, L., Kakumanu, M. L., Nicholson, W. L., & Apperson, C. S. (2019). Diversity and structure of the bacterial microbiome of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, is dominated by the endosymbiont Francisella. SYMBIOSIS, 79(3), 239–250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-019-00642-2

Deguenon, J. M., Travanty, N., Zhu, J., Carr, A., Denning, S., Reiskind, M. H., … Ponnusamy, L. (2019). Exogenous and endogenous microbiomes of wild-caught Phormia regina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) flies from a suburban farm by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56733-z

Ponnusamy, L., Willcox, A. C., Roe, R. M., Davidson, S. A., Linsuwanon, P., Schuster, A. L., … Apperson, C. S. (2018). Bacterial microbiome of the chigger mite Leptotrombidium imphalum varies by life stage and infection with the scrub typhus pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi. PLOS ONE, 13(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208327

Kakumanu, M. L., Ponnusamy, L., Sutton, H., Meshnick, S. R., Nicholson, W. L., & Apperson, C. S. (2018). Prevalence of Rickettsia Species (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in Dermacentor variabilis Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in North Carolina. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 55(5), 1284–1291. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjy074

Levine, J. F., Apperson, C. S., Levin, M., Kelly, T. R., Kakumanu, M. L., Ponnusamy, L., … Szempruch, A. J. (2017). Stable Transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Zoonoses and Public Health, 64(5), 337–354. https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12302

Dhammi, A., Krestchmar, J. B., Ponnusamy, L., Bacheler, J. S., Reisig, D. D., Herbert, A., … Roe, R. M. (2016). Biology, pest status, microbiome and control of kudzu bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae): a new invasive pest in the U.S. Int. J. Mol. Sci, 17(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17091570

Paz-Soldan, V. A., Yukich, J., Soonthorndhada, A., Giron, M., Apperson, C. S., Ponnusamy, L., … Wesson, D. M. (2016). Design and Testing of Novel Lethal Ovitrap to Reduce Populations of Aedes Mosquitoes: Community-Based Participatory Research between Industry, Academia and Communities in Peru and Thailand. PLOS ONE, 11(8), e0160386. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160386

Kakumanu, M. L., Ponnusamy, L., Sutton, H. T., Meshnick, S. R., Nicholson, W. L., & Apperson, C. S. (2016). Development and Validation of an Improved PCR Method Using the 23S-5S Intergenic Spacer for Detection of Rickettsiae in Dermacentor variabilis Ticks and Tissue Samples from Humans and Laboratory Animals. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 54(4), 972–979. https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.02605-15

Choi, D. B., Grieco, J. P., Apperson, C. S., Schal, C., Ponnusamy, L., Wesson, D. M., & Achee, N. L. (2016). Effect of Spatial Repellent Exposure on Dengue Vector Attraction to Oviposition Sites. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(7), e0004850. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004850

Wallace, J. W., Nicholson, W. L., Perniciaro, J. L., Vaughn, M. F., Funkhouser, S., Juliano, J. J., … Meshnick, S. R. (2016). Incident Tick-Borne Infections in a Cohort of North Carolina Outdoor Workers. VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES, 16(5), 302–308. https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2015.1887

Marayati, B. F., Schal, C., Ponnusamy, L., Apperson, C. S., Rowland, T. E., & Wasserberg, G. (2015). Attraction and oviposition preferences of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae), vector of Old-World cutaneous leishmaniasis, to larval rearing media. Parasites & Vectors, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1261-z

Evidence forAedes aegypti(Diptera: Culicidae) Oviposition on Boats in the Peruvian Amazon. (2015). Journal of Medical Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjv048

Long-Lasting Permethrin-Impregnated Clothing Protects Against Mosquito Bites in Outdoor Workers. (2015). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.15-0130

Ponnusamy, L., Schal, C., Wesson, D. M., Arellano, C., & Apperson, C. S. (2015). Oviposition responses of Aedes mosquitoes to bacterial isolates from attractive bamboo infusions. Parasites & Vectors, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1068-y

Van Treuren, W., Ponnusamy, L., Brinkerhoff, R. J., Gonzalez, A., Parobek, C. M., Juliano, J. J., … Meshnick, S. R. (2015). Variation in the Microbiota of Ixodes Ticks with Regard to Geography, Species, and Sex. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 81(18), 6200–6209. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01562-15

Advancing Integrated Tick Management to Mitigate Burden of Tick-Borne Diseases. (2014). Outlooks on Pest Management. https://doi.org/10.1564/v25_dec_10

Ponnusamy, L., Gonzalez, A., Van Treuren, W., Weiss, S., Parobek, C. M., Juliano, J. J., … Meshnickh, S. R. (2014). Diversity of Rickettsiales in the Microbiome of the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 80(1), 354–359. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02987-13

Lee, S., Kakumanu, M. L., Ponnusamy, L., Vaughn, M., Funkhouser, S., Thornton, H., … Apperson, C. S. (2014). Prevalence of Rickettsiales in ticks removed from the skin of outdoor workers in North Carolina. PARASITES & VECTORS, 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0607-2

Wesson, D., Morrison, A., Paz Soldan, V., Moudy, R., Long, K., Ponnusamy, L., … Apperson, C. (2012). Lethal ovitraps and dengue prevention: report from Iquitos, Peru. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 16, e473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2012.05.687

Ponnusamy, L., Böröczky, K., Wesson, D. M., Schal, C., & Apperson, C. S. (2011). Bacteria Stimulate Hatching of Yellow Fever Mosquito Eggs. PLoS ONE, 6(9), e24409. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024409

Bacterial Pathogens in Ixodid Ticks from a Piedmont County in North Carolina: Prevalence of Rickettsial Organisms. (2010). Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2009.0178

Ponnusamy, L., Xu, N., Böröczky, K., Wesson, D. M., Abu Ayyash, L., Schal, C., & Apperson, C. S. (2010). Oviposition Responses of the Mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus to Experimental Plant Infusions in Laboratory Bioassays. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 36(7), 709–719. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-010-9806-2

Ponnusamy, L., Wesson, D. M., Arellano, C., Schal, C., & Apperson, C. S. (2010). Species Composition of Bacterial Communities Influences Attraction of Mosquitoes to Experimental Plant Infusions. Microbial Ecology, 59(1), 158–173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-009-9565-1

Ponnusamy, L., Xu, N., Stav, G., Wesson, D. M., Schal, C., & Apperson, C. S. (2008). Diversity of Bacterial Communities in Container Habitats of Mosquitoes. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY, 56(4), 593–603. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-008-9379-6

Ponnusamy, L., Xu, N., Nojima, S., Wesson, D. M., Schal, C., & Apperson, C. S. (2008). Identification of bacteria and bacteria-associated chemical cues that mediate oviposition site preferences by Aedes aegypti. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(27), 9262–9267. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0802505105

Host-feeding patterns of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in relation to availability of human and domestic animals in suburban landscapes of central North Carolina. (2006). Journal of Medical Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/43.3.543

Swaminathania salitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a salt-tolerant, nitrogen-fixing and phosphate-solubilizing bacterium from wild rice (Porteresia coarctata Tateoka). (2004). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02817-0

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Genetic diversity and relationship between Bradyrhizobium strains isolated from blackgram and cowpea. (2001). Biology and Fertility of Soils. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003740100391

Genetic diversity of Bradyrhizobium strains isolated from Arachis hypogaea. (2001). Canadian Journal of Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1139/w00-139

Isolation and characterization of two genetically distant groups of Acetobacter diazotrophicus from a new host plant Eleusine coracana L. (1999). Journal of Applied Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00804.x

Competitiveness of native Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains in two different soil types. (1997). Biology and Fertility of Soils. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003740050315

Phylogenetic grouping and identification of Rhizobium isolates on the basis of random amplified polymorphic DNA profiles. (1993). Canadian Journal of Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1139/m93-096