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  1. Gut Microbial and Metabolic Responses to Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and Candida albicans

    Article • mBio, November 2018, ASM Journals

    Cameron R Currie

  2. Lateral Gene Transfer Dynamics in the Ancient Bacterial Genus Streptomyces

    Article • mBio, June 2017, ASM Journals

    Cameron R Currie

  3. Evolution and Ecology of Actinobacteria and Their Bioenergy Applications

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, September 2016, Annual Reviews

    Cameron R Currie

  4. Evolution of High Cellulolytic Activity in Symbiotic Streptomyces through Selection of Expanded Gene Content and Coordinated Gene Expression

    Article • PLoS Biology, June 2016, PLOS

    Professor Casey Greene, Cameron R Currie

  5. Whole-Genome Sequence of Bacillus sp. SDLI1, Isolated from the Social Bee Scaptotrigona depilis

    Article • Genome Announcements, March 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Jon Clardy, Cameron R Currie

  6. Cellulose-Enriched Microbial Communities from Leaf-Cutter Ant (Atta colombica) Refuse Dumps Vary in Taxonomic Composition and Degradation Ability

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2016, PLOS

    Cameron R Currie

  7. Small genome of the fungus Escovopsis weberi , a specialized disease agent of ant agriculture

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Cameron R Currie

  8. In a food-chain, microbes are trophically analogous to animals.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Cameron R Currie, Dr Shawn A. Steffan

  9. A Rebeccamycin Analog Provides Plasmid-Encoded Niche Defense

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Cameron R Currie

  10. Variable genetic architectures produce virtually identical molecules in bacterial symbionts of fungus-growing ants

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Cameron R Currie

  11. Enrichment and Broad Representation of Plant Biomass-Degrading Enzymes in the Specialized Hyphal Swellings of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the Fungal Symbiont of Leaf-Cutter Ants

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2015, PLOS

    Cameron R Currie

  12. Xenorhabdus bovienii Strain Diversity Impacts Coevolution and Symbiotic Maintenance with Steinernema spp. Nematode Hosts

    Article • mBio, June 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Heidi Goodrich-Blair, Cameron R Currie

  13. Bacteria influence mountain pine beetle brood development through interactions with symbiotic and antagonistic fungi: implications for climate-driven host range expansion

    Article • Oecologia, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Cameron R Currie

  14. Phylogenomic Analysis and Predicted Physiological Role of the Proton-Translocating NADH:Quinone Oxidoreductase (Complex I) Across Bacteria

    Article • mBio, April 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Timothy J Donohue, Cameron R Currie

  15. Unique Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Hive Component-Based Communities as Detected by a Hybrid of Phospholipid Fatty-Acid and Fatty-Acid Methyl Ester Analyses

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2015, PLOS

    Cameron R Currie

  16. ChemInform Abstract: Natalamycin A, an Ansamycin from a Termite-Associated Streptomyces sp.

    Article • ChemInform, March 2015, Wiley

    Cameron R Currie

  17. Convergent Bacterial Microbiotas in the Fungal Agricultural Systems of Insects

    Article • mBio, November 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Susannah Green Tringe, Cameron R Currie

  18. Characterization of Actinobacteria Associated with Three Ant–Plant Mutualisms

    Article • Microbial Ecology, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Cameron R Currie

  19. Populations of uncultivated American cranberry in sphagnum bog communities harbor novel assemblages of Actinobacteria with antifungal properties

    Article • Botany, August 2014, Canadian Science Publishing

    Cameron R Currie

  20. Interaction between Workers during a Short Time Window Is Required for Bacterial Symbiont Transmission in Acromyrmex Leaf-Cutting Ants

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2014, PLOS

    Cameron R Currie

  21. Natalamycin A, an ansamycin from a termite-associated Streptomyces sp.

    Article • Chemical Science, July 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Jon Clardy, Cameron R Currie

  22. Cellulolytic Streptomyces Strains Associated with Herbivorous Insects Share a Phylogenetically Linked Capacity To Degrade Lignocellulose

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2014, ASM Journals

    Cameron R Currie

  23. The fungus gardens of leaf-cutter ants undergo a distinct physiological transition during biomass degradation

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, April 2014, Wiley

    Cameron R Currie, Kristin Burnum-Johnson

  24. The Tangled Banks of Ants and Microbes

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Cameron R Currie

  25. Biochemical Properties and Atomic Resolution Structure of a Proteolytically Processed β-Mannanase from Cellulolytic Streptomyces sp. SirexAA-E

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2014, PLOS

    Cameron R Currie

  26. Evolution of substrate specificity in bacterial AA10 lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases

    Article • Biotechnology for Biofuels, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Cameron R Currie

  27. Minimization of chloroplast contamination in 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing of insect herbivore bacterial communities

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, November 2013, Elsevier

    Cameron R Currie

  28. Bacterial symbionts in agricultural systems provide a strategic source for antibiotic discovery

    Article • The Journal of Antibiotics, August 2013, Nature

    Cameron R Currie

  29. Prokaryotic Super Program Advisory Committee DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, March 27, 2013

    Article • Standards in Genomic Sciences, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Jonathan A. Eisen, Cameron R Currie, Prof George M Garrity

  30. Leucoagaricus gongylophorus Produces Diverse Enzymes for the Degradation of Recalcitrant Plant Polymers in Leaf-Cutter Ant Fungus Gardens

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2013, ASM Journals

    Cameron R Currie, Dr Susannah Green Tringe

  31. Complete Genome of Serratia sp. Strain FGI 94, a Strain Associated with Leaf-Cutter Ant Fungus Gardens

    Article • Genome Announcements, March 2013, ASM Journals

    Cameron R Currie, Dr Nikos C Kyrpides

  32. ORFcor: Identifying and Accommodating ORF Prediction Inconsistencies for Phylogenetic Analysis

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2013, PLOS

    Cameron R Currie

  33. Complete Genome of Enterobacteriaceae Bacterium Strain FGI 57, a Strain Associated with Leaf-Cutter Ant Fungus Gardens

    Article • Genome Announcements, February 2013, ASM Journals

    Cameron R Currie, Dr Nikos C Kyrpides

  34. Aerobic deconstruction of cellulosic biomass by an insect-associated Streptomyces

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2013, Nature

    Cameron R Currie

  35. The Population Structure of Antibiotic-Producing Bacterial Symbionts of Apterostigma dentigerum Ants: Impacts of Coevolution and Multipartite Symbiosis

    Article • The American Naturalist, November 2012, University of Chicago Press

    Cameron R Currie

  36. Antibiotic and Antimalarial Quinones from Fungus-Growing Ant-Associated Pseudonocardia sp.

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, October 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Cameron R Currie

  37. ChemInform Abstract: Microtermolides A (I) and B (II) from Termite-Associated Streptomyces sp. and Structural Revision of Vinylamycin.

    Article • ChemInform, September 2012, Wiley

    Cameron R Currie

  38. Ecological interactions drive evolutionary loss of traits

    Article • Ecology Letters, July 2012, Wiley

    Cameron R Currie

  39. Microtermolides A and B from Termite-Associated Streptomyces sp. and Structural Revision of Vinylamycin

    Article • Organic Letters, June 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Cameron R Currie

  40. Metagenomic and metaproteomic insights into bacterial communities in leaf-cutter ant fungus gardens

    Article • The ISME Journal, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Susannah Green Tringe, Cameron R Currie

  41. The Evolutionary Innovation of Nutritional Symbioses in Leaf-Cutter Ants

    Article • Insects, January 2012, MDPI AG

    Cameron R Currie

  42. Gene fragmentation in bacterial draft genomes: extent, consequences and mitigation

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Cameron R Currie

  43. Exploring the Potential for Actinobacteria as Defensive Symbionts in Fungus-Growing Termites

    Article • Microbial Ecology, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Cameron R Currie

  44. The Microbiome of Leaf-Cutter Ant Fungus Gardens

    Article • November 2011, Wiley

    Cameron R Currie

  45. The Role of Symbiont Genetic Distance and Potential Adaptability in Host Preference Towards Pseudonocardia Symbionts in Acromyrmex Leaf-Cutting Ants

    Article • Journal of Insect Science, September 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Cameron R Currie

  46. Preliminary In Vitro Insights into the Use of Natural Fungal Pathogens of Leaf-cutting Ants as Biocontrol Agents

    Article • Current Microbiology, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Cameron R Currie

  47. ChemInform Abstract: Sceliphrolactam, a Polyene Macrocyclic Lactam from a Wasp-Associated Streptomyces sp.

    Article • ChemInform, April 2011, Wiley

    Cameron R Currie

  48. The Complete Genome Sequence of Fibrobacter succinogenes S85 Reveals a Cellulolytic and Metabolic Specialist

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2011, PLOS

    Cameron R Currie

  49. Cellulose-degrading bacteria associated with the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio

    Article • The ISME Journal, March 2011, Nature

    Cameron R Currie

  50. Chemical Analyses of Wasp-Associated Streptomyces Bacteria Reveal a Prolific Potential for Natural Products Discovery

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2011, PLOS

    Cameron R Currie

  51. Sceliphrolactam, a Polyene Macrocyclic Lactam from a Wasp-Associated Streptomyces sp.

    Article • Organic Letters, February 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Cameron R Currie

  52. Presence and Diversity of Streptomyces in Dendroctonus and Sympatric Bark Beetle Galleries Across North America

    Article • Microbial Ecology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Cameron R Currie

  53. The Tangled Banks of Ants and Microbes

    Article • Microbe Magazine, January 2011, ASM Journals

    Cameron R Currie

  54. Specificity in the symbiotic association between fungus-growing ants and protective Pseudonocardia bacteria

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, November 2010, Royal Society Publishing

    Cameron R Currie

  55. An Insect Herbivore Microbiome with High Plant Biomass-Degrading Capacity

    Article • PLoS Genetics, September 2010, PLOS

    Dr Timothy J Donohue, Dr Susannah Green Tringe, Cameron R Currie

  56. Symbiosis research, technology, and education: Proceedings of the 6th International Symbiosis Society Congress held in Madison Wisconsin, USA, August 2009

    Article • Symbiosis, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ruth Ley, Dr Karen L Visick, Cameron R Currie

  57. Geographic Variation in Bacterial Communities Associated With the Red Turpentine Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

    Article • Environmental Entomology, April 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Cameron R Currie

  58. SREB, a GATA Transcription Factor That Directs Disparate Fates in Blastomyces dermatitidis Including Morphogenesis and Siderophore Biosynthesis

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, April 2010, PLOS

    Cameron R Currie

  59. Microbial Community Structure of Leaf-Cutter Ant Fungus Gardens and Refuse Dumps

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2010, PLOS

    Cameron R Currie

  60. Symbiont Interactions in a Tripartite Mutualism: Exploring the Presence and Impact of Antagonism between Two Fungus-Growing Ant Mutualists

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2010, PLOS

    Cameron R Currie

  61. Bionectriol A, a polyketide glycoside from the fungus Bionectria sp. associated with the fungus-growing ant, Apterostigma dentigerum

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, December 2009, Elsevier

    Cameron R Currie

  62. Variation in Pseudonocardia antibiotic defence helps govern parasite-induced morbidity in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, November 2009, Wiley

    Cameron R Currie

  63. EPHEMERAL WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION OF FUNGAL SYMBIONTS IN LEAF-CUTTING ANTS

    Article • Evolution, September 2009, Wiley

    Cameron R Currie

  64. ChemInform Abstract: Mycangimycin, a Polyene Peroxide from a Mutualist Streptomyces sp.

    Article • ChemInform, June 2009, Wiley

    Cameron R Currie

  65. The natural history of antibiotics

    Article • Current Biology, June 2009, Elsevier

    Cameron R Currie

  66. Fungus-Growing Ant-Microbe Symbiosis

    Article • May 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Cameron R Currie

  67. On ants, plants and fungi

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2009, Wiley

    Cameron R Currie

  68. Dentigerumycin: a bacterial mediator of an ant-fungus symbiosis

    Article • Nature Methods, March 2009, Nature

    Cameron R Currie

  69. Mycangimycin, a Polyene Peroxide from a Mutualist Streptomyces sp.

    Article • Organic Letters, February 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Cameron R Currie

  70. Insect Symbioses: A Case Study of Past, Present, and Future Fungus-growing Ant Research

    Article • Environmental Entomology, February 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Cameron R Currie

  71. Parasites may help stabilize cooperative relationships

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Cameron R Currie

  72. BLACK YEAST SYMBIONTS COMPROMISE THE EFFICIENCY OF ANTIBIOTIC DEFENSES IN FUNGUS-GROWING ANTS

    Article • Ecology, May 2008, Wiley

    Cameron R Currie

  73. Antagonistic Bacterial Interactions Help Shape Host-Symbiont Dynamics within the Fungus-Growing Ant-Microbe Mutualism

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2007, PLOS

    Cameron R Currie

  74. Symbiotic complexity: discovery of a fifth symbiont in the attine ant–microbe symbiosis

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 2007, Royal Society Publishing

    Cameron R Currie

  75. Symbiont recognition of mutualistic bacteria by Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

    Article • The ISME Journal, June 2007, Nature

    Cameron R Currie

  76. Ancient Host–Pathogen Associations Maintained by Specificity of Chemotaxis and Antibiosis

    Article • PLoS Biology, July 2006, PLOS

    Cameron R Currie

  77. Complexity of insect–fungal associations

    Article • June 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Cameron R Currie

  78. Phylogenetic analysis of mutualistic filamentous bacteria associated with fungus-growing ants

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, June 2005, Canadian Science Publishing

    Cameron R Currie

  79. Pathogenicity of Escovopsis weberi: The Parasite of the Attine Ant-Microbe Symbiosis Directly Consumes the Ant-Cultivated Fungus

    Article • Mycologia, September 2004, JSTOR

    Cameron R Currie

  80. The infrabuccal pellet piles of fungus-growing ants

    Article • The Science of Nature, December 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Cameron R Currie

  81. Egg-Killing Fungus Induces Early Hatching of Red-Eyed Treefrog Eggs

    Article • Ecology, October 2001, Wiley

    Cameron R Currie

  82. EGG-KILLING FUNGUS INDUCES EARLY HATCHING OF RED-EYED TREEFROG EGGS

    Article • Ecology, October 2001, Wiley

    Cameron R Currie

  83. A Community of Ants, Fungi, and Bacteria: A Multilateral Approach to Studying Symbiosis

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, October 2001, Annual Reviews

    Cameron R Currie

  84. Prevalence and impact of a virulent parasite on a tripartite mutualism

    Article • Oecologia, June 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Cameron R Currie

  85. The Origin of the Attine Ant-Fungus Mutualism

    Article • The Quarterly Review of Biology, June 2001, University of Chicago Press

    Cameron R Currie

  86. Evaluating insect-mediated dispersal of Scytalidium uredinicola for biological control of western gall rust

    Article • Canadian Journal of Forest Research, October 1996, Canadian Science Publishing

    Cameron R Currie

  87. BIOLOGY AND LIFE HISTORY OF EPURAEA OBLIQUUS HATCH (COLEOPTERA: NITIDULIDAE) ON WESTERN GALL RUST

    Article • The Canadian Entomologist, April 1996, Cambridge University Press

    Cameron R Currie

  88. Dissemination of the mycoparasite Scytalidium uredinicola by Epuraea obliquus (Coleoptera : Nitidulidae)

    Article • Canadian Journal of Botany, September 1995, Canadian Science Publishing

    Cameron R Currie

  89. Ants, Agriculture, and Antibiotics

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Cameron R Currie

  90. VIII.5. Domestication and the Evolution of Agriculture

    Article • De Gruyter

    Cameron R Currie