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Chemical ecology of antibiotic production by actinomycetes by van der Meij, Anne, Worsley, Sarah F., Hutchings, Matthew I., van Wezel, Gilles P.

“…Abstract Actinomycetes are a diverse family of filamentous bacteria that produce a plethora of natural products relevant for agriculture, biotechnology and…”
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Chemical warfare between leafcutter ant symbionts and a co-evolved pathogen by Heine, Daniel, Holmes, Neil A., Worsley, Sarah F., Santos, Ana Carolina A., Innocent, Tabitha M., Scherlach, Kirstin, Patrick, Elaine H., Yu, Douglas W., Murrell, J. Colin, Vieria, Paulo C., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Hertweck, Christian, Hutchings, Matthew I., Wilkinson, Barrie

“…Acromyrmex leafcutter ants form a mutually beneficial symbiosis with the fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus and with Pseudonocardia bacteria. Both are…”
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Biocontrol of Cereal Crop Diseases Using Streptomycetes by Newitt, Jake T, Prudence, Samuel M M, Hutchings, Matthew I, Worsley, Sarah F

“…A growing world population and an increasing demand for greater food production requires that crop losses caused by pests and diseases are dramatically…”
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Assessing the causes and consequences of gut mycobiome variation in a wild population of the Seychelles warbler by Worsley, Sarah F, Davies, Charli S, Mannarelli, Maria-Elena, Komdeur, Jan, Dugdale, Hannah L, Richardson, David S

“…Considerable research has focussed on the importance of bacterial communities within the vertebrate gut microbiome (GM). However, studies investigating the…”
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Immunogenetic variation shapes the gut microbiome in a natural vertebrate population by Davies, Charli S, Worsley, Sarah F, Maher, Kathryn H, Komdeur, Jan, Burke, Terry, Dugdale, Hannah L, Richardson, David S

“…The gut microbiome (GM) can influence many biological processes in the host, impacting its health and survival, but the GM can also be influenced by the host's…”
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Competition-based screening helps to secure the evolutionary stability of a defensive microbiome by Worsley, Sarah F, Innocent, Tabitha M, Holmes, Neil A, Al-Bassam, Mahmoud M, Schiøtt, Morten, Wilkinson, Barrie, Murrell, J Colin, Boomsma, Jacobus J, Yu, Douglas W, Hutchings, Matthew I

“…The cuticular microbiomes of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants pose a conundrum in microbiome biology because they are freely colonisable, and yet the prevalence of…”
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Efficient assembly and long-term stability of defensive microbiomes via private resources and community bistability by Boza, Gergely, Worsley, Sarah F, Yu, Douglas W, Scheuring, István

“…Understanding the mechanisms that promote the assembly and maintenance of host-beneficial microbiomes is an open problem. Empirical evidence supports the idea…”
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Gut microbiome composition, not alpha diversity, is associated with survival in a natural vertebrate population by Worsley, Sarah F, Davies, Charli S, Mannarelli, Maria-Elena, Hutchings, Matthew I, Komdeur, Jan, Burke, Terry, Dugdale, Hannah L, Richardson, David S

“…The vertebrate gut microbiome (GM) can vary substantially across individuals within the same natural population. Although there is evidence linking the GM to…”
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Soil, senescence and exudate utilisation: characterisation of the Paragon var. spring bread wheat root microbiome by Prudence, Samuel MM, Newitt†, Jake T., Worsley, Sarah F., Macey, Michael C., Murrell, J. Colin, Lehtovirta-Morley, Laura E., Hutchings, Matthew I.

“…Abstract Background Conventional methods of agricultural pest control and crop fertilisation are unsustainable. To meet growing demand, we must find…”
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Investigating the Role of Root Exudates in Recruiting Streptomyces Bacteria to the Arabidopsis thaliana Microbiome by Worsley, Sarah F., Macey, Michael C., Prudence, Samuel M. M., Wilkinson, Barrie, Murrell, J. Colin, Hutchings, Matthew I.

“…Streptomyces species are saprophytic soil bacteria that produce a diverse array of specialized metabolites, including half of all known antibiotics. They are…”
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Streptomyces Endophytes Promote Host Health and Enhance Growth across Plant Species by Worsley, Sarah F, Newitt, Jake, Rassbach, Johannes, Batey, Sibyl F D, Holmes, Neil A, Murrell, J Colin, Wilkinson, Barrie, Hutchings, Matthew I

“…bacteria are ubiquitous in soils and are well known for producing secondary metabolites, including antimicrobials. Increasingly, they are being isolated from…”
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Probing the functional significance of wild animal microbiomes using omics data by Worsley, Sarah F., Videvall, Elin, Harrison, Xavier A., Björk, Johannes R., Mazel, Florent, Wanelik, Klara M.

“…Host‐associated microbiomes are thought to play a key role in host physiology and fitness, but this conclusion mainly derives from systems biased towards…”
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Longitudinal gut microbiome dynamics in relation to age and senescence in a wild animal population by Worsley, Sarah F., Davies, Charli S., Lee, Chuen Zhang, Mannarelli, Maria‐Elena, Burke, Terry, Komdeur, Jan, Dugdale, Hannah L., Richardson, David S.

“…In humans, gut microbiome (GM) differences are often correlated with, and sometimes causally implicated in, ageing. However, it is unclear how these findings…”
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Genome Analysis of Two Pseudonocardia Phylotypes Associated with Acromyrmex Leafcutter Ants Reveals Their Biosynthetic Potential by Holmes, Neil A, Innocent, Tabitha M, Heine, Daniel, Bassam, Mahmoud Al, Worsley, Sarah F, Trottmann, Felix, Patrick, Elaine H, Yu, Douglas W, Murrell, J C, Schiøtt, Morten, Wilkinson, Barrie, Boomsma, Jacobus J, Hutchings, Matthew I

“…The attine ants of South and Central America are ancient farmers, having evolved a symbiosis with a fungal food crop >50 million years ago. The most…”
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Characterisation of the symbionts in the Mediterranean fruit fly gut by Darrington, Mike, Leftwich, Philip T, Holmes, Neil A, Friend, Lucy A, Clarke, Naomi V E, Worsley, Sarah F, Margaritopolous, John T, Hogenhout, Saskia A, Hutchings, Matthew I, Chapman, Tracey

“…Symbioses between bacteria and their insect hosts can range from loose associations through to obligate interdependence. While fundamental evolutionary…”
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ActinoBase: tools and protocols for researchers working on Streptomyces and other filamentous actinobacteria by Feeney, Morgan Anne, Newitt, Jake Terry, Addington, Emily, Algora-Gallardo, Lis, Allan, Craig, Balis, Lucas, Birke, Anna S., Castaño-Espriu, Laia, Charkoudian, Louise K., Devine, Rebecca, Gayrard, Damien, Hamilton, Jacob, Hennrich, Oliver, Hoskisson, Paul A., Keith-Baker, Molly, Klein, Joshua G., Kruasuwan, Worarat, Mark, David R., Mast, Yvonne, McHugh, Rebecca E., McLean, Thomas C., Mohit, Elmira, Munnoch, John T., Murray, Jordan, Noble, Katie, Otani, Hiroshi, Parra, Jonathan, Pereira, Camila F., Perry, Louisa, Pintor-Escobar, Linamaria, Pritchard, Leighton, Prudence, Samuel M. M., Russell, Alicia H., Schniete, Jana K., Seipke, Ryan F., Sélem-Mojica, Nelly, Undabarrena, Agustina, Vind, Kristiina, van Wezel, Gilles P., Wilkinson, Barrie, Worsley, Sarah F., Duncan, Katherine R., Fernández-Martínez, Lorena T., Hutchings, Matthew I.

“…Actinobacteria is an ancient phylum of Gram-positive bacteria with a characteristic high GC content to their DNA. The ActinoBase Wiki is focused on the…”
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