The ambrosia beetle–fungus farming symbiosis is more heterogeneous than previously
thought. There is not one but many ambrosia symbioses. Beetle-fungus specificity is clade …

Asexually reproducing fungi play a significant role in essential processes in managed and
wild ecosystems such as nutrients cycling and multitrophic interactions. A large number of …

In the present study, we identified the fungal community, including yeasts, in the mycangium
of the ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

High‐throughput identification technologies provide efficient tools for understanding the
ecology and functioning of microorganisms. Yet, these methods have been only rarely used …

Abstract Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) and Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky)(
Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) are two of the most damaging nonnative ambrosia …

Feeding on living or dead plant material is widespread in insects. Seminal work on termites
and aphids has provided profound insights into the critical nutritional role that microbes play …

The genus Ambrosiella accommodates species of Ceratocystidaceae (Microascales) that
are obligate, mutualistic symbionts of ambrosia beetles, but the genus appears to be …

The mutualism between xyleborine beetles in the genus Euwallacea (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and members of the Ambrosia Fusarium Clade (AFC) represents …

Animal–microbe mutualisms are typically maintained by vertical symbiont transmission or
partner choice. A third mechanism, screening of high-quality symbionts, has been predicted …