selected publications
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- Specificity in the symbiotic association between fungus-growing ants and protective Pseudonocardia bacteria. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Section B: Biological Sciences . 1814-1822. 2011
- Presence of multiparasite infections within individual colonies of leaf-cutter ants. Environmental Entomology . 105-113. 2010
- Variation in Pseudonocardia antibiotic defense helps govern parasite-induced morbidity in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. Environmental Microbiology Reports . 534-540. 2010
- Low host-pathogen specificity in the leaf-cutting ant-microbe symbiosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Section B: Biological Sciences . 1971-1978. 2007
- Phylogenetic placement of mutualistic filamentous bacteria associated with fungus-growing ants. Canadian Journal of Microbiology . 441-446. 2005
- Specificity of the mutualistic association between actinomycete bacteria and two sympatric species of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. Molecular Ecology. 3597-3604. 2005