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Suh, S.-O., C. P. Kurtzman,
and M. Blackwell. 2001. The status of Endomyces scopularum
--a filamentous fungus and two yeasts. Mycologia 93:316-321.
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Suh, S.-O., H. Noda, and M.
Blackwell. 2001. Insect symbiosis: derivation of yeast-like endosymbionts
within an entomopathogenic lineage. Molecular Biology and Evolution 18:995-1000.
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Rollins, F., K. G. Jones, P.
Krokene, H. Solheim, and M. Blackwell. 2001. Phylogeny of asexual
fungi associated with bark and ambrosia beetles. Mycologia 93:991-996.
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Blackwell, M., D. Henk, and
K.G. Jones. 2003. Extreme morphological divergence: phylogenetic position
of a termite ectoparasite. Mycologia 95:987-992.
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Henk, D. A., A. Weir, and M.
Blackwell. Laboulbeniopsis, an ectoparasite of termites newly recognized
as a member of the Laboulbeniomycetes. Mycologia. 95:561-564.
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Robertson, J. A., J. V. McHugh,
and M. F. Whiting. 2003. Phylogeny of the Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Coleoptera:
Erotylidae): Molecular Evidence. Systematic Entomology. In press.
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Suh, S.-O., C. Marshall, J.
V. McHugh, and M. Blackwell. 2003. Wood ingestion by passalid beetles in
the presence of xylose-fermenting gut yeasts. Molecular Ecology 12:3137-3146.
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Van Zandt, P. A., V. R. Townsend
Jr., C. E. Carlton, M. Blackwell, and S. Mopper. 2003. Loberus impressus
(LeConte) (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) fungal associations and presence in
the seed capsules of Iris hexagona. The Coleopterists’ Bulletin 57:281-288.
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Suh, S.-O., C. Marshall, J.
V. McHugh, and M. Blackwell. 2003. Wood ingestion by passalid beetles in
the presence of xylose-fermenting gut yeasts. Molecular Ecology 12:3137-3146.
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Zhang, N., S.-O. Suh, and M.
Blackwell. 2003. Microorganisms in the gut of beetles: Evidence from molecular
cloning. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 84: 226-233.
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Suh, S.-O., M. M. White, N.
H. Nguyen, and M. Blackwell. 2004. The identification of Enteroramus dimorphus:
a xylose-fermenting yeast attached to the gut of beetles. Mycologia 96:756-760.
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Suh, S.-O., J. V McHugh, and
M. Blackwell. Expansion of the Candida tanzawaensis yeast clade: 16 novel
Candida species from basidiocarp-feeding beetles. International Journal
of Systematics and Evolutionary Microbiology 54: 2409-2429; available on
line http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/misc/pip.shtml.
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Suh, S.-O., and M. Blackwell.
2004. Three new beetle-associated yeasts in the Pichia guilliermondii clade.
Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) Yeast Research
5:87-95.
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Suh, S.-O., and M. Blackwell.
Four new yeasts in the Candida mesenterica clade associated with basidiocarp-feeding
beetles. Mycologia 96:xxx-xxx. In press (Paper #: 04-090).
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Vega, F. E., and M. Blackwell.
Insect-Fungal Associations: Ecology and Evolution, Oxford University Press,
UK.
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Suh, S.-O., and M. Blackwell.
2004. Beetles as hosts for underscribed yeasts. In: Insect-Fungal Associations:
Ecology and Evolution, Eds. F. E. Vega and Meredith Blackwell. Oxford University
Press, UK, in press.
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Blackwell, M., and F. E. Vega.
Insect-fungal interactions. In: Insect-Fungal Associations: Ecology
and Evolution, Eds. F. E. Vega and Meredith Blackwell. Oxford University
Press, UK, in press.
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Vega, F. E., and M. Blackwell.
Prospects for research on fungi and insects. In: Insect-Fungal Associations:
Ecology and Evolution, Eds. F. E. Vega and Meredith Blackwell. Oxford University
Press, UK, in press.
Presentations
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S.-O. Suh, J. V. McHugh, and
M. Blackwell. Yeasts from the gut of Coleoptera: taxonomic characteristics
and molecular phylogeny. MSA, Salt Lake City, Utah, August-September 2001.
(Abstract)
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A. Weir, M. Hughes, M. White,
M. Cafaro, R. W. Lichtwardt, S.-O. Suh, and M. Blackwell. Biodiversity
of arthropod-associated fungi: what do we know? What can we predict?
IMC7. Oslo, August 2002. (Abstract)
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M. Blackwell, S.-O. Suh, and
J. V. McHugh. One hundred undescribed yeasts from the guts of beetles.
Entomological Society of America, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, November 2002.
(Abstract)
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M. Blackwell. Changes in nutritional
mode within lineages of insect-associated fungi. IMC7. Oslo, August
2002. (Abstract)
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M. Blackwell. An inordinate
fondness for yeasts. Keynote Address. Toronto Mycology Workshop, York University,
Toronto, Ontario, 8-9 February 2003.
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N. H. Nguyen, S.-O. Suh, and
M. Blackwell. Effect of starvation of basidiocarp-feeding beetles on suspected
yeast endosymbionts. MSA, Asilomar California, July 2003. (Abstract)
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S.-O. Suh, J. V. McHugh, and
M. Blackwell. One to 42 taxa: Expansion of the Candida tanzawaensis
yeast clade from basidiocarp-feeding beetles. MSA, Asilomar California,
July 2003. (Abstract)
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S.-O. Suh, C. Marshall, J. V.
McHugh, M. Blackwell. Accompanied by xylose-fermenting yeasts: Beetle radiations
into wood. MSA, Asilomar California, July 2003. (Abstract)
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M. Blackwell, S.-O. Suh, and
J. B. Nardi. Fungi in the hidden environment: The beetle gut. British Mycological
Society, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, 13-15 September 2004.
(Abstract)
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation
under Grant No. 0072741. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations
expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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