Charissa de Bekker
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Recent Articles
1.
Vermeulen S, Forsman A, de Bekker C
Curr Res Insect Sci
. 2024 Dec;
7:100102.
PMID: 39720458
The bacterial microbiome of the ant has been well characterized across body regions and maturation levels. However, potential effects of entomopathogens on the gut microbiome, and the fungal communities therein,...
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Perlin M, Poulin R, de Bekker C
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
. 2024 Dec;
100(2):936-968.
PMID: 39616537
Parasites have a rich and long natural history among biological entities, and it has been suggested that parasites are one of the most significant factors in the evolution of their...
3.
van Roosmalen E, de Bekker C
Annu Rev Microbiol
. 2024 Sep;
78(1):575-593.
PMID: 39270680
Parasite manipulation of host behavior, as an effective strategy to establish transmission, has evolved multiple times across taxa, including fungi. Major strides have been made to propose molecular mechanisms that...
4.
Hegde S, Khanipov K, Hornett E, Nilyanimit P, Pimenova M, Saldana M, et al.
Anim Microbiome
. 2024 Mar;
6(1):11.
PMID: 38454530
Background: The mosquito microbiome is an important modulator of vector competence and vectoral capacity. Unlike the extensively studied bacterial microbiome, fungal communities in the mosquito microbiome (the mycobiome) remain largely...
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Will I, Beckerson W, de Bekker C
Sci Rep
. 2023 Aug;
13(1):13821.
PMID: 37620441
Parasitic fungi produce proteins that modulate virulence, alter host physiology, and trigger host responses. These proteins, classified as a type of "effector," often act via protein-protein interactions (PPIs). The fungal...
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de Bekker C, Das B
Parasite Immunol
. 2022 Feb;
44(3):e12909.
PMID: 35103986
Ophiocordyceps fungi manipulate ant behaviour as a transmission strategy. Conspicuous changes in the daily timing of disease phenotypes suggest that Ophiocordyceps and other manipulators could be hijacking the host clock....
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Das B, de Bekker C
BMC Genomics
. 2022 Jan;
23(1):57.
PMID: 35033027
Background: Circadian clocks allow organisms to anticipate daily fluctuations in their environment by driving rhythms in physiology and behavior. Inter-organismal differences in daily rhythms, called chronotypes, exist and can shift...
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de Bekker C, Beckerson W, Elya C
mBio
. 2021 Oct;
12(5):e0187221.
PMID: 34607463
Transmission is a crucial step in all pathogen life cycles. As such, certain species have evolved complex traits that increase their chances to find and invade new hosts. Fungal species...
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Will I, Das B, Trinh T, Brachmann A, Ohm R, de Bekker C
G3 (Bethesda)
. 2020 May;
10(7):2275-2296.
PMID: 32354705
Ant-infecting fungi are globally distributed, host manipulating, specialist parasites that drive aberrant behaviors in infected ants, at a lethal cost to the host. An apparent increase in activity and wandering...
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de Bekker C
Curr Opin Insect Sci
. 2019 Jul;
33:19-24.
PMID: 31358190
Ophiocordyceps-infected ants display a substrate biting behavior that aids parasite transmission. World-wide research into this behavioral manipulation has led to new fungal species descriptions, annotated genomes, and detailed field observations....