Stephen J Taerum
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Abu-Elmakarem H, Taerum S, Petitjean C, Kotyk M, Kay C, cepicka I, et al.
Genome Biol Evol
. 2024 Dec;
16(12).
PMID: 39656733
The early evolution of eukaryotes and their adaptations to low-oxygen environments are fascinating open questions in biology. Genome-scale data from novel eukaryotes, and particularly from free-living lineages, are the key...
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Nguyen L, Taerum S, Jasso-Selles D, Slamovits C, Silberman J, Gile G
J Eukaryot Microbiol
. 2023 Jun;
70(5):e12988.
PMID: 37291797
Lophomonas blattarum is a facultative commensal gut dweller of common pest cockroaches. Its cells are roughly spherical in shape with an apical tuft of ~50 flagella. Controversially, it has been...
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Noda S, Kitade O, Jasso-Selles D, Taerum S, Takayanagi M, Radek R, et al.
J Eukaryot Microbiol
. 2023 Feb;
70(3):e12967.
PMID: 36760170
Spirotrichonymphea, one of the six classes of phylum Parabasalia, are characterized by bearing many flagella in spiral rows, and they occur exclusively in the guts of termites. Phylogenetic relationships among...
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Taerum S, Micciulla J, Corso G, Steven B, Gage D, Triplett L
Environ Microbiol Rep
. 2021 Dec;
14(1):110-118.
PMID: 34957692
Protists play important roles in shaping the microbial community of the rhizosphere and defining these roles will require the study of protist isolates. However, there is still a limited understanding...
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Gile G, Taerum S, Jasso-Selles D, Sillam-Dusses D, Ohkuma M, Kitade O, et al.
Protist
. 2021 Nov;
172(5-6):125836.
PMID: 34757297
Microjoenia are obligate symbionts of termites. The genus was erected in 1892 for small cells with many flagella that insert near, but not directly from, the cell apex, and an...
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Steven B, LaReau J, Taerum S, Zuverza-Mena N, Cowles R
Microbiol Spectr
. 2021 Jul;
9(1):e0016621.
PMID: 34232064
In this study, we describe the legacy effects of a soil sulfur amendment experiment performed 6 years prior and the resulting alterations to the rhizosphere communities of fir trees on...
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Taerum S, Jasso-Selles D, Hileman J, De Martini F, Mizumoto N, Gile G
Eur J Protistol
. 2020 Nov;
76:125742.
PMID: 33161208
The desert dampwood termite Paraneotermes simplicicornis harbors several species of obligately symbiotic protists that support its nutrition by fermenting lignocellulose. Among them are three morphotypes with the dexiotropic spiraling flagellar...
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Chang R, Duong T, Taerum S, Wingfield M, Zhou X, de Beer Z
IMA Fungus
. 2020 Aug;
11:15.
PMID: 32775175
Bark beetle galleries are complex ecosystems where many microbes and other arthropods co-exist with the beetles. Fungi isolated from these galleries are often referred to as 'beetle associates', but the...
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Taerum S, Jasso-Selles D, Wilson M, Ware J, Sillam-Dusses D, Sobotnik J, et al.
J Eukaryot Microbiol
. 2019 Apr;
66(6):882-891.
PMID: 31033101
Holomastigotes is a protist genus (Parabasalia: Spirotrichonymphea) that resides in the hindguts of "lower" termites. It can be distinguished from other parabasalids by spiral flagellar bands that run along the...
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Taerum S, de Beer Z, Marincowitz S, Jankowiak R, Wingfield M
Fungal Biol
. 2018 Aug;
122(9):900-910.
PMID: 30115324
Ophiostoma quercus (Ascomycota, Ophiostomatales) is a globally widespread, insect-vectored fungus that colonizes a wide diversity of hardwood and conifer hosts. Although the fungus is considered to be non-pathogenic, it is...