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2023

Protasov, E., Nonoh, J.O., Kästle Silva, J.M., Mies, U.S., Hervé, V., Dietrich, C., Lang, K., Mikulski, L., Platt, K., Poehlein, A., Köhler-Ramm, T., Miambi, E., Boga, H.I., Feldewert, C., Ngugi, D.K., Plarre, R., Sillam-Dussès, D., Šobotník, J., Daniel, R., Brune, A. (2023)
Diversity and taxonomic revision of methanogens and other archaea in the intestinal tract of terrestrial arthropods. Front. Microbiol. 14: 1281628. (Online)
Treitli, S.C., Hanousková, P., Beneš, V., Brune, A., Cepicka, I., Hampl, V. (2023)
Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis is the key process in the obligately syntrophic consortium of the anaerobic ameba Pelomyxa schiedti. ISME J. 17: 1884–1894. (Online)
Arora, J., Bucek, A., Hellemans, S., Beránková, T., Romero Arias, J., Fisher, B.L., Clitheroe, C., Brune, A., Kinjo, Y., Šobotník, J., Bourguignon, T. (2023)
Evidence of cospeciation between termites and their gut bacteria on a geological time scale. Proc. R. Soc. B. 290: 20230619. (Online)
Radek, R., Platt, K., Öztas, D., Šobotník, J., Sillam-Dussès, D., Hanus, R., Brune, A. (2023)
New insights into the coevolutionary history of termites and their gut flagellates: Description of Retractinympha glossotermitis gen. nov. sp. nov. (Retractinymphidae fam. nov.). Front. Ecol. Evol. 11: 1111484. (Online)
Brune, A., Mies, U.S. (2023)
Elusimicrobiota. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (W.B. Whitman, F. Rainey, P. Kämpfer, M. Trujillo, J. Chun, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund and S. Dedysh, eds.). Wiley Online Library. (Online)

2022

Song, Y., Pfeiffer, F., Radek, R., Hearne, C., Hervé, V., Brune, A. (2022)
Comparative analysis of Brucepastera parasyntrophica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Teretinema zuelzerae gen. nov., comb. nov. (Treponemataceae) reveals the importance of interspecies hydrogen transfer in the energy metabolism of spirochetes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 88: e00503-22. (Online)
Brune, A., Song, Y., Oren, A., Paster, B.J. (2022)
A new family for 'termite gut treponemes': Description of Breznakiellaceae fam. nov., Gracilinema caldarium gen. nov., comb. nov., Leadbettera azotonutricia gen. nov., comb. nov., Helmutkoenigia isoptericolens gen. nov., comb. nov., and Zuelzera stenostrepta gen. nov., comb. nov., and proposal of Rectinemataceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 72: 5439. (Online)
Arora, J., Kinjo, Y., Šobotník, J., Bucek, A., Clitheroe, C., Stiblik, P., Roisin, Y., Žifcáková, L., Park, Y.C., Kim, K.Y., Sillam-Dussès, D., Hervé, V., Lo, N., Tokuda, G., Brune, A., Bourguignon, T. (2022)
The functional evolution of termite gut microbiota. Microbiome 10: 78. (Online)

2021

Song, Y., Hervé, V., Radek, R., Pfeiffer, F., Zheng, H., Brune, A. (2021)
Characterization and phylogenomic analysis of Breznakiella homolactica gen. nov. sp. nov. indicates that termite gut treponemes evolved from non-acetogenic spirochetes in cockroaches. Environ. Microbiol. 23: 4228–4245. (Online)
Horváthová, T., Šustr, V., Chroňáková, A., Semanová, S., Lang, K., Dietrich, C., Hubáček, T., Ardestani, M., Lara, A., Brune, A., Šimek, M. (2021)
Methanogenesis in the digestive tract of the tropical millipedes Archispirostreptus gigas (Diplopoda, Spirostreptidae) and Epibolus pulchripes (Diplopoda, Pachybolidae). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 87: e00614–21. (Online)
Loh, H.Q., Hervé, V., Brune, A. (2021)
Metabolic potential for reductive acetogenesis and a novel energy-converting [NiFe] hydrogenase in Bathyarchaeia from termite guts – a genome-centric analysis. Front. Microbiol. 11: 3644. (Online)
Strassert, J.F.H., Wurzbacher, C., Hervé, V., Antany, T., Brune, A., Radek, R. (2021)
Long rDNA amplicon sequencing of insect-infecting nephridiophagids reveals their affiliation to the Chytridiomycota and a potential to switch between hosts. Sci. Rep. 11: 396. (Online)

2020

Feldewert, C., Lang, K., Brune, A. (2020)
The hydrogen threshold of obligately methyl-reducing methanogens. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 367: fnaa137. (Online)
Hervé, V., Liu, P., Dietrich, C., Sillam-Dussès, D., Stiblik, P., Šobotník, J., Brune, A. (2020)
Phylogenomic analysis of 589 metagenome-assembled genomes encompassing all major prokaryotic lineages from the gut of higher termites. PeerJ 8: e8614. (Online)
Michaud, C., Hervé, V., Dupont, S., Dubreuil, G., Bézier, A.M., Meunier, J., Brune, A., Dedeine, F. (2020)
Efficient but occasionally imperfect vertical transmission of gut mutualistic protists in a wood-feeding termite. Mol. Ecol. 29: 308–324. (Online)

2019

Brune, A. (2019)
Methanogenesis in the digestive tracts of insects and other arthropods. In: Biogenesis of Hydrocarbons (Book series: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology) (Stams, A.J.M., Sousa, D., eds.). Springer, Cham, pp. 229–260. (Online)
Frouz, J., Lin, Q., Li, X., Abakumov, E., Brune, A., Sustr, V. (2019)
Utilization of dietary protein in the litter-dwelling larva of Bibio marci (Diptera: Bibionidae). Eurasian Soil Sc. 52: 1583–1587. (Online)
Lampert, N., Mikaelyan, A., Brune, A. (2019)
Diet is not the primary driver of bacterial community structure in the gut of litter-feeding cockroaches. BMC Microbiol. 19: 238. (Online)
Radek, R., Meuser, K., Altinay, S., Lo, N., Brune, A. (2019)
Novel lineages of oxymonad flagellates from the termite Porotermes adamsoni (Stolotermitidae): the genera Oxynympha and Termitimonas. Protist 170: 125683. (Online)

2018

Bourguignon, T., Lo, N., Dietrich, C., Šobotník, J., Sidek, S., Roisin, Y., Brune, A., Evans, T.A. (2018)
Rampant host-switching shaped the termite gut microbiome. Curr. Biol. 28: 649–654.e2. (Online)
Brune, A. (2018)
Methanogens in the digestive tract of termites. In: (Endo)symbiotic Methanogenic Archaea, 2nd edn. Microbiology Monographs, vol. 19 (J.H.P. Hackstein, ed.). Springer, Cham, pp. 81–101. (Online)
Brune, A. (2018)
Phylum Elusimicrobia. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (W. B. Whitman, F. Rainey, P. Kämpfer, M. Trujillo, J. Chun, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund and S. Dedysh, eds.). Wiley Online Library. (Online)
Brune, A. (2018)
Class Elusimicrobia. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (W. B. Whitman, F. Rainey, P. Kämpfer, M. Trujillo, J. Chun, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund and S. Dedysh, eds.). Wiley Online Library. (Online)
Brune, A. (2018)
Order Elusimicrobiales. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (W. B. Whitman, F. Rainey, P. Kämpfer, M. Trujillo, J. Chun, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund and S. Dedysh, eds.). Wiley Online Library. (Online)
Brune, A. (2018)
Family Elusimicrobiaceae. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (W. B. Whitman, F. Rainey, P. Kämpfer, M. Trujillo, J. Chun, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund and S. Dedysh, eds.). Wiley Online Library. (Online)
Brune, A. (2018)
Genus Elusimicrobium. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (W. B. Whitman, F. Rainey, P. Kämpfer, M. Trujillo, J. Chun, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund and S. Dedysh, eds.). Wiley Online Library. (Online)
Brune, A. (2018)
Class Endomicrobia. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (W. B. Whitman, F. Rainey, P. Kämpfer, M. Trujillo, J. Chun, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund and S. Dedysh, eds.). Wiley Online Library. (Online)
Brune, A. (2018)
Order Endomicrobiales. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (W. B. Whitman, F. Rainey, P. Kämpfer, M. Trujillo, J. Chun, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund and S. Dedysh, eds.). Wiley Online Library. (Online)
Brune, A. (2018)
Family Endomicrobiaceae. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (W. B. Whitman, F. Rainey, P. Kämpfer, M. Trujillo, J. Chun, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund and S. Dedysh, eds.). Wiley Online Library. (Online)
Brune, A. (2018)
Genus Endomicrobium. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (W. B. Whitman, F. Rainey, P. Kämpfer, M. Trujillo, J. Chun, P. DeVos, B. Hedlund and S. Dedysh, eds.). Wiley Online Library. (Online)
Radek, R., Meuser, K., Strassert, J.F.H., Arslan, O., Teßmer, A., Šobotník, J., Sillam-Dussès, D., Nink, R. A., Brune, A. (2018)
Exclusive gut flagellates of Serritermitidae suggest a major transfaunation event in lower termites: Description of Heliconympha glossotermitis gen. nov. spec. nov. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 65: 77–92. (Online)
Tegtmeier, D., Belitz, A., Radek, R., Heimerl, T., Brune, A. (2018)
Ereboglobus luteus gen. nov. sp. nov. from cockroach guts, and new insights into the oxygen relationship of the genera Opitutus and Didymococcus (Verrucomicrobia: Opitutaceae). Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 41: 101–112. (Online)
Tokuda, G., Mikaelyan, A., Fukuia, C., Matsuura, Y., Watanabe, H., Fujishima, M., Brune, A. (2018)
Fiber-associated spirochetes are major agents of hemicellulose degradation in the hindgut of wood-feeding higher termites. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 115: E11996–E12004. (Online)

2017

Brune, A. (2017)
Ectosymbiotic Endomicrobia – a transition stage towards intracellular symbionts? Environ. Microbiol. Rep. 9: 474–476. (Online)
Hervé, V., Brune, A. (2017)
The complete mitochondrial genomes of the higher termites Labiotermes labralis and Embiratermes neotenicus (Termitidae: Syntermitinae). Mitochondr. DNA Part B 2: 109–110. (Online)
Mikaelyan, A., Meuser, K., Brune, A. (2017)
Microenvironmental heterogeneity of gut compartments drives bacterial community structure in wood- and humus-feeding higher termites. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 93: fiw20. (Online)
Mikaelyan, A., Thompson, C.L., Meuser, K., Zheng, H., Rani, P., Plarre, R., Brune, A. (2017)
High-resolution phylogenetic analysis of Endomicrobia reveals multiple acquisitions of endosymbiotic lineages by termite gut flagellates. Environ. Microbiol. Rep. 9: 477–483. (Online)
Vera, M.A.G., Brune, A. (2017)
Hand over that gun: lateral gene transfer provides an amoeba with a bacterial weapon. Environ. Microbiol. 19: 847–848. (Online)
Zheng, H., Dietrich, C., Brune, A. (2017)
Genome analysis of Endomicrobium proavitum suggests loss and gain of relevant functions during the evolution of intracellular symbionts. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 83: e00656–17. (Online)

2016

Brune, A. (2016)
Co-evolution of marine worms and their chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts: unexpected host switches explained by ecological fitting? Mol. Ecol. 25: 2964–2966. (Online)
Dietrich, C., Brune, A. (2016)
The complete mitogenomes of six higher termite species reconstructed from metagenomic datasets (Cornitermes sp., Cubitermes ugandensis, Microcerotermes parvus, Nasutitermes corniger, Neocapritermes taracua, and Termes hospes). Mitochondr. DNA Part A 27: 3903–3904. (Online)
Ikeda-Ohtsubo, W., Strassert, J.F.H., Köhler, T., Mikaelyan, A., Gregor, I., McHardy, A.C., Tringe, S.G., Hugenholtz, P., Radek, R., Brune, A. (2016)
'Candidatus Adiutrix intracellularis', an endosymbiont of termite gut flagellates, is the first representative of a deep-branching clade of Deltaproteobacteria and a putative homoacetogen. Environ. Microbiol. 18: 2548–2564. (Online)
Li, H., Dietrich, C., Zhu, N., Mikaelyan, A., Ma, B., Pi, R., Liu, Y., Yang, M., Brune, A., Mo, J. (2016)
Age polyethism drives community structure of the bacterial gut microbiota in the fungus-cultivating termite Odontotermes formosanus. Environ. Microbiol. 18: 1440–1451. (Online)
Mikaelyan, A., Thompson, C.L., Hofer, M.J., Brune, A. (2016)
Deterministic assembly of complex bacterial communities in guts of germ-free cockroaches. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 82: 1256–1263. (Online)
Strassert, J.F.H., Mikaelyan, A., Woyke, T., Brune, A. (2016)
Genome analysis of 'Candidatus Ancillula trichonymphae', first representative of a deep-branching clade of Bifidobacteriales, strengthens evidence for convergent evolution in flagellate endosymbionts. Environ. Microbiol. Rep. 8: 865–873. (Online)
Tegtmeier, D., Riese, C., Geissinger, O., Radek, R., Brune, A. (2016)
Breznakia blatticola gen. nov. sp. nov. and Breznakia pachnodae sp. nov., two fermenting bacteria isolated from insect guts, and emended description of the family Erysipelotrichaceae. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 39: 319–329. (Online)
Tegtmeier, D., Thompson, C.L., Schauer, C., Brune, A. (2016)
Oxygen affects gut bacterial colonization and metabolic activities in a gnotobiotic cockroach model. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 82: 1080–1089. (Online)
Zheng, H., Dietrich, C., Hongoh, Y., Brune, A. (2016)
Restriction-modification systems as mobile genetic elements in the evolution of an intracellular symbiont. Mol. Biol. Evol. 33: 721–725. (Online)
Zheng, H., Dietrich, C., Radek, R., Brune, A. (2016)
Endomicrobium proavitum, the first isolate of Endomicrobia class. nov. (phylum Elusimicrobia) – an ultramicrobacterium with an unusual cell cycle that fixes nitrogen with a Group IV nitrogenase. Environ. Microbiol. 18: 191–204. (Online)

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