Rafael Rodrigues da Costa

Gut microbial compositions mirror caste‐specific diets in a major lineage of social insects

Saria Otani, Mariya Zhukova, N’golo Abdoulaye Koné et al. · Environmental Microbiology Reports · 2018 · 53 citations · Full text

Dysbiosis, Gut Enzyme Activities, Entomology +21

Fungiculture in Termites Is Associated with a Mycolytic Gut Bacterial Community

Haofu Hu, Rafael Rodrigues da Costa, Bo Pilgaard et al. · mSphere · 2019 · 52 citations · Full text

Enzyme Activities at Different Stages of Plant Biomass Decomposition in Three Species of Fungus-Growing Termites

Rafael Rodrigues da Costa, Haofu Hu, Bo Pilgaard et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2017 · 48 citations · Full text

Comparative analysis of fungal communities in colonies of two leaf-cutting ant species with different substratum preferences

Jaqueline S. Pereira, Rafael Rodrigues da Costa, Nilson S. Nagamoto et al. · Fungal ecology · 2016 · 28 citations · Full text

Biology, Fungal Diversity, Different Substratum Preferences +6

The Enterobacterium Trabulsiella odontotermitis Presents Novel Adaptations Related to Its Association with Fungus-Growing Termites

Panagiotis Sapountzis, T. Gruntjes, Saria Otani et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2015 · 23 citations · Full text

Biology, Microbial Diversity, Microbial Systematics +14