Craig Bateman

An inordinate fondness for Fusarium: Phylogenetic diversity of fusaria cultivated by ambrosia beetles in the genus Euwallacea on avocado and other plant hosts

Matthew T. Kasson, Kerry O’Donnell, Alejandro P. Rooney et al. · Fungal Genetics and Biology · 2013 · 178 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Entomology +17

The ambrosia symbiosis is specific in some species and promiscuous in others: evidence from community pyrosequencing

Martin Kostovčík, Craig Bateman, Miroslav Kolařík et al. · The ISME Journal · 2014 · 157 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +11

Discordant phylogenies suggest repeated host shifts in the Fusarium–Euwallacea ambrosia beetle mutualism

Kerry O’Donnell, Stacy Sink, Ran Libeskind-Hadas et al. · Fungal Genetics and Biology · 2014 · 146 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Entomology +17

Identification, pathogenicity and abundance of <i>Paracremonium pembeum</i> sp. nov. and <i>Graphium euwallaceae</i> sp. nov.—two newly discovered mycangial associates of the polyphagous shot hole borer ( <i>Euwallacea</i> sp.) in California

Shannon C. Lynch, M. Twizeyimana, Joey S. Mayorquin et al. · Mycologia · 2016 · 112 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Entomology +17

A selective fungal transport organ (mycangium) maintains coarse phylogenetic congruence between fungus-farming ambrosia beetles and their symbionts

James Skelton, Andrew J. Johnson, Michelle A. Jusino et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2019 · 80 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Evolutionary Biology +17