Publications

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Publications

57. 2024    Slowik, Anna R., Hesketh, Helen, Sait, Steve M., De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Thermal ecology shapes disease outcomes of entomopathogenic fungi infecting warm-adapted insects", Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 204, 108106, Link.

56. 2024 Edwards, Sam, Bath, Eleanor, De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Low sex drive and choosy females: Fungal infections are a reproductive downfall for male house flies", Behavioral Ecology, 35(2), March/April 2024, Link.  

55. 2024 De Fine Licht,  Henrik H., Csontos, Zsusannah, Nijegaard Nielsen, Piet J. D., Langkilde, Enzo B., Kjaergaard Hansen, August K., Shik, Jonathan Z. "Insect hosts are nutritional landscapes navigated by fungal pathogens", BioRxiv (preprint), Link.

54. 2024 Edwards, Sam, De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Rearing zombie flies: Laboratory culturing of the behaviourally manipulating fungal pathogen Entomophthora muscae", MethodsX, 12, 102523, Link.

53. 2023 Stajich, Jason E., Lovett, Brian, Lee, Emily, Macias, Angie M., Hajek, Ann E., de Bivort, Bejamin L., Kasson, Matt T., De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Elya, Carolyn. "Signatures of transposon-mediated genome inflation, host specialization, and photoentrainment Entomophthora muscae and allied entomophthoralean fungi", eLife, Reviewed preprint , December 19, 2023, Link.

52. 2023 Slowik, Anna R., Hesketh, Helen, Sait, Steve M., De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "A rapid method for measuring in vitro growth of entomopathogenic fungi", insects, 14(8), 703, Link.  

51. 2023 Gotti, Isabella Alice, Delalibera Junior, Italo, Moreira, Camila Costa, De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Blastospores from Metarhizium anisopliae and Metarhizium rileyi are not always as virulent as conidia towards Spodoptera frugiperda caterpillars and use different infection mechanisms", Microorganisms, 11(6), 1594, Link. 

50. 2023 Parker, Dinah M., Meyling, Nicolai M., De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Phenotypic and genomic variation in insect virulence traits reveal patterns of local adaptation in a locust-specific fungal pathogen", Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 36 (10), 1438-1454 (2023), Link. 

49. 2023 De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Edwards, Sam, Elya, Carolyn "Evolutionary ecology of an obligate and behaviourally manipulating insect-pathogenic fungus, Entomophthora muscae", Authorea (preprint), Link. Contribution to the book: Biodiversity and evolution of fungal parasites and pathogens, edited by Danny Haelewaters, published (Nov. 2023) by Elsevier (Link). 

48. 2023 Iwanicki, Natasha, Delalibera, Italo Junior, de Carvalho, Lana L. B., Eilenberg, Jørgen, De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Comparative transcriptomics of growth metabolism and virulence reveal distinct morphogenic profiles of yeast-like phases and hyphae in the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium rileyi", Fungal Genetics and Biology, 164, 103766, Link.

47. 2022 Couceiro, Joel da Cruz, De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Delalibera Jr., Italo, Meyling, Nicolai V. "Comparative gene expression and genomics reflect geographical divergence in the entomopathogenic fungal genus Metarhizium", Fungal Ecology, 60, 101190 (Link).  

46. 2022    Naundrup, Andreas, Bohman, Björn, Kwadha, Charles A., Jensen, Annette B., Becher, Paul G., De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "A pathogenic fungus uses volatiles to entice male flies into fatal matings with infected female cadavers", ISME Journal, 16, 2388–2397 (2022) (Link). (BioRxiv, Link).

45. 2022   Kristensen, Thea, Jensen, Birgit, De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Global distribution and diversity of the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum associated with citrus", IOBC-WPRS Bulletin 161,  76 (Link).

44. 2022    Möckel, Lars, Meusemann, Karen, Misof, Bernd, Schwartze,  Volker, De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Voigt, Kerstin, Stielow, Benjamin, de Hoog, Sybren, Beutel, Rolf G., Buellesbach, Jan "Phylogenetic revision and patterns of host specificity in the fungal subphylum Entomophthoromycotina", Microorganisms, 10(2), 256, Link.

43. 2021 Bick, Emily, Edwards, Sam, De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Detection of insect health with deep learning on near-infrared sensor data", BioRxiv, posted November 16, Link.

42. 2021    Elya, Carolyn, De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "The genus Entomophthora: Bringing the insect destroyers into the 21st century", IMA Fungus,  12, 34, https://doi.org/10.1186/s43008-021-00084-w, Link.

41. 2021 Nielsen, Knud Nor, Salgado, João Felipe Moreira, Natsopoulou, Myrsini Eirini, Kristensen, Thea, Stajich, Jason E, De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Diploidy within a haploid genus of entomopathogenic fungi",  Genome Biology and Evolution,13:7, 10.1093/gbe/evab158, Link. 

40. 2021 Poulsen, Rikke, De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Hansen, Martin, Cedergreen, Nina "Grandmother's pesticide exposure revealed bi-generational effects in Daphnia magna", Aquatic Toxicology, 236, 105861, Link.

39. 2021    Montoro, Marta, De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Sigsgaard, Lene "Nutritional quality of Drosophila melanogaster as factitious prey for rearing the predatory bug Orius majusculus", Insect Science,  28:1, 191-202, Link. 

38. 2020    Lovett, Brian, St. Leger, Raymond, De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Going gentle into that fungal goodnight", Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 197,107398, Link.

37. 2020    Lovett, Brian, Macias, Angie, Cooley, John, Eilenberg, Jørgen, Stajich, Jason E., De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Kasson, Matt T. "Behavioral betrayal: how select fungal parasites enlist living insects to do their bidding", PLoS Pathogens, 16(6): e1008598, Link.

36. 2020    Iwanicki, Natasha, Delalibera, Italo Junior, Eilenberg, Jørgen, De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Comparative RNAseq analysis of the insect-pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae reveals specific transcriptome signatures of filamentous and yeast-like development", G3:Genes|Genomics|Genetics, 10:7, 2141-2157, https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.120.401040 , Link.

35. 2019    de Ruiter, Jolet, Arnbjerg-Nielsen, Sif F., Herren, Pascal, Høier, Freja, De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Jensen, Kaare H. "Fungal artillery of zombie flies: infectious spore dispersal using a soft water cannon", Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 16, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0448,  Link. 

34. 2019    Boyce, Greg R., Gluck-Thaler, Emile, Slot, Jason C., Stajich, Jason E., Davis, William J., James, Tim Y., Cooley, John R., Panaccione, Daniel G., Eilenberg, Jørgen, De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Macias, Angie M., Berger, Matthew C., Wickert, Kristen L., Stauder, Cameron M., Spahr, Ellie J., Maust, Matthew D., Metheny, Amy M., Simon, Chris, Kritsky, Gene,  Hodge, Kathie T., Humber, Richard A., Gullion, Terry, Short, Dylan P. G., Kijimoto, Teiya, Mozgai, Dan, Arguedas, Nidia & Kasson, Matt T. "Psychoactive plant- and mushroom-associated alkaloids from two behavior modifying cicada pathogens" Fungal Ecology, 41, 147-164, Link.

33. 2019    Biedermann, Peter H. W., De Fine Licht, Henrik H. & Rohlfs, Marko "Evolutionary chemo-ecology of insect-fungus interactions: still in its infancy but advancing" Fungal Ecology, 38, 1-6, Link.

32. 2019    Hansen, Andreas N. & De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Why are there so few examples of insect-pathogenic fungi that manipulate insect sexual behaviors?" Fungal Ecology, 38, 21-27, Link.

31. 2019   Nibert, Max L., Debat, Humberto J., Manny, Austin R., Grigoriev, Igor V., De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Mitovirus and mitochondrial coding sequences from basal fungus Entomophthora muscae", Viruses, 11(4), 351, Link.

30. 2019   Conlon, Benjamin, Aanen, Duur, Beemelmanns, Christine, de Beer, Wilhelm, De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Gunde-Cimerman, Nina, Schiøtt, Morten, Poulsen, Michael "Reviewing the taxonomy of Podaxis: opportunities for understanding extreme fungal lifestyles", Fungal Biology, 123,  183-187. Link.

29. 2018    Arnesen, Jonathan A., Malagocka, Joanna, Gryganskyi, Andrii, Grigoriev, Igor V., Voigt, Kerstin, Stajich, Jason E. & De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Early diverging insect pathogenic fungi of the order Entomophthorales possess diverse and unique subtilisin-like serine proteases” , G3:Genes|Genomics|Genetics, 8: 3311-3319, Link.

28. 2018    Buys, M., Conlon, B., De Fine Licht, H.H., Aanen, D.K., Poulsen, M., De Beer, Z.W. "Searching for Podaxis on the trails of early explorers in southern Africa" South African Journal of Botany, 115, 317, Link.

27. 2018    De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Does pathogen plasticity facilitate host-shifts?", PLoS Pathogens, 14(5): e1006961, Link.

26. 2018    Becher, Paul G., Jensen, Rasmus E., Natsopoulou, Myrsini E., Verschut, Vasiliki & De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Infection of Drosophila suzukii with the obligate insect pathogenic fungus Entomophthora muscae", Journal of Pest Science, 91, 781-787, Link.

25. 2017    Hansen, Andreas N. & De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Logistic growth of the host-specific obligate insect pathogenic fungus Entomophthora muscae in house flies (Musca domestica)", Journal of Applied Entomology, 141, 583-586, Link.

24. 2017    De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Jensen, Annette B. & Eilenberg, Jørgen. "Comparative transcriptomics reveal host-specific nucleotide variation in entomophtoralean fungi", Molecular Ecology, 26, 2092-2110, Link.

23. 2017    Conlon, Benjamin H., Mitchell, Jannette, de Beer, Z. Wilhelm, Carøe, Christian, Gilbert, M. Thomas, Eilenberg, Jørgen, Poulsen, Michael. & De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Draft genome annuncement of the fungus-growing termite pathogenic fungi Ophicordyceps bispora", Data in Brief, 11, 537-542, Link.

22. 2016    Conlon, Benjamin H., de Beer, Z. Wilhelm, De Fine Licht, Henrik H.,Aanen, Duur K. & Poulsen, Michael. "Phylogenetic analyses of diverse Podaxis specimens from Southern Africa reveal hidden diversity and new insights into associations with termites", Fungal Biology, 120:9, 1065-1076, Link.

21. 2016    De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Hajek, Ann E., Eilenberg, Jørgen & Jensen, Annette B. "Utilizing genomics to study entomopathogenicity in the fungal phylum Entomophthoromycota: A review of current genetic resources", in B. Lovett & R. J. St Leger (Eds.), Genetics and Molecular Biology of Entomopathogenic Fungi, Advances In Genetics, 94, 41-65, Link.

20. 2016    Jensen, Per M. & De Fine Licht, Henrik H. "Predicting global variation in infectious disease severity: a bottom-up approach", Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 1, 85-94, Link.

19. 2015    Möckel, L., Vogel, H., Felder, M., Groth, M., Grützmann, K., Kaltenpoth, M., Mogavero, S., Müller, S., Scherlach, K. Shelest, E., Schwartze, V., Winter, S., Böcker, S., Hammel, J., Hube, B., Platzer, M., Schuster, S., De Fine Licht, H. H., Beutel, R. & Voigt, K. "Genome analysis of the humanpathogenic fungus Conidiobolus coronatus (Entomophthoromycota, Zygomycota)", Mycoses, 58, S3, 53:53, Link.

18. 2015    Keyser, Chad A., De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Steinwender, Bernhard M., & Meyling, Nicolai V. "Diversity within the entomopathogenic fungal species Metarhizium flavoviride associated with agricultural crops in Denmark", BMC Microbiology, 15, 249, Link.

17. 2014    De Fine Licht Henrik H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J. "Variable interaction specificity and symbiont performance in Panamanian Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants", BMC Evolutionary Biology,14, 244, Link.

16. 2014    De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Tunlid, Anders "Symbiotic adaptation in the fungal cultivar of leaf-cutting ants", Nature Communications, 5, article no. 5675, Link.

15. 2014    Mravec, Jozef, Kracun, Stjepan K., Rydahl, Maja G., Westereng, Bjørge, Miart, Fabien, Clausen, Mads H., Fangel, Jonathan U., Daugaard, Mathilde, Cutsem, Pierre Van, De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Höfte, Herman, Malinovsky, Frederikke G., Domozych, David & Willats, William T. G. "Tracking developmentally regulated post-synthetic processing of homogalacturonan and chitin using reciprocal oligosaccharide probes", Development, 141, 4841-1850. Link.

14. 2014    Masiulionis, Virginia E., Rabeling, Christian, De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Schultz, Ted, Bacci Jr., Mauricio, Santos bezerra, Cintia M. & Pagnocca, Fernando C. "A Brazilian population of the asexual fungus-growing ant Mycocepurus smithii (Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Attini) cultivates fungal symbionts with gongylidia-like structures", PLoS One. 9(8). Link.

13. 2013     De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Schiøtt, Morten, Rogowska-Wrzesinska, Adelina, Nygaard, Sanne, Roepstorff, Peter & Boomsma, J. “Laccase detoxification mediates the nutritional alliance between leaf-cutting ants and fungus-garden symbionts”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 110(2), 583 - 587. Link.

12. 2012     De Fine Licht, Henrik H. & Biedermann, Peter H. W. “Patterns of functional enzyme activity in fungus farming ambrosia beetles”, Frontiers in Zoology,9, 13. Link.

11. 2012     Adams, Rachelle M. M., Jones, Tappey H., Jeter, Andrew W., De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Schultz, Ted R. & Nash, David R. “A comparative study of exocrine gland chemistry in Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants”, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 40, 91-97. Link.

10. 2011     Moller, Isabel E.*, De Fine Licht, Henrik H.*, Harholt, Jesper, Willats, William T. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J. ”Detailed polysaccharide profiling provides new insights into the degradation of plant cell wall biomass in fungus gardens of leaf-cutting ants”, PLoS One. 6(3), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017506 (* These authors contributed equally to this work). Link.

9. 2011     Kooij, Pepijn W., Schiøtt, Morten, Boomsma, Jacobus J., and De Fine Licht, Henrik H. “Rapid shifts in Atta cephalotes fungus-garden enzyme activity after a change in fungal substrate (Attini, Formicidae)". Insectes Sociaux, 58(2), 145-151. Link.

8. 2010     De Fine Licht, Henrik H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., ”Forage collection, substrate preparation and diet composition in fungus-growing ants”, Review article, Ecological Entomology 35(3), 259-269. Link.

7. 2010     De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Schiøtt, Morten, Mueller, Ulrich & Boomsma, Jacobus J. ”Evolutionary transitions in enzyme activity of ant fungus gardens”, Evolution, 64(7), 2055-2069. Link.

6. 2009     Aanen, Duur K., De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Debets, Alfons J. M., Kerstes, Niels, Hoekstra, Rolf F. & Boomsma, Jacobus J. “High symbiont relatedness stabilizes mutualistic cooperation in fungus-growing termites”, Science, 326, 1103-1106. Link.

5. 2008     Schiøtt, Morten, De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Lange, Lene & Boomsma, Jacobus J. ”Towards a molecular understanding of symbiont function: Identification of a fungal gene for the degradation of xylan in the fungus gardens of leaf-cutting ants”, BMC Microbiology, 8, 40. Link.

4. 2007     Aanen, Duur K., Ros, Vera I. D., De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Rouland-Lefèvre, Corinne, Mitchel, Jannette, Slippers, Bernard & Boomsma, Jacobus J. “Patterns in interaction specificity of fungus-growing termites and Termitomyces symbionts in South Africa”, BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7, 115. Link.

3. 2007     De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Aanen, Duur K. “Asymmetric interaction specificity between two sympatric termites and their fungal symbionts”, Ecological Entomology, 32, 76-81. Link.

2. 2006     De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Aanen, Duur K. “Presumptive horizontal symbiont transmission in the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes natalensis”, Molecular Ecology, 15, 3131-3138. Link.

1. 2005     De Fine Licht, Henrik H., Andersen, Anders & Aanen, Duur K. “Termitomyces sp. associated with the termite Macrotermes natalensis has a heterothallic mating system and multinucleate cells”, Mycological Research, 109, 314-318. Link.

Popular scientific articles

2023 Jensen, Annette B., Meyling, Nicolai V., Edwards, Sam, De fine Licht, Henrik H. "Insekters svampesygdomme: de gode, de onde og de interessante", Kaskelot, August 2023, 246, 24-25. In Danish.

2016    De Fine Licht, Henrik H. ”How zombie-flies can inform us about pathogen adaptation", Blog Post, Carlsberg Foundation. Link

2013     De Fine Licht, Henrik H. ”Lær af naturens egne samfund”, moMentum+, no. 1, 17-21, In Danish.

2011     De Fine Licht, Henrik H. ”Myrer holder husdyr, slaver og har logerende”, Kaskelot, Maj 2011, 187, 12-16. In Danish.

2011     De Fine Licht, Henrik H. ”Aggression og slægtsskab hos myrer”, Kaskelot, Maj 2011, 187, 18-19. In Danish.

2010     De Fine Licht, Henrik H “Myrer benytter bioreaktorer”, Aktuel Naturvidenskab, nr. 4, 10-14. In Danish.

2010 - 2012 I wrote several blog-posts on Videnskab.dk. In Danish. Link