(2023)
Adaptations of Pseudoxylaria towards a comb-associated lifestyle in fungus-farming termite colonies.
ISME J 17(5),
733-747.

Nina Kreuzenbeck
Chemical Biology of Microbe-Host Interactions · PhD student +49 3641 532-1208 nina.kreuzenbeck@leibniz-hki.deCurriculum vitae
Main Research Areas
- Isolierung neuer Naturstoffe
- Charakterisierung von fungalen Sekundärmetabolite-Clustern
- Entwicklung von Symbiose und Multipartner-Interaktionen
Publications
(2023)
Isolation, (bio)synthetic studies and evaluation of antimicrobial properties of drimenol-type sesquiterpenes of Termitomyces fungi.
Commun Chem 6(1),
79.
(2022)
Comparative genomic and metabolomic analysis of Termitomyces species provides insights into the terpenome of the fungal cultivar and the characteristic odor of the fungus garden of Macrotermes natalensis termites.
mSystems 7(1),
e0121421.
(2021)
Genome reduction and relaxed selection is associated with the transition to symbiosis in the basidiomycete genus Podaxis.
iScience 24(6),
102680.
(2021)
The termite fungal cultivar Termitomyces combines diverse enzymes and oxidative reactions for plant biomass conversion.
mBio 12(3),
e0355120.
(2020)
Xyloneside A: A new glycosylated incisterol derivative from Xylaria sp. FB.
ChemBioChem 21(16),
2253-2258.
(2020)
Targeted discovery of tetrapeptides and cyclic polyketide‐peptide hybrids from a fungal antagonist of farming termites.
ChemBioChem 21(20),
2991-2996.
(2019)
Mechanistic characterization of three sesquiterpene synthases from the termite-associated fungus Termitomyces.
Org Biol Chem 17(13),
3348-3355.
(2019)
Disease-free monoculture farming by fungus-growing termites.
Sci Rep 9(1),
8819.
(2016)
Pseudoxylallemycins A-F, cyclic tetrapeptides with rare allenyl modifications isolated from Pseudoxylaria sp. X802: A competitor of fungus-growing termite cultivars.
Org Lett 18,
3338-3341.