| Novel and co-evolved associations between insects and microorganisms as drivers of forest pestilence MJ Wingfield, JR Garnas, A Hajek, BP Hurley, ZW de Beer, SJ Taerum Biological invasions 18, 1045-1056, 2016 | 87 | 2016 |
| Novel associations between ophiostomatoid fungi, insects and tree hosts: current status—future prospects MJ Wingfield, I Barnes, ZW de Beer, J Roux, BD Wingfield, SJ Taerum Biological Invasions 19, 3215-3228, 2017 | 77 | 2017 |
| Large shift in symbiont assemblage in the invasive red turpentine beetle SJ Taerum, TA Duong, ZW De Beer, N Gillette, JH Sun, DR Owen, ... PloS one 8 (10), e78126, 2013 | 72 | 2013 |
| Low host–pathogen specificity in the leaf-cutting ant–microbe symbiosis SJ Taerum, MJ Cafaro, AEF Little, TR Schultz, CR Currie Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1621), 1971-1978, 2007 | 68 | 2007 |
| Draft genomes of Amanita jacksonii, Ceratocystis albifundus, Fusarium circinatum, Huntiella omanensis, Leptographium procerum, Rutstroemia sydowiana, and Sclerotinia echinophila MA van der Nest, LA Beirn, JA Crouch, JE Demers, ZW De Beer, L De Vos, ... IMA fungus 5, 472-486, 2014 | 62 | 2014 |
| Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with conifer-infesting beetles and their phoretic mites in Yunnan, China R Chang, TA Duong, SJ Taerum, MJ Wingfield, X Zhou, ZW De Beer MycoKeys, 19, 2017 | 55* | 2017 |
| Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus, including 11 new species from China R Chang, TA Duong, SJ Taerum, MJ Wingfield, X Zhou, M Yin, ... Persoonia-Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 42 (1), 50-74, 2019 | 39 | 2019 |
| Presence of multiparasite infections within individual colonies of leaf-cutter ants SJ Taerum, MJ Cafaro, CR Currie Environmental entomology 39 (1), 105-113, 2010 | 27 | 2010 |
| Fungi as potential factors limiting natural regeneration of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) in mixed‐species forest stands in Poland R Jankowiak, H Stępniewska, P Bilański, SJ Taerum Plant pathology 71 (4), 805-817, 2022 | 25 | 2022 |
| Population genetics and symbiont assemblages support opposing invasion scenarios for the red turpentine beetle (Dendroctonus valens) SJ Taerum, A Konečný, ZW De Beer, D Cibrián-Tovar, MJ Wingfield Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 118 (3), 486-502, 2016 | 21 | 2016 |
| Validation of a PNA clamping method for reducing host DNA amplification and increasing eukaryotic diversity in rhizosphere microbiome studies SJ Taerum, B Steven, DJ Gage, LR Triplett Phytobiomes Journal 4 (4), 291-302, 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
| Incomplete Co-cladogenesis Between Zootermopsis Termites and Their Associated Protists SJ Taerum, F De Martini, J Liebig, GH Gile Environmental entomology 47 (1), 184-195, 2018 | 19 | 2018 |
| Predators of soil bacteria in plant and human health SJ Martins, SJ Taerum, L Triplett, JB Emerson, I Zasada, BF de Toledo, ... Phytobiomes Journal 6 (3), 184-200, 2022 | 18 | 2022 |
| Putative origins of the fungus Leptographium procerum SJ Taerum, TB Hoareau, TA Duong, ZW De Beer, R Jankowiak, ... Fungal biology 121 (1), 82-94, 2017 | 16 | 2017 |
| Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with mites phoretic on bark beetles in Qinghai, China R Chang, TA Duong, SJ Taerum, MJ Wingfield, XD Zhou, ZW De Beer IMA fungus 11, 1-18, 2020 | 14 | 2020 |
| Fungal associates of an invasive pine-infesting bark beetle, Dendroctonus valens, including seven new Ophiostomatalean fungi S Marincowitz, TA Duong, SJ Taerum, ZW De Beer, MJ Wingfield Persoonia-Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 45 (1), 177-195, 2020 | 13 | 2020 |
| What’s under the Christmas tree? A soil sulfur amendment lowers soil pH and alters fir tree rhizosphere bacterial and eukaryotic communities, their interactions, and functional … B Steven, JC LaReau, SJ Taerum, N Zuverza-Mena, RS Cowles Microbiology Spectrum 9 (1), 10.1128/spectrum. 00166-21, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
| Ophiostoma quercus: an unusually diverse and globally widespread tree-infecting fungus SJ Taerum, ZW De Beer, S Marincowitz, R Jankowiak, MJ Wingfield Fungal biology 122 (9), 900-910, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |
| Phytophthora species cause sudden and severe decline of naturally regenerated European beech (Fagus sylvatica) seedlings R Jankowiak, H Stępniewska, P Bilański, SJ Taerum Plant Pathology 72 (4), 774-785, 2023 | 10 | 2023 |
| 18S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing combined with culture‐based surveys of maize rhizosphere protists reveal dominant, plant‐enriched and culturable community members SJ Taerum, J Micciulla, G Corso, B Steven, DJ Gage, LR Triplett Environmental Microbiology Reports 14 (1), 110-118, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
Mike WingfieldProfessor, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of PretoriaVerified email at fabi.up.ac.za
