Publications
2025
- Pusceddu, M., Tragust, S., Theodorou, P., Bolla, I. C., Navarro J. S., Corrias, F., Atzei, A., Angioni, A. Loris, I. and Satta, A. (2025) Varroa destructor weakens the external immunity of western honey bees by impairing melittin production. Scientific Repeprots 15, 30623 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-13440-2
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2024
- Friedel, A., Soro, A., Shafiey, H., Tragust, S. Boff, S., Ballotte, J. V. R. E., Quezada-Euán, J. J. G. and Paxton, J. R. (2024) Benefits of extended maternal care in a mass-provisioning bee at the cusp of sociality. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 291: 20241832. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1832
Streicher, T., Brinker, P., Tragust, S. and Paxton, R. J. (2024) Host Barriers Limit Viral Spread in a Spillover Host: A Study of Deformed Wing Virus in the Bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Viruses 16(4): 607. DOI: 10.3390/v16040607
2023
- Fleites-Ayil, F. A., Medina-Medina, L. A., Quezada Euán, J. J. G., Stolle, E., Theodorou, P., Tragust, S., Paxton, R. J. (2023) Trouble in the tropics: Pathogen spillover is a threat for native stingless bees. Biological Conservation 284: 110150. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110150
- Streicher, T., Tehel, A., Tragust, S. and Paxton, R. J. (2022) Experimental viral spillover can harm Bombus terrestris workers under field conditions. Ecological Entomology 48: 81-89. DOI: 10.1111/een.13203
2022
- Tehel, A., Streicher, T., Tragust, S. and Paxton, R. J. (2022) Experimental cross species transmission of a major viral pathogen in bees is predominantly from honeybees to bumblebees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289 (1969): 20212255. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2255
2021
- Gippet, J. M. W., Colin, T., Grangier, J., Winkler, F., Haond, M., Dumet, A., Tragust, S., Mondy, N., and Bernard, K. (2021) Land-cover and climate factors contribute to the prevalence of the ectoparasitic fungus Laboulbenia formicarum in its invasive ant host Lasius neglectus. Fungal Ecology 51: 101045. DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2021.101045
- Dosch, C., Manigk, A., Streicher, T., Tehel, A., Paxton R. J. and Tragust, S. (2021) The gut microbiota can provide viral tolerance in the honey bee. Microorganisms 9 (4): 871. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9040871
2020
- Tragust, S., Hermann, C., Häfner, J., Braasch, R., Tilgen, C., Hook, M., Milidakis, M. A., Gross, R. and Feldhaar, H. (2020) Formicine ants swallow their highly acidic poison for gut microbial selection and control. eLife 9: e60287: DOI: 10.7554/eLife.60287
- Tehel, A., Streicher, T., Tragust, S., and Paxton, R. J. (2020) Experimental infection of bumblebees with honeybee-associated viruses: no direct fitness costs but potential future threats to novel wild bee hosts. Royal Society Open Science 7(7): 200480. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.200480
- Reider, S. J., Moosmang, S., Tragust, J., Trgovec-Greif, L., Tragust, S., Perschy, L., Przysiecki, N., Sturm, S., Tilg, H., Stuppner, H., Rattei, H. and Moschen, A. R. (2020) Prebiotic effects of partially hydrolyzed guar gum on the composition and function of the human microbiota—Results from the PAGODA Trial. Nutrients 12 (5): 1257. DOI: 10.3390/nu12051257
- Tragust, S., Brinker, P. Rossel, N. and Otti, O. (2020) Balancing life history investment decisions in founding ant queens. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 76. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00076
2019
- Brinker, P., Weig, A., Rambold, G., Feldhaar, H. and Tragust, S. (2019) Microbial community composition of nest-carton and adjoining soil of the ant Lasius fuliginosus and the role of host secretions in structuring microbial communities. Fungal Ecology 38: 44-53. DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2018.08.007
2018
- Pull, C. D., Ugelvig, L. V., Wiesenhofer, F., Tragust, S., Schmitt, T., Brown, M. J. F. and Cremer, S. (2018) Destructive disinfection of infected brood prevents systemic disease spread in ant colonies. eLife: e32073. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.32073
2017
- Baracchi, D. and Tragust, S. (2017) Venom as a component of external immune defence in Hymenoptera. Toxinology, (ed.) Gopalakrishnakone, P., Vol. 8 Evolution of Venomous Animals and Their Venoms, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6458-3_3
2016
- Tragust, S. (2016) External immune defence in ant societies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): the role of antimicrobial venom gland and metapleural gland secretion. Myrmecological News 23:119-128. DOI: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_023:119
- Pamminger, T., Steier, T. and Tragust, S. (2016) High temperature and temperature variation undermine future disease susceptibility in a population of the invasive garden ant Lasius negectus. The Science of Nature (formerly Die Naturwissenschaften) 103: 46. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-016-1373-0
- Tragust, S., Tartally, A., Espadaler, X. and Billen, J. (2016) Histopathology of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota: Laboulbeniales): ectoparasitic fungi on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 23: 81-89. DOI: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_023:081
2015
- Tragust, S., Feldhaar, H., Espadaler, X. and Pedersen, J. S. (2015) Rapid increase of the parasitic fungus Laboulbenia formicarum in supercolonies of the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus. Biological Invasions 17: 2795-2801. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-015-0917-0
- Gegner, T., Otti, O., Tragust, S. and Feldhaar, H. (2015) Do microsporidia function as “biological weapon” for Harmonia axyridis under natural conditions? Insect Science 22: 353-359. DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12224
- Konrad, M., Grasse A. V., Tragust, S. and Cremer, S. (2015) Anti-pathogen protection versus survival costs mediated by an ectosymbiont in an ant host. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1799): 20141976. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1976
2014
- Otti, O., Tragust, S.* and Feldhaar, H. (2014) Unifying external and internal immune defences. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 29 (11): 625-634. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.002 . *Joint first author
2013
- Tragust, S., Ugelvig, L. V., Chapuisat, M., Heinze, J. and Cremer, S. (2013) Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 225. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-225
- Tragust, S., Mitteregger, B., Barone, V., Konrad, M., Ugelvig, L. V. and Cremer, S. (2013) Ants disinfect fungus-exposed brood by oral uptake and spread of their poison. Current Biology 23 (1): 76-82. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.11.034
2012
- Konrad, M., Vyleta, M. L., Theis, F. J., Stock, M., Tragust, S., Klatt, M., Drescher, V., Marr, C., Ugelvig, L. V. and Cremer, S. (2012) Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunization in ant colonies, PLoS Biology 10 (4): e1001300. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001300
2011
- Espadaler, X., Lebas, C., Wagenknecht, J. and Tragust, S. (2011) Laboulbenia formicarum (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales), an exotic parasitic fungus, on an exotic ant in France. Vie et Milieu – Life and Environment 61 (1): 41-44. Link to article