Research Interests
Arthropod-microbe symbioses; heritable symbioses; reproductive manipulation
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Entomology
Recent Publications
Doremus, M. R., Stouthamer, C. M., Kelly, S. E., Schmitz-Esser, S., & Hunter, M. S. (2022). Quality over quantity: unraveling the contributions to cytoplasmic incompatibility caused by two coinfecting Cardinium symbionts. Heredity, 128(3), 187-195. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-022-00507-3
Schultz, D. L., Selberherr, E., Stouthamer, C. M., Doremus, M. R., Kelly, S. E., Hunter, M. S., & Schmitz-Esse, S. (2022). Sex-based de novo transcriptome assemblies of the parasitoid wasp Encarsia suzannae, a host of the manipulative heritable symbiont Cardinium hertigii. GigaByte, 2022. https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.68
Doremus, M. R., Stouthamer, C. M., Kelly, S. E., Schmitz-Esser, S., & Hunter, M. S. (2020). Cardinium Localization During Its Parasitoid Wasp Host’s Development Provides Insights Into Cytoplasmic Incompatibility. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, Article 606399. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.606399
Doremus, M. R., & Hunter, M. S. (2020). The saboteur's tools: Common mechanistic themes across manipulative symbioses. In K. M. Oliver, & J. A. Russell (Eds.), Mechanisms Underlying Microbial Symbiosis (pp. 317-353). (Advances in Insect Physiology; Vol. 58). Academic Press Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aiip.2020.03.003
Doremus, M. R., Kelly, S. E., & Hunter, M. S. (2019). Exposure to opposing temperature extremes causes comparable effects on Cardinium density but contrasting effects on Cardiniuminduced cytoplasmic incompatibility. PLoS pathogens, 15(8), Article e1008022. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008022