Ecology of the insect microbiome
PUBLICATIONS
Stillson P, Sim SB, Corpuz RL, Ravenscraft A. Symbiont gene expression drives insect host’s response to high temperatures. Accepted at Molecular Ecology.
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Ravenscraft A, Coon K. Transient microbes in insects: Fleeting but functional. Invited review. Accepted at Annual Review of Entomology.
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Umanzor EF, Kelly SE, Ravenscraft A, Matsuura Y, Hunter MS. (2025) The facultative intracellular symbiont Lariskella is neutral for lifetime fitness and spreads through cytoplasmic incompatibility in the leaf-footed bug, Leptoglossus zonatus. Frontiers in Microbiology 16: 1-15.
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Sullivan LT, Kelly S, Ravenscraft A, Hunter MS. (2025) Acquisition of an obligate environmental symbiont may be constrained in the arboreal environment. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 101(5): fiaf045.
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Stillson P, Martinez K, Adamson J, Tehrani A, Ravenscraft A. (2025) Temperature influences outcomes of an environmentally acquired symbiosis. ISME Journal 19(1): wraf056.
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Martinez K*, Stillson P*, Ravenscraft A. (2024) Inferior Caballeronia symbiont lacks conserved symbiosis genes. Microbial Genomics 10(12): 001333. *co-first authors
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Pham TLH, Saurav JR, Omere AA, Heyl CJ, Nasr MS, Reynolds CT, Veerla JPY, Shang HH, Jaworski J, Ravenscraft A, Buonomo JA, Luber JM. (2024) Peptide sequencing via protein language models. ACM BCB: 1-8.
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Ravenscraft A, Hunter MS. (2024) Bugs promote immune priming via gut-breaching bacteria. Invited commentary. PNAS 121: 32402869121.
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Engel A, Simler-Williamson A, Ravenscraft A, Bittleston L, de Graaff MA. (2024) Interactive effects of fungal community structure and soil moisture on Wyoming big sagebrush performance. Plant and Soil 508(1): 1-23.
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Stormhawk L, Blanton A, Ravenscraft A. (2024) Cells in broth are more effective than cells in water for infecting leaf-footed bugs with their symbiotic Caballeronia bacteria. BIOS 95(2): 86–94.
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Brophy M, Walker KR, Adamson J, Ravenscraft A. (2022) Tropical and temperate lineages of Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. ticks host different strains of Coxiella-like endosymbionts. Journal of Medical Entomology 59(6): 2022-2029.
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Stillson P, Baltrus D, Ravenscraft A. (2022) Prevalence of an insect-associated genomic region in environmentally acquired Burkholderiaceae symbionts. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 88(9): e02502-21.
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Brophy M, Riehle MA, Mastrud N, Ravenscraft A, Adamson JE, Walker KR. (2022) Genetic variation in Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. ticks across Arizona. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(7): 4223.
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Hunter MS, Umanzor E, Kelly S, Whitaker S, Ravenscraft A. (2022) Development of common leaf-footed bug pests depends on the presence and identity of their environmentally-acquired symbionts. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 88(5): e0177821.
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De Martini F, Coots NL, Jasso-Selles DE, Shevat J, Ravenscraft A, Stiblík P, Šobotník J, Sillam-Dussès D, Scheffrahn RH, Carrijo T, Gile GH. (2021) Biogeography and independent diversification in the protist symbiont community of Heterotermes tenuis. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 640625.
Ravenscraft A, Thairu MW, Hansen AK, Hunter MS. (2020) Continent-scale sampling reveals fine-scale turnover in a beneficial bug symbiont. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 1276.
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Bockoven AA, Bondy EC, Flores MJ, Kelly SE, Ravenscraft A, Hunter MS. (2019) What goes up might come down: the spectacular spread of an endosymbiont is followed by its decline a decade later. Microbial Ecology DOI: 10.1007/s00248-019-01417-4
Ravenscraft A, Kish N, Peay K, Boggs C. (2019) No evidence that gut microbiota impose a net cost on their butterfly host. Molecular Ecology 28: 2100–2117.
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Ravenscraft A, Berry M, Hammer T, Peay K, Boggs C. (2019) Structure and function of the bacterial and fungal gut flora of Neotropical butterflies. Ecological Monographs 89(2): e01346.
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McManus R, Ravenscraft A, Moore W. (2018) Bacterial associates of a gregarious riparian beetle with explosive defensive chemistry. Frontiers in Microbiology 9: 2361.
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Arcila Hernández L, Sanders J, Miller G, Ravenscraft A, Frederickson, M. (2017) Ant-plant mutualism: a dietary by-product of a tropical ant’s macronutrient requirements. Ecology 98(12): 3141-3151.
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Ravenscraft A, Boggs C. (2016) Nutrient acquisition across a dietary shift: Fruit feeding butterflies crave amino acids, nectivores seek salt. Oecologia 181(1): 1-12.
Hoopes MF, Marsh DM, Beard KH, Goldberg N, Aparicio A, Arbuthnot A, Hixon B, Laflower D, Lee L, Little A, Mooney E, Pallette A, Ravenscraft A, Scheele S, Stowe K, Sykes C, Watson R, Yang B. (2013) Invasive plants in U.S. National Wildlife Refuges: A coordinated research project with undergraduate ecology students. BioScience 63: 644-656.
Frederickson ME, Ravenscraft A, Hernández LMA, Booth G, Astudillo V, Miller GA. (2012) What happens when ants fail at plant defense? Cordia nodosa dynamically adjusts its investment in both direct and indirect resistance in response to herbivore damage. Journal of Ecology 101: 400-409.
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Frederickson ME, Ravenscraft A, Miller GA, Hernández LMA, Booth G, Pierce NE. (2012) The direct and ecological costs of an ant-plant symbiosis. American Naturalist 179(6): 768-778.