HR Excellence in Science

doc. Mgr. Jan Šobotník, Ph.D.

Position 1 Editor-in-Chief
EJE Redaction
Institute of Entomology

Position 2 Research Scientist - Laboratory of Insect Symbiosis
Department of Ecology
Institute of Entomology

Contact details jan.sobotnik@entu.cas.cz

Others

Termite biology, ecology, communication, phylogeny; Termite-microbe associations and food digestion; Structure and function of insect body; Exocrine glands and their function; Arthropod defences 


Total found: 14 records
Aguilar S.G., Shevat J., Jasso-Selles D.E., Swichtenberg K.L., Vecco-Giove C.D., Sillam-Dussès D., Šobotník J., De Martini F., Gile G. (2025) Distinct Patterns of Co-Evolution Among Protist Symbionts of Neoisoptera Termites. Diversity-Basel 17: article number: 537.
DOI: 10.3390/d17080537
Josens G., Deligne J., Harry M., Roy V., Akama P.D., Coulibaly T., Dosso K., Goergen G., Hasson M., Kasangij a Kasangij P., Kifukieto C., Le Ru B., Loko L.E.Y., Ndiaye A.B., Roisin Y., Sion N., Šobotník J., Stiblik P., Kue di Kuenda S., Traoré S., Viage M., Wango S.P., Kaymak E., Bourguignon T., Hellemans S. (2025) An integrative revision of the genus Isognathotermes (Termitidae: Cubitermitinae) with description of seven new species and four new subspecies. European Journal of Taxonomy 1024: 1-197.
DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1024.3099
Liu C., Aumont C., Mikhailova A. A., Audisio T., Hellemans S., Weng Y.-M., He S., Clitheroe C., Wang Z., Haifig I., Sillam-Dussès D., Buček A., Tokuda G., Šobotník J., Harrison M.C., McMahon D.P., Bourguignon T. (2025) Unravelling the evolution of wood-feeding in termites with 47 high-resolution genome assemblies. Nature Communications 16: article number: 11154.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65969-5
Liu C., Hellemans S., Weng Y.-M., Mikhailova A. A., Aumont C., Buček A., Šobotník J., Harrison M.C., McMahon D.P., Bourguignon T. (2025) Robust termite phylogenies built using transposable element composition and insertion eve. Current Biology 35: 5626-5632.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.10.019
Radek R., Hassler J., Platt K., Ahmad H., Fromm T., Strüder-Kypke M., Sillam-Dussès D., Synek J., Šobotník J., Hervé V., Brune A. (2025) Phylogeny, morphology, and ultrastructure of sessilid peritrich ciliates in termite guts, Termitophrya africana and Doliophrys denislynni gen. nov., sp. nov. European Journal of Protistology 99: article number: 126140.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2025.126140
Scheffrahn R., Buček A., Sillam-Dussès D., Šobotník J. (2025) Cryptotermes mobydicki (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), an extraordinary new termite species from French Guiana. ZooKeys issue 1258: 305-311.
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1258.166021
Beránková T., Arora J., Arias J.R., Buček A., Tokuda G., Šobotník J., Hellemans S., Bourguignon T. (2024) Termites and subsocial roaches inherited many bacterial-borne carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) from their common ancestor. Communications Biology 7: article number: 1449.
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-07146-w
Gergonne D., Roy V., Poteaux C., Hellemans S., Bourguignon T., Fougeyrollas R., Hanus R., Roisin Y., et al., Couto A.A.V.D., Šobotník J., Sillam-Dusses D. (2024) Evolutionary history of soil-feeding Neotropical termites reveals recent divergences linked to geologic-climatic influences. Insect Systematics and Diversity 8: article number: 8.
DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixae043
Hellemans S., Rocha M.M., Wang M., Arias J.R., Aanen D.K., Bagneres A.-G., Buček A., Carrijo T.F., Chouvenc T., Cuezzo C., Constantini J.P., Constantino R., Dedeine F., Daligne J., et al., Vargo E.L., Ware J.L., Šobotník J., Scheffrahn R., Cancello E., Roisin Y., Engel M.S., Bourguignon T. (2024) Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites. Nature Communications 15: article number: 6724.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51028-y
Mies U.S., Hervé V., Kropp T., Platt K., Silam-Dussès D., Šobotník J., Brune A. (2024) Genome reduction and horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of Endomicrobia—rise and fall of an intracellular symbiosis with termite gut flagellates. mBio 15: article number: e00826-24.
DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00826-24
Škerlová J., Brynda J., Šobotník J., Zákopčaník M., Novák P., Bourguignon T., Sillam-Dusses D., Řezáčová P. (2024) Crystal structure of blue laccase BP76, a unique termite suicidal defense weapon. Structure 32: 1581-1585.
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.07.015
Thakur H., Agarwal S., Buček A., Hradecký J., Sehadová H., Mathur V., Togaev U., van de Kamp T., Hamann E., Liu R.-H., Verma K.S., Li H.-F., Sillam-Dusses D., Engel M.S., Šobotník J. (2024) Defensive glands in Stylotermitidae (Blattodea, Isoptera). Arthropod Structure & Development 79: article number: 101346.
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2024.101346
Arora J., Buček A., Hellemans S., Beránková T., Arias J.R., Fisher B., Clitheroe C., Brune A., Kinjo Y., Šobotník J., Bourguignon T. (2023) Evidence of cospeciation between termites and their gut bacteria on a geological time scale. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290: article number: 20230619.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0619
Thakur H., Agarwal S., Hradecký J., Sharma G., Li H.-F., Yang S.-E., Sehadová H., Chandel R.S., Hyliš M., Mathur V., Šobotník J., Sillam-Dusses D. (2023) The Trail-Following Communication in Stylotermes faveolus and S. halumicus (Blattodea, Isoptera, Stylotermitidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 49: 642-651.
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-023-01447-w

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