Cameron Currie

Credentials: Bacteriology Department

Position title: Symbiotic associations between animals and fungi

Email: currie@bact.wisc.edu

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Our research focuses on symbiotic associations between animals and microbes. We utilize a cross-disciplinary approach incorporating ecological, evolutionary, genomic, and microbiological approaches to examine how microbes shape the biology of higher organisms. Our main study system is the quadripartite association between fungus-growing ants, their fungal cultivars, mutualistic bacteria, and specialized garden pathogens.