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Czech University of Life Sciences: Prague, CZ

2020-01-01 to present | Researcher (Faculty od Tropical AgriSciences)
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Jan Šobotník

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague: Prague, CZ

2013-01-01 to 2019-12-31 (Forest Protection)
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Jan Šobotník

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry: Prague, CZ

1997-04-01 to 2012-12-31 (Infochemicals)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Charles University, Prague: Prague, CZ

1997-10-01 to 2003-04-10 | Ph.D. (Faculty of Sciences)
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Jan Šobotník

Charles University: Prague, CZ

1995-10-01 to 1997-06-30 | Student (Faculty of Sciences)
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Jan Šobotník

University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice: České Budějovice, CZ

1992-10-01 to 1995-06-30 | Student (Faculty of Sciences)
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Horizontal gene transfers are widespread across termite genomes but do not confer metabolic innovations

2025-03-17 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.16.643567
Contributors: Cong Liu; Simon Hellemans; Yukihiro Kinjo; Alina A Mikhailova; Cedric Aumont; Yi Ming Weng; Ales Bucek; Filip Husnik; Jan Sobotnik; Mark Harrison et al.
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Genome reduction and horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of Endomicrobia—rise and fall of an intracellular symbiosis with termite gut flagellates

mBio
2024-06-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00826-24
Contributors: Undine S. Mies; Vincent Hervé; Tom Kropp; Katja Platt; David Sillam-Dussès; Jan Šobotník; Andreas Brune; Margaret J. McFall-Ngai
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Mitochondrial phylogenetics position a new Afrotropical termite species into its own subfamily, the Engelitermitinae (Blattodea: Termitidae)

Systematic Entomology
2024-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/syen.12607
Contributors: Johanna Romero Arias; Simon Hellemans; Esra Kaymak; Pierre D. Akama; Thomas Bourguignon; Yves Roisin; Rudolf H. Scheffrahn; Jan Šobotník
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The Trail-Following Communication in Stylotermes faveolus and S. halumicus (Blattodea, Isoptera, Stylotermitidae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology
2023-08-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-023-01447-w
Part of ISSN: 0098-0331
Part of ISSN: 1573-1561
Contributors: Himanshu Thakur; Surbhi Agarwal; Jaromír Hradecký; Garima Sharma; Hou-Feng Li; Shang-En Yang; Hana Sehadová; Ravinder S. Chandel; Mirek Hyliš; Vartika Mathur et al.
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Jan Šobotník

The phylogeography of some soil-feeding termites shaped by the Andes

Organisms Diversity & Evolution
2023-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13127-022-00594-4
Contributors: Damien Gergonne; Romain Fougeyrollas; Chantal Poteaux; Yves Roisin; Inge Armbrecht; Jan Šobotník; Cynthia S. Valladares Romero; Juliette M. Berthier; David Sillam-Dussès; Virginie Roy
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Evidence of cospeciation between termites and their gut bacteria on a geological time scale

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2023-06-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0619
Contributors: Jigyasa Arora; Aleš Buček; Simon Hellemans; Tereza Beránková; Johanna Romero Arias; Brian L. Fisher; Crystal Clitheroe; Andreas Brune; Yukihiro Kinjo; Jan Šobotník et al.
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Impact of Wood Age on Termite Microbial Assemblages

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2023-05-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/aem.00361-23
Contributors: Amrita Chakraborty; Jan Šobotník; Kateřina Votýpková; Jaromír Hradecký; Petr Stiblik; Jiří Synek; Thomas Bourguignon; Petr Baldrian; Michael S. Engel; Vojtěch Novotný et al.
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The ultrastructure of the rostral gland in soldiers of Verrucositermes tuberosus (Blattodea: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae)

Arthropod Structure & Development
2023-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2023.101238
Contributors: Cédric Aumont; Tereza Beránková; Dino P. McMahon; Renate Radek; Pierre D. Akama; David Sillam-Dussès; Jan Šobotník
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The functional evolution of termite gut microbiota

Microbiome
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s40168-022-01258-3
Contributors: Jigyasa Arora; Yukihiro Kinjo; Jan Šobotník; Aleš Buček; Crystal Clitheroe; Petr Stiblik; Yves Roisin; Lucia Žifčáková; Yung Chul Park; Ki Yoon Kim et al.
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Phylogeny, biogeography and classification of Teletisoptera (Blattaria: Isoptera)

Systematic Entomology
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/syen.12548
Part of ISSN: 0307-6970
Part of ISSN: 1365-3113
Contributors: Menglin Wang; Simon Hellemans; Jan Šobotník; Jigyasa Arora; Aleš Buček; David Sillam‐Dussès; Crystal Clitheroe; Tomer Lu; Nathan Lo; Michael S. Engel et al.
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Jan Šobotník

Effect of farming on the vegetation structure, soil properties and termite assemblages in the northern Congo Basin

Land Degradation & Development
2022-07-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.4294
Contributors: Nikola Teutscherová; Anna Maňourová; Bohdan Lojka; Václav Tejnecký; Ondřej Drábek; Petra Křížová; Vít Penížek; Pierre D. Akama; Jan Šobotník; David Sillam‐Dussès
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Termite dispersal is influenced by their diet

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2022-05-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0246
Contributors: Simon Hellemans; Jan Šobotník; Gilles Lepoint; Martin Mihaljevič; Yves Roisin; Thomas Bourguignon
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Molecular Phylogeny Reveals the Past Transoceanic Voyages of Drywood Termites (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)

Molecular Biology and Evolution
2022-05-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac093
Contributors: Aleš Buček; Menglin Wang; Jan Šobotník; Simon Hellemans; David Sillam-Dussès; Nobuaki Mizumoto; Petr Stiblík; Crystal Clitheroe; Tomer Lu; Juan José González Plaza et al.
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The impact of termites on soil sheeting properties is better explained by environmental factors than by their feeding and building strategies

Geoderma
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115706
Part of ISSN: 0016-7061
Contributors: Pascal Jouquet; Ajay Harit; Vincent Hervé; Hemanth Moger; Tiago Carrijo; David A. Donoso; David Eldridge; Hélida Ferreira da Cunha; Chutinan Choosai; Jean-Louis Janeau et al.
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Jan Šobotník

The ultrastructure of the intramandibular gland in soldiers of the termite Machadotermes rigidus (Blattodea: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae)

Arthropod Structure & Development
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2021.101136
Contributors: Tereza Beránková; Aleš Buček; Thomas Bourguignon; Johanna Romero Arias; Pierre D. Akama; David Sillam-Dussès; Jan Šobotník
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Lavender oil as eco-friendly alternative to protect wood against termites without negative effect on wood properties

Scientific Reports
2022-02-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05959-5
Contributors: Kristýna Šimůnková; Štěpán Hýsek; Ladislav Reinprecht; Jan Šobotník; Tereza Lišková; Miloš Pánek
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Using ultraconserved elements to reconstruct the termite tree of life

2021-12-10 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2021.12.09.472027
Contributors: Simon Hellemans; Menglin Wang; Nonno Hasegawa; Jan Šobotník; Rudolf H. Scheffrahn; Thomas Bourguignon
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Ebogotermes raphaeli, new genus and new species, an African soldierless termite described from the worker caste (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae)

Zootaxa
2021-11-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5067.2.10
Contributors: RUDOLF H. SCHEFFRAHN; YVES ROISIN; PIERRE DIEUDONNÉ AKAMA; JAN ŠOBOTNÍK
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Caffeine – Perspective natural biocide for wood protection against decaying fungi and termites

Journal of Cleaner Production
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127110
Part of ISSN: 0959-6526
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Jan Šobotník

Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of Apicotermitinae (Blattodea: Termitidae)

Systematic Entomology
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/syen.12486
Contributors: Johanna Romero Arias; Arthur Boom; Menglin Wang; Crystal Clitheroe; Jan Šobotník; Petr Stiblik; Thomas Bourguignon; Yves Roisin
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Biogeography and Independent Diversification in the Protist Symbiont Community of Heterotermes tenuis

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2021-03-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.640625
Part of ISSN: 2296-701X
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Jan Šobotník

Evidence for reduced immune gene diversity and activity during the evolution of termites

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2021-02-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.3168
Part of ISSN: 0962-8452
Part of ISSN: 1471-2954
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Jan Šobotník

Complete mitochondrial genome of the drywood termite Cryptotermes havilandi (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)

Mitochondrial DNA Part B
2021-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1873710
Contributors: Petr Stiblik; Pierre Dieudonné Akama; Jan Šobotník
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Termites Are Associated with External Species-Specific Bacterial Communities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2021-01-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/aem.02042-20
Part of ISSN: 0099-2240
Part of ISSN: 1098-5336
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Jan Šobotník
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Termite evolution: mutualistic associations, key innovations, and the rise of Termitidae

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
2021-01-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-020-03728-z
Part of ISSN: 1420-682X
Part of ISSN: 1420-9071
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Jan Šobotník
grade
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Termites host specific fungal communities that differ from those in their ambient environments

Fungal Ecology
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100991
Part of ISSN: 1754-5048
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Jan Šobotník
grade
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Can shifts in metabolic scaling predict coevolution between diet quality and body size?

Evolution
2020-11-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14128
Part of ISSN: 0014-3820
Part of ISSN: 1558-5646
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Jan Šobotník
grade
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Colony‐age‐dependent variation in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles in subterranean termite colonies

Ecology and Evolution
2020-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6669
Part of ISSN: 2045-7758
Part of ISSN: 2045-7758
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Jan Šobotník

The trail-following pheromone of the termite Serritermes serrifer

Chemoecology
2020-09-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-020-00324-2
Part of ISSN: 0937-7409
Part of ISSN: 1423-0445
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Jan Šobotník
grade
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Trail-Following Pheromones in the Termite Subfamily Syntermitinae (Blattodea, Termitoidae, Termitidae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology
2020-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-020-01180-8
Part of ISSN: 0098-0331
Part of ISSN: 1573-1561
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Jan Šobotník

The influence of land-use on tropical soil chemical characteristics with emphasis on aluminium

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
2020-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110962
Part of ISSN: 0162-0134
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Jan Šobotník

Phylogenomic analysis of 589 metagenome-assembled genomes encompassing all major prokaryotic lineages from the gut of higher termites

PeerJ
2020-02-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8614
Part of ISSN: 2167-8359
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Jan Šobotník

Comparative responses of termite functional and taxonomic diversity to land‐use change

Ecological Entomology
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/een.12755
Part of ISSN: 0307-6946
Part of ISSN: 1365-2311
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Jan Šobotník

Evolution of Termite Symbiosis Informed by Transcriptome-Based Phylogenies

Current Biology
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.076
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
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Jan Šobotník

Molecular Identity of Holomastigotes (Spirotrichonymphea, Parabasalia) with Descriptions of Holomastigotes flavipes n. sp. and Holomastigotes tibialis n. sp.

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12739
Part of ISSN: 1066-5234
Part of ISSN: 1550-7408
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Jan Šobotník

The oral gland, a new exocrine organ of termites

Arthropod Structure & Development
2019-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2019.100876
Part of ISSN: 1467-8039
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Jan Šobotník

Chemical and vibratory signals used in alarm communication in the termite Reticulitermes flavipes (Rhinotermitidae)

Insectes Sociaux
2019-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-018-00682-9
Part of ISSN: 0020-1812
Part of ISSN: 1420-9098
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Jan Šobotník

Historical biogeography of the termite clade Rhinotermitinae (Blattodea: Isoptera)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2019-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.11.005
Part of ISSN: 1055-7903
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Jan Šobotník

The labral gland in termites: evolution and function

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
2019-02-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly212
Part of ISSN: 0024-4066
Part of ISSN: 1095-8312
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Jan Šobotník
grade
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An Introduction to the Diversity, Ecology, and Conservation of Saproxylic Insects

Saproxylic Insects
2018 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-75937-1_1
Part of ISBN: 9783319759364
Part of ISBN: 9783319759371
Part of ISSN: 2523-3904
Part of ISSN: 2523-3912
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Jan Šobotník

Phylogenetic position of the enigmatic termite family Stylotermitidae (Insecta : Blattodea)

Invertebrate Systematics
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1071/is17093
Part of ISSN: 1445-5226
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Jan Šobotník

Tonsuritermes, a new soldierless termite genus and two new species from South America (Blattaria: Isoptera: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae)

Zootaxa
2018-12-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4531.3.4
Part of ISSN: 1175-5334
Part of ISSN: 1175-5326
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Jan Šobotník

The Termite Fecal Nest: A Framework for the Opportunistic Acquisition of Beneficial Soil Streptomyces (Actinomycetales: Streptomycetaceae)

Environmental Entomology
2018-10-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvy152
Part of ISSN: 0046-225X
Part of ISSN: 1938-2936
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Jan Šobotník

Roisinitermes ebogoensis gen. & sp. n., an outstanding drywood termite with snapping soldiers from Cameroon (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)

ZooKeys
2018-10-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.787.28195
Part of ISSN: 1313-2970
Part of ISSN: 1313-2989
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Jan Šobotník

The labral gland in termite soldiers

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
2018-03-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blx162
Part of ISSN: 0024-4066
Part of ISSN: 1095-8312
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Jan Šobotník

Rampant Host Switching Shaped the Termite Gut Microbiome

Current Biology
2018-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.035
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
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Jan Šobotník

Exclusive Gut Flagellates of Serritermitidae Suggest a Major Transfaunation Event in Lower Termites: Description of Heliconympha glossotermitis gen. nov. spec. nov.

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
2018-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12441
Part of ISSN: 1066-5234
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Jan Šobotník

Isoptera ☆

Reference Module in Life Sciences
2017 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-809633-8.02256-1
Part of ISBN: 9780128096338
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Jan Šobotník
grade
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White-gutted soldiers: simplification of the digestive tube for a non-particulate diet in higher Old World termites (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Insectes Sociaux
2017-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-017-0572-9
Part of ISSN: 0020-1812
Part of ISSN: 1420-9098
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Jan Šobotník

Breaking the cipher: ant eavesdropping on the variational trail pheromone of its termite prey

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2017-04-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0121
Part of ISSN: 0962-8452
Part of ISSN: 1471-2954
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Jan Šobotník
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