Poster Presentations of the Max Planck Research Group Insect Symbiosis

2012
1Berasategui A.*, Schmidt A., Kaltenpoth M., Gershenzon J. Terpenes for dinner? Hylobius abietis and its gut microbiota. Workshop on Microbial Evolution, University of Basel, Basel, CH, Sep 2012
2Nechitaylo T.*, Engl T., Köhler S., Weiss R.B., Dunn D.M., Dale C., Kaltenpoth M. Whole genome sequence of the defensive beewolf symbiont 'Ca. Streptomyces philanthi' reveals piericidin biosynthesis cluster. 14th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME14) - The Power of the Small, Copenhagen, DK, Aug 2012
3Berasategui A.*, Schmidt A., Kaltenpoth M., Gershenzon J. Terpenes for dinner? Hylobius abietis and ist gut microbiota. 7th International Symbiosis Congress, International Symbiosis Society, Krakow, PL, Jul 2012
4Flórez Patino L.V.*, Kaltenpoth M. Burkholderia sp. as endosymbionts in the darkling beetle Lagria hirta: Deciphering a story of alliance. 7th International Symbiosis Society Congress, International Symbiosis Society, Kraków, PL, Jul 2012
2011
1Staudacher H.*, Kaltenpoth M., Breeuwer H., Heckel D.G., Groot A.T. The role of microbial communities in host plant specialization in the generalist moth Heliothis virescens. Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science, Amsterdam, NL, Oct 2011
2Friedrich M.*, Kaltenpoth M., Svatoš A., Schmitt T. A comparative study on male marking pheromones in the digger wasp genus Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). 104. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG) - German Zoological Society, Saarbrücken, DE, Sep 2011
3Dietel A.K.*, Kaltenpoth M., Kost C. Costs of nucleotide synthesis, size and copy number of plasmids as model endosymbionts. 13th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB 2011), European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Tübingen, DE, Aug 2011
4Engl T.*, Kroiß J., Svatoš A., Kaltenpoth M. Plasticity of combination prophylaxis provided by symbiotic streptomycetes in solitary wasps. 13th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB 2011), European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Tübingen, DE, Aug 2011
5Köhler S.*, Kroiß J., Kaltenpoth M. Beewolves’ bodyguards: Production dynamics and activity of symbiont-produced antibiotics on wasp cocoons. 13th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB 2011), European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Tübingen, DE, Aug 2011
6Nechitaylo T.*, Weiss R.B., Dunn D.M., Dale C., Kaltenpoth M. Genome sequence of the defensive beewolf symbiont 'Ca. Streptomyces philanthi'. 13th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB 2011), European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Tübingen, DE, Aug 2011
7Salem H.*, Kreutzer E., Kaltenpoth M. Specificity and dynamics of the Coriobacterium-Pyrrhocoridae symbiosis. 13th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB 2011), European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Tübingen, DE, Aug 2011
8Sudakaran S.*, Kost C., Kaltenpoth M. Composition and evolutionary history of the bacterial community in the mid-gut of firebugs (Hemiptera, Pyrrhocoridae). 13th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB 2011), European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Tübingen, DE, Aug 2011
9Kaltenpoth M. Beewolves’ bodyguards: Symbiotic bacteria produce antibiotics to protect wasp larvae against pathogens. 3rd British-German Frontiers of Science Symposium, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Young Academy, Royal Society, Kavli Royal Society International Centre, North Buckinghamshire, Newport Pagnell, GB, May 2011 (invited)
10Kaltenpoth M.*, Kroiß J., Svatoš A. Evolutionary stability of symbiont-mediated defense against pathogens in solitary wasps. 23. Irseer Naturstofftage, DECHEMA, Irsee, DE, Feb 2011 (invited)
2010
1Kaltenpoth M.*, Kroiß J., Svatoš A., Schneider B., Hertweck C. Symbiotic streptomycetes provide antimicrobial combination prophylaxis for wasp offspring. VAAM Workshop Symbiotic Interactions, Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM), Würzburg, DE, Oct 2010
2009
1Kaltenpoth M.*, Göttler W., Köhler S., Strohm E. Transmission route and population dynamics of a defensive insect symbiont. Workshop Symbiotic Interactions, Helmholtz Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, München, DE, Nov 2009
2Kaltenpoth M.*, Corneli P.S., Strohm E., Seger J. Accelerated evolution in Hymenoptera: new evidence from the European beewolf (Philanthus triangulum) mitochondrial genome. Evolution 2009, University of Idaho, Department of Biological Sciences, Moscow, ID, US, Jun 2009