Publications

Balmand, S.; Rivard, C.; Peignier, S.; Santarella-Mellwig, R.; Ghanem-Debbache, M.; Maire, J.; Engl, T.; Ferrarini, M. G.; Dell'Aglio, E.; Soriano-Saiz, B. et al.; Dalverny, C.; La Padula, V.; Turunen, P.; Vincent-Monégat, C.; Vierne, B.; Parisot, N.; Condemine, G.; Da Silva, P.; Jaurand, X.; Schwab, Y.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Heddi, A.; Zaidman-Rémy, A.: Bacterial tubular networks channel carbohydrates in insect endosymbiosis. Cell 188, pp. 1 - 11 (2025)

Becker, C.; Steingass, C. B.; Vogel, H.; Reineke, A.: Change your diet: How CO₂, plant phenology and genotype alter grapevine quality and affect performance and larval transcriptome of an insect herbivore. Molecular Ecology, e17636 (2025)

Brunetti, A. E.; Saravia, A. M.; Barrionuevo, J. S.; Delgado, J. A.; Vargas, V. J.; Faivovich, J.: Parental care of underwater egg clutches in Andean water frogs (Anura: Telmatobiidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology = Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 103, pp. 1 - 15 (2025)

Cusumano, A.; Urbach, S.; Jouan, V.; Vogel, H.; Dicke, M.; Volkoff, A.-N.; Poelman, E. H.: Convergence in symbiont-induced plant-mediated responses to herbivory: Cascading effects for foraging parasitoids. Ecology Letters 8 (8), e70183 (2025)

Hendricks, A.; Philips, T. K.; Engl, T.; Plarre, R. (.; Martinson, V. G.: The bacterial microbiome in spider beetles and deathwatch beetles. Microbiology Spectrum 13 (5), pp. 1 - 14 (2025)

Kaltenpoth, M.; Flórez, L. V.; Vigneron, A.; Dirksen, P.; Engl, T.: Origin and function of beneficial bacterial symbioses in insects. Nature Reviews Microbiology 23, pp. 551 - 567 (2025)

Keesey, I.; Doll, G.; Das Chakraborty, S.; Baschwitz, A.; Lemoine, M.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Svatoš, A.; Sachse, S.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Neuroecology of alcohol risk and reward: Methanol boosts pheromones and courtship success in Drosophila melanogaster. Science Advances 11 (14), eadi9683 (2025)

Kirsch, R.; Okamura, Y.; García-Lozano, M.; Weiss, B.; Keller, J.; Vogel, H.; Fukumori, K.; Fukatsu, T.; Konstantinov, A. S.; Montagna, M. et al.; Moseyko, A. G.; Riley, E. G.; Slipinski, A.; Vencl, F. V.; Windsor, D. M.; Salem, H.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Pauchet, Y.: Symbiosis and horizontal gene transfer promote herbivory in the megadiverse leaf beetles. Current Biology 35, pp. 640 - 654 (2025)

Lemoine, M. M.; Wöhner, T.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Microbial community dynamics in natural Drosophila melanogaster populations across seasons. Environmental Microbiology 27 (6), e70104 (2025)

Pollmann, M.; Reinisch, R.; von Berg, L.; King, M. A.; Geiselmann, M.; Käppeler, L.-M.; Leibson, R.; Traub, N.; Steidle, J. L. M.; Gottlieb, Y.: Male-dependent resistance to Spiroplasma-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility. Royal Society Open Science 12, 250545 (2025)

S. P. Carvalho, A.; Wingert, S. T.; Kirsch, R.; Vogel, H.; Kölsch, G.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Symbionts with eroded genomes adjust gene expression according to host life-stage and environment. EMBO Reports 26, pp. 4656 - 4674 (2025)

Sell, M. P.; Paetz, C.; Feistel, F.; Heckel, D. G.; Pauchet, Y.: Metabolism of epoxidised withanolides by a generalist and a specialist insect species. ChemistryOpen, e202500359 (2025)

Vogel, H.; Rügen, N.; Wielsch, N.; Twyman, R. M.; Tonk-Rügen, M.; Vilcinskas, A.: Molecular basis of the explosive defence response in the bombardier beetle Brachinus crepitans. Royal Society Open Science 12 (5), 241823 (2025)

Vogel, H.; Weiss, B.; Rama, F.; Rinklef, A.; Engl, T.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Vilcinskas, A.: A multi-partner symbiotic community inhabits the emerging insect pest Pentastiridius eporinus. mBio (2025)

Weiss, B.; Shalom, S. R.; Dolgova, A.; Teh, L. S.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Dale, C.; Chiel, E.: Maternal symbiont transmission via envenomation in the parasitoid wasp Spalangia cameroni. Current Biology 35 (8), pp. 1693 - 1705 (2025)

Baños Quintana, A. P.; Gershenzon, J.; Kaltenpoth, M.: The Eurasian spruce bark beetle Ips typographus shapes the microbial communities of its offspring and the gallery environment. Frontiers in Microbiology 15, 1367127 (2024)

Beran, F.; Heckel, D. G.: Escalation by duplication: Milkweed bug trumps Monarch butterfly. Molecular Ecology 33 (14), e17443 (2024)

Biswas, T.; Vogel, H.; Biedermann, P. H. W.; Lehenberger, M.; Yuvaraj, J. K.; Andersson, M. N.: Few chemoreceptor genes in the ambrosia beetle Trypodendron lineatum may reflect its specialized ecology. BMC Genomics 25, 764 (2024)

Engl, T.: Reproductive manipulation: Wolbachia induce host parthenogenesis using a stolen transformer. Current Biology 34 (11), pp. R547 - R549 (2024)

Fischer, M. L.; Schmidtberg, H.; Tidswell, O.; Weiss, B.; Dersch, L.; Lüddecke, T.; Wielsch, N.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Vilcinskas, A.; Vogel, H.: Divergent venom effectors correlate with ecological niche in neuropteran predators. Communications Biology 7, 981 (2024)