Publications

Baños Quintana, A. P.; Simao Pinto de Carvalho, A.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Symbiotic organs in insects – diversity, functional implications, and terminology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences (accepted)

Christensen, S.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Vogel, H.; Vannette, R. L.: Streptomyces anthophorae sp. nov. and Streptomyces nidicola sp. nov., novel actinobacteria isolated from a solitary bee. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 76 (1), 007029 (2026)

Körnig, J.; Beneš, V.; Manthey, C.; Reichelt, M.; Kunert, G.; Paetz, C.; Kutzschbach, J.; Lampe, P.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Beran, F.: Glucosinolate hydrolysis products suppress entomopathogenic nematodes in vitro but do not protect sequestering flea beetle larvae in vivo. Pest Management Science 82 (4), pp. 3603 - 3612 (2026)

Matarrita-Carranza, B.; Weiss, B.; Sandoval-Calderón, M.; Koehler, S.; Engl, T.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Defensive symbionts of European beewolves face competition from brood cell microbiota during vertical transmission. FEMS Microbiology Ecology (accepted)

Moran, Y.; Coelho, S. M.; Ettema, T. J. G.; Feschotte, C.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Khila, A.; Laine, A.-L.; Liow, L. H.; Petrov, D.; Ramakrishnan, U. et al.; Sarkies, P.; Srivastava, M.; Voolstra, C.; Pulverer, B.: EMBO Press co-evolves with molecular ecology and evolutionary biology. The EMBO Journal Epub ahead (2026)

Nick, A.; Schellenberg, R.; Athanassiou, C. G.; Adler, C.; Engl, T.: The stored product beetles Lasioderma serricorne and Stegobium paniceum are associated with a flexible and hidden diversity of Symbiotaphrina symbionts. Scientific Reports 16, 1294 (2026)

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)

Greene, C. A.; McPeek, S. J.; Mitchem, L.; Clark, A. B.; Formica, V. A.; Philson, C. S.; Costello, R. A.: Multilevel selection in the margins: A review of its representation in undergraduate biology textbooks. Ecology and Evolution 15 (11), e72493 (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)

Peng, X.; Reichelt, M.; Baños Quintana, A. P.; Rothe, B.; Feistel, F.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Unsicker, S.: Leaf beetles employ tryptophan to detoxify the chemical defenses of poplar trees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (51), e2518096122 (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)