Symbiont-assisted cuticle biosynthesis as a key innovation contributing to the evolutionary success of beetles

Project Information

SYMBeetle

Grant agreement ID: 819585

DOI 10.3030/819585

Project closed

EC signature date 6 February 2019

Start date 1 June 2019

End date 31 May 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 997 750,00

EU contribution € 1 997 750,00

Coordinated by

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV
Germany

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (20)

Host hydrocarbons protect symbiont transmission from a radical host defense

Author(s): Chantal Selina Ingham; Tobias Engl; Bernal Matarrita-Carranza; Paul Vogler; Bruno Huettel; Natalie Wielsch; Aleš Svatoš; Martin Kaltenpoth
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Issue 1, 2023, Page(s) Sequence Number e2302721120, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2302721120

Demonstrating the role of symbionts in mediating detoxification in herbivores

Author(s): M. Denise Dearing, Martin Kaltenpoth & Jonathan Gershenzon
Published in: Symbiosis, Issue 03345114, 2022, Page(s) 59-66, ISSN 0334-5114
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s13199-022-00863-y

Endosymbiosis allows Sitophilus oryzae to persist in dry conditions

Author(s): Sthandiwe Nomthandazo Kanyile; Tobias Engl; Abdelaziz Heddi; Martin Kaltenpoth
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1199370

Cuticle supplementation and nitrogen recycling by a dual bacterial symbiosis in a family of xylophagous beetles

Author(s): Kiefer, J.S.T., Bauer, E., Okude, G., Fukatsu, T., Kaltenpoth, M., Engl, T.
Published in: The ISME Journal, 2023, Page(s) 1029–1039, ISSN 1751-7362
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-023-01415-y

De novo biosynthesis of simple aromatic compounds by an arthropod ( Archegozetes longisetosus )

Author(s): Adrian Brückner, Martin Kaltenpoth, Michael Heethoff
Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 287/1934, 2020, Page(s) 20201429, ISSN 0962-8452
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1429

Minimal fermentative metabolism fuels extracellular symbiont in a leaf beetle

Author(s): Eugen Bauer, Martin Kaltenpoth, Hassan Salem
Published in: The ISME Journal, Issue 14/3, 2020, Page(s) 866-870, ISSN 1751-7362
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0562-1

Colonization dynamics of a defensive insect ectosymbiont

Author(s): Ramya Ganesan; Rebekka S. Janke; Martin Kaltenpoth; Laura V. Flórez
Published in: Biology Letters, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 1744-9561
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0100

Abundance and localization of symbiotic bacterial communities in the fly parasitoid Spalangia cameroni

Author(s): Sarit Rohkin Shalom; Benjamin Weiss; Maya Lalzar; Martin Kaltenpoth; Elad Chiel
Published in: Crossref, Issue 48(9), 2022, Page(s) 1-12, ISSN 1098-5336
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
DOI: 10.1128/aem.02549-21

The Eurasian spruce bark beetle Ips typographus shapes the microbial communities of its offspring and the gallery environment

Author(s): Baños-Quintana, A.P., Gershenzon, J., Kaltenpoth, M.
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024, ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1367127

Effects, interactions, and localization of Rickettsia and Wolbachia in the house fly parasitoid, Spalangia endius

Author(s): Amit Semiatizki, Benjamin Weiss, Shir Bagim, Sarit Rohkin-Shalom, Martin Kaltenpoth, Elad Chiel
Published in: Microbial Ecology, Issue 80/3, 2020, Page(s) 718-728, ISSN 0095-3628
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-020-01520-x

Bacterial ectosymbionts in cuticular organs chemically protect a beetle during molting stages

Author(s): Rebekka S. Janke, Filip Kaftan, Sarah P. Niehs, Kirstin Scherlach, Andre Rodrigues, Aleš Svatoš, Christian Hertweck, Martin Kaltenpoth & Laura V. Flórez
Published in: The ISME Journal, Issue 17517362, 2022, ISSN 1751-7362
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-022-01311-x

Inhibition of a nutritional endosymbiont by glyphosate abolishes mutualistic benefit on cuticle synthesis in Oryzaephilus surinamensis

Author(s): Kiefer, Julian Simon Thilo; Batsukh, Suvdanselengee; Bauer, Eugen; Hirota, Bin; Weiss, Benjamin; Wierz, Jürgen C.; Fukatsu, Takema; Kaltenpoth, Martin; Engl, Tobias
Published in: Communications Biology, Issue Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2021), 2021, ISSN 2399-3642
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02057-6

Bacterial symbionts support larval sap feeding and adult folivory in (semi-)aquatic reed beetles

Author(s): Frank Reis, Roy Kirsch, Yannick Pauchet, Eugen Bauer, Lisa Carolin Bilz, Kayoko Fukumori, Takema Fukatsu, Gregor Kölsch, Martin Kaltenpoth
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 11/1, 2020, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16687-7

Protection of a defensive symbiont does not constrain the composition of the multifunctional hydrocarbon profile in digger wasps

Author(s): Chantal Selina Ingham; Tobias Engl; Martin Kaltenpoth
Published in: Biology Letters, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 1744-957X
Publisher: Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0301

Microbial symbionts expanding or constraining abiotic niche space in insects

Author(s): Marion M. Lemoine, Tobias Engl, Martin Kaltenpoth
Published in: Current Opinion in Insect Science, Issue 39, 2020, Page(s) 14-20, ISSN 2214-5745
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.01.003

Transmission of Bacterial Symbionts With and Without Genome Erosion Between a Beetle Host and the Plant Environment

Author(s): Jürgen C. Wierz; Paul Gaube; Dagmar Klebsch; Martin Kaltenpoth; Martin Kaltenpoth; Laura V. Flórez; Laura V. Flórez
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.715601

Nutritional symbionts confer structural defence against predation and fungal infection in a grain pest beetle.

Author(s): S. N. Kanyile, T. Engl, M. Kaltenpoth
Published in: The Journal of Experimental Biology, Issue 225(1), 2022, ISSN 0022-0949
Publisher: The Company of Biologists Ltd.
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.243593

<i>Wolbachia</i> causes cytoplasmic incompatibility but not male‐killing in a grain pest beetle

Author(s): Julian S. T. Kiefer; Gerrit Schmidt; Ronja Krüsemer; Martin Kaltenpoth; Tobias Engl
Published in: Molecular Ecology, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 0962-1083
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16717

Nutrient supplementation by genome-eroded Burkholderia symbionts of scale insects

Author(s): Anna Michalik; Eugen Bauer; Teresa Szklarzewicz; Martin Kaltenpoth
Published in: The ISME Journal, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 1751-7362
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-023-01528-4

Morphological adaptation for ectosymbiont maintenance and transmission during metamorphosis in Lagria beetles

Author(s): Rebekka S. Janke, Safira Moog, Benjamin Weiss, Martin Kaltenpoth, Laura V. Flórez
Published in: Frontiers in Physiology, Issue 1664042X, 2022, Page(s) 979200, ISSN 1664-042X
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.979200

Other (2)

Beetle–Bacterial Symbioses: Endless Forms Most Functional

Author(s): Hassan Salem, Martin Kaltenpoth
Published in: Annual Review of Entomology Volume 67, 2022, Page(s) 201-219, ISSN 0066-4170
Publisher: Annual Reviews, Inc.
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-061421-063433

Fast track to mutualism

Author(s): Martin Kaltenpoth
Published in: Nature Microbiology, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2058-5276
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-022-01188-8

Non-peer reviewed articles (3)

The Nagoya Protocol and its implications for microbiology

Author(s): Salem, H., Kaltenpoth, M.
Published in: Nature Microbiology, 2023, Page(s) 2234–2237, ISSN 1751-7362
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01532-6

An endosymbiont’s journey through metamorphosis of its insect host

Author(s): Martin Kaltenpoth
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 117/35, 2020, Page(s) 20994-20996, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2014598117

Versatile and Dynamic Symbioses Between Insects and Burkholderia Bacteria

Author(s): Martin Kaltenpoth, Laura V. Flórez
Published in: Annual Review of Entomology, Issue 65/1, 2020, Page(s) 145-170, ISSN 0066-4170
Publisher: Annual Reviews, Inc.
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-011019-025025