Publications of Tobias Engl

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

González-Cabanelas, D.; Perreca, E.; Rohwer, J. M.; Schmidt, A.; Engl, T.; Raguschke, B.; Gershenzon, J.; Wright, L.: Deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate synthase does not play a major role in regulating the methylerythritol 4-phosphate pathway in poplar. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25 (8), 4181 (2024)

Mlambo, S.; Machekano, H.; Mvumi, B. M.; Moatswi, C.; Makopa, T.; Engl, T.; Nyamukondiwa, C.: First record of the occurrence of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in Botswana. BioInvasions Records 13 (4), pp. 909 - 925 (2024)

Wierz, J. C.; Dirksen, P.; Kirsch, R.; Krüsemer, R.; Weiss, B.; Pauchet, Y.; Engl, T.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Intracellular symbiont Symbiodolus is vertically transmitted and widespread across insect orders. The ISME Journal 18 (1), wrae099 (2024)

Wierz, J. C.; Gimmel, M. L.; Huthmacher, S.; Engl, T.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Evolutionary history of tyrosine-supplementing endosymbionts in pollen-feeding beetles. The ISME Journal 18 (1), wrae080 (2024)

Engl, T.: Funktionelle Genomik von intrazellulären Bakterien beim Getreideplattkäfer. Biospektrum 29, pp. 38 - 41 (2023)

Gui, S.; Yuval, B.; Engl, T.; Lu, Y.; Cheng, D.: Protein feeding mediates sex pheromone biosynthesis in an insect. eLife 12, e83469 (2023)

Ingham, C. S.; Engl, T.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Protection of a defensive symbiont does not constrain the composition of the multifunctional hydrocarbon profile in digger wasps. Biology Letters 19 (11), 20230301 (2023)

Ingham, C. S.; Engl, T.; Matarrita-Carranza, B.; Vogler, P.; Huettel, B.; Wielsch, N.; Svatoš, A.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Host hydrocarbons protect symbiont transmission from a radical host defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (31), e2302721120 (2023)

Kanyile, S. N.; Engl, T.; Heddi, A.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Endosymbiosis allows Sitophilus oryzae to persist in dry conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology 14, 1199370 (2023)

Kiefer, J. S. T.; Bauer, E.; Okude, G.; Fukatsu, A.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Engl, T.: Cuticle supplementation and nitrogen recycling by a dual bacterial symbiosis in a family of xylophagous beetles. The ISME Journal 17, pp. 1029 - 1039 (2023)

Kanyile, S. N.; Engl, T.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Nutritional symbionts enhance structural defence against predation and fungal infection in a grain pest beetle. The Journal of Experimental Biology 225 (1), jeb243593 (2022)

Kiefer, J. S. T.; Schmidt, G.; Krüsemer, R.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Engl, T.: Wolbachia causes cytoplasmic incompatibility but not male-killing in a grain pest beetle. Molecular Ecology 31 (24), pp. 6570 - 6587 (2022)

Engl, T.: Sex pheromones: Made with a little help from my (bacterial) friends. Current Biology 31 (10), pp. R474 - R476 (2021)

Kiefer, J.; Batsukh, S.; Bauer, E.; Hirota, B.; Weiss, B.; Wierz, J.; Fukatsu, T.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Engl, T.: Inhibition of a nutritional endosymbiont by glyphosate abolishes mutualistic benefit on cuticle synthesis in Oryzaephilus surinamensis. Communications Biology 4, 554 (2021)

Nechitaylo, T. Y.; Sandoval-Calderón, M.; Engl, T.; Wielsch, N.; Dunn, D. M.; Goesmann, A.; Strohm, E.; Svatoš, A.; Dale, C.; Weiss, R. B. et al.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Incipient genome erosion and metabolic streamlining for antibiotic production in a defensive symbiont. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118 (17), e2023047118 (2021)

Engl, T.; Schmidt, T. H. P.; Kanyile, S. N.; Klebsch, D.: Metabolic cost of a nutritional symbiont manifests in delayed reproduction in a grain pest beetle. Insects 11 (10), 717 (2020)

Lemoine, M. M.; Engl, T.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Microbial symbionts expanding or constraining abiotic niche space in insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science 39, pp. 14 - 20 (2020)

Schneider, D. I.; Ehrman, L.; Engl, T.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Hua‑Van, A.; Le Rouzic, A.; Miller, W. J.: Symbiont-driven male mating success in the neotropical Drosophila paulistorum superspecies. Behavior Genetics 49 (1), pp. 83 - 98 (2019)

Strohm, E.; Herzner, G.; Ruther, J.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Engl, T.: Nitric oxide radicals are emitted by wasp eggs to kill mold fungi. eLife 8, e43718 (2019)