| Symbiotic bacteria protect wasp larvae from fungal infestation M Kaltenpoth, W Göttler, G Herzner, E Strohm Current Biology 15 (5), 475-479, 2005 | 517 | 2005 |
| Streptomyces as symbionts: an emerging and widespread theme? RF Seipke, M Kaltenpoth, MI Hutchings FEMS microbiology reviews 36 (4), 862-876, 2012 | 511 | 2012 |
| Defensive symbioses of animals with prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms LV Flórez, PHW Biedermann, T Engl, M Kaltenpoth Natural Product Reports 32 (7), 904-936, 2015 | 435 | 2015 |
| Symbiotic streptomycetes provide antibiotic combination prophylaxis for wasp offspring J Kroiss, M Kaltenpoth, B Schneider, MG Schwinger, C Hertweck, ... Nature Chemical Biology 6 (4), 261-263, 2010 | 435 | 2010 |
| Bacterial symbionts in Lepidoptera: their diversity, transmission, and impact on the host LR Paniagua Voirol, E Frago, M Kaltenpoth, M Hilker, NE Fatouros Frontiers in microbiology 9, 556, 2018 | 330 | 2018 |
| Symbiont acquisition and replacement as a source of ecological innovation S Sudakaran, C Kost, M Kaltenpoth Trends in microbiology 25 (5), 375-390, 2017 | 330 | 2017 |
| Actinobacteria as mutualists: general healthcare for insects? M Kaltenpoth Trends in microbiology 17 (12), 529-535, 2009 | 324 | 2009 |
| An out-of-body experience: the extracellular dimension for the transmission of mutualistic bacteria in insects H Salem, L Florez, N Gerardo, M Kaltenpoth Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1804), 20142957, 2015 | 300 | 2015 |
| Defensive microbial symbionts in H ymenoptera M Kaltenpoth, T Engl Functional Ecology 28 (2), 315-327, 2014 | 201 | 2014 |
| Vitamin supplementation by gut symbionts ensures metabolic homeostasis in an insect host H Salem, E Bauer, AS Strauss, H Vogel, M Marz, M Kaltenpoth Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1796), 20141838, 2014 | 200 | 2014 |
| Gut microbiota of the pine weevil degrades conifer diterpenes and increases insect fitness A Berasategui, H Salem, C Paetz, M Santoro, J Gershenzon, ... Molecular ecology 26 (15), 4099-4110, 2017 | 177 | 2017 |
| Drastic genome reduction in an herbivore’s pectinolytic symbiont H Salem, E Bauer, R Kirsch, A Berasategui, M Cripps, B Weiss, R Koga, ... Cell 171 (7), 1520-1531. e13, 2017 | 176 | 2017 |
| Potential applications of insect symbionts in biotechnology A Berasategui, S Shukla, H Salem, M Kaltenpoth Applied microbiology and biotechnology 100, 1567-1577, 2016 | 172 | 2016 |
| Antibiotic-producing symbionts dynamically transition between plant pathogenicity and insect-defensive mutualism LV Flórez, K Scherlach, P Gaube, C Ross, E Sitte, C Hermes, A Rodrigues, ... Nature Communications 8 (1), 15172, 2017 | 170 | 2017 |
| Geographical and ecological stability of the symbiotic mid‐gut microbiota in European firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus (Hemiptera, Pyrrhocoridae) S Sudakaran, H Salem, C Kost, M Kaltenpoth Molecular Ecology 21 (24), 6134-6151, 2012 | 169 | 2012 |
| Partner choice and fidelity stabilize coevolution in a Cretaceous-age defensive symbiosis M Kaltenpoth, K Roeser-Mueller, S Koehler, A Peterson, TY Nechitaylo, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (17), 6359-6364, 2014 | 147 | 2014 |
| A ctinobacteria as essential symbionts in firebugs and cotton stainers (H emiptera, P yrrhocoridae) H Salem, E Kreutzer, S Sudakaran, M Kaltenpoth Environmental microbiology 15 (7), 1956-1968, 2013 | 144 | 2013 |
| The digestive and defensive basis of carcass utilization by the burying beetle and its microbiota H Vogel, SP Shukla, T Engl, B Weiss, R Fischer, S Steiger, DG Heckel, ... Nature communications 8 (1), 15186, 2017 | 130 | 2017 |
| Localization and transmission route of Coriobacterium glomerans, the endosymbiont of pyrrhocorid bugs M Kaltenpoth, SA Winter, A Kleinhammer FEMS Microbiology Ecology 69 (3), 373-383, 2009 | 130 | 2009 |
| An antifungal polyketide associated with horizontally acquired genes supports symbiont-mediated defense in Lagria villosa beetles LV Flórez, K Scherlach, IJ Miller, A Rodrigues, JC Kwan, C Hertweck, ... Nature communications 9 (1), 2478, 2018 | 119 | 2018 |