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

by Jürgen C. Wierz, Paul Gaube, Dagmar Klebsch, Martin Kaltenpoth, Martin Kaltenpoth, Laura V. Flórez, Laura V. Flórez
Published 2021-09-01

Horizontal Gene Transfer to a Defensive Symbiont with a Reduced Genome in a Multipartite Beetle Microbiome

by Samantha C. Waterworth, Laura V. Flórez, Evan R. Rees, Christian Hertweck, Martin Kaltenpoth, Jason C. Kwan
Published 2020-02-01

An antifungal polyketide associated with horizontally acquired genes supports symbiont-mediated defense in Lagria villosa beetles

by Laura V. Flórez, Kirstin Scherlach, Ian J. Miller, Andre Rodrigues, Jason C. Kwan, Christian Hertweck, Martin Kaltenpoth
Published 2018-06-01

Antibiotic-producing symbionts dynamically transition between plant pathogenicity and insect-defensive mutualism

by Laura V. Flórez, Kirstin Scherlach, Paul Gaube, Claudia Ross, Elisabeth Sitte, Cornelia Hermes, Andre Rodrigues, Christian Hertweck, Martin Kaltenpoth
Published 2017-04-01