Publications
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García-Lozano, M.; Henzler, C.; González Porras, M.; Pons, I.; Berasategui, A.; Lanz, C.; Budde, H.; Oguchi, K.; Matsuura, Y.; Pauchet, Y. et al.; Goffredi, S.; Fukatsu, T.; Salem, H.: Paleocene origin of a streamlined digestive symbiosis in leaf beetles. Current Biology Epub ahead (2024)

González Porras, M.; Pons, I.; García-Lozano, M.; Jagdale, S.; Emmerich, C.; Weiss, B.; Salem, H.: Extracellular symbiont colonizes insect during embryo development. ISME Communications 4 (1), ycae005 (2024)

Renoz, F.; Arai, H.; Pons, I.: The genus Sodalis as a resource for understanding the multifaceted evolution of bacterial symbiosis in insects. Symbiosis Epub ahead (2023)

Salem, H.; Kaltenpoth, M.: The Nagoya Protocol and its implications for microbiology. Nature Microbiology 8 (12), pp. 2234 - 2237 (2023)

Berasategui, A.; Jagdale, S.; Salem, H.: Fusarium phytopathogens as insect mutualists. PLoS Pathogens 19 (7), e1011497 (2023)

Salem, H.; Biedermann, P.; Fukatsu, T.: Editorial: Diversity of beetles and associated microorganisms. Frontiers in Microbiology 14, 1252736 (2023)

Berasategui, A.; Salem, H.: Synergy in symbiosis. eLife 12, e85565 (2023)

Hilker, M.; Salem, H.; Fatouros, N.: Adaptive Plasticity of Insect Eggs in Response to Environmental Challenges. Annual Review of Entomology 68, pp. 451 - 469 (2023)

Berasategui, A.; Breitenbach, N.; García-Lozano, M.; Pons, I.; Sailer, B.; Lanz, C.; Rodríguez, V.; Hipp, K.; Ziemert, N.; Windsor, D. et al.; Salem, H.: The leaf beetle Chelymorpha alternans propagates a plant pathogen in exchange for pupal protection. Current Biology 32 (19), pp. 4114 - 4127 (2022)

Pons, I.; González Porras, M.; Breitenbach, N.; Berger, J.; Hipp, K.; Salem, H.: For the road: calibrated maternal investment in light of extracellular symbiont transmission. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289 (1973), 20220386 (2022)

Salem, H.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Beetle-bacterial symbioses: Endless forms most functional. Annual Review of Entomology 67, pp. 201 - 219 (2022)

Berasategui, A.; Moller, A.; Weiss, B.; Beck, C.; Bauchiero, C.; Read, T.; Gerardo, N.; Salem, H.: Symbiont genomic features and localization in the bean beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 87 (12), e0021221 (2021)

Salem, H.; Kirsch, R.; Pauchet, Y.; Berasategui, A.; Fukumori, K.; Moriyama, M.; Cripps, M.; Windsor, D.; Fukatsu, T.; Gerardo, N.: Symbiont digestive range reflects host plant breadth in herbivorous beetles. Current Biology 30 (15), pp. 2875 - 2886 (2020)

Bauer, E.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Salem, H.: Minimal fermentative metabolism fuels extracellular symbiont in a leaf beetle. The ISME Journal 14 (3), pp. 866 - 870 (2020)

Martinez, A.; Onchuru, T.; Ingham, C.; Sandoval-Calderon, M.; Salem, H.; Deckert, J.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Angiosperm to Gymnosperm host-plant switch entails shifts in microbiota of the Welwitschia bug, Probergrothius angolensis (Distant, 1902). Molecular Ecology 28 (23), pp. 5172 - 5187 (2019)

Pons, I.; Henzler, C.; González-Porras, M.; García-Lozano, M.; Salem, H.: Specificity of an obligate leaf beetle-bacterial symbiosis. In 11th WolBachia Conference 2023, H8, pp. 49 - 50. 11th WolBachia Conference 2023 , Crete, Greece, June 11, 2023 - June 16, 2023. (2023)

Salem, H.: Quid pro quo: Leaf beetle propagates a phytopathogen in exchange for pupal protection. In 2nd Münster Evolution Meeting (MEM 2023), p. 32. 2nd Münster Evolution Meeting (MEM 2023), Münster, Germany, March 13, 2023 - March 16, 2023. (2023)

Salem, H.: Quid pro quo: Leaf beetle propagates a phytopathgen in exchange for pupal protection. In EMBO EMBL Symposium: The Cellular Mechanics of Symbiosis 2023 (EES23-01). EMBO EMBL Symposium: The Cellular Mechanics of Symbiosis , Heidelberg, Germany, March 08, 2023 - March 11, 2023. (2023)

Salem, H.: Microbial determinants of folivory in beetles. In Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB 2022), 2430, p. 327. Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB 2022), Praha, Czech Republic, August 14, 2022 - August 19, 2022. (2022)

Salem, H.: Origin of a streamlined digestive symbiosis in leaf beetles. Annual Conference of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM 2023), Göttingen, Germany (2023)