Researcher Portfolio
Engl, Tobias
Department of Insect Symbiosis, Prof. Dr. Martin Kaltenpoth, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society, Max Planck Research Group Insect Symbiosis, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society
Researcher Profile
Position: Department of Insect Symbiosis, Prof. Dr. Martin Kaltenpoth, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society
Position: Max Planck Research Group Insect Symbiosis, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society
Additional IDs: IRIS: 5148
Researcher ID: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/persons/resource/persons81175
Publications
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: Hendricks, A., Philips, T. K., Engl, T., Plarre, R. (., & Martinson, V. G. (2025). The bacterial microbiome in spider beetles and deathwatch beetles. Microbiology Spectrum. doi:10.1128/spectrum.01981-24. [PubMan] : Kaltenpoth, M., Flórez, L. V., Vigneron, A., Dirksen, P., & Engl, T. (2025). Origin and function of beneficial bacterial symbioses in insects. Nature Reviews Microbiology. doi:10.1038/s41579-025-01164-z. [PubMan] : Mlambo, S., Machekano, H., Mvumi, B. M., Moatswi, C., Makopa, T., Engl, T., & Nyamukondiwa, C. (2024). First record of the occurrence of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in Botswana. BioInvasions Records, 13(4), 909-925. doi:10.3391/bir.2024.13.4.06. [PubMan] : Balmand, S., Rivard, C., Peignier, S., Santarella-Mellwig, R., Ghanem-Debbache, M., Maire, J., Engl, T., Galvão Ferrarini, M., Dell'Aglio, E., Soriano-Saiz, B., Dalverny, C., La Padula, V., Turunen, P., Vincent-Monégat, C., Vierne, B., Parisot, N., Condemine, G., Da Silva, P., Jaurand, X., Schwab, Y., Kaltenpoth, M., & Heddi Zaidman-Rémy Anna, A. (2024). Bacterial tubular networks channel carbohydrates in insect endosymbiosis. SSRN Research Paper Series. doi:10.2139/ssrn.4940791. [PubMan] : Wierz, J. C., Dirksen, P., Kirsch, R., Krüsemer, R., Weiss, B., Pauchet, Y., Engl, T., & Kaltenpoth, M. (2024). Intracellular symbiont Symbiodolus is vertically transmitted and widespread across insect orders. The ISME Journal, 18(1): wrae099. doi:10.1093/ismejo/wrae099. [PubMan] : Engl, T. (2024). Reproductive manipulation: Wolbachia induce host parthenogenesis using a stolen transformer. Current Biology, 34(11), R547-R549. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.076. [PubMan] : González-Cabanelas, D., Perreca, E., Rohwer, J. M., Schmidt, A., Engl, T., Raguschke, B., Gershenzon, J., & Wright, L. (2024). 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. doi:10.3390/ijms25084181. [PubMan] : Wierz, J. C., Gimmel, M. L., Huthmacher, S., Engl, T., & Kaltenpoth, M. (2024). Evolutionary history of tyrosine-supplementing endosymbionts in pollen-feeding beetles. The ISME Journal, 18(1): wrae080. doi:10.1093/ismejo/wrae080. [PubMan] : Ingham, C. S., Engl, T., & Kaltenpoth, M. (2023). Protection of a defensive symbiont does not constrain the composition of the multifunctional hydrocarbon profile in digger wasps. Biology Letters, 19(11): 20230301. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2023.0301. [PubMan] : Ingham, C. S., Engl, T., Matarrita-Carranza, B., Vogler, P., Huettel, B., Wielsch, N., Svatoš, A., & Kaltenpoth, M. (2023). 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. doi:10.1073/pnas.2302721120. [PubMan] : Kanyile, S. N., Engl, T., Heddi, A., & Kaltenpoth, M. (2023). Endosymbiosis allows Sitophilus oryzae to persist in dry conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14: 1199370. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1199370. [PubMan] : Kiefer, J. S. T., Bauer, E., Okude, G., Fukatsu, A., Kaltenpoth, M., & Engl, T. (2023). Cuticle supplementation and nitrogen recycling by a dual bacterial symbiosis in a family of xylophagous beetles. The ISME Journal, 17, 1029-1039. doi:10.1038/s41396-023-01415-y. [PubMan] : Engl, T. (2023). Funktionelle Genomik von intrazellulären Bakterien beim Getreideplattkäfer. Biospektrum, 29, 38-41. doi:10.1007/s12268-023-1894-y. [PubMan] : Gui, S., Yuval, B., Engl, T., Lu, Y., & Cheng, D. (2023). Protein feeding mediates sex pheromone biosynthesis in an insect. eLife, 12: e83469. doi:10.7554/eLife.83469. [PubMan] : Kiefer, J. S. T., Schmidt, G., Krüsemer, R., Kaltenpoth, M., & Engl, T. (2022). Wolbachia causes cytoplasmic incompatibility but not male-killing in a grain pest beetle. Molecular Ecology, 31(24), 6570-6587. doi:10.1111/mec.16717. [PubMan] : Kanyile, S. N., Engl, T., & Kaltenpoth, M. (2022). Nutritional symbionts enhance structural defence against predation and fungal infection in a grain pest beetle. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(1): jeb243593. doi:10.1242/jeb.243593. [PubMan] : Engl, T. (2021). Sex pheromones: Made with a little help from my (bacterial) friends. Current Biology, 31(10), R474-R476. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.074. [PubMan] : Kiefer, J., Batsukh, S., Bauer, E., Hirota, B., Weiss, B., Wierz, J., Fukatsu, T., Kaltenpoth, M., & Engl, T. (2021). Inhibition of a nutritional endosymbiont by glyphosate abolishes mutualistic benefit on cuticle synthesis in Oryzaephilus surinamensis. Communications Biology, 4: 554. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02057-6. [PubMan] : Nechitaylo, T. Y., Sandoval-Calderón, M., Engl, T., Wielsch, N., Dunn, D. M., Goesmann, A., Strohm, E., Svatoš, A., Dale, C., Weiss, R. B., & Kaltenpoth, M. (2021). 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. doi:10.1073/pnas.2023047118. [PubMan] : Engl, T., Schmidt, T. H. P., Kanyile, S. N., & Klebsch, D. (2020). Metabolic cost of a nutritional symbiont manifests in delayed reproduction in a grain pest beetle. Insects, 11(10): 717. doi:10.3390/insects11100717. [PubMan] : Lemoine, M. M., Engl, T., & Kaltenpoth, M. (2020). Microbial symbionts expanding or constraining abiotic niche space in insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 39, 14-20. doi:10.1016/j.cois.2020.01.003. [PubMan] : Strohm, E., Herzner, G., Ruther, J., Kaltenpoth, M., & Engl, T. (2019). Nitric oxide radicals are emitted by wasp eggs to kill mold fungi. eLife, 8: e43718. doi:10.7554/eLife.43718. [PubMan] : Schneider, D. I., Ehrman, L., Engl, T., Kaltenpoth, M., Hua‑Van, A., Le Rouzic, A., & Miller, W. J. (2019). Symbiont-driven male mating success in the neotropical Drosophila paulistorum superspecies. Behavior Genetics, 49(1), 83-98. doi:10.1007/s10519-018-9937-8. [PubMan] : Engl, T., Michalkova, V., Weiss, B. L., Uzel, G. D., Takac, P., Miller, W. J., Abd-Alla, A. M. M., Aksoy, S., & Kaltenpoth, M. (2018). Effect of antibiotic treatment and gamma-irradiation on cuticular hydrocarbon profiles and mate choice in tsetse flies (Glossina m. morsitans). BMC Microbiology, 18(Suppl 1): 145. doi:10.1186/s12866-018-1292-7. [PubMan] : Engl, T., Kroiss, J., Kai, M., Nechitaylo, T. Y., Svatoš, A., & Kaltenpoth, M. (2018). Evolutionary stability of antibiotic protection in a defensive symbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(9), E2020-E2029. doi:10.1073/pnas.1719797115. [PubMan]