2024
Berasategui A, Salem H, Moller J, Christopher Y, Vidaurre-Montoya Q, Conn C, Read T, Rodrigues A, Ziemert N, Gerardo N.
Genomic insights into the evolution of secondary metabolism of Escovopsis and its allies, specialized fungal symbionts of fungus-farming ants.
mSystems, in press.
García-Lozano M, Henzler H, Gonzalez M, Pons I, Berasategui A, Lanz C, Budde H, Oguchi K, Matsuura Y, Pauchet Y, Goffredi S, Fukatsu T, Windsor D, Salem H
Paleocene origin of a streamlined digestive symbiosis in leaf beetles.
Current Biology, 31, 1-14 [pdf]
Press Release: Max Planck Society
Commentary by Joe Parker
Srivastava V, Patra K, Pai H, Aguilar-Pontes MV, Berasategui A, Kamble A, Di Pietro A, Redkar A
Molecular dialogue during host manipulation by the vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum.
Annual Review of Phytopathology, in press.
2023
Berasategui A, Jagdale S, Salem H.
Fusarium phytopathogens as insect mutualists.
PLOS Pathogens, 19(7): e1011497. [pdf]
Berasategui A, Salem H.
Gut Bacteria: Synergy in symbiosis.
eLife, 12:e85565. [pdf]
Rogowska-van der Molen M, Berasategui A, Coolen S, Jansen R, Welte C
Microbial degradation of plant toxins.
Environmental Microbiology, doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16507. [pdf]
Yilmaz T, Mungan D, Berasategui A, Ziemert N.
FunARTS, the Fungal Antibiotic Resistant Target Seeker, an exploration engine for target directed genome mining in fungi.
Nucleic Acids Research, doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad386. [pdf]
2022
Berasategui A, Breitenbach N, García-Lozano M, Pons I, Sailer B, Lanz C, Rodríguez V, Hipp K, Ziemert N, Windsor D, Salem H.
The leaf beetle Chelymorpha alternans propagates a plant pathogen in exchange for pupal protection.
Current Biology, 32, 4114-4127. [pdf]
Press Releases: Max Planck Society (EN), CMFI (EN).
Coverage: The Scientist, Ethologisch (GER), Chemie in unserer Zeit (GER).
Commentary by Kim Hoang & Kayla King.
Gotting K, May D, Sosa-Calvo J, Khadempour L, Francoeur CB, Berasategui A, Thairu MW, Sandstrom S, Carlson CM, Chevrette MG, Rodrigues A, Pupo MT, Bugni TS, Schultz TR, Johnston JS, Gerardo NM, Currie CR.
Genomic diversification of the specialized parasite of the fungus-growing ant symbiosis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 119 (51) e2213096119. [pdf]
Stoy K, Chavez J, de las Casas V, Talla V, Berasategui A, Morran L, Gerardo NM
Evaluating the role of coevolution in a horizontally transmitted mutualism.
Evolution, qpac009. [pdf]
Han Z, Sieriebriennikov B, Susoy V, Lo WS, Igreja C, Dong C, Berasategui A, Witte H, Sommer RJ.
Horizontally acquired cellulases assist the expansion of dietary range in Pristionchus nematodes
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39(2):msab370. [pdf]
2021
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, e00212-21. [pdf]
Acevedo TS, Fricker GP, Garcia JR, Alcaide T, Berasategui A, Stoy KS, Gerardo NM.
The importance of environmentally-acquired bacterial symbionts for the squash bug (Anasa tristis), a significant agricultural pest.
Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:719112. [pdf]
2020
Berasategui A, Salem H.
Microbial determinants of folivory in insects.
Hadfield, M.G., and Bosch, T. (ed.): Cellular Dialogues in the Holobiont. CRC Press. [pdf]
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, 1–12. [pdf]
2018
Lu X, Zhang J, Brown B, Li R, Rodríguez-Romero J, Berasategui A, Liu B, Xu M, Lue D, Pan Z, Baerson SR, Gershenzon J, Li Z, Sesma A, Yang B, Peters RJ.
Inferring roles in defense from metabolic allocation of rice diterpenoids.
The Plant Cell, 30: 1119-1131. [pdf]
2017
Berasategui A., Salem H, Paetz C, Santoro M, Gershenzon J, Kaltenpoth M, Schmidt A.
Gut microbiota of the pine weevil degrades conifer diterpenes and increases insect fitness.
Molecular Ecology 26, 15: 4099-4110. [pdf]
Salem H, Bauer E, Kirsch R, Berasategui A, Weiss B, Cripps M, Koga R, Fukumori K, Vogel H, Fukatsu T, Kaltenpoth M.
Drastic genome reduction in an herbivore’s pectinolytic symbiont.
Cell, 171, 7:1520-1531. [pdf]
Li H, Li T, Berasategui A, Zhang X, Li C, Xiao Z, Li X.
Gut region and host species shape the diversity and interactions of bacterial communities in pikas (Ochotona curzoniae and Ochotona daurica).
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 93 (12). [pdf]
2016
Berasategui A, Axelsson A, Norlander G, Borg-Karlson A, Schmidt A, Gershenzon J, Terenius O, Kaltenpoth M.
The gut microbiota of the pine weevil is similar across Europe and resembles that of other conifer-feeding beetles.
Molecular Ecology, 25, 16: 4014-4031. [pdf]
Berasategui A, Shukla S, Salem H and Kaltenpoth M.
Potential applications of insect symbionts in biotechnology.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 100, 4: 1567-77. [pdf]
Dohet L, Gregoire J, Berasategui A, Kaltenpoth M, Biedermann P.
Bacterial and fungal symbionts of parasitic Dendroctonus bark beetles.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92, 9: 129. [pdf]
2014
Nagel R, Berasategui A, Paetz C, Gershenzon J, Schmidt A.
Overexpression of an isoprenyl diphosphate synthase in spruce leads to unexpected terpene diversion products that function in plant defense.
Plant Physiology, 164, 2: 555-569. [pdf]
