Shin S, Berasategui A
Secondary metabolism in fungal-insect interactions.
Current Opinion in Insect Science, in press.

Berasategui A, Salem H
Plant pathogens moonlighting as beneficial insect symbionts.
Annual Review of Entomology, 71:471-495.

Berasategui A, Salem H, Moller J, Christopher Y, Vidaurre-Montoya Q, Conn C, Read T, Rodrigues A, Ziemert N, Gerardo N. (2024) Genomic insights into the evolution of secondary metabolism of Escovopsis and its allies, specialized fungal symbionts of fungus-farming ants. mSystems, 0:e00576-24.

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

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

Berasategui A, Moller A, Weiss B, Beck C, Bauchiero C, Read T, Gerardo N, Salem H. (2021) Symbiont genomic features and localization in the bean beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87-12, e00212-21.

Berasategui A, Salem H, Paetz C, Santoro M, Gershenzon J, Kaltenpoth M, Schmidt A. (2017) Gut microbiota of the pine weevil degrades conifer diterpenes and increases insect fitness. Molecular Ecology 26, 15: 4099-4110.

Berasategui A, Axelsson A, Norlander G, Borg-Karlson A, Schmidt A, Gershenzon J, Terenius O, Kaltenpoth M. (2016) 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.

García-Lozano M, Emmerich C, Henzler C, Aya A, Pons I, Buttstedt A, Hipp K, Salem H (2026)
Yellow protein co-opted to sustain obligate symbiosis in leaf beetles.
Nature Communications.

Pons I, García-Lozano M, Emmerich C, Ayas A, Henzler H, Enev H, Ley R, Salem H (2026)
Fidelity in co-diversified symbiosis.
Nature Communications

Porras M, Pons I, García-Lozano M, Jagdale S, Emmerich C, Weiss B, Salem H (2024). Extracellular symbiont colonises insect during embryo development. ISME Communications, doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae005

Seah BKB, Singh A, Vetter DE, Emmerich C, Peters M, Soltys V, Huettel B, Swart E (2023). Nuclear dualism without extensive DNA elimination in the ciliate Loxodes magnus. bioRxiv,https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.09.566212

Swart EC, Emmerich C, Seah BKB, Singh M, Shulgina Y, Singh A (2023). How did UGA codon translation as tryptophan evolve in certain ciliates? A critique of Kachale et al. 2023 Nature. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.09.561518

Singh A, Häußermann L, Emmerich C, Nischwitz E, Seah BKB, Butter FKB, Nowacki M, Swart EC (2023). ISWI1 complex proteins facilitate developmental genome editing in Paramecium. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.09.552620

Seah BKB, Singh M, Emmerich C, Singh A, Woehle C, Huettel B, Byerly A, Stover NA, Sugiura M, Harumoto T, Swart EC (2023). MITE infestation accommodated by genome editing in the germline genome of the ciliate Blepharisma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2213985120

Singh M, Seah BKB, Emmerich C, Singh A, Woehle C, Huettel B, Byerly A, Stover NA, Sugiura M, Harumoto T, Swart EC (2023). Origins of genome-editing excisases as illuminated by the somatic genome of the ciliate Blepharisma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2213887120

Seah BKB, Emmerich C, Singh A, Swart EC (2022). Improved methods for bulk cultivation and fixation of Loxodes ciliates for fluorescence microscopy. Protist, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2022.125905

Mozzicafreddo M, Pucciarelli S, Swart EC, Piersanti A, Emmerich C, Migliorelli G, Ballarini P, Miceli C (2021). The macronuclear genome of the Antarctic psychrophilic marine ciliate Euplotes focardii reveals new insights on molecular cold adaptation. Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98168-5

Lazzaretti D*, Bandholz-Cajamarca L*, Emmerich C, Schaaf K, Basquin C, Irion U, Bono F (2018). The crystal structure of Staufen1 in complex with a physiological RNA sheds light on substrate selectivity. Life Science Alliance, https://doi.org/10.26508/lsa.201800187

Banerjee A, Adolph RS, Gopalakrishnapai J, Kleinboelting S, Emmerich C, Steegborn C, Visweswariah SS (2015). A universal stress protein (USP) in mycobacteria binds cAMP. The Journal of Biological Chemistry,https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M115.644856

Shin S, Berasategui A (2026) Secondary metabolism in fungal-insect interactions.
Current Opinion in Insect Science, in press.

Shin, S., Min, D., Jeon, H., Yang, J., Choi, H., Ryu, S.-R., Kang, K.-S., Kim, G.-B. and Son, H. (2025), Investigation of Abiotic and Biotic Factors Associated With the Outbreak of Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) Dieback in the Republic of Korea. Forest Pathology, 55: e70016. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.70016

Soobin Shin, Jin Woo Lee, Nahyun Lee, Jae Woo Han, Gyung Ja Choi, Hokyoung Son, and Hun Kim (2024) Genome Sequence Data of Pseudalkalibacillus hwajinpoensis MABIK MI00000821, an Inhibitor of Fumonisin Production in Fusarium fujikuroi. PhytoFrontiers, 4:4, 821-824

Shin S, Bong S, Moon H, Jeon H, Kim H, et al. (2024) Oxaloacetate anaplerosis differently contributes to pathogenicity in plant pathogenic fungi Fusarium graminearum and F. oxysporum. PLOS Pathogens 20(9): e1012544. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012544

Shin S, Park J, Yang L, Kim H, Choi GJ, Lee Y, Kim J, Son H. (2024) Con7 is a key transcription regulator for conidiogenesis in the plant pathogenic fungus Fusarium graminearum. mSphere 9:e00818-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00818-23

Shin, S., Jeon, H., Kim, S., Noh, H. J., Jo, J. W., Min, K., & Son, H. (2023). Two Previously Unrecorded Fungal Species Isolated from Muui Island in Korea. Mycobiology, 51(6), 410–416. https://doi.org/10.1080/12298093.2023.2290766

Shin S, Ryu H, Jung JY, Yoon YJ, Kwon G, Lee N, Kim NH, Lee R, Oh J, Baek M, Choi YS, Lee J, Kim KH. (2023) Past and Future Epidemiological Perspectives and Integrated Management of Rice Bakanae in Korea. Plant Pathol J. 39(1):1-20. doi: 10.5423/PPJ.RW.08.2022.0123.

Shin S, Kim JE, Son H.(2022) Identification and Characterization of Fungal Pathogens Associated with Boxwood Diseases in the Republic of Korea. Plant Pathol J. 38(4):304-312. doi: 10.5423/PPJ.OA.03.2022.0034.

Molinari C, Talbot N (2026) Pathogenicity and virulence of the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Virulence, 17.

Molinari C, Talbot N (2022). A basic guide to the growth and manipulation of the blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae. Current Protocols, 2, e523.