Philipp Engel

The paper engineers a bacterial biosensor to map micron-scale arabinose gradients in the honeybee gut, revealing heterogeneous nutrient distribution influenced by co-colonizing microbes.

This study uses real-time volatilomics to identify microbiota and pathogen fingerprints in honey bees through non-invasive volatile compound analysis.

The paper quantifies competitive interactions among honeybee gut bacteria strains and finds within-species interactions are stronger and more asymmetric than between-species interactions.

This study analyzes 1442 European honey bee colonies to identify factors driving microbiome variation, finding that season, year, location, and Varroa destructor load significantly influence microbiome composition.

The paper investigates competition between gut symbionts in honeybees, showing that spatial niche competition and bacterial factors influence microbiota variation.

This study investigates how host and microbial factors influence bacterial colonization of the honey bee gut, finding that native strains have higher loads and AMP sensitivity correlates with colonization success.

This study identifies Apis species in Malaysia using morphology and mitochondrial markers, finding reliable field identification in peninsular Malaysia but highlighting the need for molecular validation in Borneo.

The paper characterizes gut microbiota variation among sympatric stingless bees and honey bees in the Neotropics, finding shared microbial exchange and stable yet permeable communities.

This study uses in vivo CRISPRi-Seq in zebrafish to identify host-adaptive pathways essential for pneumococcal meningitis and discover new therapeutic targets.

The paper analyzes honeybee gut microbiota using shotgun metagenomics to show that symbiont gains, losses, and replacements drive diversity and function, rather than co-diversification.

The paper shows that microbial metabolite release rates are negatively correlated with metabolite value, explaining variability better than other factors.

ReCycled identifies and resets the start of circular bacterial chromosomes to improve comparative genomics analyses.

This study examines microbial community stability and variability in water kefir, finding species-level stability but plasmid and phage diversity across generations and households.

This study examines cheese starter cultures to determine if they show signs of microbial domestication, finding low genetic diversity, taxonomic stability, and evidence of genome decay.

This study shows fecal transplantation in honey bees transfers gut microbiota similar to gut homogenates, supporting fecal contact as a route for microbiota acquisition.

This study shows that gut microbiota in honeybees affects the onset of foraging but not division of labor or associated physiological traits.

The paper identifies five new Streptococcus species and one subspecies from human distal lung microbiota, revealing genetic diversity and metabolic functions.

The paper develops a biosensor in the honey bee gut bacterium to detect IPTG exposure through fluorescent protein expression, enabling non-invasive fecal sampling.

The paper identifies two distinct Acetobacteraceae clades in honey bees with diverging metabolic capabilities and ecological roles.