--- _id: '9860' article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Jenny full_name: Greenwood, Jenny last_name: Greenwood - first_name: Barbara full_name: Milutinovic, Barbara id: 2CDC32B8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Milutinovic orcid: 0000-0002-8214-4758 - first_name: Robert full_name: Peuß, Robert last_name: Peuß - first_name: Sarah full_name: Behrens, Sarah last_name: Behrens - first_name: Daniela full_name: Essar, Daniela last_name: Essar - first_name: Philip full_name: Rosenstiel, Philip last_name: Rosenstiel - first_name: Hinrich full_name: Schulenburg, Hinrich last_name: Schulenburg - first_name: Joachim full_name: Kurtz, Joachim last_name: Kurtz citation: ama: 'Greenwood J, Milutinovic B, Peuß R, et al. Additional file 5: Table S3. of Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae. 2017. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d5.v1' apa: 'Greenwood, J., Milutinovic, B., Peuß, R., Behrens, S., Essar, D., Rosenstiel, P., … Kurtz, J. (2017). Additional file 5: Table S3. of Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d5.v1' chicago: 'Greenwood, Jenny, Barbara Milutinovic, Robert Peuß, Sarah Behrens, Daniela Essar, Philip Rosenstiel, Hinrich Schulenburg, and Joachim Kurtz. “Additional File 5: Table S3. of Oral Immune Priming with Bacillus Thuringiensis Induces a Shift in the Gene Expression of Tribolium Castaneum Larvae.” Springer Nature, 2017. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d5.v1.' ieee: 'J. Greenwood et al., “Additional file 5: Table S3. of Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae.” Springer Nature, 2017.' ista: 'Greenwood J, Milutinovic B, Peuß R, Behrens S, Essar D, Rosenstiel P, Schulenburg H, Kurtz J. 2017. Additional file 5: Table S3. of Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae, Springer Nature, 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d5.v1.' mla: 'Greenwood, Jenny, et al. Additional File 5: Table S3. of Oral Immune Priming with Bacillus Thuringiensis Induces a Shift in the Gene Expression of Tribolium Castaneum Larvae. Springer Nature, 2017, doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d5.v1.' short: J. Greenwood, B. Milutinovic, R. Peuß, S. Behrens, D. Essar, P. Rosenstiel, H. Schulenburg, J. Kurtz, (2017). date_created: 2021-08-10T08:07:12Z date_published: 2017-04-26T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-22T09:47:44Z day: '26' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d5.v1 main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d5.v1 month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publisher: Springer Nature related_material: record: - id: '1006' relation: used_in_publication status: public status: public title: 'Additional file 5: Table S3. of Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae' type: research_data_reference user_id: 6785fbc1-c503-11eb-8a32-93094b40e1cf year: '2017' ... --- _id: '914' abstract: - lang: eng text: Infections with potentially lethal pathogens may negatively affect an individual’s lifespan and decrease its reproductive value. The terminal investment hypothesis predicts that individuals faced with a reduced survival should invest more into reproduction instead of maintenance and growth. Several studies suggest that individuals are indeed able to estimate their body condition and to increase their reproductive effort with approaching death, while other studies gave ambiguous results. We investigate whether queens of a perennial social insect (ant) are able to boost their reproduction following infection with an obligate killing pathogen. Social insect queens are special with regard to reproduction and aging, as they outlive conspecific non-reproductive workers. Moreover, in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior, fecundity increases with queen age. However, it remained unclear whether this reflects negative reproductive senescence or terminal investment in response to approaching death. Here, we test whether queens of C. obscurior react to infection with the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium brunneum by an increased egg-laying rate. We show that a fungal infection triggers a reinforced investment in reproduction in queens. This adjustment of the reproductive rate by ant queens is consistent with predictions of the terminal investment hypothesis and is reported for the first time in a social insect. acknowledgement: We thank two anonymous reviewers for helpful suggestions on the manuscript. article_number: '170547' article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Julia full_name: Giehr, Julia last_name: Giehr - first_name: Anna V full_name: Grasse, Anna V id: 406F989C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Grasse - first_name: Sylvia full_name: Cremer, Sylvia id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Cremer orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868 - first_name: Jürgen full_name: Heinze, Jürgen last_name: Heinze - first_name: Alexandra full_name: Schrempf, Alexandra last_name: Schrempf citation: ama: Giehr J, Grasse AV, Cremer S, Heinze J, Schrempf A. Ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection. Royal Society Open Science. 2017;4(7). doi:10.1098/rsos.170547 apa: Giehr, J., Grasse, A. V., Cremer, S., Heinze, J., & Schrempf, A. (2017). Ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection. Royal Society Open Science. Royal Society, The. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170547 chicago: Giehr, Julia, Anna V Grasse, Sylvia Cremer, Jürgen Heinze, and Alexandra Schrempf. “Ant Queens Increase Their Reproductive Efforts after Pathogen Infection.” Royal Society Open Science. Royal Society, The, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170547. ieee: J. Giehr, A. V. Grasse, S. Cremer, J. Heinze, and A. Schrempf, “Ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection,” Royal Society Open Science, vol. 4, no. 7. Royal Society, The, 2017. ista: Giehr J, Grasse AV, Cremer S, Heinze J, Schrempf A. 2017. Ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection. Royal Society Open Science. 4(7), 170547. mla: Giehr, Julia, et al. “Ant Queens Increase Their Reproductive Efforts after Pathogen Infection.” Royal Society Open Science, vol. 4, no. 7, 170547, Royal Society, The, 2017, doi:10.1098/rsos.170547. short: J. Giehr, A.V. Grasse, S. Cremer, J. Heinze, A. Schrempf, Royal Society Open Science 4 (2017). date_created: 2018-12-11T11:49:10Z date_published: 2017-07-05T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-26T15:45:47Z day: '05' ddc: - '576' - '592' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.1098/rsos.170547 external_id: isi: - '000406670000025' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 351ae5e7a37e6e7d9295cd41146c4190 content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:08:24Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:15Z file_id: '4684' file_name: IST-2017-849-v1+1_2017_Grasse_Cremer_AntQueens.pdf file_size: 530412 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:15Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 4' isi: 1 issue: '7' language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publication: Royal Society Open Science publication_identifier: issn: - '20545703' publication_status: published publisher: Royal Society, The publist_id: '6527' pubrep_id: '849' quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '9853' relation: research_data status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 volume: 4 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '9853' abstract: - lang: eng text: Egg laying rates and infection loads of C. obscurior queens article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Julia full_name: Giehr, Julia last_name: Giehr - first_name: Anna V full_name: Grasse, Anna V id: 406F989C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Grasse - first_name: Sylvia full_name: Cremer, Sylvia id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Cremer orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868 - first_name: Jürgen full_name: Heinze, Jürgen last_name: Heinze - first_name: Alexandra full_name: Schrempf, Alexandra last_name: Schrempf citation: ama: Giehr J, Grasse AV, Cremer S, Heinze J, Schrempf A. Raw data from ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection. 2017. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1 apa: Giehr, J., Grasse, A. V., Cremer, S., Heinze, J., & Schrempf, A. (2017). Raw data from ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1 chicago: Giehr, Julia, Anna V Grasse, Sylvia Cremer, Jürgen Heinze, and Alexandra Schrempf. “Raw Data from Ant Queens Increase Their Reproductive Efforts after Pathogen Infection.” The Royal Society, 2017. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1. ieee: J. Giehr, A. V. Grasse, S. Cremer, J. Heinze, and A. Schrempf, “Raw data from ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection.” The Royal Society, 2017. ista: Giehr J, Grasse AV, Cremer S, Heinze J, Schrempf A. 2017. Raw data from ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection, The Royal Society, 10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1. mla: Giehr, Julia, et al. Raw Data from Ant Queens Increase Their Reproductive Efforts after Pathogen Infection. The Royal Society, 2017, doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1. short: J. Giehr, A.V. Grasse, S. Cremer, J. Heinze, A. Schrempf, (2017). date_created: 2021-08-10T06:57:57Z date_published: 2017-06-19T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-26T15:45:47Z day: '19' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1 main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1 month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publisher: The Royal Society related_material: record: - id: '914' relation: used_in_publication status: public status: public title: Raw data from ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection type: research_data_reference user_id: 6785fbc1-c503-11eb-8a32-93094b40e1cf year: '2017' ... --- _id: '734' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Social insect societies are long-standing models for understanding social behaviour and evolution. Unlike other advanced biological societies (such as the multicellular body), the component parts of social insect societies can be easily deconstructed and manipulated. Recent methodological and theoretical innovations have exploited this trait to address an expanded range of biological questions. We illustrate the broadening range of biological insight coming from social insect biology with four examples. These new frontiers promote open-minded, interdisciplinary exploration of one of the richest and most complex of biological phenomena: sociality.' article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Patrick full_name: Kennedy, Patrick last_name: Kennedy - first_name: Gemma full_name: Baron, Gemma last_name: Baron - first_name: Bitao full_name: Qiu, Bitao last_name: Qiu - first_name: Dalial full_name: Freitak, Dalial last_name: Freitak - first_name: Heikki full_name: Helantera, Heikki last_name: Helantera - first_name: Edmund full_name: Hunt, Edmund last_name: Hunt - first_name: Fabio full_name: Manfredini, Fabio last_name: Manfredini - first_name: Thomas full_name: O'Shea Wheller, Thomas last_name: O'Shea Wheller - first_name: Solenn full_name: Patalano, Solenn last_name: Patalano - first_name: Christopher full_name: Pull, Christopher id: 3C7F4840-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pull orcid: 0000-0003-1122-3982 - first_name: Takao full_name: Sasaki, Takao last_name: Sasaki - first_name: Daisy full_name: Taylor, Daisy last_name: Taylor - first_name: Christopher full_name: Wyatt, Christopher last_name: Wyatt - first_name: Seirian full_name: Sumner, Seirian last_name: Sumner citation: ama: Kennedy P, Baron G, Qiu B, et al. Deconstructing superorganisms and societies to address big questions in biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 2017;32(11):861-872. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2017.08.004 apa: Kennedy, P., Baron, G., Qiu, B., Freitak, D., Helantera, H., Hunt, E., … Sumner, S. (2017). Deconstructing superorganisms and societies to address big questions in biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Cell Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.08.004 chicago: Kennedy, Patrick, Gemma Baron, Bitao Qiu, Dalial Freitak, Heikki Helantera, Edmund Hunt, Fabio Manfredini, et al. “Deconstructing Superorganisms and Societies to Address Big Questions in Biology.” Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Cell Press, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.08.004. ieee: P. Kennedy et al., “Deconstructing superorganisms and societies to address big questions in biology,” Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 32, no. 11. Cell Press, pp. 861–872, 2017. ista: Kennedy P, Baron G, Qiu B, Freitak D, Helantera H, Hunt E, Manfredini F, O’Shea Wheller T, Patalano S, Pull C, Sasaki T, Taylor D, Wyatt C, Sumner S. 2017. Deconstructing superorganisms and societies to address big questions in biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 32(11), 861–872. mla: Kennedy, Patrick, et al. “Deconstructing Superorganisms and Societies to Address Big Questions in Biology.” Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 32, no. 11, Cell Press, 2017, pp. 861–72, doi:10.1016/j.tree.2017.08.004. short: P. Kennedy, G. Baron, B. Qiu, D. Freitak, H. Helantera, E. Hunt, F. Manfredini, T. O’Shea Wheller, S. Patalano, C. Pull, T. Sasaki, D. Taylor, C. Wyatt, S. Sumner, Trends in Ecology and Evolution 32 (2017) 861–872. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:48:13Z date_published: 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-27T14:15:15Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.08.004 external_id: isi: - '000413231900011' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: c8f49309ed9436201814fa7153d66a99 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-05-14T16:22:27Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:56Z file_id: '7842' file_name: 2017_TrendsEcology_Kennedy.pdf file_size: 15018382 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:56Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 32' isi: 1 issue: '11' language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa: 1 oa_version: Submitted Version page: 861 - 872 publication: Trends in Ecology and Evolution publication_identifier: issn: - '01695347' publication_status: published publisher: Cell Press publist_id: '6933' quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '819' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Deconstructing superorganisms and societies to address big questions in biology type: journal_article user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 volume: 32 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '819' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Contagious diseases must transmit from infectious to susceptible hosts in order to reproduce. Whilst vectored pathogens can rely on intermediaries to find new hosts for them, many infectious pathogens require close contact or direct interaction between hosts for transmission. Hence, this means that conspecifics are often the main source of infection for most animals and so, in theory, animals should avoid conspecifics to reduce their risk of infection. Of course, in reality animals must interact with one another, as a bare minimum, to mate. However, being social provides many additional benefits and group living has become a taxonomically diverse and widespread trait. How then do social animals overcome the issue of increased disease? Over the last few decades, the social insects (ants, termites and some bees and wasps) have become a model system for studying disease in social animals. On paper, a social insect colony should be particularly susceptible to disease, given that they often contain thousands of potential hosts that are closely related and frequently interact, as well as exhibiting stable environmental conditions that encourage microbial growth. Yet, disease outbreaks appear to be rare and attempts to eradicate pest species using pathogens have failed time and again. Evolutionary biologists investigating this observation have discovered that the reduced disease susceptibility in social insects is, in part, due to collectively performed disease defences of the workers. These defences act like a “social immune system” for the colony, resulting in a per capita decrease in disease, termed social immunity. Our understanding of social immunity, and its importance in relation to the immunological defences of each insect, continues to grow, but there remain many open questions. In this thesis I have studied disease defence in garden ants. In the first data chapter, I use the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus, to investigate how colonies mitigate lethal infections and prevent them from spreading systemically. I find that ants have evolved ‘destructive disinfection’ – a behaviour that uses endogenously produced acidic poison to kill diseased brood and to prevent the pathogen from replicating. In the second experimental chapter, I continue to study the use of poison in invasive garden ant colonies, finding that it is sprayed prophylactically within the nest. However, this spraying has negative effects on developing pupae when they have had their cocoons artificially removed. Hence, I suggest that acidic nest sanitation may be maintaining larval cocoon spinning in this species. In the next experimental chapter, I investigated how colony founding black garden ant queens (Lasius niger) prevent disease when a co-foundress dies. I show that ant queens prophylactically perform undertaking behaviours, similar to those performed by the workers in mature nests. When a co-foundress was infected, these undertaking behaviours improved the survival of the healthy queen. In the final data chapter, I explored how immunocompetence (measured as antifungal activity) changes as incipient black garden ant colonies grow and mature, from the solitary queen phase to colonies with several hundred workers. Queen and worker antifungal activity varied throughout this time period, but despite social immunity, did not decrease as colonies matured. In addition to the above data chapters, this thesis includes two co-authored reviews. In the first, we examine the state of the art in the field of social immunity and how it might develop in the future. In the second, we identify several challenges and open questions in the study of disease defence in animals. We highlight how social insects offer a unique model to tackle some of these problems, as disease defence can be studied from the cell to the society. ' acknowledgement: "ERC FP7 programme (grant agreement no. 240371)\r\nI have been supremely spoilt to work in a lab with such good resources and I must thank the wonderful Cremer group technicians, Anna, Barbara, Eva and Florian, for all of their help and keeping the lab up and running. You guys will probably be the most missed once I realise just how much work you have been saving me! For the same reason, I must say a big Dzi ę kuj ę Ci to Wonder Woman Wanda, for her tireless efforts feeding my colonies and cranking out thousands of petri dishes and sugar tubes. Again, you will be sorely missed now that I will have to take this task on myself. Of course, I will be eternally indebted to Prof. Sylvia Cremer for taking me under her wing and being a constant source of guidance and inspiration. You have given me the perfect balance of independence and supervision. I cannot thank you enough for creating such a great working environment and allowing me the freedom to follow my own research questions. I have had so many exceptional opportunities – attending and presenting at conferences all over the world, inviting me to write the ARE with you, going to workshops in Panama and Switzerland, and even organising our own PhD course – that I often think I must have had the best PhD in the world. You have taught me so much and made me a scientist. I sincerely hope we get the chance to work together again in the future. Thank you for everything. I must also thank my PhD Committee, Daria Siekhaus and Jacobus “Koos” Boomsma, for being very supportive throughout the duration of my PhD. " alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Christopher full_name: Pull, Christopher id: 3C7F4840-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pull orcid: 0000-0003-1122-3982 citation: ama: Pull C. Disease defence in garden ants. 2017. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_861 apa: Pull, C. (2017). Disease defence in garden ants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_861 chicago: Pull, Christopher. “Disease Defence in Garden Ants.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2017. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_861. ieee: C. Pull, “Disease defence in garden ants,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2017. ista: Pull C. 2017. Disease defence in garden ants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Pull, Christopher. Disease Defence in Garden Ants. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2017, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_861. short: C. Pull, Disease Defence in Garden Ants, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2017. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:48:40Z date_published: 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-28T11:31:32Z day: '26' ddc: - '576' - '577' - '578' - '579' - '590' - '592' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_861 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 4993cdd5382295758ecc3ecbd2a9aaff content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: dernst date_created: 2019-04-05T07:53:04Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:09Z file_id: '6199' file_name: 2017_Thesis_Pull.docx file_size: 18580400 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: ee2e3ebb5b53c154c866f5b052b25153 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2019-04-05T07:53:04Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:09Z file_id: '6200' file_name: 2017_Thesis_Pull.pdf file_size: 14400681 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:09Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '122' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria publist_id: '6830' pubrep_id: '861' related_material: record: - id: '616' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '806' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '734' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '732' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Sylvia M full_name: Cremer, Sylvia M id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Cremer orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868 title: Disease defence in garden ants tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '732' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Background: Social insects form densely crowded societies in environments with high pathogen loads, but have evolved collective defences that mitigate the impact of disease. However, colony-founding queens lack this protection and suffer high rates of mortality. The impact of pathogens may be exacerbated in species where queens found colonies together, as healthy individuals may contract pathogens from infectious co-founders. Therefore, we tested whether ant queens avoid founding colonies with pathogen-exposed conspecifics and how they might limit disease transmission from infectious individuals. Results: Using Lasius Niger queens and a naturally infecting fungal pathogen Metarhizium brunneum, we observed that queens were equally likely to found colonies with another pathogen-exposed or sham-treated queen. However, when one queen died, the surviving individual performed biting, burial and removal of the corpse. These undertaking behaviours were performed prophylactically, i.e. targeted equally towards non-infected and infected corpses, as well as carried out before infected corpses became infectious. Biting and burial reduced the risk of the queens contracting and dying from disease from an infectious corpse of a dead co-foundress. Conclusions: We show that co-founding ant queens express undertaking behaviours that, in mature colonies, are performed exclusively by workers. Such infection avoidance behaviours act before the queens can contract the disease and will therefore improve the overall chance of colony founding success in ant queens.' article_number: '219' article_processing_charge: Yes article_type: original author: - first_name: Christopher full_name: Pull, Christopher id: 3C7F4840-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pull orcid: 0000-0003-1122-3982 - first_name: Sylvia full_name: Cremer, Sylvia id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Cremer orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868 citation: ama: Pull C, Cremer S. Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2017;17(1). doi:10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4 apa: Pull, C., & Cremer, S. (2017). Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour. BMC Evolutionary Biology. BioMed Central. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4 chicago: Pull, Christopher, and Sylvia Cremer. “Co-Founding Ant Queens Prevent Disease by Performing Prophylactic Undertaking Behaviour.” BMC Evolutionary Biology. BioMed Central, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4. ieee: C. Pull and S. Cremer, “Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour,” BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 17, no. 1. BioMed Central, 2017. ista: Pull C, Cremer S. 2017. Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17(1), 219. mla: Pull, Christopher, and Sylvia Cremer. “Co-Founding Ant Queens Prevent Disease by Performing Prophylactic Undertaking Behaviour.” BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 17, no. 1, 219, BioMed Central, 2017, doi:10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4. short: C. Pull, S. Cremer, BMC Evolutionary Biology 17 (2017). date_created: 2018-12-11T11:48:12Z date_published: 2017-10-13T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-28T11:31:32Z day: '13' ddc: - '576' - '592' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000412816800001' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 3e24a2cfd48f49f7b3643d08d30fb480 content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:17:18Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:55Z file_id: '5271' file_name: IST-2017-882-v1+1_12862_2017_Article_1062.pdf file_size: 949857 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:55Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 17' isi: 1 issue: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '10' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 25DC711C-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '243071' name: 'Social Vaccination in Ant Colonies: from Individual Mechanisms to Society Effects' publication: BMC Evolutionary Biology publication_identifier: issn: - '14712148' publication_status: published publisher: BioMed Central publist_id: '6937' pubrep_id: '882' quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '819' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 volume: 17 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '459' abstract: - lang: eng text: The social insects bees, wasps, ants, and termites are species-rich, occur in many habitats, and often constitute a large part of the biomass. Many are also invasive, including species of termites, the red imported fire ant, and the Argentine ant. While invasive social insects have been a problem in Southern Europe for some time, Central Europa was free of invasive ant species until recently because most ants are adapted to warmer climates. Only in the 1990s, did Lasius neglectus, a close relative of the common black garden ant, arrive in Germany. First described in 1990 based on individuals collected in Budapest, the species has since been detected for example in France, Germany, Spain, England, and Kyrgyzstan. The species is spread with soil during construction work or plantings, and L. neglectus therefore is often found in parks and botanical gardens. Another invasive ant now spreading in southern Germany is Formica fuscocinerea, which occurs along rivers, including in the sandy floodplains of the river Isar. As is typical of pioneer species, F. fuscocinerea quickly becomes extremely abundant and therefore causes problems for example on playgrounds in Munich. All invasive ant species are characterized by cooperation across nests, leading to strongly interconnected, very large super-colonies. The resulting dominance results in the extinction of native ant species as well as other arthropod species and thus in the reduction of biodiversity. article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Sylvia full_name: Cremer, Sylvia id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Cremer orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868 citation: ama: 'Cremer S. Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie sie sich ausbreiten und die heimische Fauna verändern. Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie. 2017;46:105-116.' apa: 'Cremer, S. (2017). Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie sie sich ausbreiten und die heimische Fauna verändern. Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.' chicago: 'Cremer, Sylvia. “Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie Sie Sich Ausbreiten Und Die Heimische Fauna Verändern.” Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 2017.' ieee: 'S. Cremer, “Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie sie sich ausbreiten und die heimische Fauna verändern,” Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie, vol. 46. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, pp. 105–116, 2017.' ista: 'Cremer S. 2017. Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie sie sich ausbreiten und die heimische Fauna verändern. Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie. 46, 105–116.' mla: 'Cremer, Sylvia. “Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie Sie Sich Ausbreiten Und Die Heimische Fauna Verändern.” Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie, vol. 46, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 2017, pp. 105–16.' short: S. Cremer, Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie 46 (2017) 105–116. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:46:35Z date_published: 2017-04-04T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-10-17T12:28:13Z day: '04' ddc: - '592' department: - _id: SyCr file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 4919baf9050415ca151fe22497379f78 content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:15:52Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:46:32Z file_id: '5175' file_name: IST-2018-962-v1+1_044676698_07_Cremer__Invasive_Ameisen_in_Europa_...__BY-ND_.pdf file_size: 1711131 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:46:32Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 46' language: - iso: eng license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 105 - 116 publication: Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie publication_identifier: issn: - 2366-2875 publication_status: published publisher: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil publist_id: '7362' pubrep_id: '962' quality_controlled: '1' status: public title: 'Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie sie sich ausbreiten und die heimische Fauna verändern' tmp: image: /image/cc_by_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-ND (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 46 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '558' abstract: - lang: eng text: Immune specificity is the degree to which a host’s immune system discriminates among various pathogens or antigenic variants. Vertebrate immune memory is highly specific due to antibody responses. On the other hand, some invertebrates show immune priming, i.e. improved survival after secondary exposure to a previously encountered pathogen. Until now, specificity of priming has only been demonstrated via the septic infection route or when live pathogens were used for priming. Therefore, we tested for specificity in the oral priming route in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. For priming, we used pathogen-free supernatants derived from three different strains of the entomopathogen, Bacillus thuringiensis, which express different Cry toxin variants known for their toxicity against this beetle. Subsequent exposure to the infective spores showed that oral priming was specific for two naturally occurring strains, while a third engineered strain did not induce any priming effect. Our data demonstrate that oral immune priming with a non-infectious bacterial agent can be specific, but the priming effect is not universal across all bacterial strains. article_number: '0632' article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Momir full_name: Futo, Momir last_name: Futo - first_name: Marie full_name: Sell, Marie last_name: Sell - first_name: Megan full_name: Kutzer, Megan id: 29D0B332-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kutzer orcid: 0000-0002-8696-6978 - first_name: Joachim full_name: Kurtz, Joachim last_name: Kurtz citation: ama: Futo M, Sell M, Kutzer M, Kurtz J. Specificity of oral immune priming in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Biology Letters. 2017;13(12). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632 apa: Futo, M., Sell, M., Kutzer, M., & Kurtz, J. (2017). Specificity of oral immune priming in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Biology Letters. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632 chicago: Futo, Momir, Marie Sell, Megan Kutzer, and Joachim Kurtz. “Specificity of Oral Immune Priming in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium Castaneum.” Biology Letters. The Royal Society, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632. ieee: M. Futo, M. Sell, M. Kutzer, and J. Kurtz, “Specificity of oral immune priming in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum,” Biology Letters, vol. 13, no. 12. The Royal Society, 2017. ista: Futo M, Sell M, Kutzer M, Kurtz J. 2017. Specificity of oral immune priming in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Biology Letters. 13(12), 0632. mla: Futo, Momir, et al. “Specificity of Oral Immune Priming in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium Castaneum.” Biology Letters, vol. 13, no. 12, 0632, The Royal Society, 2017, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632. short: M. Futo, M. Sell, M. Kutzer, J. Kurtz, Biology Letters 13 (2017). date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:10Z date_published: 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-10-18T06:42:25Z day: '01' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632 external_id: pmid: - '29237813' intvolume: ' 13' issue: '12' language: - iso: eng month: '12' oa_version: None pmid: 1 publication: Biology Letters publication_identifier: issn: - 1744-9561 publication_status: published publisher: The Royal Society publist_id: '7255' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Specificity of oral immune priming in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 13 year: '2017' ... --- _id: '1184' abstract: - lang: eng text: Across multicellular organisms, the costs of reproduction and self-maintenance result in a life history trade-off between fecundity and longevity. Queens of perennial social Hymenoptera are both highly fertile and long-lived, and thus, this fundamental trade-off is lacking. Whether social insect males similarly evade the fecundity/longevity trade-off remains largely unstudied. Wingless males of the ant genus Cardiocondyla stay in their natal colonies throughout their relatively long lives and mate with multiple female sexuals. Here, we show that Cardiocondyla obscurior males that were allowed to mate with large numbers of female sexuals had a shortened life span compared to males that mated at a low frequency or virgin males. Although frequent mating negatively affects longevity, males clearly benefit from a “live fast, die young strategy” by inseminating as many female sexuals as possible at a cost to their own survival. acknowledgement: 'German Science Foundation. Grant Number: SCHR 1135/2-1. We thank M. Adam for handling part of the setups and J. Zoellner for behavioral observations.' author: - first_name: Sina full_name: Metzler, Sina id: 48204546-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Metzler - first_name: Jürgen full_name: Heinze, Jürgen last_name: Heinze - first_name: Alexandra full_name: Schrempf, Alexandra last_name: Schrempf citation: ama: Metzler S, Heinze J, Schrempf A. Mating and longevity in ant males. Ecology and Evolution. 2016;6(24):8903-8906. doi:10.1002/ece3.2474 apa: Metzler, S., Heinze, J., & Schrempf, A. (2016). Mating and longevity in ant males. Ecology and Evolution. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2474 chicago: Metzler, Sina, Jürgen Heinze, and Alexandra Schrempf. “Mating and Longevity in Ant Males.” Ecology and Evolution. Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2474. ieee: S. Metzler, J. Heinze, and A. Schrempf, “Mating and longevity in ant males,” Ecology and Evolution, vol. 6, no. 24. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 8903–8906, 2016. ista: Metzler S, Heinze J, Schrempf A. 2016. Mating and longevity in ant males. Ecology and Evolution. 6(24), 8903–8906. mla: Metzler, Sina, et al. “Mating and Longevity in Ant Males.” Ecology and Evolution, vol. 6, no. 24, Wiley-Blackwell, 2016, pp. 8903–06, doi:10.1002/ece3.2474. short: S. Metzler, J. Heinze, A. Schrempf, Ecology and Evolution 6 (2016) 8903–8906. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:50:36Z date_published: 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:48:55Z day: '01' ddc: - '576' - '592' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.1002/ece3.2474 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 789026eb9e1be2a0da08376f29f569cf content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:14:12Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:44:37Z file_id: '5062' file_name: IST-2017-736-v1+1_Metzler_et_al-2016-Ecology_and_Evolution.pdf file_size: 328414 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:44:37Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 6' issue: '24' language: - iso: eng month: '12' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 8903 - 8906 publication: Ecology and Evolution publication_status: published publisher: Wiley-Blackwell publist_id: '6169' pubrep_id: '736' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Mating and longevity in ant males tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 6 year: '2016' ... --- _id: '1202' acknowledgement: The authors thank Sophie A.O. Armitage and Jan N. Offenborn for helpful comments on the figures, and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. The project was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, KU 1929/4-2) within the priority programme SPP 1399 “Host–Parasite Coevolution”. author: - first_name: Barbara full_name: Milutinovic, Barbara id: 2CDC32B8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Milutinovic orcid: 0000-0002-8214-4758 - first_name: Robert full_name: Peuß, Robert last_name: Peuß - first_name: Kevin full_name: Ferro, Kevin last_name: Ferro - first_name: Joachim full_name: Kurtz, Joachim last_name: Kurtz citation: ama: 'Milutinovic B, Peuß R, Ferro K, Kurtz J. Immune priming in arthropods: an update focusing on the red flour beetle. Zoology . 2016;119(4):254-261. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006' apa: 'Milutinovic, B., Peuß, R., Ferro, K., & Kurtz, J. (2016). Immune priming in arthropods: an update focusing on the red flour beetle. Zoology . Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006' chicago: 'Milutinovic, Barbara, Robert Peuß, Kevin Ferro, and Joachim Kurtz. “Immune Priming in Arthropods: An Update Focusing on the Red Flour Beetle.” Zoology . Elsevier, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006.' ieee: 'B. Milutinovic, R. Peuß, K. Ferro, and J. Kurtz, “Immune priming in arthropods: an update focusing on the red flour beetle,” Zoology , vol. 119, no. 4. Elsevier, pp. 254–261, 2016.' ista: 'Milutinovic B, Peuß R, Ferro K, Kurtz J. 2016. Immune priming in arthropods: an update focusing on the red flour beetle. Zoology . 119(4), 254–261.' mla: 'Milutinovic, Barbara, et al. “Immune Priming in Arthropods: An Update Focusing on the Red Flour Beetle.” Zoology , vol. 119, no. 4, Elsevier, 2016, pp. 254–61, doi:10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006.' short: B. Milutinovic, R. Peuß, K. Ferro, J. Kurtz, Zoology 119 (2016) 254–261. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:50:41Z date_published: 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:49:03Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 8396d5bd95f9c4295857162f902afabf content_type: application/pdf creator: kschuh date_created: 2019-01-25T13:00:20Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:44:39Z file_id: '5885' file_name: 2016_Elsevier_Milutinovic.pdf file_size: 1473211 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:44:39Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 119' issue: '4' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 254 - 261 project: - _id: 25DAF0B2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: CR-118/3-1 name: Host-Parasite Coevolution publication: 'Zoology ' publication_status: published publisher: Elsevier publist_id: '6147' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: 'Immune priming in arthropods: an update focusing on the red flour beetle' tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 119 year: '2016' ... --- _id: '1255' abstract: - lang: eng text: Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1 (Dscam1) has widereaching and vital neuronal functions although the role it plays in insect and crustacean immunity is less well understood. In this study, we combine different approaches to understand the roles that Dscam1 plays in fitness-related contexts in two model insect species. Contrary to our expectations, we found no short-term modulation of Dscam1 gene expression after haemocoelic or oral bacterial exposure in Tribolium castaneum, or after haemocoelic bacterial exposure in Drosophila melanogaster. Furthermore, RNAi-mediated Dscam1 knockdown and subsequent bacterial exposure did not reduce T. castaneum survival. However, Dscam1 knockdown in larvae resulted in adult locomotion defects, as well as dramatically reduced fecundity in males and females. We suggest that Dscam1 does not always play a straightforward role in immunity, but strongly influences behaviour and fecundity. This study takes a step towards understanding more about the role of this intriguing gene from different phenotypic perspectives. acknowledgement: "We thank Dietmar Schmucker for reading a draft of this manuscript and thank him and his group for\r\nhelpful discussions. We thank Barbara Hasert, Kevin Ferro and Manuel F. Talarico for technical support and helpful\r\ndiscussions. We also thank two anonymous reviewers for their comments. This study was supported by grants from the Volkswagen Stiftung (1/83 516 and AZ 86020: both to S.A.O.A.) and from the DFG priority programme 1399 ‘Host parasite coevolution’ (KU 1929/4-2 to R.P. and J.K.)." article_number: '160138' author: - first_name: Robert full_name: Peuß, Robert last_name: Peuß - first_name: Kristina full_name: Wensing, Kristina last_name: Wensing - first_name: Luisa full_name: Woestmann, Luisa last_name: Woestmann - first_name: Hendrik full_name: Eggert, Hendrik last_name: Eggert - first_name: Barbara full_name: Milutinovic, Barbara id: 2CDC32B8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Milutinovic orcid: 0000-0002-8214-4758 - first_name: Marlene full_name: Sroka, Marlene last_name: Sroka - first_name: Jörn full_name: Scharsack, Jörn last_name: Scharsack - first_name: Joachim full_name: Kurtz, Joachim last_name: Kurtz - first_name: Sophie full_name: Armitage, Sophie last_name: Armitage citation: ama: 'Peuß R, Wensing K, Woestmann L, et al. Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: Testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction. Royal Society Open Science. 2016;3(4). doi:10.1098/rsos.160138' apa: 'Peuß, R., Wensing, K., Woestmann, L., Eggert, H., Milutinovic, B., Sroka, M., … Armitage, S. (2016). Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: Testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction. Royal Society Open Science. Royal Society, The. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160138' chicago: 'Peuß, Robert, Kristina Wensing, Luisa Woestmann, Hendrik Eggert, Barbara Milutinovic, Marlene Sroka, Jörn Scharsack, Joachim Kurtz, and Sophie Armitage. “Down Syndrome Cell Adhesion Molecule 1: Testing for a Role in Insect Immunity, Behaviour and Reproduction.” Royal Society Open Science. Royal Society, The, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160138.' ieee: 'R. Peuß et al., “Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: Testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction,” Royal Society Open Science, vol. 3, no. 4. Royal Society, The, 2016.' ista: 'Peuß R, Wensing K, Woestmann L, Eggert H, Milutinovic B, Sroka M, Scharsack J, Kurtz J, Armitage S. 2016. Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: Testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction. Royal Society Open Science. 3(4), 160138.' mla: 'Peuß, Robert, et al. “Down Syndrome Cell Adhesion Molecule 1: Testing for a Role in Insect Immunity, Behaviour and Reproduction.” Royal Society Open Science, vol. 3, no. 4, 160138, Royal Society, The, 2016, doi:10.1098/rsos.160138.' short: R. Peuß, K. Wensing, L. Woestmann, H. Eggert, B. Milutinovic, M. Sroka, J. Scharsack, J. Kurtz, S. Armitage, Royal Society Open Science 3 (2016). date_created: 2018-12-11T11:50:58Z date_published: 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:49:25Z day: '01' ddc: - '576' - '592' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.1098/rsos.160138 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: c3cd84666c8dc0ce6a784f1c82c1cf68 content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:14:01Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:44:41Z file_id: '5049' file_name: IST-2016-704-v1+1_160138.full.pdf file_size: 627377 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:44:41Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 3' issue: '4' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publication: Royal Society Open Science publication_status: published publisher: Royal Society, The publist_id: '6070' pubrep_id: '704' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: 'Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: Testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction' tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 3 year: '2016' ... --- _id: '1268' acknowledgement: We would like to thank Mihai Netea for inviting us to contribute to this Theme Issue. author: - first_name: Barbara full_name: Milutinovic, Barbara id: 2CDC32B8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Milutinovic orcid: 0000-0002-8214-4758 - first_name: Joachim full_name: Kurtz, Joachim last_name: Kurtz citation: ama: Milutinovic B, Kurtz J. Immune memory in invertebrates. Seminars in Immunology. 2016;28(4):328-342. doi:10.1016/j.smim.2016.05.004 apa: Milutinovic, B., & Kurtz, J. (2016). Immune memory in invertebrates. Seminars in Immunology. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smim.2016.05.004 chicago: Milutinovic, Barbara, and Joachim Kurtz. “Immune Memory in Invertebrates.” Seminars in Immunology. Academic Press, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smim.2016.05.004. ieee: B. Milutinovic and J. Kurtz, “Immune memory in invertebrates,” Seminars in Immunology, vol. 28, no. 4. Academic Press, pp. 328–342, 2016. ista: Milutinovic B, Kurtz J. 2016. Immune memory in invertebrates. Seminars in Immunology. 28(4), 328–342. mla: Milutinovic, Barbara, and Joachim Kurtz. “Immune Memory in Invertebrates.” Seminars in Immunology, vol. 28, no. 4, Academic Press, 2016, pp. 328–42, doi:10.1016/j.smim.2016.05.004. short: B. Milutinovic, J. Kurtz, Seminars in Immunology 28 (2016) 328–342. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:51:03Z date_published: 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:49:30Z day: '01' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.1016/j.smim.2016.05.004 intvolume: ' 28' issue: '4' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa_version: None page: 328 - 342 publication: Seminars in Immunology publication_status: published publisher: Academic Press publist_id: '6053' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Immune memory in invertebrates type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 28 year: '2016' ... --- _id: '1431' abstract: - lang: eng text: The rare socially parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon occurs in two forms, which are characteristic of hygric or xeric habitats and which exploit different host plants and host ants. The status of these two forms has been the subject of considerable controversy. Populations of the two forms are usually spatially distinct, but at Răscruci in Romania both forms occur on the same site (syntopically). We examined the genetic differentiation between the two forms using eight microsatellite markers, and compared with a nearby hygric site, Şardu. Our results showed that while the two forms are strongly differentiated at Răscruci, it is the xeric form there that is most similar to the hygric form at Şardu, and Bayesian clustering algorithms suggest that these two populations have exchanged genes relatively recently. We found strong evidence for population substructuring, caused by high within host ant nest relatedness, indicating very limited dispersal of most ovipositing females, but not association with particular host ant species. Our results are consistent with the results of larger scale phylogeographic studies that suggest that the two forms represent local ecotypes specialising on different host plants, each with a distinct flowering phenology, providing a temporal rather than spatial barrier to gene flow. article_number: '1865' author: - first_name: András full_name: Tartally, András last_name: Tartally - first_name: Andreas full_name: Kelager, Andreas last_name: Kelager - first_name: Matthias full_name: Fürst, Matthias id: 393B1196-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Fürst orcid: 0000-0002-3712-925X - first_name: David full_name: Nash, David last_name: Nash citation: ama: Tartally A, Kelager A, Fürst M, Nash D. Host plant use drives genetic differentiation in syntopic populations of Maculinea alcon. PeerJ. 2016;2016(3). doi:10.7717/peerj.1865 apa: Tartally, A., Kelager, A., Fürst, M., & Nash, D. (2016). Host plant use drives genetic differentiation in syntopic populations of Maculinea alcon. PeerJ. PeerJ. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1865 chicago: Tartally, András, Andreas Kelager, Matthias Fürst, and David Nash. “Host Plant Use Drives Genetic Differentiation in Syntopic Populations of Maculinea Alcon.” PeerJ. PeerJ, 2016. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1865. ieee: A. Tartally, A. Kelager, M. Fürst, and D. Nash, “Host plant use drives genetic differentiation in syntopic populations of Maculinea alcon,” PeerJ, vol. 2016, no. 3. PeerJ, 2016. ista: Tartally A, Kelager A, Fürst M, Nash D. 2016. Host plant use drives genetic differentiation in syntopic populations of Maculinea alcon. PeerJ. 2016(3), 1865. mla: Tartally, András, et al. “Host Plant Use Drives Genetic Differentiation in Syntopic Populations of Maculinea Alcon.” PeerJ, vol. 2016, no. 3, 1865, PeerJ, 2016, doi:10.7717/peerj.1865. short: A. Tartally, A. Kelager, M. Fürst, D. Nash, PeerJ 2016 (2016). date_created: 2018-12-11T11:51:59Z date_published: 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:50:41Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.7717/peerj.1865 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: c27d898598a1e3d7f629607a309254e1 content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:17:19Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:44:53Z file_id: '5272' file_name: IST-2016-584-v1+1_peerj-1865.pdf file_size: 1216360 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:44:53Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 2016' issue: '3' language: - iso: eng month: '01' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publication: PeerJ publication_status: published publisher: PeerJ publist_id: '5767' pubrep_id: '584' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Host plant use drives genetic differentiation in syntopic populations of Maculinea alcon tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 2016 year: '2016' ... --- _id: '9720' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Summary: Declining populations of bee pollinators are a cause of concern, with major repercussions for biodiversity loss and food security. RNA viruses associated with honeybees represent a potential threat to other insect pollinators, but the extent of this threat is poorly understood. This study aims to attain a detailed understanding of the current and ongoing risk of emerging infectious disease (EID) transmission between managed and wild pollinator species across a wide range of RNA viruses. Within a structured large-scale national survey across 26 independent sites, we quantify the prevalence and pathogen loads of multiple RNA viruses in co-occurring managed honeybee (Apis mellifera) and wild bumblebee (Bombus spp.) populations. We then construct models that compare virus prevalence between wild and managed pollinators. Multiple RNA viruses associated with honeybees are widespread in sympatric wild bumblebee populations. Virus prevalence in honeybees is a significant predictor of virus prevalence in bumblebees, but we remain cautious in speculating over the principle direction of pathogen transmission. We demonstrate species-specific differences in prevalence, indicating significant variation in disease susceptibility or tolerance. Pathogen loads within individual bumblebees may be high and in the case of at least one RNA virus, prevalence is higher in wild bumblebees than in managed honeybee populations. Our findings indicate widespread transmission of RNA viruses between managed and wild bee pollinators, pointing to an interconnected network of potential disease pressures within and among pollinator species. In the context of the biodiversity crisis, our study emphasizes the importance of targeting a wide range of pathogens and defining host associations when considering potential drivers of population decline.' article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Dino full_name: Mcmahon, Dino last_name: Mcmahon - first_name: Matthias full_name: Fürst, Matthias id: 393B1196-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Fürst orcid: 0000-0002-3712-925X - first_name: Jesicca full_name: Caspar, Jesicca last_name: Caspar - first_name: Panagiotis full_name: Theodorou, Panagiotis last_name: Theodorou - first_name: Mark full_name: Brown, Mark last_name: Brown - first_name: Robert full_name: Paxton, Robert last_name: Paxton citation: ama: 'Mcmahon D, Fürst M, Caspar J, Theodorou P, Brown M, Paxton R. Data from: A sting in the spit: widespread cross-infection of multiple RNA viruses across wild and managed bees. 2016. doi:10.5061/dryad.4b565' apa: 'Mcmahon, D., Fürst, M., Caspar, J., Theodorou, P., Brown, M., & Paxton, R. (2016). Data from: A sting in the spit: widespread cross-infection of multiple RNA viruses across wild and managed bees. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4b565' chicago: 'Mcmahon, Dino, Matthias Fürst, Jesicca Caspar, Panagiotis Theodorou, Mark Brown, and Robert Paxton. “Data from: A Sting in the Spit: Widespread Cross-Infection of Multiple RNA Viruses across Wild and Managed Bees.” Dryad, 2016. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4b565.' ieee: 'D. Mcmahon, M. Fürst, J. Caspar, P. Theodorou, M. Brown, and R. Paxton, “Data from: A sting in the spit: widespread cross-infection of multiple RNA viruses across wild and managed bees.” Dryad, 2016.' ista: 'Mcmahon D, Fürst M, Caspar J, Theodorou P, Brown M, Paxton R. 2016. Data from: A sting in the spit: widespread cross-infection of multiple RNA viruses across wild and managed bees, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.4b565.' mla: 'Mcmahon, Dino, et al. Data from: A Sting in the Spit: Widespread Cross-Infection of Multiple RNA Viruses across Wild and Managed Bees. Dryad, 2016, doi:10.5061/dryad.4b565.' short: D. Mcmahon, M. Fürst, J. Caspar, P. Theodorou, M. Brown, R. Paxton, (2016). date_created: 2021-07-26T09:14:19Z date_published: 2016-01-22T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-02-23T10:17:25Z day: '22' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.5061/dryad.4b565 main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4b565 month: '01' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publisher: Dryad related_material: record: - id: '1855' relation: used_in_publication status: public status: public title: 'Data from: A sting in the spit: widespread cross-infection of multiple RNA viruses across wild and managed bees' type: research_data_reference user_id: 6785fbc1-c503-11eb-8a32-93094b40e1cf year: '2016' ... --- _id: '1262' abstract: - lang: eng text: Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) have contributed significantly to the current biodiversity crisis, leading to widespread epidemics and population loss. Owing to genetic variation in pathogen virulence, a complete understanding of species decline requires the accurate identification and characterization of EIDs. We explore this issue in the Western honeybee, where increasing mortality of populations in the Northern Hemisphere has caused major concern. Specifically, we investigate the importance of genetic identity of the main suspect in mortality, deformed wing virus (DWV), in driving honeybee loss. Using laboratory experiments and a systematic field survey, we demonstrate that an emerging DWV genotype (DWV-B) is more virulent than the established DWV genotype (DWV-A) and is widespread in the landscape. Furthermore, we show in a simple model that colonies infected with DWV-B collapse sooner than colonies infected with DWV-A. We also identify potential for rapid DWV evolution by revealing extensive genome-wide recombination in vivo. The emergence of DWV-B in naive honeybee populations, including via recombination with DWV-A, could be of significant ecological and economic importance. Our findings emphasize that knowledge of pathogen genetic identity and diversity is critical to understanding drivers of species decline. acknowledgement: "This work was supported by the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (Germany): Fit Bee project (grant 511-06.01-28-1-71.007-10), the EU: BeeDoc (grant 244956), iDiv (2013 NGS-Fast Track grant W47004118) and the Insect Pollinators Initiative (IPI grant BB/I000100/1 and BB/I000151/1). The IPI is funded jointly by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Natural Environment Research Council, the Scottish Government and the Wellcome Trust, under the Living with Environmental Change Partnership. We thank A. Abrahams, M. Husemann and A. Soro\r\nfor support in obtaining\r\nV. destructor\r\n-free honeybees; and BBKA\r\nPresident D. Aston for access to records of colony overwinter\r\n2011–2012 mortality in the UK. We also thank the anonymous refe-\r\nrees and Stephen Martin for comments that led to substantial\r\nimprovement of the manuscript." article_number: '20160811' author: - first_name: Dino full_name: Mcmahon, Dino last_name: Mcmahon - first_name: Myrsini full_name: Natsopoulou, Myrsini last_name: Natsopoulou - first_name: Vincent full_name: Doublet, Vincent last_name: Doublet - first_name: Matthias full_name: Fürst, Matthias id: 393B1196-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Fürst orcid: 0000-0002-3712-925X - first_name: Silvio full_name: Weging, Silvio last_name: Weging - first_name: Mark full_name: Brown, Mark last_name: Brown - first_name: Andreas full_name: Gogol Döring, Andreas last_name: Gogol Döring - first_name: Robert full_name: Paxton, Robert last_name: Paxton citation: ama: Mcmahon D, Natsopoulou M, Doublet V, et al. Elevated virulence of an emerging viral genotype as a driver of honeybee loss. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. 2016;283(1833). doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.0811 apa: Mcmahon, D., Natsopoulou, M., Doublet, V., Fürst, M., Weging, S., Brown, M., … Paxton, R. (2016). Elevated virulence of an emerging viral genotype as a driver of honeybee loss. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. Royal Society, The. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.0811 chicago: Mcmahon, Dino, Myrsini Natsopoulou, Vincent Doublet, Matthias Fürst, Silvio Weging, Mark Brown, Andreas Gogol Döring, and Robert Paxton. “Elevated Virulence of an Emerging Viral Genotype as a Driver of Honeybee Loss.” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. Royal Society, The, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.0811. ieee: D. Mcmahon et al., “Elevated virulence of an emerging viral genotype as a driver of honeybee loss,” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences, vol. 283, no. 1833. Royal Society, The, 2016. ista: Mcmahon D, Natsopoulou M, Doublet V, Fürst M, Weging S, Brown M, Gogol Döring A, Paxton R. 2016. Elevated virulence of an emerging viral genotype as a driver of honeybee loss. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. 283(1833), 20160811. mla: Mcmahon, Dino, et al. “Elevated Virulence of an Emerging Viral Genotype as a Driver of Honeybee Loss.” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences, vol. 283, no. 1833, 20160811, Royal Society, The, 2016, doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.0811. short: D. Mcmahon, M. Natsopoulou, V. Doublet, M. Fürst, S. Weging, M. Brown, A. Gogol Döring, R. Paxton, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 283 (2016). date_created: 2018-12-11T11:51:00Z date_published: 2016-06-29T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-02-23T14:05:30Z day: '29' ddc: - '576' - '592' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0811 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 0b0d1be38b497d004064650acb3baced content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:08:46Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:44:42Z file_id: '4708' file_name: IST-2016-701-v1+1_20160811.full.pdf file_size: 796872 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:44:42Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 283' issue: '1833' language: - iso: eng month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publication: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences publication_status: published publisher: Royal Society, The publist_id: '6060' pubrep_id: '701' quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '9704' relation: research_data status: public scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Elevated virulence of an emerging viral genotype as a driver of honeybee loss tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 283 year: '2016' ... --- _id: '9704' abstract: - lang: eng text: Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) have contributed significantly to the current biodiversity crisis, leading to widespread epidemics and population loss. Owing to genetic variation in pathogen virulence, a complete understanding of species decline requires the accurate identification and characterization of EIDs. We explore this issue in the Western honeybee, where increasing mortality of populations in the Northern Hemisphere has caused major concern. Specifically, we investigate the importance of genetic identity of the main suspect in mortality, deformed wing virus (DWV), in driving honeybee loss. Using laboratory experiments and a systematic field survey, we demonstrate that an emerging DWV genotype (DWV-B) is more virulent than the established DWV genotype (DWV-A) and is widespread in the landscape. Furthermore, we show in a simple model that colonies infected with DWV-B collapse sooner than colonies infected with DWV-A. We also identify potential for rapid DWV evolution by revealing extensive genome-wide recombination in vivo. The emergence of DWV-B in naive honeybee populations, including via recombination with DWV-A, could be of significant ecological and economic importance. Our findings emphasize that knowledge of pathogen genetic identity and diversity is critical to understanding drivers of species decline. article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Dino full_name: Mcmahon, Dino last_name: Mcmahon - first_name: Myrsini full_name: Natsopoulou, Myrsini last_name: Natsopoulou - first_name: Vincent full_name: Doublet, Vincent last_name: Doublet - first_name: Matthias full_name: Fürst, Matthias id: 393B1196-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Fürst orcid: 0000-0002-3712-925X - first_name: Silvio full_name: Weging, Silvio last_name: Weging - first_name: Mark full_name: Brown, Mark last_name: Brown - first_name: Andreas full_name: Gogol Döring, Andreas last_name: Gogol Döring - first_name: Robert full_name: Paxton, Robert last_name: Paxton citation: ama: 'Mcmahon D, Natsopoulou M, Doublet V, et al. Data from: Elevated virulence of an emerging viral genotype as a driver of honeybee loss. 2016. doi:10.5061/dryad.cq7t1' apa: 'Mcmahon, D., Natsopoulou, M., Doublet, V., Fürst, M., Weging, S., Brown, M., … Paxton, R. (2016). Data from: Elevated virulence of an emerging viral genotype as a driver of honeybee loss. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cq7t1' chicago: 'Mcmahon, Dino, Myrsini Natsopoulou, Vincent Doublet, Matthias Fürst, Silvio Weging, Mark Brown, Andreas Gogol Döring, and Robert Paxton. “Data from: Elevated Virulence of an Emerging Viral Genotype as a Driver of Honeybee Loss.” Dryad, 2016. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cq7t1.' ieee: 'D. Mcmahon et al., “Data from: Elevated virulence of an emerging viral genotype as a driver of honeybee loss.” Dryad, 2016.' ista: 'Mcmahon D, Natsopoulou M, Doublet V, Fürst M, Weging S, Brown M, Gogol Döring A, Paxton R. 2016. Data from: Elevated virulence of an emerging viral genotype as a driver of honeybee loss, Dryad, 10.5061/dryad.cq7t1.' mla: 'Mcmahon, Dino, et al. Data from: Elevated Virulence of an Emerging Viral Genotype as a Driver of Honeybee Loss. Dryad, 2016, doi:10.5061/dryad.cq7t1.' short: D. Mcmahon, M. Natsopoulou, V. Doublet, M. Fürst, S. Weging, M. Brown, A. Gogol Döring, R. Paxton, (2016). date_created: 2021-07-23T08:30:38Z date_published: 2016-05-06T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-02-21T16:54:31Z day: '06' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.5061/dryad.cq7t1 main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cq7t1 month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publisher: Dryad related_material: record: - id: '1262' relation: used_in_publication status: public status: public title: 'Data from: Elevated virulence of an emerging viral genotype as a driver of honeybee loss' type: research_data_reference user_id: 6785fbc1-c503-11eb-8a32-93094b40e1cf year: '2016' ... --- _id: '1551' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Reciprocal coevolution between host and pathogen is widely seen as a major driver of evolution and biological innovation. Yet, to date, the underlying genetic mechanisms and associated trait functions that are unique to rapid coevolutionary change are generally unknown. We here combined experimental evolution of the bacterial biocontrol agent Bacillus thuringiensis and its nematode host Caenorhabditis elegans with large-scale phenotyping, whole genome analysis, and functional genetics to demonstrate the selective benefit of pathogen virulence and the underlying toxin genes during the adaptation process. We show that: (i) high virulence was specifically favoured during pathogen–host coevolution rather than pathogen one-sided adaptation to a nonchanging host or to an environment without host; (ii) the pathogen genotype BT-679 with known nematocidal toxin genes and high virulence specifically swept to fixation in all of the independent replicate populations under coevolution but only some under one-sided adaptation; (iii) high virulence in the BT-679-dominated populations correlated with elevated copy numbers of the plasmid containing the nematocidal toxin genes; (iv) loss of virulence in a toxin-plasmid lacking BT-679 isolate was reconstituted by genetic reintroduction or external addition of the toxins.We conclude that sustained coevolution is distinct from unidirectional selection in shaping the pathogen''s genome and life history characteristics. To our knowledge, this study is the first to characterize the pathogen genes involved in coevolutionary adaptation in an animal host–pathogen interaction system.' acknowledgement: We are very grateful for funding from the German Science Foundation (DFG) to HS (SCHU 1415/8, SCHU 1415/9), PR (RO 2994/3), EBB (BO 2544/7), HL (LI 1690/2), AT (TE 976/2), RDS (SCHU 2522/1), JK (KU 1929/4); from the Kiel Excellence Cluster Inflammation at Interfaces to HS and PR; and from the ISTFELLOW program (Co-fund Marie Curie Actions of the European Commission) to LM. author: - first_name: Leila full_name: El Masri, Leila id: 349A6E66-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: El Masri - first_name: Antoine full_name: Branca, Antoine last_name: Branca - first_name: Anna full_name: Sheppard, Anna last_name: Sheppard - first_name: Andrei full_name: Papkou, Andrei last_name: Papkou - first_name: David full_name: Laehnemann, David last_name: Laehnemann - first_name: Patrick full_name: Guenther, Patrick last_name: Guenther - first_name: Swantje full_name: Prahl, Swantje last_name: Prahl - first_name: Manja full_name: Saebelfeld, Manja last_name: Saebelfeld - first_name: Jacqueline full_name: Hollensteiner, Jacqueline last_name: Hollensteiner - first_name: Heiko full_name: Liesegang, Heiko last_name: Liesegang - first_name: Elzbieta full_name: Brzuszkiewicz, Elzbieta last_name: Brzuszkiewicz - first_name: Rolf full_name: Daniel, Rolf last_name: Daniel - first_name: Nico full_name: Michiels, Nico last_name: Michiels - first_name: Rebecca full_name: Schulte, Rebecca last_name: Schulte - first_name: Joachim full_name: Kurtz, Joachim last_name: Kurtz - first_name: Philip full_name: Rosenstiel, Philip last_name: Rosenstiel - first_name: Arndt full_name: Telschow, Arndt last_name: Telschow - first_name: Erich full_name: Bornberg Bauer, Erich last_name: Bornberg Bauer - first_name: Hinrich full_name: Schulenburg, Hinrich last_name: Schulenburg citation: ama: 'El Masri L, Branca A, Sheppard A, et al. Host–pathogen coevolution: The selective advantage of Bacillus thuringiensis virulence and its cry toxin genes. PLoS Biology. 2015;13(6):1-30. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002169' apa: 'El Masri, L., Branca, A., Sheppard, A., Papkou, A., Laehnemann, D., Guenther, P., … Schulenburg, H. (2015). Host–pathogen coevolution: The selective advantage of Bacillus thuringiensis virulence and its cry toxin genes. PLoS Biology. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002169' chicago: 'El Masri, Leila, Antoine Branca, Anna Sheppard, Andrei Papkou, David Laehnemann, Patrick Guenther, Swantje Prahl, et al. “Host–Pathogen Coevolution: The Selective Advantage of Bacillus Thuringiensis Virulence and Its Cry Toxin Genes.” PLoS Biology. Public Library of Science, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002169.' ieee: 'L. El Masri et al., “Host–pathogen coevolution: The selective advantage of Bacillus thuringiensis virulence and its cry toxin genes,” PLoS Biology, vol. 13, no. 6. Public Library of Science, pp. 1–30, 2015.' ista: 'El Masri L, Branca A, Sheppard A, Papkou A, Laehnemann D, Guenther P, Prahl S, Saebelfeld M, Hollensteiner J, Liesegang H, Brzuszkiewicz E, Daniel R, Michiels N, Schulte R, Kurtz J, Rosenstiel P, Telschow A, Bornberg Bauer E, Schulenburg H. 2015. Host–pathogen coevolution: The selective advantage of Bacillus thuringiensis virulence and its cry toxin genes. PLoS Biology. 13(6), 1–30.' mla: 'El Masri, Leila, et al. “Host–Pathogen Coevolution: The Selective Advantage of Bacillus Thuringiensis Virulence and Its Cry Toxin Genes.” PLoS Biology, vol. 13, no. 6, Public Library of Science, 2015, pp. 1–30, doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002169.' short: L. El Masri, A. Branca, A. Sheppard, A. Papkou, D. Laehnemann, P. Guenther, S. Prahl, M. Saebelfeld, J. Hollensteiner, H. Liesegang, E. Brzuszkiewicz, R. Daniel, N. Michiels, R. Schulte, J. Kurtz, P. Rosenstiel, A. Telschow, E. Bornberg Bauer, H. Schulenburg, PLoS Biology 13 (2015) 1–30. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:52:40Z date_published: 2015-06-04T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:51:33Z day: '04' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002169 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 30dee7a2c11ed09f2f5634655c0146f8 content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:14:13Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:45:02Z file_id: '5063' file_name: IST-2016-481-v1+1_journal.pbio.1002169.pdf file_size: 3468956 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:45:02Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 13' issue: '6' language: - iso: eng month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 1 - 30 project: - _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '291734' name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme publication: PLoS Biology publication_status: published publisher: Public Library of Science publist_id: '5620' pubrep_id: '481' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: 'Host–pathogen coevolution: The selective advantage of Bacillus thuringiensis virulence and its cry toxin genes' tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 13 year: '2015' ... --- _id: '1548' abstract: - lang: eng text: Reproduction within a host and transmission to the next host are crucial for the virulence and fitness of pathogens. Nevertheless, basic knowledge about such parameters is often missing from the literature, even for well-studied bacteria, such as Bacillus thuringiensis, an endospore-forming insect pathogen, which infects its hosts via the oral route. To characterize bacterial replication success, we made use of an experimental oral infection system for the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum and developed a flow cytometric assay for the quantification of both spore ingestion by the individual beetle larvae and the resulting spore load after bacterial replication and resporulation within cadavers. On average, spore numbers increased 460-fold, showing that Bacillus thuringiensis grows and replicates successfully in insect cadavers. By inoculating cadaver-derived spores and spores from bacterial stock cultures into nutrient medium, we next investigated outgrowth characteristics of vegetative cells and found that cadaver- derived bacteria showed reduced growth compared to bacteria from the stock cultures. Interestingly, this reduced growth was a consequence of inhibited spore germination, probably originating from the host and resulting in reduced host mortality in subsequent infections by cadaver-derived spores. Nevertheless, we further showed that Bacillus thuringiensis transmission was possible via larval cannibalism when no other food was offered. These results contribute to our understanding of the ecology of Bacillus thuringiensis as an insect pathogen. author: - first_name: Barbara full_name: Milutinovic, Barbara id: 2CDC32B8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Milutinovic orcid: 0000-0002-8214-4758 - first_name: Christina full_name: Höfling, Christina last_name: Höfling - first_name: Momir full_name: Futo, Momir last_name: Futo - first_name: Jörn full_name: Scharsack, Jörn last_name: Scharsack - first_name: Joachim full_name: Kurtz, Joachim last_name: Kurtz citation: ama: 'Milutinovic B, Höfling C, Futo M, Scharsack J, Kurtz J. Infection of Tribolium castaneum with Bacillus thuringiensis: Quantification of bacterial replication within cadavers, transmission via cannibalism, and inhibition of spore germination. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2015;81(23):8135-8144. doi:10.1128/AEM.02051-15' apa: 'Milutinovic, B., Höfling, C., Futo, M., Scharsack, J., & Kurtz, J. (2015). Infection of Tribolium castaneum with Bacillus thuringiensis: Quantification of bacterial replication within cadavers, transmission via cannibalism, and inhibition of spore germination. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. American Society for Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02051-15' chicago: 'Milutinovic, Barbara, Christina Höfling, Momir Futo, Jörn Scharsack, and Joachim Kurtz. “Infection of Tribolium Castaneum with Bacillus Thuringiensis: Quantification of Bacterial Replication within Cadavers, Transmission via Cannibalism, and Inhibition of Spore Germination.” Applied and Environmental Microbiology. American Society for Microbiology, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02051-15.' ieee: 'B. Milutinovic, C. Höfling, M. Futo, J. Scharsack, and J. Kurtz, “Infection of Tribolium castaneum with Bacillus thuringiensis: Quantification of bacterial replication within cadavers, transmission via cannibalism, and inhibition of spore germination,” Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 81, no. 23. American Society for Microbiology, pp. 8135–8144, 2015.' ista: 'Milutinovic B, Höfling C, Futo M, Scharsack J, Kurtz J. 2015. Infection of Tribolium castaneum with Bacillus thuringiensis: Quantification of bacterial replication within cadavers, transmission via cannibalism, and inhibition of spore germination. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81(23), 8135–8144.' mla: 'Milutinovic, Barbara, et al. “Infection of Tribolium Castaneum with Bacillus Thuringiensis: Quantification of Bacterial Replication within Cadavers, Transmission via Cannibalism, and Inhibition of Spore Germination.” Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 81, no. 23, American Society for Microbiology, 2015, pp. 8135–44, doi:10.1128/AEM.02051-15.' short: B. Milutinovic, C. Höfling, M. Futo, J. Scharsack, J. Kurtz, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81 (2015) 8135–8144. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:52:39Z date_published: 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:51:31Z day: '01' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.1128/AEM.02051-15 external_id: pmid: - '26386058' intvolume: ' 81' issue: '23' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4651099/ month: '12' oa: 1 oa_version: Submitted Version page: 8135 - 8144 pmid: 1 publication: Applied and Environmental Microbiology publication_status: published publisher: American Society for Microbiology publist_id: '5623' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: 'Infection of Tribolium castaneum with Bacillus thuringiensis: Quantification of bacterial replication within cadavers, transmission via cannibalism, and inhibition of spore germination' type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 81 year: '2015' ... --- _id: '1831' abstract: - lang: eng text: This paper introduces a theme issue presenting the latest developments in research on the impacts of sociality on health and fitness. The articles that follow cover research on societies ranging from insects to humans. Variation in measures of fitness (i.e. survival and reproduction) has been linked to various aspects of sociality in humans and animals alike, and variability in individual health and condition has been recognized as a key mediator of these relationships. Viewed from a broad evolutionary perspective, the evolutionary transitions from a solitary lifestyle to group living have resulted in several new health-related costs and benefits of sociality. Social transmission of parasites within groups represents a major cost of group living, but some behavioural mechanisms, such as grooming, have evolved repeatedly to reduce this cost. Group living also has created novel costs in terms of altered susceptibility to infectious and non-infectious disease as a result of the unavoidable physiological consequences of social competition and integration, which are partly alleviated by social buffering in some vertebrates. Here, we define the relevant aspects of sociality, summarize their health-related costs and benefits, and discuss possible fitness measures in different study systems. Given the pervasive effects of social factors on health and fitness, we propose a synthesis of existing conceptual approaches in disease ecology, ecological immunology and behavioural neurosciences by adding sociality as a key factor, with the goal to generate a broader framework for organismal integration of health-related research. acknowledgement: We thank the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower-Saxony (MWK Hannover) and the German Primate Centre (DPZ) for their support of the 9. Göttinger Freilandtage in 2013, a conference at which most contributions to this issue were first presented, the referees of the contributions to this issue for their constructive comments, Meggan Craft for comments, and Helen Eaton for her support in producing this theme issue. article_number: '20140116' author: - first_name: Peter full_name: Kappeler, Peter last_name: Kappeler - first_name: Sylvia full_name: Cremer, Sylvia id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Cremer orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868 - first_name: Charles full_name: Nunn, Charles last_name: Nunn citation: ama: 'Kappeler P, Cremer S, Nunn C. Sociality and health: Impacts of sociality on disease susceptibility and transmission in animal and human societies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences. 2015;370(1669). doi:10.1098/rstb.2014.0116' apa: 'Kappeler, P., Cremer, S., & Nunn, C. (2015). Sociality and health: Impacts of sociality on disease susceptibility and transmission in animal and human societies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0116' chicago: 'Kappeler, Peter, Sylvia Cremer, and Charles Nunn. “Sociality and Health: Impacts of Sociality on Disease Susceptibility and Transmission in Animal and Human Societies.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. Royal Society, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0116.' ieee: 'P. Kappeler, S. Cremer, and C. Nunn, “Sociality and health: Impacts of sociality on disease susceptibility and transmission in animal and human societies,” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, vol. 370, no. 1669. Royal Society, 2015.' ista: 'Kappeler P, Cremer S, Nunn C. 2015. Sociality and health: Impacts of sociality on disease susceptibility and transmission in animal and human societies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 370(1669), 20140116.' mla: 'Kappeler, Peter, et al. “Sociality and Health: Impacts of Sociality on Disease Susceptibility and Transmission in Animal and Human Societies.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, vol. 370, no. 1669, 20140116, Royal Society, 2015, doi:10.1098/rstb.2014.0116.' short: P. Kappeler, S. Cremer, C. Nunn, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 370 (2015). date_created: 2018-12-11T11:54:15Z date_published: 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:53:29Z day: '01' department: - _id: SyCr doi: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0116 external_id: pmid: - '25870402' intvolume: ' 370' issue: '1669' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4410382/ month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Submitted Version pmid: 1 publication: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences publication_status: published publisher: Royal Society publist_id: '5272' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: 'Sociality and health: Impacts of sociality on disease susceptibility and transmission in animal and human societies' type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 370 year: '2015' ... --- _id: '1850' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Entomopathogenic fungi are potent biocontrol agents that are widely used against insect pests, many of which are social insects. Nevertheless, theoretical investigations of their particular life history are scarce. We develop a model that takes into account the main distinguishing features between traditionally studied diseases and obligate killing pathogens, like the (biocontrol-relevant) insect-pathogenic fungi Metarhizium and Beauveria. First, obligate killing entomopathogenic fungi produce new infectious particles (conidiospores) only after host death and not yet on the living host. Second, the killing rates of entomopathogenic fungi depend strongly on the initial exposure dosage, thus we explicitly consider the pathogen load of individual hosts. Further, we make the model applicable not only to solitary host species, but also to group living species by incorporating social interactions between hosts, like the collective disease defences of insect societies. Our results identify the optimal killing rate for the pathogen that minimises its invasion threshold. Furthermore, we find that the rate of contact between hosts has an ambivalent effect: dense interaction networks between individuals are considered to facilitate disease outbreaks because of increased pathogen transmission. In social insects, this is compensated by their collective disease defences, i.e., social immunity. For the type of pathogens considered here, we show that even without social immunity, high contact rates between live individuals dilute the pathogen in the host colony and hence can reduce individual pathogen loads below disease-causing levels.' author: - first_name: Sebastian full_name: Novak, Sebastian id: 461468AE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Novak - first_name: Sylvia full_name: Cremer, Sylvia id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Cremer orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868 citation: ama: 'Novak S, Cremer S. Fungal disease dynamics in insect societies: Optimal killing rates and the ambivalent effect of high social interaction rates. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 2015;372(5):54-64. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.02.018' apa: 'Novak, S., & Cremer, S. (2015). Fungal disease dynamics in insect societies: Optimal killing rates and the ambivalent effect of high social interaction rates. Journal of Theoretical Biology. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.02.018' chicago: 'Novak, Sebastian, and Sylvia Cremer. “Fungal Disease Dynamics in Insect Societies: Optimal Killing Rates and the Ambivalent Effect of High Social Interaction Rates.” Journal of Theoretical Biology. Elsevier, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.02.018.' ieee: 'S. Novak and S. Cremer, “Fungal disease dynamics in insect societies: Optimal killing rates and the ambivalent effect of high social interaction rates,” Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 372, no. 5. Elsevier, pp. 54–64, 2015.' ista: 'Novak S, Cremer S. 2015. Fungal disease dynamics in insect societies: Optimal killing rates and the ambivalent effect of high social interaction rates. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 372(5), 54–64.' mla: 'Novak, Sebastian, and Sylvia Cremer. “Fungal Disease Dynamics in Insect Societies: Optimal Killing Rates and the Ambivalent Effect of High Social Interaction Rates.” Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 372, no. 5, Elsevier, 2015, pp. 54–64, doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.02.018.' short: S. Novak, S. Cremer, Journal of Theoretical Biology 372 (2015) 54–64. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:54:21Z date_published: 2015-05-07T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:53:37Z day: '07' ddc: - '576' department: - _id: NiBa - _id: SyCr doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.02.018 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 3c0dcacc900bc45cc65a453dfda4ca43 content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:18:07Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:45:19Z file_id: '5326' file_name: IST-2015-329-v1+1_manuscript.pdf file_size: 1546914 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:45:19Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 372' issue: '5' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Submitted Version page: 54 - 64 project: - _id: 25B07788-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '250152' name: Limits to selection in biology and in evolutionary computation - _id: 25DC711C-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '243071' name: 'Social Vaccination in Ant Colonies: from Individual Mechanisms to Society Effects' publication: Journal of Theoretical Biology publication_status: published publisher: Elsevier publist_id: '5251' pubrep_id: '329' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: 'Fungal disease dynamics in insect societies: Optimal killing rates and the ambivalent effect of high social interaction rates' type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 372 year: '2015' ...