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Martin Kaltenpoth publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martin Kaltenpoth sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 145 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Martin Kaltenpoth D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martin Kaltenpoth sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Martin Kaltenpoth is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable focus on Insect Science and Genetics within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work centers on topics related to insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control, insect and pesticide research, forest insect ecology and management, plant and animal studies, and insect behavior and control techniques.

Recent publications include:

  • Microbial symbionts expanding or constraining abiotic niche space in insects, 2020, Current Opinion in Insect Science
  • Beetle-Bacterial Symbioses: Endless Forms Most Functional, 2021, Annual Review of Entomology
  • Horizontal Gene Transfer to a Defensive Symbiont with a Reduced Genome in a Multipartite Beetle Microbiome, 2020, mBio
  • Impact of intraspecific variation in insect microbiomes on host phenotype and evolution, 2023, The ISME Journal
  • Bacterial symbionts support larval sap feeding and adult folivory in (semi-)aquatic reed beetles, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The ISME Journal, Frontiers in Microbiology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Communications Biology.

Martin Kaltenpoth collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including Tobias Engl, Laura V. Flórez, Benjamin Weiß, Marion Lemoine, and Eugen Bauer.

Best Publications

  • Symbiotic Bacteria Protect Wasp Larvae from Fungal Infestation

    Martin Kaltenpoth;Wolfgang Göttler;Gudrun Herzner;Erhard Strohm

  • Streptomyces as symbionts; an emerging and widespread theme?

    Ryan F. Seipke;Martin Kaltenpoth;Matthew I. Hutchings

  • Defensive symbioses of animals with prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms

    Laura V. Flórez;Peter H. W. Biedermann;Tobias Engl;Martin Kaltenpoth

  • Symbiotic streptomycetes provide antibiotic combination prophylaxis for wasp offspring

    Johannes Kroiss;Martin Kaltenpoth;Martin Kaltenpoth;Bernd Schneider;Maria-Gabriele Schwinger

  • Symbiont Acquisition and Replacement as a Source of Ecological Innovation.

    Sailendharan Sudakaran;Sailendharan Sudakaran;Christian Kost;Martin Kaltenpoth;Martin Kaltenpoth

  • An out-of-body experience: the extracellular dimension for the transmission of mutualistic bacteria in insects.

    Hassan Salem;Laura Florez;Nicole Gerardo;Martin Kaltenpoth

  • Bacterial Symbionts in Lepidoptera: Their Diversity, Transmission, and Impact on the Host

    Luis R. Paniagua Voirol;Enric Frago;Martin Kaltenpoth;Monika Hilker

  • Actinobacteria as mutualists: general healthcare for insects?

    Martin Kaltenpoth

  • Vitamin supplementation by gut symbionts ensures metabolic homeostasis in an insect host

    Hassan Salem;Eugen Bauer;Anja S. Strauss;Heiko Vogel

  • Drastic genome reduction in an herbivore’s pectinolytic symbiont

    Hassan Salem;Hassan Salem;Eugen Bauer;Roy Kirsch;Aileen Berasategui

  • Gut microbiota of the pine weevil degrades conifer diterpenes and increases insect fitness.

    Aileen Berasategui;Hassan Salem;Hassan Salem;Christian Paetz;Maricel Santoro;Maricel Santoro

  • Antibiotic-producing symbionts dynamically transition between plant pathogenicity and insect-defensive mutualism

    Laura V. Flórez;Kirstin Scherlach;Paul Gaube;Claudia Ross

  • Geographical and ecological stability of the symbiotic mid-gut microbiota in European firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus (Hemiptera, Pyrrhocoridae)

    Sailendharan Sudakaran;Hassan Salem;Christian Kost;Martin Kaltenpoth

  • Potential applications of insect symbionts in biotechnology.

    Aileen Berasategui;Shantanu Shukla;Hassan Salem;Martin Kaltenpoth

  • Partner choice and fidelity stabilize coevolution in a Cretaceous-age defensive symbiosis

    Martin Kaltenpoth;Kerstin Roeser-Mueller;Sabrina Koehler;Ashley Peterson

  • Actinobacteria as essential symbionts in firebugs and cotton stainers (Hemiptera, Pyrrhocoridae).

    Hassan Salem;Elisabeth Kreutzer;Sailendharan Sudakaran;Martin Kaltenpoth

  • Defensive microbial symbionts in Hymenoptera

    Martin Kaltenpoth;Tobias Engl

  • The digestive and defensive basis of carcass utilization by the burying beetle and its microbiota.

    Heiko Vogel;Shantanu P. Shukla;Tobias Engl;Benjamin Weiss

  • Microbiome-assisted carrion preservation aids larval development in a burying beetle.

    Shantanu P Shukla;Camila Plata;Michael Reichelt;Sandra Steiger

  • Localization and transmission route of Coriobacterium glomerans, the endosymbiont of pyrrhocorid bugs.

    Martin Kaltenpoth;Martin Kaltenpoth;Sigrid A. Winter;Aljoscha Kleinhammer

Frequent Co-Authors

Erhard Strohm
Erhard Strohm University of Regensburg
Christian Hertweck
Christian Hertweck Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Takema Fukatsu
Takema Fukatsu National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Aleš Svatoš
Aleš Svatoš Max Planck Society
Heiko Vogel
Heiko Vogel Max Planck Society
Jonathan Gershenzon
Jonathan Gershenzon Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Andreas Vilcinskas
Andreas Vilcinskas University of Giessen
David G. Heckel
David G. Heckel Max Planck Society
Wilhelm Boland
Wilhelm Boland Max Planck Society
Joachim Ruther
Joachim Ruther University of Regensburg

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