Publikationen

Publications in peer reviewed ISI-ranked Journals with an Impact Factor

 

2021

261: Leannec-Rialland, V., A. Cabezas-Cruz, V. Atanasova, S. Chereau, N. Ponts, M. Tonk, A. Vilcinskas, N. Ferrer, J. Valdés & F. Richard-Forget 2021: Tick defensin γ‑core reduces Fusarium graminearum growth and abrogates mycotoxins production with high efficiency. Scientific Reports 11:7962. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86904-w

260: Baudach, A. & A. Vilcinskas 2021: The European map butterfly Araschnia levana as a model to study the molecular basis and evolutionary ecology of seasonal polyphenism. Insects 12, 325. doi.org/10.3390/insects12040325

259: Carrau, T., B. Lamp, C. Reuscher, A. Vilcinsksas & K-Z Lee, 2021: Organization of the structural protein region of La Jolla virus Isolated from the invasive pest insect Drosophila suzukii. Viruses 13, 740. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050740

258: Bertrams, W., N. Lindhauer, C. Rieke, A. Paas, K. Hoffmann, B. Greene, A. Visekruna, A. Vilcinskas, K. Seidel & B. Schmeck 2021: Tribolium castaneum defensin 1 selectively kills Moraxella catarrhalis in an in vitro infection model but does not impair harm commensal bacteria. Virulence 12:1, 1003-101. doi:10.1080/21505594.2021.1908741

257: Schmidtberg, H., B. von Reumont, S. Lemke, A. Vilcinskas & T. Lüddecke 2021: Morphological analysis reveals a compartmentalized duct in the venom apparatus of the wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi). Toxins, 13, 270. doi.org/10.3390/toxins13040270

256: Bartling, M., S. Thümecke, A. Vilcinskas & Kwang-Zin Lee 2021: Exposure to low doses of pesticides induces an immune response and the production of nitric oxide in honeybees. Scientific Reports 11(1):6819. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-86293-0.

255: Tegtmeier, D., S. Hurka, P. Klüber, K. Brinkrolf, P. Heise & A. Vilcinskas 2021: Cottonseed press cake as a potential diet for industrially farmed black soldier fly larvae triggers adaptations of their bacterial and fungal gut microbiota. Frontiers in Microbiology 12:634503. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.634503

254: Förster, F., J. Gegner, H. Vogel, A. Billion & A. Vilcinskas 2021: Complete metamorphosis in Manduca sexta involves specific changes in DNA methylation patterns. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:646281.doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.646281

253: Yang, X., E. Fishlevish, M. German, P. Gandra, R. McEwan, A. Billion, E. Knorr, A. Vilcinskas & K. Narva: 2021: Elucidation of microRNA transcriptome in western corn rootworm reveals its dynamic and evolutionary complexity. Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics 16:S1672-0229(21)00014-0. doi: 10.1016/j.gpb.2019.03.008.

252: Schott, M., M. Sandmann, J. Cresswell, M. Becher, G. Eichner, D. Brandt, R. Halitschke, S. Krueger, G. Morlock, R.-A. Düring, A. Vilcinskas, M. Meixner, R. Büchler & A. Brandt 2021: Honeybee colonies compensate for pesticide-induced effects on royal jelly composition and brood survival with increased brood production. Scientific Reports 11(1):62. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79660-w.

251: Guzman, J., A. Sombolestani, A. Poehlein, R. Daniel, I Cleenwerck, P. Vandamme &  A. Vilcinskas 2021: Entomobacter blattae gen. nov., sp. nov. – a new member of the Aceto-bacteraceae isolated from the gut of the cockroach Gromphadorhina portentosa. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 71(3). doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004666

 

 

2020

250: Guzman, J. & A. Vilcinskas 2020: Bacteria associated with cockroaches: health risk or biotechnological opportunity? Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 104, 10369-10387.

249: Oberpaul, M., C. Zumkeller, T. Stadler, M. Spohn, S. Mihajlovic, B. Leis, S. Glaeser, R. Plarre, D. McMahon, P. Hammann, T. Schäberle, J. Glaeser & A. Vilcinskas 2020: High-throughput cultivation for the selective isolation of Acidobacteria from termite nests. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:597628. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.597628

248: Marner M., M. Patras, M. Kurz, F. Zubeil, F. Förster, S. Schuler, A. Bauer, P. Hammann, A. Vilcinskas, T. Schäberle, & J. Glaeser 2020: Molecular networking guided discovery and characterization of stechlisins, a group of new cyclic lipopeptides from Pseudomonas sp.  Journal of Natural Products 83 (9) 2607–2617.

247: Vilcinskas, A., M. Schwabe, K. Brinkrolf, R. Plarre, N. Wielsch & H. Vogel 2020: Larvae of the webbing clothes moth Tineola bisselliella maintain gut bacteria that secrete enzyme cocktails to facilitate the digestion of keratin. Microorganisms 8(9):E1415.

246: Tonk, M., A. Vilcinskas, C. Grevelding & S. Haeberlein 2020: Anthelminthic activity of assassin bug venom against the Blood Fluke Schistosoma mansoni. Antibiotics 9(10), 664.

245: Fischer, M., N. Wielsch, D. Heckel, A. Vilcinskas & H. Vogel 2020: Context-dependent venom deployment and protein composition in the reduviid bugs Platymeris biguttatus and Psytalla horrida. Ecology and Evolution 10(18):9932-9947.

244: Pokharel, P., M. Sippel, A. Vilcinskas & G. Petschenka 2020: Defense of milkweed bugs (Heteroptera: Lygaeinae) against predatory lacewing larvae depends on structural differences of sequestered Cardenolides. Insects 11, 485; doi:10.3390/insects11080485

243: von Reumont, B., T. Lüddecke, T. Timm, J. von Dören, G. Lochnit, A. Vilcinskas  & M. Nilsson 2020: Proteo-transcriptomic analysis identifies potential novel toxins secreted by the predatory, prey-piercing ribbon worm Amphiporus lactifloreus. Marine Drugs 18, 407. doi:10.3390/md18080407

242: Cifuentes, Y., S. Glaeser, J. Mvie, J.-O. Bartz, A. Müller, H. Gutzeit, A. Vilcinskas & P. Kämpfer 2020: The gut and feed residue microbiota changing during the rearing of Hermetia illucens larvae. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 113,1323–1344

241: Lüddecke, T., F. Förster, A. Billion, T. Timm, G. Lochnit, A. Vilcinskas & S. Lemke 2020: An economic dilemma between molecular weapon systems may explain an arachno-atypical venom in wasp spiders (Argiope bruennichi). Biomolecules 10(7):E978.

240: Özbek, R., K. Mukherjee, F. Uçkan & A. Vilcinskas 2020: Reprograming of epigenetic mechanisms controlling host insect immunity and development in response to egg-laying by a parasitoid wasp. Proceedings Royal Society B 287: 20200704.

239: Revilla-Guarinos, A., Q. Zhang, C. Loderer, C. Alcantara, A. Müller, M. Rahnamaeian, A. Vilcinskas, S. Gebhard, M. Zuniga & T. Mascher 2020: The ABC transporter DerAB of Lactobacillus casei mediates resistance against insect-derived defensins. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 86 (14): e00818-20.

238: Hiebert, N., T. Kessel, M. Skaljac, M. Spohn, A. Vilcinskas & K.-Z. Lee 2020: The gram-positive bacterium Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides shows insecticidal activity against Drosophilid and Aphid pests. Insects 11, 471; doi:10.3390/insects11080471

237: Hiebert, N., T. Carrau, M. Bartling, A. Vilcinskas & Kwang-Zin Lee 2020: Identification of entomopathogenic bacteria associated with the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii in infested areas of Germany. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 173, pp. 107389.

236: Lemke, S., & A. Vilcinskas 2020: European Medicinal Leeches – New Roles in Modern Medicine. Biomedicines 8(5):E99. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8050099.

235: Kirfel, P., A. Vilcinskas & M. Skaljac 2020: Silencing of lysine acetyltransferase p300/CBP inhibits reproduction, embryogenesis and longevity in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Insects 11, 265. doi:10.3390/insects11050265

234: Hirsch, R., J. Wiesner, A. Bauer, A. Marker, H. Vogel, P. Hammann & A. Vilcinskas 2020: Antimicrobial peptides from rat-tailed maggots of the drone fly Eristalis tenax show potent activity against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Microorganisms 8, 626. doi:10.3390/microorganisms8050626

233: Cytryńska, M., M. Rahnamaeian, A. Zdybicka-Barabas, K. Dobslaff, T. Züchner, G. Sacheau, A. Innis & A. Vilcinskas 2020: Proline-rich antimicrobial peptides in medicinal maggots of Lucilia sericata interact with bacterial DnaK but do not inhibit protein synthesis. Frontiers in Pharmacology 11:532. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00532

232: Kalsy, M. Tonk, M. Hardt, U. Dobrindt, A. Zdybicka-Barabas, M. Cytrynska, & A. Vilcinskas & K. Mukherjee 2020: The insect antimicrobial peptide cecropin A disrupts uropathogenic Escherichia coli biofilms. Biofilms & Microbiome 6:6. doi.org/10.1038/s41522-020-0116-3

231: Mukherjee, K., D. Amsel, M. Kalsy, A. Billion, U. Dobrindt & Andreas Vilcinskas 2020: MicroRNAs regulate innate immunity against uropathogenic and commensal-like Escherichia coli infections in the surrogate insect model Galleria mellonella. Scientific Reports 10:2570.

230: Mukherjee, K., A. Baudach, H. Vogel & A. Vilcinskas 2020: Seasonal-phenotype specific expression of microRNAs during metamorphosis in the European map butterfly Araschnia levana. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 104:e21657.

229: Gegner, J., T. Gegner, H. Vogel & A. Vilcinskas 2020: Silencing of the DMAP1 gene in the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis implicates a role of the DNMT1-DMAP1 complex in female fecundity. Insect Molecular Biology 29(2),148-159. doi: 10.1111/imb.12616

228: Missbach, C., H. Vogel, B. Hansson, E. Große-Wilde, A. Vilcinskas & T. Kaiser 2020: Developmental and sexual divergence in the olfactory system of the marine insect Clunio marinus. Scientific Reports 10:2125.

227: Herndon, N., Shelton J, Gerischer L, Ioannidis P, Ninova M, Dönitz J, Waterhouse RM, Liang C, Damm C, Siemanowski J, Kitzmann P, Ulrich J, Dippel S, Oberhofer G, Hu Y, Schwirz J, Schacht M, Lehmann S, Montino A, Posnien N, Gurska D, Horn T, Seibert J, Vargas Jentzsch IM, Panfilio KA, Li J, Wimmer EA, Stappert D, Roth S, Schröder R, Park Y, Schoppmeier M, Chung HR, Klingler M, Kittelmann S, Friedrich M, Chen R, Altincicek B, Vilcinskas A, Zdobnov E, Griffiths-Jones S, Ronshaugen M, Stanke M, Brown SJ, & G. Bucher 2020: Enhanced genome assembly and a new official gene set for Tribolium castaneum - from a draft to a reference genome. BMC Genomics 14;21(1):47.doi: 10.1186/s12864-019-6394-6.

226: Kirfel, P., M. Skaljac, .J Grotmann, T. Kessel, M. Seip, K. Michaelis, & A. Vilcinskas & 2020: Inhibition of histone acetylation and deacetylation alters longevity, development and fecundity of the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 103(3), e21614. doi: 10.1002/arch.21614.

225: Shelomi, M., C. Jacobs, A. Vilcinskas & H. Vogel 2020: The unique antimicrobial peptide repertoire of stick insects. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 103:103471.

 

2019

224: Özbek, R., N. Wielsch, H. Vogel, G. Lochnit, F. Foerster, A. Vilcinskas & B. von Reumont 2019: Proteo-transcriptomic characterization of the venom from the endoparasitoid wasp Pimpla turionellae with aspects on its biology and evolution. Toxins 11(12), pii:E721 doi:10.3390/toxins11120721

223: Lindhauer, N., W.Bertrams, A. Paas, C. Herkt, A. Wesener, K. Hoffmann, B. Greene, M van der Linden, A. Vilcinskas, K. Seidel & Bernd Schmeck 2019: Antibacterial activity of a Tribolium castaneum defensin in an in vitro infection model of Streptococcus pneumonia. Virulence 10(1), 902-909. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2019.1685150

222: Hirsch, R., J. Wiesner, A. Marker, A. Bauer, P. Hammann & A. Vilcinskas 2019: Biological profiling of coleoptericins and coleoptericin-like antimicrobial peptides from the invasive harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis. Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health 1214, 43-59.

221: Bartling, M., A. Vilcinskas & Kwang-Zin Lee 2019: Sub-lethal doses of Clothianidin inhibit the conditioning and biosensory abilities of the Western honeybee (Apis mellifera). Insects 10, 340. doi:10.3390/insects10100340

220: Heep, J., M. Skaljac, J. Grotmann, T. Kessel, M. Seip, H. Schmidtberg & A. Vilcinskas 2019:  Identification and functional characterization of a novel insecticidal decapeptide from the myrmicine ant Manica rubida. Toxins 11, 562. doi.org/10.3390/toxins11100562

219: Bode E., A. Heinrich, M. Hirschmann, D. Abebew, Y.-N. Shi, T. Duy Vo1, F. Wesche, Y.-M. Shi, P. Grün, S. Simonyi, N. Keller, Y. Engel, S. Wenski, R. Bennet, S. Beyer, I. Bischoff, A. Buaya, S. Brandt, I. Cakmak, H. Çimen, S. Eckstein, D. Frank, R. Fürst, M. Gand, G. Geisslinger, S. Hazir, M. Henke, R. Heermann, V. Lecaudey, W. Schäfer, S. Schiffmann, A. Schüffler, R. Schwenk, M. Skaljac, M. Thines, E. Thines, T. Ulshöfer, A. Vilcinskas, T. Wichelhaus & H.Bode 2019: Promoter activation in Δhfq mutants as an efficient tool for specialized metabolite production enabling direct bioactivity testing. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition 58(52):18957-18963.

218: Heise, P., Y. Liu, T. Degenkolb, H. Vogel, T. Schäberle & A. Vilcinskas 2019: Antibiotic-producing beneficial bacteria in the gut of the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides Frontiers in Microbiology 10:1178. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01178

217: Cabezas-Cruz, A., M. Tonk, M. Bleackley, J. Valdés, R. Barrero, A. Hernández-Jarguín, S. Moutailler, A. Vilcinskas, F. Richard-Forget, M. Anderson & M. Rodriguez-Valle 2019: Antibacterial and antifungal activity of defensins from the Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 10(6):101269.

216: Kellershohn, J., L. Thomas, A. Grünweller, R. Hartmann, M. Hardt, A. Vilcinskas & C. Grevelding & S. Haeberlein 2019: Insects in anthelminthics research: lady beetle-derived harmonine affects survival, reproduction and stem cell proliferation of Schistosoma mansoni. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 13(3):e0007240. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007240.

215: Legrand, P., M. Vanderplanck, S. Lorge, P. Maesen, G. Lognay, A. Vilcinskas, H. Vogel, A. Estoup, J. Foucaud, F. Francis, B. Facon & F. Verheggen 2019: Cuticular hydrocarbon composition does not allow Harmonia axyridis males to indentify the mating status of sexual partners. Entomologia Generalis 38 (3), 211-224.        

214: Legrand, P., M. Vanderplanck, I. Marko, L. Gillard, G. Lognay, S. Lorge, P. Maesen, A. Vilcinskas, H. Vogel, J. Foucaud, A. Estoup, F. Francis, B. Facon & F. Verheggen 2019: The taste of origin in a lady beetle: do males discriminate between females based on cuticular hydrocarbons? Physiological Entomology 44, 160–168.

213: Tonk, M., C. Pierrot, A. Cabezas-Cruz, M. Rahnamaeian, J. Khalife & A. Vilcinskas 2019: The Drosophila melanogaster antimicrobial peptides Mtk-1 and Mtk-2 are active against the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Parasitology Research 118(6), 1993-1998.

212: Skaljac, M., H. Vogel, N. Wielsch & A. Vilcinskas 2019: Pea aphids inoculate host plants with a protease-secreting bacterial symbiont. Frontiers in Physiology 10:438.  

211: Schmidtberg, H., S. Shukla, R. Halitschke, H. Vogel & A. Vilcinskas 2019: Symbiont-mediated chemical defense in the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis. Ecology and Evolution 9, 1715–1729.

210: Vilcinskas, A. 2019: Pathogens associated with invasive or introduced insects threaten the health and diversity of native species. Current Opinion in Insect Science 33, 43–48.

209: Mukherjee, K., I. Dubovskiy, E. Grizanova, R. Lehmann & A. Vilcinskas 2019: Epigenetic mechanisms mediate the experimental evolution of resistance against parasitic fungi in the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella. Scientific Reports 9(1):1626. 208:

208: Gegner, J., A. Baudach, K. Mukherjee, R. Halitschke, H. Vogel & A. Vilcinskas 2019: Epigenetic mechanisms are involved in sex-specific trans-generational immune priming in the lepidopteran model host Manduca sexta. Frontiers in Physiology 10:137. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00137

207: Lüddecke, T., A. Vilcinskas & S. Lemke 2019: Phylogeny-guided selection of priority groups for venom bioprospecting: Harvesting toxin sequences in tarantulas as a case study. Toxins 11, 488. doi:10.3390/toxins11090488

206: Heep, J., A. Klaus, T. Kessel, M. Seip, A. Vilcinskas & M. Skaljac 2019: Proteomic analysis of the venom from the Ruby Ant Myrmica rubra and the isolation of a novel insecticidal decapeptide. Insects 10, 42. doi:10.3390/insects10020042

205: Brandt, A., G. Joop & A. Vilcinskas 2019: Tribolium castaneum as a whole-animal-high-throughput- screening system for the targeted identification of neuroprotective substances. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 100:e21532.

204: Eisenhardt, M., P. Schlupp, F. Höfer, D. Hoffmann, P. Czermak, A.-K. Pöppel, A. Vilcinskas & F. Runkel 2019: The therapeutic potential of the insect metalloproteinase inhibitor IMPI from Galleria mellonella against wound infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacy 71, 316–328.

203: Hoffmann, D., D. Eckhardt, D. Gerlach, A. Vilcinskas & P. Czermak 2019: Downstream processing of Cry4AaCter-induced inclusion bodies containing insect-derived antimicrobial peptides produced in Escherichia coli. Protein Expression and Purification 155, 120-129.

202: Fishilevich, E., M. Frey, A. Bowling, P.-H. Wang, W. Lo, M. Rangasamy, S. Worden, H. Pence, P. Gandra, S. Whitlock, G. Schulenberg, E. Knorr, L. Tenbusch, J. Lutz, S. Novak, R. Hamm, A. Vilcinskas & K. Narva 2019: RNAi targeting of rootworm Troponin I transcripts confers root protection in maize. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 104, 20–29.

201: Hirsch, R., J. Wiesner, A. Marker, Y. Pfeifer, A. Bauer, P. Hammann & A. Vilcinskas 2019: Profiling antimicrobial peptides from the medical maggot Lucilia sericata as potential antibiotics for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 74, 96–107.

200: Vilcinskas A. 2019: Evolutionary ecology of parasitic fungi and their host insects. Fungal Ecology 38, 12-20.

 

2018

199: Gegner, T., T. Carrau, A. Vilcinskas & K.-W. Lee 2018: The infection of Harmonia axyridis by a parasitic nematode is mediated by entomopathogenic bacteria and triggers sex-specific host immune responses. Scientific Reports 8:15938 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-34278-x

198: Baudach, A., K.-Z. Lee, H. Vogel & A. Vilcinskas 2018: Immunological larval polyphenism in the map butterfly Araschnia levana reveals the photoperiodic modulation of immunity. Ecology and Evolution 8:4891–4898.

197: Skaljac, M., P. Kirfel, L. Grotmann & A. Vilcinskas 2018: Fitness costs of infection with Serratia symbiotica are associated with greater susceptibility to insecticides in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Pest Management Science 74(8),1829-1836.

196: Couto, J., M. Tonk, J. Ferrolho, S. Antunes, A. Vilcinskas, J. de la Fuente, A. Domingos, A. Cabezas-Cruz 2018: Antiplasmodial activity of tick defensins in a mouse model of malaria. Ticks and tick-borne Diseases 9, 844-849.

195: Gegner, T., H. Schmidtberg, H. Vogel & A. Vilcinskas 2018: Population-specific expression profiles of antimicrobial peptides in the invasive harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis. Scientific Reports 8:3600. DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-21781-4.

194: Shukla, S., C. Plata Corredor, M. Reichelt, S. Steiger, D.G. Heckel, M. Kaltenpoth, A. Vilcinskas & H. Vogel 2018:  Microbiome-assisted carrion preservation aids larval development in a burying beetle. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences USA 115(44), 11274–11279. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1812808115

193: Shukla, S.P., H. Vogel, D.G. Heckel, A. Vilcinskas & M. Kaltenpoth 2018: Burying beetles regulate the microbiome of carcasses and use it to transmit a core microbiota to their offspring. Molecular Ecology 27, 1980–1991.

192: Schetelig, M., K.-Z. Lee, S. Fischer, L. Talmann, J. Stökl, T. Degenkolb, A. Vilcinskas & R. Halitschke 2018: Environmentally sustainable pest control options for Drosophila suzukii. Journal of Applied Entomology 142, 3-17.

191: Carrau, T., N. Hiebert, A. Vilcinskas & K.-Z. Lee 2018: Isolation and identification of natural viruses associated with the invasive insect pest Drosophila suzukii. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 154, 74–78.

190: Mukherjee, K. & A. Vilcinskas 2018: The entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii communicates with the insect host Galleria mellonella during infection. Virulence 9(1), 402-413.

189: Knorr E, E. Fishilevich, L. Bingsohn, M. Frey, M. Rangasamy, A. Billion, S. Worden, P. Gandra, K.  Arora, W. Lo, G. Schulenberg, P. Valverde, A. Vilcinskas & K. E. Narva 2018: Gene silencing in Tribolium castaneum as a tool for the targeted identification of candidate RNAi targets in crop pests. Scientific Reports 8:2061. DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-20416-y

188: Vogel, H., A. Adam, H. Gutzeit & A. Vilcinskas 2018: Nutritional immunology: Diversification and diet-dependent expression of antimicrobial peptides in the Black soldier fly Hermetia illucens. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 78, 141-148.

 

2017

187: Heitmueller, M., A. Billion, U. Dobrindt, A. Vilcinskas & K. Mukherjee 2017: Epigenetic mechanisms regulate innate immunity against uropathogenic and commensal-like Escherichia coli in the surrogate insect model Galleria mellonella Infection and Immunity 85(10). pii: e00336-17

186: Verheggen, F., H. Vogel & A. Vilcinskas 2017: Behavioral and immunological features promoting the invasive performance of the Harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 5: 156. doi:10.3389/fevo.2017.00156

185: Amsellem, L., C. Brouat, O. Duron, S. Porter, A. Vilcinskas & B. Facon 2017. Importance of microorganisms to macroorganisms invasions: Is the essential invisible to the eye? (The Little Prince, A. de Saint-Exupéry, 1943)? Advances in Ecological Research 57, 99-146.

184: Berger, A., T. Degenkolb, A. Vilcinskas & M. Schöller 2017: Evaluating the combination of a parasitoid and a predator for biological control of seed beetles (Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) in stored beans. Journal of Stored Products 74, 22-26.

183: Luna-Ramirez, K., M. Skaljac, J. Grotmann, P. Kirfel & A. Vilcinskas 2017: Orally delivered scorpion antimicrobial peptides exhibit activity against Pea Aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) and its bacterial symbionts. Toxins 9: 261. Doi:10.3390/toxins9090261

182: Bolouri Moghaddam, M.-R., T. Gross, A. Becker, A. Vilcinskas & M. Rahnamaeian 2017: The selective antifungal activity of Drosophila melanogaster metchnikowin reflects the species-dependent inhibition of succinate–coenzyme Q reductase. Scientific Reports 7: 8192.  DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-08407-x

181: Amsel, D., A. Vilcinskas & A. Billion 2017: Evaluation of high high-throughput isomiR identification tools: illuminating the early isomiRome of Tribolium castaneum. BMC Bioinformatics 18: 359. Doi 10.1186/s12859-017-1772-z

180: Vilcinskas, A. 2017: The impact of parasites on host insect epigenetics. Advances in Insect Physiology 53, 145-164.

179: Mukherjee, K., E. Grizanova, E. Chertkova, R. Lehman, I. Dubovskiy & A. Vilcinskas 2017: Experimental evolution of resistance against Bacillus thuringiensis in the insect model host Galleria mellonella results in epigenetic modifications. Virulence 8(8), 1618-1630.

178: Talmann, L., J. Wiesner & A. Vilcinskas 2017: Strategies for the construction of insect P450 fusion enzymes. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C 72(9-10), 405-415.

177: Grau, T., A. Vilcinskas & G. Joop 2017: Sustainable farming of the mealworm Tenebrio molitor for the production of food and feed. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C 72(9-10), 337-349.

176: Grau, T., A. Vilcinskas & G. Joop 2017: Probiotic Enterococcus mundtii isolate protects the model Insect Tribolium castaneum against Bacillus thuringiensis. Frontiers in Microbiology 8:1261. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01261

175: Zheng, Z., N. Tharmalingam, Q. Liu, E. Jayamani, W. Kim, B. Burgwyn Fuchs, A. Vilcinskas & E. Mylonakis 2017: Synergistic efficacy of Aedes aegypti antimicrobial peptide cecropin A2 and Tetracycline against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 61:e00686-17.

174: Lee, K.Z., & A. Vilcinskas 2017: Analysis of virus susceptibility in the invasive insect pest Drosophila suzukii. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 148, 138-141.

173: Dardic, D., G. Lauro, G. Bifulco, P. Laboudie, P. Sakhaii, A. Bauer, A. Vilcinskas, P. Hammann & A. Plaza 2017: Svetamycins A-G, Unusual Piperazic Acid-Containing Peptides from Streptomyces sp. Journal of Organic Chemistry 82, 6032−6043.

172: Schott, M., G. Bischoff, G. Eichner, A. Vilcinskas, R. Büchler, D. Meixner & A. Brandt 2017: Temporal dynamics of whole body residues of the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid in live or dead honeybees. Scientific Reports 7:6288. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06259-z

171: Waryah, C., K. Wells, D. Ulluwishewa, N. Chen-Tan, J. Gogoi-Tiwari, J. Ravensdale, P. Costantino, A. Gökcen, A. Vilcinskas, J. Wiesner & T. Mukkur 2017: Antimicrobial efficacy of Tobramycin in vitro against Staphylococcus aureus biofilms in combination with or without DNase I and/or Dispersin B: A preliminary investigation. Microbial Drug Resistance 23(3), 384-390.

170: Vogel, H., S. Shukla, T. Engl, B. Weiss, R. Fischer, S. Steiger, D. Heckel, M. Kaltenpoth & A. Vilcinskas 2017: The digestive and defensive basis of carcass utilization by the burying beetle and its microbiota Nature Communications 8:15186. doi 101038/ncomms15186.

169: Baumann, A., M. Skaljac, R. Lehmann, A. Vilcinskas & Z. Franta 2017: Urate oxidase produced by Lucilia sericata medical maggots is localized in Malpighian tubes and facilitates allantoin production. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 83, 44–53.

168: Bolouri Moghaddam, M.R., A. Vilcinskas & M. Rahnamaeian 2017: The insect-derived antimicrobial peptide metchnikowin targets Fusarium graminearum β (1,3) glucanosyl-transferase, which is required for the maintenance of cell wall integrity. Biological Chemistry 398(4), 491-498.

167: Jacobs, C., J. Callagher, S. Evison, D. Heckel, A. Vilcinskas & H. Vogel 2017: Endogenous egg immune defenses in the Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor). Developmental and Comparative Immunology 70, 1-8.

166: Bingsohn, L., E. Knorr, A. Billion, K. Narva & A. Vilcinskas 2017: Knockdown of genes in the Toll pathway reveals new lethal RNA interference targets for insect pest control. Insect Molecular Biology 26(1), 92-102.

165: Will, T., H. Schmidtberg, M. Skaljac & A. Vilcinskas 2017: Heat shock protein 83 plays pleiotropic roles in embryogenesis, longevity and fecundity of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Development, Genes and Evolution 227,1-9.

164: Tonk, M. & A. Vilcinskas 2017: The medical potential of antimicrobial peptides from insects. Current Topics of Medicinal Chemistry 17(5), 554-575.

163: Vogel, H., H. Schmidtberg & A. Vilcinskas 2017: Comparative transcriptomics of three ladybird species supports a role of immunity in invasion biology. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 67, 452-456.

162: Luna-Ramirez, K., M. Tonk, M. Rahnamaeian & A. Vilcinskas 2017: Bioactivity of natural and engineered antimicrobial peptides from venom of the scorpions Urodacus yaschenkoi and U. manicatus. Toxins 9, 22; doi: 10.3390/toxins9010022 

 

2016

161: Dubovskiy, I., E. Grizanova, M. Whitten, K. Mukherjee, C. Greig, T. Alikina, M. Kabilov, A. Vilcinskas, V. Glupov & T. Butt 2016: Immuno-physiological adaptations confer wax moth Galleria mellonella resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis. Virulence 7(8), 860-870.

160:    Vilcinskas A. 2016: The role of epigenetics in host-parasite coevolution: lessons from the model host insects Galleria mellonella and Tribolium castaneum. Zoology 119, 273-280.

159:    Joop, G. & A. Vilcinskas 2016: Coevolution of parasitic fungi and their insect hosts. Zoology 119, 350-358.

158: Kanost, M…A. Vilcinskas...G. Blissard 2016: Multifaceted biological insights from a draft genome sequence of a lepidopteran insect, Manduca sexta. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 76, 118-147.

157: Rahnamaeian M., M. Cytrynska, A. Zdybicka-Barabas & A. Vilcinskas 2016: The functional interaction between abaecin and pore-forming peptides indicates a general mechanism of antibacterial potentiation. Peptides 78, 17-23.

156: Cabezas-Cruz, A., M. Tonk, A. Bouchut, C. Pierrot, R. Pierce, M. Kotsyfakis, M. Rahnamaeian, A. Vilcinskas, J. Khalife & J. Valdes 2016: Antiplasmodial activity is an ancient and conserved feature among tick defensins. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:1682.

155: Tonk, M., A. Vilcinskas & M. Rahnamaeian 2016: Insect antimicrobial peptides: Potential tools for the prevention of skin cancer. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 100 (17), 7397-7405. 

154: Bolouri Moghaddam, M.R., M. Tonk, C. Schreiber, D. Salzig, P. Czermak, A. Vilcinskas & M. Rahnamaeian 2016: The potential of the Galleria mellonella innate immune system is maximized by the co presentation of diverse antimicrobial peptides. Biological Chemistry 397(9), 939-945.

153: Al Souhail, Q., Y. Hiromasa, M. Rahnamaeian, M. Giraldo, D. Takahashi, B. Valent, A. Vilcinskas & M. Kanost 2016: Characterization and regulation of expression of an antifungal peptide from hemolymph of an insect, Manduca sexta. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 61, 258-268.

152: Degenkolb, T., L. Götze, H. von Döhren, A. Vilcinskas & H. Brückner 2016: Sequences of stilboflavin C: towards the peptaibiome of the filamentous fungus Stilbella (= Trichoderma) flavipes. Journal of Peptide Science 22(8), 517-524.

151: Mylonakis, E., L. Podsiadlowski, M. Muhammed & A. Vilcinskas 2016. Diversity, evolution and medical applications of insect antimicrobial peptides. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 371: 20150290.

150: Vilcinskas, A. & H. Vogel 2016: Seasonal phenotype-specific transcriptional reprogramming during metamorphosis in the European Map Butterfly Araschnia levana. Ecology and Evolution 6 (11), 3476-3458. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2120.

149: Bingsohn, L., E. Knorr & A. Vilcinskas 2016: The model beetle Tribolium castaneum can be used as an early-warning system for transgenerational epigenetic side effects caused by pharmaceuticals. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C Toxicology and Pharmacology 185-186, 57-64.

148: Jacobs, C., S. Steiger, D. Heckel, N. Wielsch, A. Vilcinskas & H. Vogel 2016: Sex, offspring and carcass determine antimicrobial peptide expression in the burying beetle. Scientific Reports 6:25409

147: Franta, Z., H. Vogel, R. Lehmann, O. Rupp, A. Goesmann & A. Vilcinskas 2016: Next generation sequencing identifies five major classes of potentially therapeutic enzymes secreted by Lucilia sericata medical maggots. Biomedical Research International vol. 2016, Article ID 8285428. 27 pages. doi:10.1155/2016/8285428

146: Wiesner, A., C. Ziemann, M. Hintz, A. Reichenberg, R. Ortmann, M. Schlitzer, R. Fuhst, A. Vilcinskas & H. Jomaa 2016. FR-900098, a new antimalarial agent that inhibits the non-mevalonate isoprenoid biosynthesis pathway, shows no evidence of acute toxicity and genotoxicity. Virulence 7(6), 718-728.

145: Beckert, A., J. Wiesner, H. Schmidtberg, R. Lehmann, A. Baumann, H. Vogel & A. Vilcinskas 2016: Expression and characterization of a recombinant i-type lysozyme from the harlequin ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis. Insect Molecular Biology 25, 202-215.

144: Pöppel, A.-K, M. Kahl, A. Baumann, J. Wiesner, A. Gökcen, A. Beckert, K. T. Preissner, A. Vilcinskas & Z. Franta 2016: A Jonah-like chymotrypsin from the therapeutic maggot Lucilia sericata plays a role in wound debridement and coagulation. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 70, 138-147.

143: Bolouri Moghaddam, M.R., A. Vilcinskas & M. Rahnamaeian 2016: Cooperative interaction of antimicrobial peptides with the interrelated immune pathways in plants. Molecular Plant Pathology 17(3), 464-471.

142: Degenkolb, T. & A. Vilcinskas 2016: Metabolites from nematophagous fungi and nematicidal natural products from fungi – an alternative for biological control? Part II: Metabolites from nematophagous basidiomycetes and non-nematophagous fungi. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 100, 3813-3824.

141: Degenkolb, T. & A. Vilcinskas 2016: Metabolites from nematophagous fungi and nematicidal natural products from fungi – an alternative for biological control? Part I: Metabolites from nematophagous ascomycetes. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 100, 3799-3812. 

 

2015

140: Knorr, E., H. Schmidtberg, D. Arslan, L. Bingsohn & A. Vilcinskas 2015: Translocation of bacteria from the gut to the eggs triggers maternal transgenerational immune priming in Tribolium castaneum. Biology Letters 11:20150885.

139: Ulrich, J., V.A. Dao, U. Majumdar, C. Schmitt-Engel, J. Schwirz, T. Schultheis, N. Ströhlein, N. Troelenberg , D. Grossmann, T. Richter, J. Dönitz, L. Gerischer, G. LeBoulle, , A. Vilcinskas, M. Stanke & G. Bucher 2015: Large scale RNAi screen in Tribolium reveals novel target genes for pest control and the proteasome as prime target. BMC Genomics 16:674.

138: Schott, M., B. Klein & A. Vilcinskas 2015: Detection of illicit drugs by trained honeybees (Apis mellifera). PLoS One 10(6): e128528.

137: Tonk, M., E. Knorr, A. Cabezas-Cruz, J. Valdes, C. Kollewe & A. Vilcinskas 2015: Tribolium castaneum defensins are primarily active against Gram-positive bacteria. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 132, 208-215.

136: Tonk, M., A. Cabezas-Cruz,  J. Valdés, R.O.M. Rego, L. Grubhoffer, A. Estrada-Peña, A. Vilcinskas, M. Kotsyfakis & M. Rahnamaeian 2015: Ixodes ricinus defensins attack distantly-related pathogens. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 53(2), 358-365.

135: Rahnamaeian, M. & A. Vilcinskas 2015: Short antimicrobial peptides as cosmetic ingredients to deter dermatological pathogens. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 99, 8847-8855.

134: Eisenhardt, M., D. Dobler, P. Schlupp, T. Schmidts, M. Salzig, A. Vilcinskas, D. Salzig, P. Czermak, M. Keusgen & F. Runkel 2015: Development of an insect metalloproteinase inhibitor drug carrier system for application in chronic wound infections. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 67(11), 1481-1491.

133: Baumann, A., R. Lehmann, A. Beckert, A. Vilcinskas & Z. Franta 2015: Selection and evaluation of tissue specific reference genes in Lucilia sericata during an immune challenge. PLoS One 10(8):e0135093.

132: Kahl, M., A. Gökcen, S. Fischer, M. Bäumer, J. Wiesner, G. Lochnit, M. Wygrecka, A. Vilcinskas & K. Preissner 2015: Maggot excretion products from the blowfly Lucilia sericata contain contact phase/intrinsic pathway-like proteases with procoagulant functions. Thrombosis and Haemostasis 114(2), 277-288.

131: Bhandari, D. R., M. Schott, A. Römpp, A. Vilcinskas & B. Spengler 2015: Metabolite localization by atmospheric pressure high-resolution scanning microprobe matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging in whole body sections and individual organs of the rove beetle Paederus riparius. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 407, 2189-2201.

130: Mukherjee, K., R. Twyman & A. Vilcinskas 2015: Insect models to study the epigenetic basis of disease. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology 118, 69-78.

129: Gupta, S.K., M. Kupper, C. Ratzka, H. Feldhaar, A. Vilcinskas, R. Gross, T. Dandekar & F. Förster 2105: Scrutinizing the immune defence inventory of Camponotus floridanus applying total transcriptome sequencing. BMC Genomics 16: 540.

128: Degenkolb, T., K. F. Nielsen, R. Dieckmann, F. Branco-Rocha, P. Chaverri, G.J. Samuels, U. Thrane, H. von Döhren, A. Vilcinskas & H. Brückner 2015: Peptaibol, secondary-metabolite, and hydrophobin pattern of commercial biocontrol agents formulated with species of the Trichoderma harzianum complex. Chemistry and Biodiversity 12(4), 662-684.

127: Rajamuthiah, R., E. Jayamani, A. L. Conery, B. Burgwyn Fuchs, W. Kim, A. Vilcinskas, F. M. Ausubel & E. Mylonakis 2015: A defensin from the model beetle Tribolium castaneum acts synergistically with Telavancin and Daptomycin against multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS One 10(6): e0128576.

126: Pöppel, A.-K., H. Vogel, J. Wiesner & A. Vilcinskas 2015: Antimicrobial peptides expressed in medicinal maggots of the blow fly Lucilia sericata show combinatorial activity against bacteria. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 59, 2508-2514.

125: Rahnamaeian M., M. Cytryńska, A. Zdybicka-Barabas, K. Dobslaff, J. Wiesner, R. Twyman, T. Züchner, B. Sadd, R. Regoes, P. Schmid-Hempel & A. Vilcinskas 2015: Insect antimicrobial peptides show potentiating functional interactions against Gram-negative bacteria. Proceedings Royal Society B 282: 20150293.

124: Nollmann, F.I., A.K. Heinrich, A.O. Brachmann, C. Morisseau, K. Mukherjee, Á.M. Casanova-Torres, F. Strobl, D. Kleinhans, S. Kinski, K. Schultz, M. Beeton, M. Kaiser, Y.-Y. Chu, L. Phan Ke, A. Thanwisai, K.A.J. Bozhüyük, N. Chantratita, F. Götz, N.R. Waterfield, A. Vilcinskas, E. H. Stelzer, H. Goodrich-Blair, B.D. Hammock & H.B. Bode 2015: A Photorhabdus natural product inhibits insect juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolase. ChemBioChem 16(5), 766-771.

123: Gorshkov, V., W. Blenau, G. Koeniger, A. Römpp, A. Vilcinskas & B. Spengler 2015: Protein and peptide composition of male accessory glands of Apis mellifera drones investigated by mass spectrometry. PLoS One 10(5): e125068.

122: Beckert, A., J. Wiesner, A. Baumann, A.-K. Pöppel, H. Vogel & A. Vilcinskas 2015: Two c-type lysozymes boost the innate immune system of the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 49, 303-312.

121: Vilcinskas, A., H. Schmidtberg, A. Estoup, A. Tayeh & H. Vogel 2015: Evolutionary ecology of microsporidia associated with the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis. Insect Science 22, 313-324.

120: Vilcinskas A. 2015: Pathogens as biological weapons of invasive species. PLoS Pathogens 11(4): e1004714

119: Abdellatef, E., T. Will, A. Koch, J. Imani, A. Vilcinskas & K.-H. Kogel 2015: Silencing the expression of the salivary sheath protein causes trans-generational feeding suppression in the aphid Sitobion avenae. Plant Biotechnology Journal 13(6), 849-857.

118: Will, T. & A. Vilcinskas 2015: The structural sheath protein of aphids is required for phloem feeding. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 57, 34-40.

117: Jayamani, E., R. Rajamuthiah, J. Larkins-Ford, B. Burgwyn Fuchs, A. Conery, A. Vilcinskas, F. Ausubel & E. Mylonakis 2015: Insect-derived cecropins display activity against Acinetobacter baumannii in a whole-animal high-throughput Caenorhabditis elegans model. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 59(3), 1728-1737. 

 

2014

116: Tonk, M., A. Cabezas-Cruz, J. Valdés, R. Rego, T. Chrudimská, M. Strnad, R. Šíma, L. Bell-Sakyi, Z. Franta, A. Vilcinskas, L. Grubhoffer, M. Rahnamaeian 2014: Defensins from the tick Ixodes scapularis are effective against phytopathogenic fungi and the human bacterial pathogen Listeria grayi. Parasites and Vectors 7(1):554.

115: Jacobs, C., Y. Wang, H. Vogel, A. Vilcinskas, M. van der Zee & D. Rozen 2014: Egg survival is reduced by grave-soil microbes in the carrion beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14(1):208

114: Mukherjee, K. & A. Vilcinskas 2014: Development and immunity-related microRNAs of the lepidopteran model host Galleria mellonella. BMC Genomics 15:705.

113: Deghan, S., M. Sadeghi, A. Pöppel, R. Fischer, R. Lakes-Harlan, H. Kavousi, A. Vilcinskas & M. Rahnamaeian 2014: Differential inductions of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and chalcone synthase during wounding, salicylic acid treatment, and salinity stress in safflower, Carthamus tinctorius. Bioscience Reports 34, e00114.

112: Röhrich, C., W. Jaklitsch, H. Voglmayr, A. Iversen, A. Vilcinskas, K. Nielsen, U. Thrane, H. von Döhren, H. Brückner & T. Degenkolb 2014: Front line defenders of the ecological niche! Screening the structural diversity of peptaibiotics from saprophobic and fungicolous Trichderma/Hyocrea species. Fungal Diversity 69, 117-146.

111: Gasch, T. & A. Vilcinskas 2014: The chemical defense in larvae of the earwig Forficula auricularia. Journal of Insect Physiology 67, 1-8.

110: Freitak, D., H. Schmidtberg, F. Dickel, G. Lochnit, H. Vogel & A. Vilcinskas 2014: The maternal transfer of bacteria mediates trans-generational immune priming in insects. Virulence 5(49), 547-554.

109: Terrapon, N….A. Vilcinskas,…& J. Liebig (43 authors) 2014: Molecular traces of alternative social organization in a termite genome. Nature Communications 5:3636.

108: Missbach, C., H. Dweck, H. Vogel, A. Vilcinskas, M. Stensmyr, B. Hansson & E. Grosse-Wilde 2014: Evolution of insect olfactory receptors. eLife 3:e02115.

107: Pöppel, A.-K., A. Koch, K.-H. Kogel, H. Vogel, C. Kollewe, J. Wiesner & A. Vilcinskas 2014: Lucimycin, an antifungal peptide from the therapeutic maggots of the common green bottle fly Lucilia sericata. Biological Chemistry 395, 649-656.

106: Vogel, H., C. Badapanda, E. Knorr & A. Vilcinskas 2014: RNA-Sequencing analysis reveals abundant developmental stage-specific and immunity-related genes in the pollen beetle Meligethes aeneus. Insect Molecular Biology 23, 99-112.

105: Gökcen, A., A. Vilcinskas & J. Wiesner 2014: Biofilm-degrading enzymes from Lysobacter gummosus. Virulence 5(3), 378-387. 

 

2013

104: Berisha, A., K. Mukherjee, A. Vilcinskas, B. Spengler & A. Römpp 2013: High-resolution mass spectrometry driven discovery of peptidic danger signals in insect immunity. PloS One 8(11): e80406.

103: Schmidtberg, H., C.R. Röhrich, H. Vogel & A. Vilcinskas 2013: A switch from constitutive chemical defense to inducible innate immune responses in the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis. Biology Letters 9, 20130006. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2113.

102: Vilcinskas, A., K. Mukherjee & H. Vogel 2013: Expansion of the antimicrobial peptide repertoire in the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280 (1750), 20122113.

101: Vilcinskas, A., K. Stoecker, H. Schmidtberg, C.R. Röhrich & H. Vogel 2013: Response to comments on “Invasive harlequin ladybird carries biological weapons against native competitors”. Science 341, 1342-1343.

100: Vilcinskas, A., K. Stoecker, H. Schmidtberg, C.R. Röhrich & H. Vogel 2013: Invasive harlequin ladybird carries biological weapons against native competitors. Science 340 (6134), 862-863.

99: Gasch, T., M. Schott, C. Wehrenfennig, R.-A. Düring & A. Vilcinskas 2013: Multifunctional weaponry: the chemical defense of earwigs. Journal of Insect Physiology 59, 1186-1193.

98: Sadeghi, M., S. Dehghan, R. Fischer, U. Wenzel, A. Vilcinskas, H.R. Kavousi & M. Rahnamaeian 2013: Isolation and characterization of isochorismate synthase and cinnamate 4-hydroxylase during salinity stress, wounding, and salicylic acid treatment in Carthamus tinctorius. Plant Signaling and Behavior 8, e27335.

97: Rodrigues de Melo, N., A. Abdrahman, C. Greig, K. Mukherjee, C. Thornton, N. Ratcliffe, A. Vilcinskas & T. Butt 2013: Myriocin Significantly Increases the mortality of a non-mammalian model host during Candida pathogenesis. PLoS One 8: e78905.

96: Zarkani, A., E. Stein, C.R. Röhrich, M. Schikora, E. Evguenieva-Hackenberg, T. Degenkolb , A. Vilcinskas, G. Klug, K.-H. Kogel & A. Schikora 2013: Homoserine lactones influence the reaction of plants to Rhizobia. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 14, 17122-17146.

95: Grünwald S., J. Stellzig, I.V. Adam, K. Weber, S. Binger, M. Boll, E. Knorr, R.M. Twyman, A. Vilcinskas & U. Wenzel 2013: Longevity in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum is enhanced by broccoli and depends on nrf-2, jnk-1 and foxo-1 homologous genes. Genes and Nutrition 8, 439-448.

94: Kollewe, C. & A. Vilcinskas 2013: Production of recombinant proteins in insect cells. American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology 9(3), 255-271.

93: Druzinec, D., D. Salzig, A. Brix, M. Kraume, A. Vilcinskas, C. Kollewe & P. Czermak 2013: Optimization of insect cell based protein production processses – online monitoring, expresion systems, scale up. Advances in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, 136, 65-100.

92: Schott, M., C. Wehrenpfennig, T. Gasch, R.-A. Düring & A. Vilcinskas 2013: A portable gas chromatograph with simultaneous detection by mass spectrometry and electroantennography for the highly sensitive in situ measurement of volatiles. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 405(23), 7457-7467.

91: Schott, M., C. Wehrenpfennig, T. Gasch & A. Vilcinskas 2013: Insect-antenna-based biosensors for in situ analytics. Advances in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology 136, 101-122.

90: Will, T. & A. Vilcinskas 2013: Aphid-proof plants: Biotechnology-based approaches for aphid control. Advances in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology 136, 179-204.

89: Knorr, E., L, Bingsohn, M. Kanost & A. Vilcinskas 2013: Tribolium castaneum as a model for high-thoughput RNAi screening. Advances in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology 136, 163-178.

88: Brandt, A & A. Vilcinskas 2013: Drosophila as a model for aging research. Advances in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology 135, 63-77.

87: Mukherjee, K., R. Rayu, R. Fischer & A. Vilcinskas 2013: Galleria mellonella as a model host to study gut microbe homeostasis and brain infection by the human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Advances in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology 135, 27-39.

86: Mukherjee, K., T. Hain, R. Fischer, T. Chakraborty & A. Vilcinskas 2013: Brain infection and activation of neuronal repair mechanisms caused by the human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes in the lepidopteran model host Galleria mellonella. Virulence 4(4): 324-332.

85: Wehrenfennig, C., M. Schott, T. Gasch, R.-A. Düring, A. Vilcinskas & C.-D. Kohl 2013: On-site airborne pheromone sensing. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 405, 6389-6403.

84: Wehrenfennig, C., M. Schott, T. Gasch, D. Meixner, R.-A. Düring, A. Vilcinskas & C.-D. Kohl 2013: An approach to sense pheromone concentration by pre-concentration and gas sensors. Physica Status Solidi A 210(5), 932-937.

83: Dubovskiy, I.M., M. Whitten, V.Y. Kryukov, O.N. Yaroslavtseva, E.V. Grizanova, C. Greig K. Mukherjee, A. Vilcinskas, P. Mitkovets, V. Glupov & T. Butt 2013: More than a color change: Insect melanism, disease resistance and fecundity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280:20130584.

82: Dubovskiy, I.M., M. Whitten, O. Yaroslavtseva, C. Greig, V.Y. Kryukov, E.V. Grizanova, K. Mukherjee, A. Vilcinskas, V. Glupov & T. Butt 2013: Can insects develop resistance to insect pathogenic fungi? PLoS One 8(4): e60248.

81: Gökcen, A., A. Vilcinskas & J. Wiesner 2013: Methods to identify enzyme that degrade the main extracellular polysaccharide component of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms. Virulence 4:3, 260-270.

80: Vilcinskas A. 2013: Evolutionary plasticity of insect immunity. Journal of Insect Physiology 59(2), 123-129.

79: Röhrich, C., A.Vilcinskas, H. Brückner & T. Degenkolb 2013: The sequences of the eleven-residue peptaibiotics: Suzukacillins-B. Chemisty and Biodiversity 10 (5), 827-837.

78: Röhrich, C., A. Iversen, W.M. Jaklitsch, H. Voglmayr, A. Vilcinskas, K. F. Nielsen, U. Thrane, H. von Döhren, H. Brückner & T. Degenkolb 2013: Screening the biosphere: The fungicolous fungus Trichoderma phellinicola, a prolific source of Hypophellins, New 17-, 18-, 19-, and 20-Residue peptaibiotics. Chemistry and Biodiversity 10(5), 787-812.

77: Ngwa, C.J., M. Scheuermayer, G. R. Mair, S. Kern, T. Brügl, C.C. Wirth, M.N. Aminake, J. Wiesner, R. Fischer, A. Vilcinskas & G. Pradel 2013: Changes in the transcriptome of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum during the initial phase of transmission from the human to the mosquito. BMC Genomics 14:256

76: Altincicek, B., A. Elashry, N. Guz, F. Grundler, A. Vilcinskas & H.-W. Dehne 2013: Next generation sequencing based transcriptome analysis of septic-injury responsive genes in the beetle Tribolium castaneum. PLoS One 8(1): e52004. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052004.  

 

2012

75: Mukherjee, K., R. Fischer & A. Vilcinskas 2012: Histone acetylation mediates epigenetic regulation of transcriptional reprogramming in insects during metamorphosis, wounding and infection. Frontiers in Zoology 9:25

74: Freitak, D., E. Knorr, H. Vogel & A. Vilcinskas 2012: Gender and stressor specific miRNA expression in Tribolium castaneum. Biology Letters 8, 860-863.

73: Röhrich, C.R., A. Iversen, W.M. Jaklitsch, H. Voglmayr, A. Berg, H. Dörfelt, U. Thrane, A. Vilcinskas, K.F. Nielsen, H. von Döhren, H. Brückner, T. Degenkolb 2012. Hypopulvins, novel peptaibiotics from the polyporicolous fungus Hypocrea pulvinata, are produced during infection of its natural hosts. Fungal Biology 116 (12), 1219-1231.

72: Wehrenfennig, C., M. Schott, T. Gasch, T. Sauerwald, R.-A. Düring, A. Vilcinskas, & C. Kohl 2012. Laboratory characterization of metal-oxide sensors intended for in situ analyses of pheromones – SOMMSA approach. Physica Status Solidi A, 209 (5), 935-939.

71: Behnam, F., A. Vilcinskas, M. Wagner & K. Stoecker 2012: A Straightforward DOPE (Double Labeling of Oligonucleotide Probes)-FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) method for simultaneous multicolor detection of six microbial populations. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78(15), 5138-5142.

70: Röhrich, R., C. J. Ngwa, J. Wiesner, H. Schmidtberg, T. Degenkolb. R. Fischer, G. Pradel & A. Vilcinskas 2012: Harmonine, a defense compound from the harlequin ladybird, inhibits mycobacterial growth and demonstrates multi-stage anti-malarial activity. Biology Letters 8, 308-311.

69: Koch, A., W. Khalifa, G. Langen, A. Vilcinskas, K.-H. Kogel & J. Imani 2012: The antimicrobial peptide thanatin reduces Fusarium graminearum infection in Arabidopsis. Journal of Phytopathology 160, 606–610.

68: Rahnamaeian, M. & A. Vilcinskas 2012: Defense gene expression is potentiated in transgenic barley expressing antifungal peptide metchnikowin throughout powdery mildew challenge. Journal of Plant Science 125(1), 115-124.

67: Dobson, A.J., P.R. Johnston, A. Vilcinskas & J. Rolff 2012: Identification of immunological expressed sequence tags in the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor, Journal of Insect Physiology, 58(12), 1556-1561. 

 

2011

66: Knorr, E. & A. Vilcinskas 2011: Post-embryonic functions of HSP90 in Tribolium castaneum include regulation of compound eye development. Development, Genes and Evolution 211 (5-6), 357-362.

65: Arolas, J., T. Bothello, A. Vilcinskas & X. Gomis-Rüth. 2011. Structural evidence for standard-mechanisms inhibition in metallopeptidases from a complex poised to resynthesize a peptide bond. Angewandte Chemie – International Edition, 50(44), 10357-10360.

64: Vilcinskas, A. 2011: Insects emerge as valuable model hosts to explore virulence. Virulence 2:5, 376-378.

63: Vogel, H., C. Badapanda & A. Vilcinskas 2011: Identification of immunity-related genes in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides by suppression subtractive hybridization. Insect Molecular Biology 20(6), 787-800.

62: Degenkolb, T., R.-A. Düring & A. Vilcinskas 2011: Secondary metabolites released by the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides: chemical analyses and possible ecological functions. Journal of Chemical Ecology 37(7), 724-735.

61: Vogel, H., B. Altincicek, G. Glöckner & A. Vilcinskas 2011: A comprehensive transcriptome  and immune-gene repertoire of the lepidopteran model mini-host Galleria mellonella. BMC Genomics 12:308.

60: Vilcinskas A. 2011: Anti-Infective therapeutics from the lepidopteran model host Galleria mellonella. Current Pharmaceutical Design 17 (13), 1240-1245.

59: Mukherjee, K., M. Abu Mraheil, S. Silva, D. Müller, F. Cemic, J. Hemberger, T. Hain, A. Vilcinskas & T. Chakraborty 2011. Anti-Listeria activities of Galleria hemolymph proteins. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77(12), 4237-4240.

58: Kirsch, R., H. Vogel, A. Muck, J. Pasteels, A. Vilcinskas & W. Boland 2011: To be or not to be convergent in salicin-based defense in chrysomeline leaf beetle larvae: Evidence from Phratora vitellinae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278, 3225-3232.

57: Lehtovirta-Morley, L., K. Stoecker, A. Vilcinskas, J. Prosser & G. Nicol 2011: Cultivation of an obligate acidophilic ammonia oxidizer from a nitrifying acid soil. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences USA, 108 (38), 15892-15897.

56: Mayer, C., A. Vilcinskas & J. Gross 2011: Chemically mediated multitrophic interactions in a plant–insect vector-phytoplasma system compared with a partially nonvector species. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 13, 25-35. 

 

2010

55: Jiang, H., A. Vilcinskas & M. Kanost 2010: Immunity in lepidopteran insects. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 708, 181-204.

54: Wiesner, J. & A. Vilcinskas 2010: Antimicrobial peptides: the ancient arm of the human immune system. Virulence 1:5, 440-464.

53: Altincicek, B., M. Fischer, M. Fischer, K. Lüersen, M. Boll, U. Wenzel & A. Vilcinskas 2010: Role of matrix metalloproteinase ZMP-2 in pathogen resistance and development in Caenorhabditis elegans. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 34, 1160-1169.

52: International Aphid Genomics Consortium 2010: Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. PLoS Biology, 8(2):e1000313. Accompanying publication:

51: Gerardo, N., B. Altincicek, C. Anselme, H. Atamian, S. Barribeau, M. de Vos, J. Evans, T. Gabaldón, M. Ghanim, A. Heddi, I. Kaloshian, A. Latorre, C. Monegat, A. Moya, A. Nakabachi, B. Parker, V. Pérez-Brocal, M. Pignatelli, Y.Rahbé, J. Ramsey, J. Tamames, D. Tamarit, C. Tamborindeguy, A. Vilcinskas 2010: Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum. Genome Biology 11(2): R21.

50: Vilcinskas A. 2010: Coevolution between pathogen-derived proteinases and proteinase inhibitors of host insects. Virulence 1:3, 206-214.

49: Mukherjee, K., B. Altincicek, T. Hain, E. Domann, A. Vilcinskas & T. Chakraborty 2010: Galleria mellonella as model system to study Listeria pathogenesis Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76 (1), 310-317.

 

Vor 2010

48: Altincicek B., A, Berisha, K. Mukherjee, B. Spengler, A. Römpp & A. Vilcinskas 2009:  Identification of collagen IV derived danger/alarm signals in insect immunity by nanoLC-FTICR MS. Biological Chemistry 390, 1303-1311.

47: Knorr, E., H. Schmidtberg, A. Vilcinskas & B. Altnicicek 2009: MMPs regulate both development and immunity in the Tribolium model insect. PLoS One 4(3): e4751.

46: Rahnamaeian, M., G. Langen, J. Imani, B. Altincicek, D. von Wettstein, K.-H. Kogel & A. Vilcinskas 2009: Insect peptide metchnikowin confers on barley a selective capacity
for resistance to ascomycota fungal pathogens. Journal of Experimental Botany 60 (14), 4105-4114.

45: Mayer, C., B. Jarausch, W. Jarausch, W. Jelkmann A. Vilcinskas & J. Gross 2009: Cacopsylla melanoneura has no relevance as vector of apple proliferation in Germany. Phytopathology 99 (6), 729-738.

44: Altincicek, B. & A. Vilcinskas 2009: Septic injury inducible genes in medicinal maggots of the blowfly Lucilia sericata. Insect Molecular Biology 18,119-125.

43: Altincicek, B. & A. Vilcinskas 2008: Identification of immune inducible genes from the velvet worm Epiperipatus biolleyi (Onychophora). Developmental and Comparative Immunology 32, 1416-1421.

42: Mayer, C., A. Vilcinskas & J. Gross 2008: Pathogen-induced release of plant allomone manipulates vector insect behaviour. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34, 1518-1522.

41: Altincicek, B., S. Stötzl, M. Wygrecka, K. Preissner & A. Vilcinskas 2008: Host-derived extracellular nucleic acids enhance innate immune responses, induce coagulation, and prolong survival upon infection in insects. Journal of Immunology 181, 2705-2712.

40: Altincicek, B., J. Gross & A. Vilcinskas 2008: Wounding-mediated gene expression and accelerated viviparous reproduction of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Insect Molecular Biology 17, 711-716.

39: Mayer, C., A. Vilcinskas & J. Gross 2008: Phytopathogen lures its insect vector by altering host plant odor. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34, 1045-1049.

38: Altincicek, B. & A. Vilcinskas 2008: Identification of a lepidopteran matrix metalloproteinase with dual roles in metamorphosis and innate immunity. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 32, 400-409.

37: Altincicek, B. & A. Vilcinskas 2008: Comparative screening for septic injury-inducible genes in phylogenetic distant models of regeneration and stem cell research: the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea and the cnidarian Hydra vulgaris. Frontiers in Zoology 5: 6.

36: Gross, J., K. Schuhmacher, H. Schmidtberg & A. Vilcinskas 2008: Protected by fumigants: beetles perfumes in antimicrobial defence. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34, 179-188.

35: Tribolium Genome Sequencing Consortium 2008: The genome of the developmental model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum. Nature 425, 949-955. Accompanying publication:

34: Altincicek, B., E. Knorr & A. Vilcinskas 2008: Beetle immunity: Identification of immune-inducible genes from the model insect Tribolium castaneum. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 32, 585-595.

33: Wedde, M., C. Weise, C. Nuck, B. Altincicek & A. Vilcinskas 2007: The insect metallo-proteinase inhibitor gene of the lepidopteran Galleria mellonella encodes two distinct inhibitors. Biological Chemistry 388, 119-127.

32: Altincicek, B & A. Vilcinskas 2007: Analysis of the immune-related transcriptome from microbial stress resistant, rat-tailed maggots of the drone fly Eristalis tenax. BMC Genomics 8: 326.

31: Altincicek, B. & A. Vilcinskas 2007: Analysis of the immune-related transcriptome of a lophothrochozoan model, the marine annelid Platynereis dumerilii. Frontiers in Zoology 4:18.

30: Altincicek, B., M. Lindner, D. Lindner, K. Preissner & A. Vilcinskas 2007: Microbial metallo-proteinases mediate sensing of invading pathogens and activate innate immune responses in the lepidopteran model host Galleria mellonella. Infection and Immunity 75 (1), 175-183.

29: Altincicek, B. & A. Vilcinskas 2007: Identification of immune-related genes from an apterygote insect, the firebrat Thermobia domestica. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 37, 726-731.

28: Altincicek, B. & A. Vilcinskas 2006: Metamorphosis and collagen-IV-fragments stimulate innate immune response in the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 30, 1108-1118.

27: Langen, G., J. Imani, B. Altincicek, G. Kieseritzky, K.-H. Kogel & A. Vilcinskas 2006: Transgenic expression of gallerimycin, a novel antifungal insect defensin from the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella, confers resistance against pathogenic fungi in tobacco. Biological Chemistry 387, 549-557.

26: Vilcinskas, A. & J. Gross 2005: Drugs from bugs: the use of insects as a valuable source of transgenes with potential in modern plant protection strategies. Journal of Pest Science 78, 187-191.

25: Clermont, A., M. Wedde, V. Seitz, L. Podsiadlowski, M. Hummel & A. Vilcinskas 2004: Cloning and expression of an inhibitor against microbial metalloproteinases from insects (IMPI) contributing to innate immunity. Biochemical Journal 382, 315 - 322.

24: Kress, H., A. Jarrin, E. Thüroff, R. Saunders, C. Weise, M. Schmidt am Busch, E.-W. Knapp, M. Wedde & A. Vilcinskas 2004: A Kunitz type protease inhibitor related protein is synthesized in Drosophila prepupal salivary glands and released into the moulting fluid during pupation. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 34, 855 - 869.

23: Seitz, V., A. Clermont, M. Wedde, M. Hummel, A. Vilcinskas, K. Schlatterer & L. Podsiadlowski 2003: Identification of immunorelevant genes from greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella) by a subtractive hybridization approach. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 27, 207-215.

22: Schuhmann, B., V. Seitz, A. Vilcinskas & L. Podsiadlowski 2003: Cloning and expression of gallerimycin, an antifungal peptide expressed in immune response by the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 53, 125-133.

21: Stricker, S., A. Poustka, U. Wiecha, A. Stiege, J. Hecht, G. Panopoulou, A. Vilcinskas, S. Mundlos & V. Seitz 2003: A single amphioxus and sea urchin runt-gene suggests that runt-gene duplications occurred in early chordate evolution. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 27, 673-684.

20: Vilcinskas A. & M. Wedde 2002: Insect inhibitors of metalloproteinases. IUBMB Life 54, 339-343.

19: Fröbius, A., M. Kanost, P. Götz & A. Vilcinskas 2000: Isolation and characterization of novel inducible serine protease inhibitors from larval hemolymph of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella. European Journal of Biochemistry 267, 2046-2053.

18: Gillespie, J., A. Bailey, B. Cobb & A. Vilcinskas 2000: Fungal elicitors of insect immune responses. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 44, 49-68.

17: Griesch, J., M. Wedde & A. Vilcinskas 2000: Recognition and regulation of metalloproteinase activity in the hemolymph of Galleria mellonella: A new pathway mediating induction of humoral immune responses. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 30, 461-472.

16: Wolter, C., J. Minow, A. Vilcinskas & U. Grosch 2000: Long-term effects of human influence on fish community structure and fisheries in Berlin waters: an urban water system. Fisheries Management and Ecology 7, 97-104.

15: Vilcinskas, A. & P. Götz. 1999: Parasitic fungi and their interactions with the insect immune system. Advances in Parasitology 43, 267-313 (eingeladener Review).

14: Vilcinskas, A., A. Jegorov, Z. Landa & V. Matha 1999: Effects of beauverolide L and cyclosporin A on humoral and cellular immune response of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 122C, 83-92.

13: Wedde, M., C. Weise, P. Kopacek, P. Franke & A. Vilcinskas 1998: Purification and characterization of an inducible metalloprotease inhibitor from the hemolymph of greater wax moth larvae, Galleria mellonella. European Journal of Biochemistry 255, 534-543.

12: Griesch, J. & A. Vilcinskas 1998: Proteases released by entomopathogenic fungi impair phagocytic activity, attachment and spreading of plasmatocytes isolated from hemolymph of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella. Biocontrol Science and Technology 8, 517-531.

11: Gross, J., C. Müller, A. Vilcinskas & M. Hilker 1998: Antimicrobial activity in the exocrine glandular secretions, hemolymph and larval regurgitate of the mustard leaf beetle Phaedon cochleariae. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 72, 296-303.

10: Podsiadlowski, L., V. Matha & A. Vilcinskas 1998: Detection of a P-glycoprotein related pump in Chironomus larvae and its inhibition by verapamil and cyclosporin A. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 121B, 443-450.

9: Vilcinskas, A. & M. Wedde 1997: Inhibition of Beauveria bassiana proteases and fungal development by inducible protease inhibitors in the haemolymph of Galleria mellonella larvae. Biocontrol Science and Technology 7 (4), 591-601.

8: Vilcinskas, A., V. Matha & P. Götz 1997: Effects of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae and its secondary metabolites on morphology and cytoskeleton of plasmatocytes isolated from Galleria mellonella. Journal Insect Physiology 43, 1149-1159.

7: Vilcinskas, A., P. Kopacek, A. Jegorov, A. Vey & V. Matha 1997: Detection of lipophorin as the major cyclosporin-binding protein in the hemolymph of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 117C (1), 41-45.

6: Vilcinskas, A. & V. Matha 1997: Effect of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana on humoral immune response of Galleria mellonella larvae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). European Journal of Entomology 94, 461-472.

5: Vilcinskas, A., V. Matha & P. Götz 1997: Inhibition of phagocytic activity of plasmatocytes isolated from Galleria mellonella by entomogenous fungi and their secondary metabolites. Journal of Insect Physiology 43 (1), 475-483.

4: Vilcinskas, A. & V. Matha 1997: Antimycotic activity of lysozyme and its contribution to antifungal humoral defence reactions in Galleria mellonella. Animal Biology 6 (1), 13-23.

3: Wolter, C. & A. Vilcinskas 1997: Characterization of the typical fish community of inland waterways of the northeastern lowlands in Germany. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 13, 335-343.

2: Wolter. C. & A. Vilcinskas 1997: Perch (Perca fluviatilis) as an indicator species for structural degradation in regulated rivers and canals in the lowlands of Germany. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 6, 174-181.

1: Wolter, C. & A. Vilcinskas 1996: Fishfauna of the Berlinean waters - their vulnerability and protection. Limnologica 26 (2), 207-213.

 

Book chapters / Publications in non-ISI-ranked Journals

37: Vilcinskas, A. 2020: Insect Biotechnology. In: Biological Transformation (Reimund Neugebauer Ed.) Springer Vieweg, Chapter 13. 247-260.

36: Vilcinskas, A. 2020: Animal Venomics -Animal poisons as a Bioresource for new drugs. Q & More.

35: Lüddecke, T., F. Förster, A. Billion, B. von Reumont, A. Vilcinskas & S. Lemke 2020: The venom gland transcriptome of the wasp spider Argiope bruennichi. Toxicon 177, S42-S43.

34: Kirchhoff, K., A. Vilcinskas & T. Wilke 2020: Tracing neglected venom systems: Prediction of the industrial potential by a multi-disciplinary data network. Toxicon 177, S32

33: Vilcinskas A. 2019: Insektenbiotechnologie. In: Biologische Transformation (Reimund Neugebauer Hrsg.) Springer Verlag, Kapitel 13. 251-262.

32: Rühl, M., V. Pietzner, A. Vilcinskas & H. Zorn 2019: Insekten und Schimmelpilze als Bioressource. Chemie in unserer Zeit 53, 342-348.

31: Mukherjee, K. & A. Vilcinskas 2019: Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in insects. In: Transgenerational epigenetics (Trygve O. Tollefsbol ed.) Academic Press. Chapter 14, 315-329.

30: Vilcinskas A. 2018: Insektenbiotechnologie im Pflanzenschutz. Agrarspectrum 50, 51-56.

29: Vilcinskas A. 2016: Aphid immunity. In: Biology and Ecology of Aphids (A.Vilcinskas ed.). CRC Press, Chapter 6, 126-134.

28: Schmidtberg, H. & A. Vilcinskas 2016: The ontogenesis of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. In: Biology and Ecology of Aphids (A.Vilcinskas ed.). CRC Press, Chapter 2, 14-51.

27: Vilcinskas A. 2015: Learning from Insects: Insect biotechnology as a means of exploiting biotechnology for the bioeconomy. Q & More 2/15, 12-17.

26: Vilcinskas A. & H. Schmidtberg 2014: Invasiv durch biologische und chemische Waffen – der Asiatische Marienkäfer als Modell. Biologie in unserer Zeit 6, 386-391.

25: Joop, G. & A. Vilcinskas 2014: Evolutionary Ecology of Insect Immunity. In: Molecular Biology and Ecology of Insects (K. Hoffmann ed.), CRC Press, Chapter 9, 271-290.

24: Degenkolb, T., M. Schöller & A. Vilcinskas 2014: Beeinträchtigung von Vorräten und Lebensmitteln durch tierische Schädlinge sowie pilzliche und bakterielle Erreger. Teil 2: Pilzliche und bakterielle Kontaminanten. Ernährungsumschau 5, 17-22.

23: Schöller, M., T. Degenkolb, & A. Vilcinskas 2014: Beeinträchtigung von Vorräten und Lebensmitteln durch tierische Schädlinge sowie pilzliche und bakterielle Erreger. Teil 1: Tierische Schädlinge. Ernährungsumschau 3, 9-12.

22: Vilcinskas A. 2013: Yellow Biotechnology. Encyclopedia of Biotechnology in Agriculture and Food. Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.1081/E-EBAF-120048486. 

21:  Hummel, H.E., T.Czyrt, S. Schmid, G. Leithold & A. Vilcinskas 2012:  Sex pheromone monitoring as a versatile tool for determining presence and abundance of Cydia pomonella (Lep.: Tortricidae) in German apple orchards. Communications in agricultural and applied biological sciences. 77 (4), 647-65.

20: Lindner, I., D. Hein, M.   Breuer, H.   Hummel, A.   Deuker, A.   Vilcinskas, G.  Leithold, C.   Hellmann, R.   Dersch, J.H.  Wendorff & A.   Greiner 2011. Organic electrospun nanofibers as vehicles toward intelligent pheromone dispensers: characterization by laboratory investigations. Communications in agricultural and applied biological sciences. 76 (4), 819-829

19: Vilcinskas A. 2010: From traditional maggot therapy to modern biosurgery. In: Insect Biotechnology (A.Vilcinskas ed.), Chapter 4, 67-76, Springer Science + Buisness Media.

18: Wiesner J. & A. Vilcinskas 2010: Therapeutic potential of antimicrobial peptides from insects. In: Insect Biotechnology (A. Vilcinskas ed.). Chapter 3, 29-66, Springer Science + Buisness Media.

17: Vilcinskas A. 2009: Lepidopterans as model mini-hosts for human pathogens and as a source for peptide antibiotics. In: Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera (M. Goldsmith and F. Marec eds.) CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, Chapter 15, 293-305.

16: Vilcinskas, A. 2004: Die phylogenetische Stellung der Knorpelfische (Chondrichthyes). In: Kontroversen in der Phylogenetischen Systematik der Metazoa (S. Richter & W. Sudhaus eds.). Goecke & Evers Verlag, Keltern 43, 163 - 174.

15: Wolter, C., R. Arlinghaus, U. Grosch & A. Vilcinskas 2003: Fische und Fischerei in Berlin. Zeitschrift für Fischkunde, Supplementband 2, 150 Seiten.

14: Wolter, C. & A. Vilcinskas 2000: Charakterisierung der Fischartendiversität in Wasserstraßen und urbanen Gewässern. Wasser und Boden 52, 14-18.

13: Kubecka, J., J. Frouzova, A. Vilcinskas, C. Wolter & O. Slavik 2000: Longitudinal hydroacoustic survey of fish in the Elbe river supplemented by direct capture. In: I.G. Cowx (ed.) Management and Ecology of River Fisheries. Blackwell, Oxford, 12-25.

12: Wolter, C., A. Bischoff, M. Tautenhahn & A. Vilcinskas 1999: Die Fischfauna der Unteren Oder: Inventar, Abundanzen, Bestandsentwicklung und fischökologische Bedeutung der Polderflächen. Limnologie aktuell, Vol. 9. Das Untere Odertal (Dohle, W. Bornkamm, R. &, G. Weigmann, Hrsg.) E. Schweizbart´sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, 369-386.

11: Wedde, M., J. Griesch, A. Fröbius, L. Podsiadlowski & A. Vilcinskas 1998: A microtiterplate azocoll assay for measurement of proteinases and proteinase inhibitors involved in insect-pathogen-interactions. In: Techniques in Insect Immunology, (Wiesner et al., ed) SOS Publications, Fairhaven, New York, 171-177.

10: Wolter. C., J. Minow, U. Grosch & A. Vilcinskas 1998: Long-term effects of river-regulation and anthropogenic degradation on fish community structure and fisheries in urban watersystems. FAO Fisheries Report 580 Suppl, 36-37.

9: Wolter. C. & A. Vilcinskas 1998: Fish community structure in lowland waterways: Fundamental and applied aspects. Polish Archives of Hydrobiology 45 (2), 137-149.

8: Wolter, C. & A. Vilcinskas 1998: Effects of canalization on fish migration in canals and regulated rivers. Polish Archives of Hydrobiology 45 (1), 91-101.

7: Vilcinskas, A. & C. Wolter 1996: Changes in fish communities by hydraulic engineering in regulated rivers and canals. In: Changes in fauna and flora as a result of watercourse development – neozoans and neophytes Umweltbundesamt (Hrsg.), Texte 74, 104-111.

6: Vilcinskas, A. & C. Wolter 1995: Fischfauna der Bundeswasserstraßen in Berlin, Brandenburg und Sachsen-Anhalt. Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde, Koblenz (Hrsg.), 85 S.

5: Vilcinskas, A. 1994: Altersbestimmung bei Fischen anhand von Schuppenproben. Mikrokosmos 83 (3), 135-141.

4: Wolter, C. & A. Vilcinskas 1993: Karte Fischfauna in Berlin. In: Umweltatlas Berlin. Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umweltschutz (Hrsg.), Erste Gesamtberliner Ausgabe, Bd. 1: Wasser, Kulturbuch-Verlag Berlin, 16 S.

3: Vilcinskas, A. & C. Wolter 1993: Fische in Berlin. Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umweltschutz in Berlin (Hrsg.), Kulturbuch-Verlag Berlin, 110 S.

2: Vilcinskas, A. 1991: Ergebnisse fischereibiologischer Untersuchungen in Berlin 1990. Sitzungs-berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 31, 45-58.

Books:

11: Vilcinskas, A. (Ed.) 2016: Biology and Ecology of the Aphids. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis

Group. 270 pages. ISBN: 9781482236767

10: Vilcinskas, A. (Ed.) 2013: Yellow Biotechnology II (Insect Biotechnology in Plant Protection and

and Industry), Springer Book Series: Advances in Biochemical Engineering and

Biotechnology, 209 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-642-39901-5

9: Vilcinskas, A. (Ed.) 2013: Yellow Biotechnology I (Insect Biotechnology in Drug Discovery and

 Preclinical Research), Springer Book Series: Advances in Biochemical Engineering and

Biotechnology, 198 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-642-39862-9

8: Vilcinskas, A. (Ed.) 2011: Insect Biotechnology. Springer, 266 S. ISBN 978-90-481-9640-1

7: Vilcinskas, A. 2008: Haie und Rochen. Nauman-Göbel-Verlag, Köln, 288 Seiten. 2011

Lizenzausgabe im Komet Verlag

6: Vilcinskas, A. 2005: 1000 Fische. Nauman-Göbel-Verlag, Köln, 384 Seiten. 

5: Vilcinskas, A. 2000: Tropische Meerestiere. Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart, 480 Seiten. 2002

Französische Übersetzung im Verlag Vigot, Paris: La vie sous-marine des tropiques.

4: Vilcinskas, A. 2000: Fische - Mitteleuropäische Süßwasserarten sowie Meeresfische der

Nord- und Ostsee. BLV Verlag, München, 240 Seiten. 2003: 2. Auflage.

3: Vilcinskas, A. 1999: Heimische Aquarienfische. Bede-Verlag. 80 S.

2: Vilcinskas, A. 1996: Meeresfische Europas. Naturbuch Verlag, Augsburg, 320 S.

1: Vilcinskas, A. 1993: Einheimische Süßwasserfische. Alle Arten: Merkmale, Verbreitung,

Lebensweise. Naturbuch Verlag, Augsburg, 208 S. 1998: Zweite Auflage als Lizenzausgabe im Bechtermünz Verlag.