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ArticleISME communications2026

The mutualistic fungi of the bark beetle

Björn Lichnock, Sifat Munim Tanin, Michael Reichelt, Peter Biedermann, Jonathan Gershenzon, Maximilian Lehenberger

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Article in ISME communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Björn LichnockMax Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Biochemistry, Hans-Knöll Straße 8, 07745 Jena, Thuringia, Germany.
Sifat Munim TaninChair of Forest Entomology and Protection, Institute of Forestry, University of Freiburg, Fohrenbühl 27, 79252 Stegen-Wittental, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Michael ReicheltMax Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Biochemistry, Hans-Knöll Straße 8, 07745 Jena, Thuringia, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-6500
Peter BiedermannChair of Forest Entomology and Protection, Institute of Forestry, University of Freiburg, Fohrenbühl 27, 79252 Stegen-Wittental, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4234-5659
Jonathan GershenzonMax Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Biochemistry, Hans-Knöll Straße 8, 07745 Jena, Thuringia, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1812-1551
Maximilian LehenbergerMax Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Biochemistry, Hans-Knöll Straße 8, 07745 Jena, Thuringia, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9097-9715

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conifers are a challenging host for herbivores since their tissues are very low in essential nutrients but high in chemical defenses. For herbivorous insects, such as phloem-colonizing bark beetles, mutualistic fungi may improve their diet by providing a nutritious mycelium. A recent study revealed that two filamentous fungi are mutualists of the European fir engraver beetle

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bark beetlemetabolismmutualistic fungiphloemplant defensessilver fir

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