List of works by Michael Gerth

A critical re-evaluation of multilocus sequence typing (MLST) efforts in Wolbachia

A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) approach to diminish the problems that are associated with DNA barcoding: A reply to Stahlhutet al. (2012)

scientific article published in 2013

Ancient horizontal transfers of retrotransposons between birds and ancestors of human pathogenic nematodes

scientific article

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genomes from Polycladida (Platyhelminthes) using next-generation sequencing

scientific article published on 28 August 2015

Classification of Wolbachia (Alphaproteobacteria, Rickettsiales): No evidence for a distinct supergroup in cave spiders.

scientific article

Comparative genomics provides a timeframe for Wolbachia evolution and exposes a recent biotin synthesis operon transfer

scientific article

Evolution of mitochondrial gene order in Annelida

scientific article published on 20 August 2015

Extensive screen for bacterial endosymbionts reveals taxon-specific distribution patterns among bees (Hymenoptera, Anthophila).

scientific article published on 26 April 2015

Green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) are commonly associated with a diversity of rickettsial endosymbionts.

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Host genotype and genetic diversity shape the evolution of a novel bacterial infection

scientific article published on 18 February 2021

Infection Patterns and Fitness Effects of <i>Rickettsia</i> and <i>Sodalis</i> Symbionts in the Green Lacewing <i>Chrysoperla carnea</i>

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Infections patterns and fitness effects of Rickettsia and Sodalis symbionts in the green lacewing Chrysoperla carnea

Is Anopheles gambiae a natural host of Wolbachia ?

scientific article published on 13 December 2018

Microbial composition of enigmatic bird parasites: Wolbachia and Spiroplasma are the most important bacterial associates of quill mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae)

scientific article published on 06 March 2020

New Wolbachia supergroups detected in quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae).

scientific article published on 23 December 2014

Phylogenomic analyses uncover origin and spread of the Wolbachia pandemic.

scientific article

Prot-SpaM: Fast alignment-free phylogeny reconstruction based on whole-proteome sequences

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Rapid molecular evolution of Spiroplasma symbionts of Drosophila

scientific article published on 16 February 2021

Short reads from honey bee (Apis sp.) sequencing projects reflect microbial associate diversity

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

The complete mitochondrial genome of the endemic and highly specialized South African bee speciesRediviva intermixta(Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with a comparison with other bee mitogenomes

scholarly article by Belinda Kahnt et al published 25 August 2015 in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Tracing horizontal Wolbachia movements among bees (Anthophila): a combined approach using multilocus sequence typing data and host phylogeny

scientific article

Wolbachia distribution in selected beetle taxa characterized by PCR screens and MLST data

scientific article

Wolbachiainfections in bees (Anthophila) and possible implications for DNA barcoding

scientific article published in 2011