Dieter Spiteller

Candicidin-producing <i>Streptomyces</i> support leaf-cutting ants to protect their fungus garden against the pathogenic fungus <i>Escovopsis</i>

Susanne Haeder, Rainer Wirth, Hubert Herz et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 285 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Microbiology +17

Effects of Feeding <i>Spodoptera littoralis</i> on Lima Bean Leaves. I. Membrane Potentials, Intracellular Calcium Variations, Oral Secretions, and Regurgitate Components

Massimo E. Maffei, Simone Bossi, Dieter Spiteller et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2004 · 191 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Plant Sciences +16

Chemical basis of the synergism and antagonism in microbial communities in the nests of leaf-cutting ants

Ilka Schoenian, Michael Spiteller, Manoj Ghaste et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 189 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Microbiology +17

Sulphoglycolysis in Escherichia coli K-12 closes a gap in the biogeochemical sulphur cycle

Karin Denger, Ann-Katrin Felux, Alexander Schneider et al. · Nature · 2014 · 155 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +12

Gut Bacteria May Be Involved in Interactions between Plants, Herbivores and Their Predators: Microbial Biosynthesis of N-Acylglutamine Surfactants as Elicitors of Plant Volatiles

Dieter Spiteller, Konrad Dettner, W. Boland · Biological Chemistry · 2000 · 147 citations

Life Sciences, Entomology, Microbiology +17