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  1. Metabolic exchange and siderophore sharing underlie emergent biofilm synergism

    Article • March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  2. Metabolic exchange and siderophore sharing underlie emergent biofilm synergism

    Article • February 2026, openRxiv

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  3. Metabolite interactions mediate beneficial alliances between Bacillus and Trichoderma for effective Fusarium wilt control

    Article • The ISME Journal, December 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  4. Author Correction: Lysogenic control of Bacillus subtilis morphology and fitness by Spbetavirus phi3T

    Article • Communications Biology, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  5. Successive cultivation under drought selects for specific microbiome members in the wheat rhizosphere

    Article • September 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  6. Ecological function of phenazine in soil

    Article • Nature Microbiology, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  7. The role of plant host genetics in shaping the composition and functionality of rhizosphere microbiomes

    Article • mSystems, August 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  8. Lysogenic control of Bacillus subtilis morphology and fitness by Spbetavirus phi3T

    Article • Communications Biology, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  9. Identification of widely conserved biosynthetic gene cluster involved in pigment production of Bacillus subtilis

    Article • mSystems, July 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  10. Composing a microbial symphony: synthetic communities for promoting plant growth

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, July 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  11. Surfactin accelerates Bacillus subtilis pellicle biofilm development

    Article • Biofilm, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  12. The biofilm matrix protects Bacillu subtilis against hydrogen peroxide

    Article • Biofilm, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  13. Siderophores can alter the population dynamics of fungal-bacterial communities by inhibiting specialized metabolism

    Article • May 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  14. Synergistic biodegradation of polyethylene by experimentally evolved bacterial biofilms

    Article • April 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  15. Plipastatin is a shared good by Bacillus subtilis during combating Fusarium spp

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, February 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  16. Unlocking the biosynthetic potential of Paenibacilli through a genus-wide exploration of gene clusters for secondary metabolite production

    Article • January 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  17. The biofilm matrix protects Bacillus subtilis against hydrogen peroxide

    Article • January 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  18. Surfactin facilitates establishment of Bacillus subtilis in synthetic communities

    Article • The ISME Journal, January 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  19. Subtilosin A production is influenced by surfactin levels in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • microLife, January 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  20. Synergistic biodegradation of polyethylene by experimentally evolved bacterial biofilms

    Article • The ISME Journal, January 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  21. Plipastatin is a shared good byBacillus subtilisduring combatingFusariumspp

    Article • December 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  22. Bridging the Gap: Biofilm-mediated establishment of Bacillus velezensis on Trichoderma guizhouense mycelia

    Article • Biofilm, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  23. Characterization of widely conserved novel pigment production inBacillus subtilisspecies

    Article • November 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  24. Autoinducer-2 relieves soil stress-induced dormancy of Bacillus velezensis by modulating sporulation signaling

    Article • npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  25. Community standards and future opportunities for synthetic communities in plant–microbiota research

    Article • Nature Microbiology, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  26. Taxonomy of Pseudomonas spp. determines interactions with Bacillus subtilis

    Article • mSystems, October 2024, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  27. Surfactin acceleratesBacillus subtilispellicle biofilm development

    Article • October 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  28. Disentangling the factors defining Bacillus subtilis group species abundance in natural soils

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, September 2024, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  29. Coupling of secondary metabolite production inBacillus subtilis

    Article • August 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  30. Surfactin facilitates the establishment ofBacillus subtilisin synthetic communities

    Article • August 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  31. Bridging the Gap: biofilm-mediated establishment ofBacillus velezensisonTrichoderma guizhouensemycelia

    Article • June 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  32. Bacillus subtilis promotes plant phosphorus (P) acquisition through P solubilization and stimulation of root and root hair growth

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, May 2024, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  33. Disentangling the potential factors definingBacillus subtilisabundance in natural soils

    Article • March 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  34. How to identify and quantify the members of the Bacillus genus?

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, February 2024, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  35. Resistance towards and biotransformation of a Pseudomonas-produced secondary metabolite during community invasion

    Article • The ISME Journal, January 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  36. Plant cell wall component induced bacterial development

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  37. Metabolic interactions affect the biomass of synthetic bacterial biofilm communities

    Article • mSystems, December 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  38. Enhanced specificity of Bacillus metataxonomics using a tuf-targeted amplicon sequencing approach

    Article • ISME Communications, November 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  39. Correction: Diversification during cross-kingdom microbial experimental evolution

    Article • The ISME Journal, November 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  40. Species and condition shape the mutational spectrum in experimentally evolved biofilms

    Article • mSystems, October 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  41. Establishment of a transparent soil system to study Bacillus subtilis chemical ecology

    Article • ISME Communications, October 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  42. The circadian clock of the bacterium B. subtilis evokes properties of complex, multicellular circadian systems

    Article • Science Advances, August 2023, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  43. Frenemies of the soil: Bacillus and Pseudomonas interspecies interactions

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, August 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  44. Diversification during cross-kingdom microbial experimental evolution

    Article • The ISME Journal, July 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  45. Taxonomy ofPseudomonasspp determines interactions withBacillus subtilis

    Article • July 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  46. Resistance towards and biotransformation ofPseudomonas-produced secondary metabolites during community invasion

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  47. Competition for iron shapes metabolic antagonism betweenBacillus subtilisandPseudomonas

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  48. Enhanced specificity ofBacillusmetataxonomics using atuf-targeted amplicon sequencing approach

    Article • May 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  49. Phenotypic plasticity: The role of a phosphatase family Rap in the genetic regulation ofBacilli

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2023, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  50. Parallel genetic adaptation ofBacillus subtilisto different plant species

    Article • March 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  51. Keystone species determine the productivity of synthetic microbial biofilm communities

    Article • March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  52. Phenotypic plasticity: the role of a phosphatase family in the genetic regulation of Bacilli

    Article • January 2023, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  53. Colony morphotype diversification as a signature of bacterial evolution

    Article • microLife, January 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  54. Species and condition shape the mutational spectrum in experimentally evolved biofilms

    Article • December 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  55. Bacillus cereus sensu lato biofilm formation and its ecological importance

    Article • Biofilm, December 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  56. Rhythmic Spatial Self-Organization of Bacterial Colonies

    Article • mBio, August 2022, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  57. Complex extracellular biology drives surface competition during colony expansion in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • The ISME Journal, July 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  58. Quantitative High-Throughput Screening Methods Designed for Identification of Bacterial Biocontrol Strains with Antifungal Properties

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, April 2022, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  59. Adaptation and phenotypic diversification of Bacillus thuringiensis biofilm are accompanied by fuzzy spreader morphotypes

    Article • npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  60. Complex extracellular biology drives surface competition inBacillus subtilis

    Article • February 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  61. Keystone species determine the productivity of synthetic microbial biofilm communities

    Article • January 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  62. Establishment of a transparent soil system to study Bacillus subtilis chemical ecology

    Article • January 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  63. Complete Genome Sequences of Four Soil-Derived Isolates for Studying Synthetic Bacterial Community Assembly

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, November 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  64. Adaptation of Bacillus thuringiensis to Plant Colonization Affects Differentiation and Toxicity

    Article • mSystems, October 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  65. Adaptation and phenotypic diversification ofBacillus thuringiensis407 biofilm are accompanied by a fuzzy spreader morphotype

    Article • September 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  66. Diversification of Bacillus subtilis during experimental evolution on A ...

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  67. Experimental evolution ofBacillus subtilisonArabidopsis thalianaroots reveals fast adaptation and improved root colonization in the presence of soil microbes

    Article • July 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  68. Development of quantitative high-throughput screening methods for identification of antifungal biocontrol strains

    Article • June 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  69. Biofilm Dispersal for Spore Release in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  70. Bacillus velezensis stimulates resident rhizosphere Pseudomonas stutzeri for plant health through metabolic interactions

    Article • June 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  71. Deletion of Rap‐Phr systems in Bacillus subtilis influences in vitro biofilm formation and plant root colonization

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, June 2021, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  72. Phylogenetic Distribution of Secondary Metabolites in the Bacillus subtilis Species Complex

    Article • mSystems, April 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  73. Impact of Rap-Phr system abundance on adaptation of Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Communications Biology, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  74. Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation and social interactions

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  75. Deletion of Rap-Phr systems inBacillus subtilisinfluencesin vitrobiofilm formation and plant root colonization

    Article • March 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  76. Diversification ofB. subtilisduring experimental evolution onA. thalianaand the complementarity in root colonization of evolved subpopulations

    Article • March 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  77. A circadian clock in a nonphotosynthetic prokaryote

    Article • Science Advances, January 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  78. Molecular Aspects of Plant Growth Promotion and Protection byBacillus subtilis

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, January 2021, Scientific Societies

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  79. Secondary metabolites of Bacillus subtilis impact the assembly of soil-derived semisynthetic bacterial communities

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, December 2020, Beilstein Institut

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  80. Adaptation ofBacillus thuringiensisto plant colonization affects differentiation and toxicity

    Article • December 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  81. Modelling population dynamics in a unicellular social organism community using a minimal model and evolutionary game theory

    Article • Open Biology, November 2020, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  82. Phylogenetic distribution of secondary metabolites in theBacillus subtilisspecies complex

    Article • October 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  83. A fungal scent from the cheese

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  84. Phages weaponize their bacteria with biosynthetic gene clusters

    Article • October 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  85. Impact of Rap-Phr system abundance on adaptation ofBacillus subtilis

    Article • September 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  86. Privatization of Biofilm Matrix in Structurally Heterogeneous Biofilms

    Article • mSystems, August 2020, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  87. Secondary metabolites of Bacillus subtilis impact soil-derived semi-synthetic bacterial community assembly

    Article • August 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  88. Cheaters shape the evolution of phenotypic heterogeneity in Bacillus subtilis biofilms

    Article • The ISME Journal, June 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  89. Pervasive prophage recombination occurs during evolution of spore-formingBacilli

    Article • May 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  90. Differential equation-based minimal model describing metabolic oscillations in Bacillus subtilis biofilms

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, February 2020, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  91. Complete Genome Sequences of 13 Bacillus subtilis Soil Isolates for Studying Secondary Metabolite Diversity

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, January 2020, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  92. Metal ions weaken the hydrophobicity and antibiotic resistance of Bacillus subtilis NCIB 3610 biofilms

    Article • npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  93. Surfactin production is not essential for pellicle and root-associated biofilm development of Bacillus subtilis

    Article • December 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  94. Fungal hyphae colonization by Bacillus subtilis relies on biofilm matrix components

    Article • Biofilm, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  95. Depiction of secondary metabolites and antifungal activity of Bacillus velezensis DTU001

    Article • Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology, September 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  96. Privatization of biofilm matrix in structurally heterogeneous biofilms

    Article • August 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  97. Fungal hyphae colonization by Bacillus subtilis relies on biofilm matrix components

    Article • August 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  98. Are There Circadian Clocks in Non-Photosynthetic Bacteria?

    Article • Biology, May 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  99. Depiction of secondary metabolites and antifungal activity of Bacillus velezensis DTU001

    Article • March 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  100. The Ectomycorrhizospheric Habitat of Norway Spruce and Tricholoma vaccinum: Promotion of Plant Growth and Fitness by a Rich Microorganismic Community

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  101. Evolved Biofilm: Review on the Experimental Evolution Studies of Bacillus subtilis Pellicles

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  102. Cheater-mediated evolution shifts phenotypic heterogeneity in Bacillus subtilis biofilms

    Article • December 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  103. Hampered motility promotes the evolution of wrinkly phenotype in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  104. Collapse of genetic division of labour and evolution of autonomy in pellicle biofilms

    Article • Nature Microbiology, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  105. Division of Labor during Biofilm Matrix Production

    Article • Current Biology, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  106. Effect of Novel Quercetin Titanium Dioxide-Decorated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Nanocomposite on Bacillus subtilis Biofilm Development

    Article • Materials, January 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  107. Dissimilar pigment regulation in Serpula lacrymans and Paxillus involutus during inter-kingdom interactions

    Article • Microbiology, January 2018, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  108. Division of labor during biofilm matrix production

    Article • December 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  109. From Cell Death to Metabolism: Holin-Antiholin Homologues with New Functions

    Article • mBio, December 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs, Professor Oscar P. Kuipers

  110. Impaired competence in flagellar mutants of Bacillus subtilis is connected to the regulatory network governed by DegU

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  111. Surfing of bacterial droplets: Bacillus subtilis sliding revisited

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  112. Pyruvate Transport and Regulation in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • mBio, October 2017, ASM Journals

    Matthieu Jules, Dr Akos T Kovacs, Dr Dominique G Le Coq

  113. Impaired competence in flagellar mutants of Bacillus subtilis is connected to the regulatory network governed by DegU

    Article • September 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  114. Evolution of exploitative interactions during diversification in Bacillus subtilis biofilms

    Article • August 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  115. The Role of Functional Amyloids in Multicellular Growth and Development of Gram-Positive Bacteria

    Article • Biomolecules, August 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  116. Lysinibacillus fusiformis M5 Induces Increased Complexity in Bacillus subtilis 168 Colony Biofilms via Hypoxanthine

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs, Pierre Stallforth

  117. Sliding on the surface: bacterial spreading without an active motor

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, May 2017, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  118. De novo evolved interference competition promotes the spread of biofilm defectors

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2017, Nature

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  119. Lysinibacillus fusiformis M5 induces increased complexity in Bacillus subtilis 168 colony biofilms via hypoxanthine

    Article • March 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  120. Presence of Calcium Lowers the Expansion of Bacillus subtilis Colony Biofilms

    Article • Microorganisms, February 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  121. Application of quercetin and its bio-inspired nanoparticles as anti-adhesive agents against Bacillus subtilis attachment to surface

    Article • Materials Science and Engineering C, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  122. The Peculiar Functions of the Bacterial Extracellular Matrix

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  123. OUP accepted manuscript

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  124. Draft Genome Sequence of the Soil Isolate Lysinibacillus fusiformis M5, a Potential Hypoxanthine Producer

    Article • Genome Announcements, November 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  125. Unraveling the predator-prey relationship of Cupriavidus necator and Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Microbiological Research, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  126. Monitoring Spatial Segregation in Surface Colonizing Microbial Populations

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, October 2016, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  127. Structural damage of Bacillus subtilis biofilms using pulsed laser interaction with gold thin films

    Article • Journal of Biophotonics, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  128. Specific Bacillus subtilis 168 variants do form biofilms on nutrient rich medium

    Article • Microbiology, September 2016, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  129. YsbA and LytST are essential for pyruvate utilization inBacillus subtilis

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs, Professor Oscar P. Kuipers

  130. The impact of manganese on biofilm development of Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Microbiology, June 2016, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  131. The global regulator CodY is required for the fitness ofBacillus cereusin various laboratory media and certain beverages

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, May 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  132. Laboratory Evolution of Microbial Interactions in Bacterial Biofilms

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  133. Motility, Chemotaxis and Aerotaxis Contribute to Competitiveness during Bacterial Pellicle Biofilm Development

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  134. Bacterial differentiation via gradual activation of global regulators

    Article • Current Genetics, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  135. A Duo of Potassium-Responsive Histidine Kinases Govern the Multicellular Destiny of Bacillus subtilis

    Article • mBio, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs, Dr Roberto R Grau

  136. Einblicke in das Sozialleben von Mikroben

    Article • BIOspektrum, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  137. Spatio-temporal Remodeling of Functional Membrane Microdomains Organizes the Signaling Networks of a Bacterium

    Article • PLoS Genetics, April 2015, PLOS

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  138. Single Cell FRET Analysis for the Identification of Optimal FRET-Pairs in Bacillus subtilis Using a Prototype MEM-FLIM System

    Article • PLOS One, April 2015, PLOS

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  139. Impact of spatial distribution on the development of mutualism in microbes

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2014, Frontiers

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  140. Bacillus subtilisattachment toAspergillus nigerhyphae results in mutually altered metabolism

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2014, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  141. Special issue: Biofilms

    Article • Journal of Basic Microbiology, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  142. Density of founder cells affects spatial pattern formation and cooperation in Bacillus subtilis biofilms

    Article • The ISME Journal, April 2014, Nature

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  143. In Bacillus subtilis LutR is part of the global complex regulatory network governing the adaptation to the transition from exponential growth to stationary phase

    Article • Microbiology, November 2013, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  144. The YmdB Phosphodiesterase Is a Global Regulator of Late Adaptive Responses in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  145. Comparative genomics and transcriptomics analysis of experimentally evolvedEscherichia coli MC1000 in complex environments

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  146. Benchmarking Various Green Fluorescent Protein Variants in Bacillus subtilis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Lactococcus lactis for Live Cell Imaging

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Oscar P. Kuipers, Dr Akos T Kovacs

  147. Repeated triggering of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis selects against a protein that affects the timing of cell division

    Article • The ISME Journal, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  148. Functional Analysis of the ComK Protein of Bacillus coagulans

    Article • PLOS One, January 2013, PLOS

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  149. Crystal Structures of Two Transcriptional Regulators from Bacillus cereus Define the Conserved Structural Features of a PadR Subfamily

    Article • PLOS One, November 2012, PLOS

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  150. DEAD-Box RNA Helicases in Bacillus subtilis Have Multiple Functions and Act Independently from Each Other

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  151. The protective layer of biofilm: a repellent function for a new class of amphiphilic proteins

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2012, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  152. CodY, a pleiotropic regulator, influences multicellular behaviour and efficient production of virulence factors in Bacillus cereus

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, April 2012, Wiley

    Professor Oscar P. Kuipers, Dr Akos T Kovacs

  153. Transcriptional Responses of Bacillus cereus towards Challenges with the Polysaccharide Chitosan

    Article • PLOS One, September 2011, PLOS

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  154. Distinct Roles of ComK1 and ComK2 in Gene Regulation in Bacillus cereus

    Article • PLOS One, July 2011, PLOS

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  155. Biofilm formation and dispersal in Gram-positive bacteria

    Article • Current Opinion in Biotechnology, April 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  156. Rok Regulates yuaB Expression during Architecturally Complex Colony Development of Bacillus subtilis 168

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  157. Genetic Tool Development for a New Host for Biotechnology, the Thermotolerant Bacterium Bacillus coagulans

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  158. Response of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 to challenges with sublethal concentrations of enterocin AS-48

    Article • BMC Microbiology, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Hikmate Abriouel, Dr Akos T Kovacs

  159. Ubiquitous late competence genes in Bacillus species indicate the presence of functional DNA uptake machineries

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2009, Wiley

    Dr Wiep Klaas Smits, Dr Akos T Kovacs

  160. Induction of natural competence in Bacillus cereus ATCC14579

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, February 2008, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  161. Hydrogen independent expression of hupSL genes in Thiocapsa roseopersicina BBS

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, September 2005, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  162. The PpsR regulator family

    Article • Research in Microbiology, June 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  163. An FNR-Type Regulator Controls the Anaerobic Expression of Hyn Hydrogenase in Thiocapsa roseopersicina

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2005, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  164. The hydrogenases of Thiocapsa roseopersicina

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, February 2005, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  165. Anaerobic regulation of hydrogenase transcription in different bacteria: Figure 1

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, February 2005, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  166. Improvement of biohydrogen production and intensification of biogas formation

    Article • Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, December 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  167. Modular Broad-Host-Range Expression Vectors for Single-Protein and Protein Complex Purification

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2004, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  168. Cyanobacterial-Type, Heteropentameric, NAD+-Reducing NiFe Hydrogenase in the Purple Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2004, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  169. Genes Involved in the Biosynthesis of Photosynthetic Pigments in the Purple Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2003, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  170. Accessory proteins functioning selectively and pleiotropically in the biosynthesis of [NiFe] hydrogenases inThiocapsa roseopersicina

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, April 2003, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  171. Hydrogenases, accessory genes and the regulation of 6NiFe9 hydrogenase biosynthesis in Thiocapsa roseopersicina

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, November 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  172. Transposon Mutagenesis in Purple Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacteria: Identification of hypF, Encoding a Protein Capable of Processing [NiFe] Hydrogenases in α, β, and γ Subdivisions of the Proteobacteria

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2001, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

  173. Genes involved in hydrogen and sulfur metabolism in phototrophic sulfur bacteria

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, November 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Akos T Kovacs, Dr Christiane Dahl

  174. Genes involved in hydrogen and sulfur metabolism in phototrophic sulfur bacteria

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, November 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Christiane Dahl, Dr Akos T Kovacs