Dr Akos T Kovacs

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1. 
   Successive cultivation under drought selects for specific microbiome members in the wheat rhizosphere

   Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, April 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

   Dr Akos T Kovacs

2. 
   Metabolic exchange and siderophore sharing underlie emergent biofilm synergism

   Article • March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

   Dr Akos T Kovacs

3. 
   Metabolic exchange and siderophore sharing underlie emergent biofilm synergism

   Article • February 2026, openRxiv

   Dr Akos T Kovacs

4. 
   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

5. 
   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

6. 
   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

7. 
   Ecological function of phenazine in soil

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

   Dr Akos T Kovacs

8. 
   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

9. 
   Lysogenic control of Bacillus subtilis morphology and fitness by Spbetavirus phi3T

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

   Dr Akos T Kovacs

10. 
    Identification of widely conserved biosynthetic gene cluster involved in pigment production of Bacillus subtilis

    Article • mSystems, July 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

11. 
    Composing a microbial symphony: synthetic communities for promoting plant growth

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, July 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

12. 
    Surfactin accelerates Bacillus subtilis pellicle biofilm development

    Article • Biofilm, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

13. 
    The biofilm matrix protects Bacillu subtilis against hydrogen peroxide

    Article • Biofilm, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

14. 
    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

15. 
    Synergistic biodegradation of polyethylene by experimentally evolved bacterial biofilms

    Article • April 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

16. 
    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

17. 
    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

18. 
    The biofilm matrix protects Bacillus subtilis against hydrogen peroxide

    Article • January 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

19. 
    Surfactin facilitates establishment of Bacillus subtilis in synthetic communities

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

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

20. 
    Subtilosin A production is influenced by surfactin levels in Bacillus subtilis

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

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

21. 
    Synergistic biodegradation of polyethylene by experimentally evolved bacterial biofilms

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

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

22. 
    Plipastatin is a shared good byBacillus subtilisduring combatingFusariumspp

    Article • December 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

23. 
    Bridging the Gap: Biofilm-mediated establishment of Bacillus velezensis on Trichoderma guizhouense mycelia

    Article • Biofilm, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

24. 
    Characterization of widely conserved novel pigment production inBacillus subtilisspecies

    Article • November 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

25. 
    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

26. 
    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

27. 
    Taxonomy of Pseudomonas spp. determines interactions with Bacillus subtilis

    Article • mSystems, October 2024, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

28. 
    Surfactin acceleratesBacillus subtilispellicle biofilm development

    Article • October 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

29. 
    Disentangling the factors defining Bacillus subtilis group species abundance in natural soils

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, September 2024, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

30. 
    Coupling of secondary metabolite production inBacillus subtilis

    Article • August 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

31. 
    Surfactin facilitates the establishment ofBacillus subtilisin synthetic communities

    Article • August 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

32. 
    Bridging the Gap: biofilm-mediated establishment ofBacillus velezensisonTrichoderma guizhouensemycelia

    Article • June 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

33. 
    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

34. 
    Disentangling the potential factors definingBacillus subtilisabundance in natural soils

    Article • March 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

35. 
    How to identify and quantify the members of the Bacillus genus?

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, February 2024, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

36. 
    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

37. 
    Plant cell wall component induced bacterial development

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

38. 
    Metabolic interactions affect the biomass of synthetic bacterial biofilm communities

    Article • mSystems, December 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

39. 
    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

40. 
    Correction: Diversification during cross-kingdom microbial experimental evolution

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

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

41. 
    Species and condition shape the mutational spectrum in experimentally evolved biofilms

    Article • mSystems, October 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

42. 
    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

43. 
    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

44. 
    Frenemies of the soil: Bacillus and Pseudomonas interspecies interactions

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, August 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

45. 
    Diversification during cross-kingdom microbial experimental evolution

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

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

46. 
    Taxonomy ofPseudomonasspp determines interactions withBacillus subtilis

    Article • July 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

47. 
    Resistance towards and biotransformation ofPseudomonas-produced secondary metabolites during community invasion

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

48. 
    Competition for iron shapes metabolic antagonism betweenBacillus subtilisandPseudomonas

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

49. 
    Enhanced specificity ofBacillusmetataxonomics using atuf-targeted amplicon sequencing approach

    Article • May 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

50. 
    Phenotypic plasticity: The role of a phosphatase family Rap in the genetic regulation ofBacilli

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2023, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

51. 
    Parallel genetic adaptation ofBacillus subtilisto different plant species

    Article • March 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

52. 
    Keystone species determine the productivity of synthetic microbial biofilm communities

    Article • March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

53. 
    Phenotypic plasticity: the role of a phosphatase family in the genetic regulation of Bacilli

    Article • January 2023, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

54. 
    Colony morphotype diversification as a signature of bacterial evolution

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

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

55. 
    Species and condition shape the mutational spectrum in experimentally evolved biofilms

    Article • December 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

56. 
    Bacillus cereus sensu lato biofilm formation and its ecological importance

    Article • Biofilm, December 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

57. 
    Rhythmic Spatial Self-Organization of Bacterial Colonies

    Article • mBio, August 2022, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

58. 
    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

59. 
    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

60. 
    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

61. 
    Complex extracellular biology drives surface competition inBacillus subtilis

    Article • February 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

62. 
    Keystone species determine the productivity of synthetic microbial biofilm communities

    Article • January 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

63. 
    Establishment of a transparent soil system to study Bacillus subtilis chemical ecology

    Article • January 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

64. 
    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

65. 
    Adaptation of Bacillus thuringiensis to Plant Colonization Affects Differentiation and Toxicity

    Article • mSystems, October 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

66. 
    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

67. 
    Diversification of Bacillus subtilis during experimental evolution on A ...

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

68. 
    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

69. 
    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

70. 
    Biofilm Dispersal for Spore Release in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

71. 
    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

72. 
    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

73. 
    Phylogenetic Distribution of Secondary Metabolites in the Bacillus subtilis Species Complex

    Article • mSystems, April 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

74. 
    Impact of Rap-Phr system abundance on adaptation of Bacillus subtilis

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

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

75. 
    Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation and social interactions

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

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

76. 
    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

77. 
    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

78. 
    A circadian clock in a nonphotosynthetic prokaryote

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

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

79. 
    Molecular Aspects of Plant Growth Promotion and Protection byBacillus subtilis

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

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

80. 
    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

81. 
    Adaptation ofBacillus thuringiensisto plant colonization affects differentiation and toxicity

    Article • December 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

82. 
    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

83. 
    Phylogenetic distribution of secondary metabolites in theBacillus subtilisspecies complex

    Article • October 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

84. 
    A fungal scent from the cheese

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

85. 
    Phages weaponize their bacteria with biosynthetic gene clusters

    Article • October 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

86. 
    Impact of Rap-Phr system abundance on adaptation ofBacillus subtilis

    Article • September 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

87. 
    Privatization of Biofilm Matrix in Structurally Heterogeneous Biofilms

    Article • mSystems, August 2020, ASM Journals

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

88. 
    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

89. 
    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

90. 
    Pervasive prophage recombination occurs during evolution of spore-formingBacilli

    Article • May 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

91. 
    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

92. 
    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

93. 
    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

94. 
    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

95. 
    Fungal hyphae colonization by Bacillus subtilis relies on biofilm matrix components

    Article • Biofilm, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

96. 
    Depiction of secondary metabolites and antifungal activity of Bacillus velezensis DTU001

    Article • Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology, September 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

97. 
    Privatization of biofilm matrix in structurally heterogeneous biofilms

    Article • August 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

98. 
    Fungal hyphae colonization by Bacillus subtilis relies on biofilm matrix components

    Article • August 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

99. 
    Are There Circadian Clocks in Non-Photosynthetic Bacteria?

    Article • Biology, May 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Akos T Kovacs

100. 
     Depiction of secondary metabolites and antifungal activity of Bacillus velezensis DTU001

     Article • March 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

101. 
     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

102. 
     Evolved Biofilm: Review on the Experimental Evolution Studies of Bacillus subtilis Pellicles

     Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, February 2019, Elsevier

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

103. 
     Cheater-mediated evolution shifts phenotypic heterogeneity in Bacillus subtilis biofilms

     Article • December 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

104. 
     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

105. 
     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

106. 
     Division of Labor during Biofilm Matrix Production

     Article • Current Biology, June 2018, Elsevier

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

107. 
     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

108. 
     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

109. 
     Division of labor during biofilm matrix production

     Article • December 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

110. 
     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

111. 
     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

112. 
     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

113. 
     Pyruvate Transport and Regulation in Bacillus subtilis

     Article • mBio, October 2017, ASM Journals

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

114. 
     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

115. 
     Evolution of exploitative interactions during diversification in Bacillus subtilis biofilms

     Article • August 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

116. 
     The Role of Functional Amyloids in Multicellular Growth and Development of Gram-Positive Bacteria

     Article • Biomolecules, August 2017, MDPI AG

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

117. 
     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

118. 
     Sliding on the surface: bacterial spreading without an active motor

     Article • Environmental Microbiology, May 2017, Wiley

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

119. 
     De novo evolved interference competition promotes the spread of biofilm defectors

     Article • Nature Communications, May 2017, Nature

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

120. 
     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

121. 
     Presence of Calcium Lowers the Expansion of Bacillus subtilis Colony Biofilms

     Article • Microorganisms, February 2017, MDPI AG

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

122. 
     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

123. 
     The Peculiar Functions of the Bacterial Extracellular Matrix

     Article • Trends in Microbiology, January 2017, Elsevier

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

124. 
     OUP accepted manuscript

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

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

125. 
     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

126. 
     Unraveling the predator-prey relationship of Cupriavidus necator and Bacillus subtilis

     Article • Microbiological Research, November 2016, Elsevier

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

127. 
     Monitoring Spatial Segregation in Surface Colonizing Microbial Populations

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

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

128. 
     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

129. 
     Specific Bacillus subtilis 168 variants do form biofilms on nutrient rich medium

     Article • Microbiology, September 2016, Society for General Microbiology

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

130. 
     YsbA and LytST are essential for pyruvate utilization inBacillus subtilis

     Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2016, Wiley

     Dr Akos T Kovacs, Professor Oscar P. Kuipers

131. 
     The impact of manganese on biofilm development of Bacillus subtilis

     Article • Microbiology, June 2016, Society for General Microbiology

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

132. 
     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

133. 
     Laboratory Evolution of Microbial Interactions in Bacterial Biofilms

     Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2016, ASM Journals

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

134. 
     Motility, Chemotaxis and Aerotaxis Contribute to Competitiveness during Bacterial Pellicle Biofilm Development

     Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, November 2015, Elsevier

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

135. 
     Bacterial differentiation via gradual activation of global regulators

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

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

136. 
     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

137. 
     Einblicke in das Sozialleben von Mikroben

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

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

138. 
     Spatio-temporal Remodeling of Functional Membrane Microdomains Organizes the Signaling Networks of a Bacterium

     Article • PLoS Genetics, April 2015, PLOS

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

139. 
     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

140. 
     Impact of spatial distribution on the development of mutualism in microbes

     Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2014, Frontiers

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

141. 
     Bacillus subtilisattachment toAspergillus nigerhyphae results in mutually altered metabolism

     Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2014, Wiley

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

142. 
     Special issue: Biofilms

     Article • Journal of Basic Microbiology, July 2014, Wiley

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

143. 
     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

144. 
     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

145. 
     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

146. 
     Comparative genomics and transcriptomics analysis of experimentally evolvedEscherichia coli MC1000 in complex environments

     Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2013, Wiley

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

147. 
     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

148. 
     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

149. 
     Functional Analysis of the ComK Protein of Bacillus coagulans

     Article • PLOS One, January 2013, PLOS

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

150. 
     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

151. 
     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

152. 
     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

153. 
     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

154. 
     Transcriptional Responses of Bacillus cereus towards Challenges with the Polysaccharide Chitosan

     Article • PLOS One, September 2011, PLOS

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

155. 
     Distinct Roles of ComK1 and ComK2 in Gene Regulation in Bacillus cereus

     Article • PLOS One, July 2011, PLOS

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

156. 
     Biofilm formation and dispersal in Gram-positive bacteria

     Article • Current Opinion in Biotechnology, April 2011, Elsevier

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

157. 
     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

158. 
     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

159. 
     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

160. 
     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

161. 
     Induction of natural competence in Bacillus cereus ATCC14579

     Article • Microbial Biotechnology, February 2008, Wiley

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

162. 
     Hydrogen independent expression of hupSL genes in Thiocapsa roseopersicina BBS

     Article • FEBS Journal, September 2005, Wiley

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

163. 
     The PpsR regulator family

     Article • Research in Microbiology, June 2005, Elsevier

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

164. 
     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

165. 
     The hydrogenases of Thiocapsa roseopersicina

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

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

166. 
     Anaerobic regulation of hydrogenase transcription in different bacteria: Figure 1

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

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

167. 
     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

168. 
     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

169. 
     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

170. 
     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

171. 
     Accessory proteins functioning selectively and pleiotropically in the biosynthesis of [NiFe] hydrogenases inThiocapsa roseopersicina

     Article • FEBS Journal, April 2003, Wiley

     Dr Akos T Kovacs

172. 
     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

173. 
     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

174. 
     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

175. 
     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