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  1. Reply to “Overcoming barriers to nicotine-degrading bacteria isolation in oral microbiome research”

    Article • Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, April 2025, ASM Journals

    Benjamin Koestler

  2. FhlA is a Formate Binding Protein

    Article • July 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Benjamin Koestler

  3. Intact and mutated Shigella diguanylate cyclases increase c-di-GMP

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2024, Elsevier

    Benjamin Koestler

  4. Breaking the habit: isolating nicotine-degrading bacteria in undergraduate microbiology teaching labs

    Article • Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, April 2024, ASM Journals

    Benjamin Koestler

  5. Intact and Degenerate Diguanylate Cyclases regulateShigellaCyclic di-GMP

    Article • April 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Benjamin Koestler

  6. Vibrio cholerae Alkalizes Its Environment via Citrate Metabolism to Inhibit Enteric Growth In Vitro

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, March 2023, ASM Journals

    Benjamin Koestler

  7. Vibrio cholerae alkalizes its environment via citrate metabolism to inhibit enteric growth

    Article • August 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Benjamin Koestler

  8. Shigella flexneri Diguanylate Cyclases Regulate Virulence

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2021, ASM Journals

    Benjamin Koestler

  9. Using 'mini-intestines' to study dysentery

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2019, ASM Journals

    Benjamin Koestler

  10. Methods for detecting Zika virus in feces: A case study in captive squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis)

    Article • PLOS One, December 2018, PLOS

    Benjamin Koestler

  11. A bacteria senses its own metabolism to cause disease

    Article • mBio, September 2018, ASM Journals

    Benjamin Koestler

  12. Shigella Pathogenesis Modeling with Tissue Culture Assays

    Article • Current Protocols in Microbiology, May 2018, Wiley

    Benjamin Koestler

  13. Evolution of Ecological Diversity in Biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Altered Cyclic Diguanylate Signaling

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2016, ASM Journals

    Benjamin Koestler, Vaughn Cooper

  14. In Vivo Synthesis of Cyclic-di-GMP Using a Recombinant Adenovirus Preferentially Improves Adaptive Immune Responses against Extracellular Antigens

    Article • The Journal of Immunology, January 2016, The American Association of Immunologists

    Benjamin Koestler

  15. Cross-talk between a regulatory small RNA, cyclic-di-GMP signalling and flagellar regulator FlhDC for virulence and bacterial behaviours

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, October 2015, Wiley

    Benjamin Koestler

  16. A Pterin-Dependent Signaling Pathway Regulates a Dual-Function Diguanylate Cyclase-Phosphodiesterase Controlling Surface Attachment in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

    Article • mBio, June 2015, ASM Journals

    Clay Fuqua, Benjamin Koestler

  17. Intracellular Concentrations of Borrelia burgdorferi Cyclic Di-AMP Are Not Changed by Altered Expression of the CdaA Synthase

    Article • PLOS One, April 2015, PLOS

    Benjamin Koestler

  18. The cyclic di-GMP phosphodiesterase geneRv1357c/BCG1419caffects BCG Pellicle production andIn Vivomaintenance

    Article • IUBMB Life, February 2015, Wiley

    Benjamin Koestler

  19. Intestinal GPS: bile and bicarbonate control cyclic di-GMP to provideVibrio choleraespatial cues within the small intestine

    Article • Gut Microbes, November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Benjamin Koestler

  20. Deciphering the Components That Coordinately Regulate Virulence Factors of the Soft Rot PathogenDickeya dadantii

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, October 2014, Scientific Societies

    Benjamin Koestler

  21. Stimulation of Innate Immunity byIn VivoCyclic di-GMP Synthesis Using Adenovirus

    Article • Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, September 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Chris M Waters, Mr David P.W. Rastall, Benjamin Koestler

  22. Bile Acids and Bicarbonate Inversely Regulate Intracellular Cyclic di-GMP in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Infection and Immunity, May 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Chris M Waters, Benjamin Koestler

  23. TheYersinia pestis HmsCDE regulatory system is essential for blockage of the oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis), a classic plague vector

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, March 2014, Wiley

    Benjamin Koestler

  24. The Vibrio cholerae diguanylate cyclase VCA0965 has an AGDEF active site and synthesizes cyclic di-GMP

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Benjamin Koestler

  25. Identification of small molecules inhibiting diguanylate cyclases to control bacterial biofilm development

    Article • Biofouling, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Benjamin Koestler

  26. Two DHH Subfamily 1 Proteins in Streptococcus pneumoniae Possess Cyclic Di-AMP Phosphodiesterase Activity and Affect Bacterial Growth and Virulence

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Chris M Waters, Benjamin Koestler

  27. Occurrence of Cyclic di-GMP-Modulating Output Domains in Cyanobacteria: an Illuminating Perspective

    Article • mBio, August 2013, ASM Journals

    Benjamin Koestler

  28. Post-transcriptional activation of a diguanylate cyclase by quorum sensing small RNAs promotes biofilm formation inVibrio cholerae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2013, Wiley

    Dr Brian Hammer, Benjamin Koestler

  29. Genetic analysis ofAgrobacterium tumefaciensunipolar polysaccharide production reveals complex integrated control of the motile-to-sessile switch

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2013, Wiley

    Benjamin Koestler

  30. Exploring Environmental Control of Cyclic di-GMP Signaling in Vibrio cholerae by Using theEx VivoLysate Cyclic di-GMP Assay (TELCA)

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

    Professor Chris M Waters, Benjamin Koestler

  31. STING-Dependent Recognition of Cyclic di-AMP Mediates Type I Interferon Responses during Chlamydia trachomatis Infection

    Article • mBio, April 2013, ASM Journals

    Benjamin Koestler

  32. Hfq‐dependent, co‐ordinate control of cyclic diguanylate synthesis and catabolism in the plague pathogen Yersinia pestis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2012, Wiley

    Wyndham Lathem, Benjamin Koestler

  33. Quantification of high-specificity cyclic diguanylate signaling

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Benjamin Koestler