Publications
Density-Dependent Differentiation of Bacteria in Spatially Structured Open Systems. Biophys J. 2016;110(7):1648-60.
. Hampered motility promotes the evolution of wrinkly phenotype in Bacillus subtilis. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2018;18:155.
. Bacitracin sensing in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 2008;68(3):768-85.
. Modelling and analysis of a gene-regulatory feed-forward loop with basal expression of the second regulator. J Theor Biol. 2014;363C:290-299.
. Phage-mediated Dispersal of Biofilm and Distribution of Bacterial Virulence Genes Is Induced by Quorum Sensing. PLoS Pathog. 2015;11(2):e1004653.
. The orphan regulator ReiD of Salmonella enterica is essential for myo-inositol utilization. Mol Microbiol. 2014;94(3):700-12.
. Specialization and bet hedging in heterogeneous populations. Phys Rev Lett. 2014;113(10):108102.
. Image-Based Single Cell Profiling: High-Throughput Processing of Mother Machine Experiments. PLoS One. 2016;11(9):e0163453.
. Phosphorylation signalling through the Legionella quorum sensing histidine kinases LqsS and LqsT converges on the response regulator LqsR. Mol Microbiol. 2014;92(5):1039-55.
. The α-hydroxyketone LAI-1 regulates motility, Lqs-dependent phosphorylation signaling and gene expression of Legionella pneumophila. Mol Microbiol. 2016;99:778-793.
. Death rate of E. coli during starvation is set by maintenance cost and biomass recycling. Cell Syst. 2019;9(1):64-73.
. Classification of phenotypic subpopulations in isogenic bacterial cultures by triple promoter probing at single cell level. J Biotechnol. 2015;198:3-14.
. Rhizobium sp. strain NGR234 possesses a remarkable number of secretion systems. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009;75(12):4035-45.
. Spatio-temporal remodeling of functional membrane microdomains organizes the signaling networks of a bacterium. PLoS Genet. 2015;11(4):e1005140.
. Streptomycin-induced expression in Bacillus subtilis of YtnP, a lactonase-homologous protein that inhibits development and streptomycin production in Streptomyces griseus. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012;78(2):599-603.
. The small non-coding RNA RsaE influences extracellular matrix composition in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm communities. PLoS Pathog. 2019;15:e1007618.
. Success through diversity - how Staphylococcus epidermidis establishes as a nosocomial pathogen. Int J Med Microbiol. 2010;300(6):380-6.
. Methionine biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus is tightly controlled by a hierarchical network involving an initiator tRNA-specific T-box riboswitch. PLoS Pathog. 2013;9(9):e1003606.
. Modulation of metabolism and switching to biofilm prevail over exopolysaccharide production in the response of Rhizobium alamii to cadmium. PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e26771.
. MinD-like ATPase FlhG effects location and number of bacterial flagella during C-ring assembly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015;112(10):3092-7.
. Complete genome sequence of the broad-host-range strain Sinorhizobium fredii USDA257. J Bacteriol. 2012;194(16):4483.
. Effects of receptor modification and temperature on dynamics of sensory complexes in Escherichia coli chemotaxis. BMC Microbiol. 2011;11:222.
. Toxin-antitoxin systems are ubiquitous and versatile modulators of prokaryotic cell fate. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2013;340(2):73-85.
. Are the better cooperators dormant or quiescent?. Math. Biosc. [Internet]. 2019;in press. Available from: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.06667
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