Akos T Kovacs
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Akos T Kovacs
- Current institution: Terrestrial Biofilms Research Group, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Faculty member of Jena School for Microbial Communication, JSMC[2]
- Contact: akos-tibor.kovacs@uni-jena.de send mail
Research Interests
- bacterial biofilm development
- phenotypic heterogeneity
- transcription profiling of Bacilli
- Bacillus subtilis
- interaction of Bacilli and fungi
- evolution in biofilms
Publications
Recent publications
Jordi van Gestel, Franz J Weissing, Oscar P Kuipers, Akos T Kovács
Density of founder cells affects spatial pattern formation and cooperation in Bacillus subtilis biofilms.
ISME J: 2014, 8(10);2069-79
[PubMed:24694715]
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Öykü İrigül-Sönmez, Türkan E Köroğlu, Büşra Öztürk, Ákos T Kovács, Oscar P Kuipers, Ayten Yazgan-Karataş
In Bacillus subtilis LutR is part of the global complex regulatory network governing the adaptation to the transition from exponential growth to stationary phase.
Microbiology (Reading): 2014, 160(Pt 2);243-260
[PubMed:24196425]
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Christine Diethmaier, Joseph A Newman, Akos T Kovács, Volkhard Kaever, Christina Herzberg, Cecilia Rodrigues, Mirjam Boonstra, Oscar P Kuipers, Richard J Lewis, Jörg Stülke
The YmdB phosphodiesterase is a global regulator of late adaptive responses in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2014, 196(2);265-75
[PubMed:24163345]
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Wout Overkamp, Katrin Beilharz, Ruud Detert Oude Weme, Ana Solopova, Harma Karsens, Ákos T Kovács, Jan Kok, Oscar P Kuipers, Jan-Willem Veening
Benchmarking various green fluorescent protein variants in Bacillus subtilis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Lactococcus lactis for live cell imaging.
Appl Environ Microbiol: 2013, 79(20);6481-90
[PubMed:23956387]
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Jeroen Siebring, Matthijs J H Elema, Fátima Drubi Vega, Akos T Kovács, Patsy Haccou, Oscar P Kuipers
Repeated triggering of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis selects against a protein that affects the timing of cell division.
ISME J: 2014, 8(1);77-87
[PubMed:23924781]
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Ákos T Kovács, Tom H Eckhardt, Mariska van Hartskamp, Richard van Kranenburg, Oscar P Kuipers
Functional analysis of the ComK protein of Bacillus coagulans.
PLoS One: 2013, 8(1);e53471
[PubMed:23301076]
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Guntur Fibriansah, Ákos T Kovács, Trijntje J Pool, Mirjam Boonstra, Oscar P Kuipers, Andy-Mark W H Thunnissen
Crystal structures of two transcriptional regulators from Bacillus cereus define the conserved structural features of a PadR subfamily.
PLoS One: 2012, 7(11);e48015
[PubMed:23189126]
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Martin Lehnik-Habrink, Leonie Rempeters, Ákos T Kovács, Christoph Wrede, Claudia Baierlein, Heike Krebber, Oscar P Kuipers, Jörg Stülke
DEAD-Box RNA helicases in Bacillus subtilis have multiple functions and act independently from each other.
J Bacteriol: 2013, 195(3);534-44
[PubMed:23175651]
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Akos T Kovács, Jordi van Gestel, Oscar P Kuipers
The protective layer of biofilm: a repellent function for a new class of amphiphilic proteins.
Mol Microbiol: 2012, 85(1);8-11
[PubMed:22607588]
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Lindbäck T, Mols M, Basset C, Granum PE, Kuipers OP, Kovács ÁT CodY, a pleiotropic regulator, influences multicellular behaviour and efficient production of virulence factors in Bacillus cereus. Environ Microbiol. 2012 14(8):2233-2246 PubMed:22540344
Homepages
Terrestrial biofilms group [3]
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