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24. Sun X, Xu Z, Xie J, Hesselber-Thomsen V, Tan T, Zheng R, Strube ML, Dragoš A, Shen Q, Zhang R, Kovács ÁT. 2021. Bacillus velenzensis stimulates resident rhizosphere Pseudomonas stutzeri for plant health through metabolic interactions. ISME J. doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01125-3

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23. Dragoš A., Andersen AJC., Lozano-Andrade CN., Kempen PJ., Kovács ÁT., Strube ML. 2021. Phages carry interbacterial weapons encoded by biosynthetic gene clusters. Current Biology 31, 3479-3489 

22. Danevcic T, Dragoš A, Spacapan M, Stefanic P, Dogsa I, Mandic-Mulec I. 2021. Surfactin facilitates horizontal gene transfer in Bacillus subtilis. Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 657407 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.657407

21. Hartmann R, Jeckel H, Jelli E, Singh PK, Vaidya S, Bayer M, Rode DKH, Vidakovic L, Díaz-Pascual F, Fong JCN, Dragoš A, Lamprecht O, Thöming JG, Netter N, Häussler S, Nadell CD, Sourjik V, Kovács ÁT, Yildiz FH, Drescher K. 2021. Quantitative image analysis of microbial communities with BiofilmQ. Nature Microbiology 6, 151–156 doi:org/10.1038/s41564-020-00817-4

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20. Dogsa I, Spacapan M, Dragoš A, Danevcic T, Pandur Z, Mandic-Mulec I. 2021. Peptide signaling without feedback in signal production operates as a true quorum sensing communication system in Bacillus subtilis. Communications biology 4, 58 doi: org/10.1038/s42003-020-01553-5

19. Gallegos-Monterrosa R, Nordgaard Christensen M, Barchewitz T, Koppenhöfer S,  Priyadarshini B, Bálint B, Maróti G, Kempen PJ, Dragoš A, Kovács ÁT. 2021. Impact of Rap-Phr system abundance on adaptation of Bacillus subtilis. Communications biology 13;4(1):468 doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-01983-9

18. Dragoš A., Priyadarshini B., Hasan Z., Lenz-Strube M., Kempen PJ., Maróti G., Kaspar C., Bose B., Burton BM.,  Bischofs IB.,  Kovács AT. 2020. Pervasive prophage recombination occurs during evolution of spore-forming Bacilli. ISME J, doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-00854-1

17. Martin M, Dragoš A, Otto SB, Schäfer D, Brix S, Maróti G, Kovács ÁT. 2020. Cheaters shape the evolution of phenotypic heterogeneity in Bacillus subtilis biofilms. The ISME journal 14 (9), 2302-2312

16. Otto SB., Martin M., Schäfer D., Hartmann R., Drescher K., Brix S., Dragoš A.#, Kovács ÁT#. 2020. Privatization of biofilm matrix in structurally heterogenous biofilms. mSystems, doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00425-20

 15. Falcón García C,  Kretschmer M,  Lozano-Andrade C, Schönleitner M, Dragoš A,  ÁT Kovács, Lieleg O. 2020. Metal ions weaken the hydrophobicity and antibiotic resistance of Bacillus subtilis NCIB 3610 biofilms.

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14. Dragoš A., Kovács ÁT. 2019. Evolved biofilm: review on the experimental evolution studies of Bacillus subtilis pellicles. Journal of Molecular Biology,  doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.02.005

13. Hölscher T., Schiklang T., Dragoš A., Dietel AK., Kost C., Kovács ÁT. 2018. Impaired competence in flagellar mutants of Bacillus subtilis is connected to the regulatory network governed by DegU. Environmental microbiology reports 10: 23-32

12. Dragoš A., Martin M., Falcón García C.,Kricks L., Pausch P., Heimerl T., Bálint B., Maróti G., Bange G., López D., Lieleg O., Kovács ÁT. 2018. Collapse of genetic division of labor and evolution of autonomy in pellicle biofilms. Nature Microbiology 3: 1451–1460

11. Dragoš A., Kiesewalter H., Martin M., Hsu C-Y., Hartmann R., Wechsler T., Drescher K., Stanley-Wall N., Kümmerli R., Kovács ÁT. 2018. Division of labor during biofilm matrix production. Current Biology 28, 1903-1913

10. Dragoš A., Lakshmanan N., Martin M., Bálint B., Maróti G., Falcon Garcia C., Lieleg O., Kovács ÁT. 2018. Evolution of exploitative interactions during diversification in Bacillus subtilis biofilms. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fix155

9. Martin M.*, Dragoš A.*, Hölscher T.*, Maróti G., Bálint B., Westermann M., Kovács ÁT. 2017. De novo evolved interference competition promotes the spread of biofilm defectors. Nature Communications, doi: 10.1038/ncomms15127

8. Dragoš A., Kovács ÁT., Claessen D. 2017. The role of functional amyloid in multicellular growth and development of Gram-positive bacteria. Biomolecules 7(3) E60. doi: 10.3390/biom7030060.

7. Dragoš A.,   Kovács ÁT. 2016. Peculiar functions of bacterial extracellular matrix. Trends in Microbiology  doi:org/10.1016/j.tim.2016.12.010

6. Hölscher T., Dragoš A., Gallegos-Monterrosa R., Martin M., Mhatre E., Richter A.,  Kovács ÁT. 2016. Monitoring spatial segragation in surface colonizing populations. Journal of Visualized Experiments e54752, doi:10.3791/54752

5. Martin M.*, Hölscher T.*, Dragoš A.*, Cooper V., Kovács ÁT. 2016. Laboratory evolution of microbial interactions in bacterial biofilms. Journal of Bacteriology 198: 2564-2571

4. Oslizlo A.,  Štefanic P., Vatovec S., Beigot Glaser S., Rupnik M.,  Mandic-Mulec I. 2015. Exploring ComQXPA quorum  sensing  diversity  and  biocontrol  potential  of Bacillus spp. isolates from tomato rhizoplane. Microbial Biotechnology 8: 527-540

3. Oslizlo A., Štefanic P., Dogša  I., Mandic-Mulec I. 2014. Private link between signal and response in Bacillus subtilis quorum sensing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 111: 1586-1591 

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