Roberto Kolter

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School

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Article	Year
Root colonization by Pseudomonas putida: love at first sight. Microbiology (Reading, England)\| PubMed ID: 11832496	2002
Alcohol-induced delay of viability loss in stationary-phase cultures of Escherichia coli. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 12003929	2002
Pseudomonas-Candida interactions: an ecological role for virulence factors. Science (New York, N.Y.)\| PubMed ID: 12077418	2002
Why are bacteria refractory to antimicrobials? Current opinion in microbiology\| PubMed ID: 12354553	2002
Identification and characterization of a Vibrio cholerae gene, mbaA, involved in maintenance of biofilm architecture. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 12562809	2003
Bacterial evolution through the selective loss of beneficial Genes. Trade-offs in expression involving two loci. Genetics\| PubMed ID: 12930738	2003
Genes involved in matrix formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 biofilms. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 14731271	2004
Burkholderia spp. alter Pseudomonas aeruginosa physiology through iron sequestration. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 15060040	2004
Genes involved in formation of structured multicellular communities by Bacillus subtilis. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 15175311	2004
Escherichia coli evolution during stationary phase. Research in microbiology\| PubMed ID: 15207864	2004
Two genetic loci produce distinct carbohydrate-rich structural components of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm matrix. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 15231777	2004
The SAT1 flipper, an optimized tool for gene disruption in Candida albicans. Gene\| PubMed ID: 15474295	2004
A Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum-sensing molecule influences Candida albicans morphology. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 15554963	2004
Surfacing views of biofilm biology. Trends in microbiology\| PubMed ID: 15639623	2005
Biofilms: the matrix revisited. Trends in microbiology\| PubMed ID: 15639628	2005
Pseudomonas-Saccharomyces interactions: influence of fungal metabolism on bacterial physiology and survival. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 15659672	2005
A master regulator for biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 15661000	2005
Virulence and the environment: a novel role for Vibrio cholerae toxin-coregulated pili in biofilm formation on chitin. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 15866944	2005
Thieves, assassins and spies of the microbial world. Nature cell biology\| PubMed ID: 16195747	2005
Genetically encoded short peptide tag for versatile protein labeling by Sfp phosphopantetheinyl transferase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 16236721	2005
Mutations that activate the silent bgl operon of Escherichia coli confer a growth advantage in stationary phase. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 16291664	2005
Mycobacterial biofilms: a greasy way to hold it together. Cell\| PubMed ID: 16325571	2005
Targets of the master regulator of biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 16430695	2006
A major protein component of the Bacillus subtilis biofilm matrix. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 16430696	2006
Activity screening of carrier domains within nonribosomal peptide synthetases using complex substrate mixtures and large molecule mass spectrometry. Biochemistry\| PubMed ID: 16460000	2006
Microbial sciences: the superficial life of microbes. Nature\| PubMed ID: 16710410	2006
Spontaneous reversion of Mycobacterium abscessus from a smooth to a rough morphotype is associated with reduced expression of glycopeptidolipid and reacquisition of an invasive phenotype. Microbiology (Reading, England)\| PubMed ID: 16735722	2006
Interactions between Streptomyces coelicolor and Bacillus subtilis: Role of surfactants in raising aerial structures. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 16788200	2006
Biofilm formation by a Bacillus subtilis strain that produces gamma-polyglutamate. Microbiology (Reading, England)\| PubMed ID: 16946274	2006
Facile detection of acyl and peptidyl intermediates on thiotemplate carrier domains via phosphopantetheinyl elimination reactions during tandem mass spectrometry. Biochemistry\| PubMed ID: 17042494	2006
Bacillus subtilis genome diversity. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 17114265	2007
A singular enzymatic megacomplex from Bacillus subtilis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 17190806	2007
The identification of bacillaene, the product of the PksX megacomplex in Bacillus subtilis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 17234808	2007
Genome-wide high-throughput mining of natural-product biosynthetic gene clusters by phage display. Chemistry & biology\| PubMed ID: 17379145	2007
Flagellar motility is critical for Listeria monocytogenes biofilm formation. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 17416647	2007
Quorum-sensing regulation of the biofilm matrix genes (pel) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 17496081	2007
Microbiology. Deadly priming. Science (New York, N.Y.)\| PubMed ID: 17962544	2007
Thinking about Bacillus subtilis as a multicellular organism. Current opinion in microbiology\| PubMed ID: 17977783	2007
Bistability and biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 18047568	2008
Control of cell fate by the formation of an architecturally complex bacterial community. Genes & development\| PubMed ID: 18381896	2008
A novel regulatory protein governing biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 18430133	2008
Ecology and genomics of Bacillus subtilis. Trends in microbiology\| PubMed ID: 18467096	2008
A keystone predator controls bacterial diversity in the pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea) microecosystem. Environmental microbiology\| PubMed ID: 18479443	2008
Generation of multiple cell types in Bacillus subtilis. FEMS microbiology reviews\| PubMed ID: 19054118	2009
Structurally diverse natural products that cause potassium leakage trigger multicellularity in Bacillus subtilis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 19114652	2009
A widely conserved gene cluster required for lactate utilization in Bacillus subtilis and its involvement in biofilm formation. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 19201793	2009
New developments in microbial interspecies signaling. Current opinion in microbiology\| PubMed ID: 19251475	2009
Interspecies chemical communication in bacterial development. Annual review of microbiology\| PubMed ID: 19566421	2009
Paracrine signaling in a bacterium. Genes & development\| PubMed ID: 19605685	2009
Cannibalism enhances biofilm development in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 19775247	2009
Paralogous antirepressors acting on the master regulator for biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 19788541	2009
Bacillus subtilis spreads by surfing on waves of surfactant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 19826092	2009
Extracellular signals that define distinct and coexisting cell fates in Bacillus subtilis. FEMS microbiology reviews\| PubMed ID: 20030732	2010
Amyloid fibers provide structural integrity to Bacillus subtilis biofilms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 20080671	2010
Bacterial community succession and chemical profiles of subtidal biofilms in relation to larval settlement of the polychaete Hydroides elegans. The ISME journal\| PubMed ID: 20090788	2010
Relationship between cystic fibrosis respiratory tract bacterial communities and age, genotype, antibiotics and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Environmental microbiology\| PubMed ID: 20192960	2010
An epigenetic switch governing daughter cell separation in Bacillus subtilis. Genes & development\| PubMed ID: 20351052	2010
D-amino acids trigger biofilm disassembly. Science (New York, N.Y.)\| PubMed ID: 20431016	2010
The virulence regulator PrfA promotes biofilm formation by Listeria monocytogenes. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 20511507	2010
Biofilms. Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology\| PubMed ID: 20519345	2010
Common biosynthetic origins for polycyclic tetramate macrolactams from phylogenetically diverse bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 20547882	2010
KinD is a checkpoint protein linking spore formation to extracellular-matrix production in Bacillus subtilis biofilms. mBio\| PubMed ID: 20689749	2010
Functional microdomains in bacterial membranes. Genes & development\| PubMed ID: 20713508	2010
Comparative analyses of the bacterial microbiota of the human nostril and oropharynx. mBio\| PubMed ID: 20802827	2010
Biofilms in lab and nature: a molecular geneticist's voyage to microbial ecology. International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology\| PubMed ID: 20890834	2010
Reversal of an epigenetic switch governing cell chaining in Bacillus subtilis by protein instability. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 20923420	2010
Potassium sensing histidine kinase in Bacillus subtilis. Methods in enzymology\| PubMed ID: 20946851	2010
The biocide chlorine dioxide stimulates biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis by activation of the histidine kinase KinC. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 20971918	2010
Spatial regulation of histidine kinases governing biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 21097618	2011
Shear stress increases the residence time of adhesion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biophysical journal\| PubMed ID: 21244830	2011
Tracing the domestication of a biofilm-forming bacterium. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 21278284	2011
Evidence that metabolism and chromosome copy number control mutually exclusive cell fates in Bacillus subtilis. The EMBO journal\| PubMed ID: 21326214	2011
The Jekyll-and-Hyde chemistry of Phaeobacter gallaeciensis. Nature chemistry\| PubMed ID: 21430694	2011
Metal-enhanced fluorescence to quantify bacterial adhesion. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)\| PubMed ID: 21433096	2011
Will biofilm disassembly agents make it to market? Trends in microbiology\| PubMed ID: 21458996	2011
An accessory protein required for anchoring and assembly of amyloid fibres in B. subtilis biofilms. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 21477127	2011
Structure and biosynthesis of amychelin, an unusual mixed-ligand siderophore from Amycolatopsis sp. AA4. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 21699219	2011
Characterization of Planctomyces limnophilus and development of genetic tools for its manipulation establish it as a model species for the phylum Planctomycetes. Applied and environmental microbiology\| PubMed ID: 21724885	2011
Antibiotics as signal molecules. Chemical reviews\| PubMed ID: 21786783	2011
Inhibitory effects of D-amino acids on Staphylococcus aureus biofilm development. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 21856845	2011
Roseobacticides: small molecule modulators of an algal-bacterial symbiosis. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 21928816	2011
In-depth characterization via complementing culture-independent approaches of the microbial community in an acidic hot spring of the Colombian Andes. Microbial ecology\| PubMed ID: 21947461	2012
Extracellular signaling and multicellularity in Bacillus subtilis. Current opinion in microbiology\| PubMed ID: 22024380	2011
High-throughput assay for bacterial adhesion on acellular dermal matrices and synthetic surgical materials. Plastic and reconstructive surgery\| PubMed ID: 22030489	2011
Interspecies interactions that result in Bacillus subtilis forming biofilms are mediated mainly by members of its own genus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 22074846	2011
Osmotic spreading of Bacillus subtilis biofilms driven by an extracellular matrix. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 22232655	2012
Whole-genome sequences of Bacillus subtilis and close relatives. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 22493193	2012
Biosynthesis of piperazic acid via N5-hydroxy-ornithine in Kutzneria spp. 744. Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology\| PubMed ID: 22522643	2012
A self-produced trigger for biofilm disassembly that targets exopolysaccharide. Cell\| PubMed ID: 22541437	2012
A massively spectacular view of the chemical lives of microbes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 22711837	2012
A Bacillus subtilis sensor kinase involved in triggering biofilm formation on the roots of tomato plants. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 22716461	2012
Mixing and matching siderophore clusters: structure and biosynthesis of serratiochelins from Serratia sp. V4. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 22830960	2012
Osmotic pressure can regulate matrix gene expression in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 22882172	2012
Galactose metabolism plays a crucial role in biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis. mBio\| PubMed ID: 22893383	2012
Interspecies modulation of bacterial development through iron competition and siderophore piracy. Molecular microbiology\| PubMed ID: 22931126	2012
Biocontrol of tomato wilt disease by Bacillus subtilis isolates from natural environments depends on conserved genes mediating biofilm formation. Environmental microbiology\| PubMed ID: 22934631	2013
Identification of proteins likely to be involved in morphogenesis, cell division, and signal transduction in Planctomycetes by comparative genomics. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 23002222	2012
Calcium causes multimerization of the large adhesin LapF and modulates biofilm formation by Pseudomonas putida. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 23042991	2012
Catecholate siderophores protect bacteria from pyochelin toxicity. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 23071628	2012
Old meets new: using interspecies interactions to detect secondary metabolite production in actinomycetes. Methods in enzymology\| PubMed ID: 23084935	2012
Histones join the fight against bacteria inside cells. eLife\| PubMed ID: 23150800	2012
Biofilm inhibitors that target amyloid proteins. Chemistry & biology\| PubMed ID: 23352144	2013
Sticking together: building a biofilm the Bacillus subtilis way. Nature reviews. Microbiology\| PubMed ID: 23353768	2013
Synthesis and activity of biomimetic biofilm disruptors. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 23406351	2013
Bacterial flagella explore microscale hummocks and hollows to increase adhesion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 23509269	2013
Bacillus subtilis biofilm induction by plant polysaccharides. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 23569226	2013
Respiration control of multicellularity in Bacillus subtilis by a complex of the cytochrome chain with a membrane-embedded histidine kinase. Genes & development\| PubMed ID: 23599347	2013
Isolation, characterization, and aggregation of a structured bacterial matrix precursor. The Journal of biological chemistry\| PubMed ID: 23632024	2013
Letter to the editor. Journal of microbiology & biology education\| PubMed ID: 23653692	2010
Interspecies interactions stimulate diversification of the Streptomyces coelicolor secreted metabolome. mBio\| PubMed ID: 23963177	2013
Whole-Genome Sequences of 94 Environmental Isolates of Bacillus cereus Sensu Lato. Genome announcements\| PubMed ID: 24092776	2013
D-amino acids indirectly inhibit biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis by interfering with protein synthesis. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 24097941	2013
Eco-evolutionary feedbacks drive species interactions. The ISME journal\| PubMed ID: 24304674	2014
Functional analysis of the accessory protein TapA in Bacillus subtilis amyloid fiber assembly. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 24488317	2014
Altered desferrioxamine-mediated iron utilization is a common trait of bald mutants of Streptomyces coelicolor. Metallomics : integrated biometal science\| PubMed ID: 24788337	2014
Sporulation during growth in a gut isolate of Bacillus subtilis. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 25225273	2014
Hybrid biosynthesis of roseobacticides from algal and bacterial precursor molecules. Journal of the American Chemical Society\| PubMed ID: 25295497	2014
Structural and functional analysis of Bacillus subtilis YisP reveals a role of its product in biofilm production. Chemistry & biology\| PubMed ID: 25308276	2014
Mutualistic interaction between Salmonella enterica and Aspergillus niger and its effects on Zea mays colonization. Microbial biotechnology\| PubMed ID: 25351041	2014
New tools for comparing microscopy images: quantitative analysis of cell types in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of bacteriology\| PubMed ID: 25448819	2015
On the evolution of bacterial multicellularity. Current opinion in microbiology\| PubMed ID: 25597443	2015
Directed natural product biosynthesis gene cluster capture and expression in the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 25807046	2015