Publications

Genome-wide transformation reveals extensive exchange across closely related Bacillus species

Förster M., Rathman I., Yüksel M., Power J., Maier B., Nucleic Acids Reasearch, 16. November 2023, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad1074

Collective polarization dynamics in bacterial colonies signify the occurrence of distinct subpopulations

Hennes M., Bender N., Cronenberg T., Welker A., Maier B., PLOS Biol, 18. January 2023, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001960

Distribution of fitness effects of cross-species transformation reveals potential for fast adaptive evolution

Rathmann I., Förster M., Yüksel M., Horst L., Petrungaro G., Bollenbach T., Maier B., ISME J, 12. October 2022, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-022-01325-5

Adaptive evolution of hybrid bacteria by horizontal gene transfer

Power J.J., Pinheiro F., Pompei S., Kovacova V., Yüksel M., Rathmann I., Förster M., Lässig M., Maier B., PNAS 11, 118 (10), 9. March 2021, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2007873118

Bacterial Translocation Ratchets: Shared Physical Principles with Different Molecular Implementations

Hepp C., Maier B., BioEssays, 39: 1700099, 12. September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.201700099

Kinetics of DNA uptake during transformation provide evidence for a translocation ratchet mechanism

Hepp C., Maier B., PNAS 113(44): 12467, 17. October 2016, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1608110113

Fitness Trade-Offs in Competence Differentiation of Bacillus subtilis

Yüksel M., Power J.J., Ribbe J., Volkmann T., Maier B., Front. Microbiol. 7: 888, 7. June 2016, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00888