Publications of Christian Kost

Giri, S.; Yousif, G.; Shitut, S.; Oña, L.; Kost, C.: Prevalent emergence of reciprocity among cross-feeding bacteria. The ISME Journal 2, 71 (2022)

Giri, S.; Oña, L.; Waschina, S.; Shitut, S.; Yousif, G.; Kaleta, C.; Kost, C.: Metabolic dissimilarity determines the establishment of cross-feeding interactions in bacteria. Current Biology 31 (24), pp. 5547 - 5557 (2021)

Oña, L.; Giri, S.; Avermann, N.; Kreienbaum, M.; Thormann, K. M.; Kost, C.: Obligate cross-feeding expands the metabolic niche of bacteria. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5, pp. 1224 - 1232 (2021)

Giri, S.; Shitut, S.; Kost, C.: Harnessing ecological and evolutionary principles to guide the design of microbial production consortia. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 62, pp. 228 - 238 (2020)

Preussger, D.; Giri, S.; Muhsal, L. K.; Oña, L.; Kost, C.: Reciprocal fitness feedbacks promote the evolution of mutualistic cooperation. Current Biology 30 (18), pp. 3580 - 3590 (2020)

Dietel, A.-K.; Merker, H.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Kost, C.: Selective advantages favour high genomic AT-contents in intracellular elements. PLoS Genetics 15 (4), e1007778 (2019)

Giri, S.; Waschina, S.; Kaleta, C.; Kost, C.: Defining division of labor in microbial communities. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 431 (23), pp. 4712 - 4731 (2019)

Shitut, S.; Ahsendorf, T.; Pande, S.; Egbert, M.; Kost, C.: Nanotube-mediated cross-feeding couples the metabolism of interacting bacterial cells. Environmental Microbiology 21 (4), pp. 1306 - 1320 (2019)

D'Souza, G.; Shitut, S.; Preußger, D.; Yousif, G.; Waschina, S.; Kost, C.: Ecology and evolution of metabolic cross-feeding interactions in bacteria. Natural Product Reports 35 (5), pp. 455 - 488 (2018)

Dietel, A.-K.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Kost, C.: Convergent evolution in intracellular elements: plasmids as model endosymbionts. Trends in Microbiology 26 (9), pp. 755 - 768 (2018)

Hölscher, T.; Schiklang, T.; Dragoš, A.; Dietel, A.-K.; Kost, C.; Kovács, Á. T.: Impaired competence in flagellar mutants of Bacillus subtilis is connected to the regulatory network governed by DegU. Environmental Microbiology Reports 10 (1), pp. 23 - 32 (2018)

Junker, R. R.; Kuppler, J.; Amo, L.; Blande, J. D.; Borges, R. M.; van Dam, N. M.; Dicke, M.; Dötterl, S.; Ehlers, B. K.; Etl, F. et al.; Gershenzon, J.; Glinwood, R.; Gols, R.; Groot, A. T.; Heil, M.; Hoffmeister, M.; Holopainen, J. K.; Jarau, S.; John, L.; Kessler, A.; Knudsen, J. T.; Kost, C.; Larue-Kontic, A.-A. C.; Leonhardt, S. D.; Lucas-Barbosa, D.; Majetic, C. J.; Menzel, F.; Parachnowitsch, A. L.; Pasquet, R. S.; Poelman, E. H.; Raguso, R. A.; Ruther, J.; Schiestl, F. P.; Schmitt, T.; Tholl, D.; Unsicker, S.; Verhulst, N.; Visser, M. E.; Weldegergis, B. T.; Köllner, T. G.: Covariation and phenotypic integration in chemical communication displays: biosynthetic constraints and eco-evolutionary implications. New Phytologist 220 (3), pp. 739 - 749 (2017)

Pande, S.; Kost, C.: Bacterial unculturability and the formation of intercellular metabolic networks. Trends in Microbiology 25 (5), pp. 349 - 361 (2017)

Sudakaran, S.; Kost, C.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Symbiont acquisition and replacement as a source of ecological innovation. Trends in Microbiology 25 (5), pp. 375 - 390 (2017)

D'Souza, G.; Kost, C.: Experimental evolution of metabolic dependency in bacteria. PLoS Genetics 12 (11), e1006364 (2016)

Germerodt, S.; Bohl, K.; Lück, A.; Pande, S.; Schröter, A.; Kaleta, C.; Schuster, S.; Kost, C.: Pervasive selection for cooperative cross-feeding in bacterial communities. PLoS Computational Biology 12 (6), e1004986 (2016)

Pande, S.; Kaftan, F.; Lang, S.; Svatoš, A.; Germerodt, S.; Kost, C.: Privatization of cooperative benefits stabilizes mutualistic cross-feeding interactions in spatially structured environments. The ISME Journal 10, pp. 1413 - 1423 (2016)

Waschina, S.; D'Souza, G.; Kost, C.; Kaleta, C.: Metabolic network architecture and carbon source determine metabolite production costs. The FEBS Journal 283, pp. 2149 - 2163 (2016)

D'Souza, G.; Waschina, S.; Kaleta, C.; Kost, C.: Plasticity and epistasis strongly affect bacterial fitness after losing multiple metabolic genes. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution 69 (5), pp. 1244 - 1254 (2015)

Hölscher, T.; Kost, C.; Kovács, Á. T.: Einblicke in das Sozialleben von Mikroben. Biospektrum, pp. 264 - 266 (2015)