Publications of Christian Kost

Kost, C.: Gemeinsam stärker: metabolische Arbeitsteilung bei Bakterien. Biospektrum 592, pp. 592 - 596 (2015)

Pande, S.; Shitut, S.; Freund, L.; Westermann, M.; Bertels, F.; Colesie, C.; Bischofs, I. B.; Kost, C.: Metabolic cross-feeding via intercellular nanotubes among bacteria. Nature Communications 6, 6238 (2015)

Schmidt, R.; Waschina, S.; Boettger-Schmidt, D.; Kost, C.; Kaleta, C.: Computing autocatalytic sets to unravel inconsistencies in metabolic network reconstructions. Bioinformatics 31 (3), pp. 373 - 381 (2015)

Seccareccia, I.; Kost, C.; Nett, M.: Quantitative analysis of Lysobacter predation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81 (20), pp. 7098 - 7105 (2015)

Sudakaran, S.; Retz, F.; Kikuchi, Y.; Kost, C.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Evolutionary transition in symbiotic syndromes enabled diversification of phytophagous insects on an imbalanced diet. ISME JOURNAL 9 (12), pp. 2587 - 2604 (2015)

D'Souza, G.; Waschina, S.; Pande, S.; Bohl, K.; Kaleta, C.; Kost, C.: Less is more: Selective advantages can explain the prevalent loss of biosynthetic genes in bacteria. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution 68 (9), pp. 2559 - 2570 (2014)

Pande, S.; Merker, H.; Bohl, K.; Reichelt, M.; Schuster, S.; de Figueiredo, L. F.; Kaleta, C.; Kost, C.: Fitness and stability of obligate cross-feeding interactions that emerge upon gene loss in bacteria. The ISME Journal 8, pp. 953 - 962 (2014)

Thiele, T.; Kost, C.; Roces, F.; Wirth, R.: Foraging leaf-cutting ants learn to reject Vitis vinifera ssp. vinifera plants that emit herbivore-induced volatiles. Journal of Chemical Ecology 40 (6), pp. 617 - 629 (2014)

Bertels, F.; Merker, H.; Kost, C.: Design and characterization of auxotrophy-based amino acid biosensors. PLoS One 7 (7), e41349 (2012)

Radhika, V.; Kost, C.; Bonaventure, G.; David, A.; Boland, W.: Volatile emission in bracken fern is induced by jasmonates but not by Spodoptera littoralis or Strongylogaster multifasciata herbivory. PLoS One 7 (11), e48050 (2012)

Sudakaran, S.; Salem, H.; Kost, C.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Geographical and ecological stability of the symbiotic mid-gut microbiota in European firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus (Hemiptera, Pyrrhocoridae). Molecular Ecology 21 (24), pp. 6134 - 6151 (2012)

Kost, C.; Tremmel, M.; Wirth, R.: Do leaf cutting ants cut undetected? Testing the effect of ant-induced plant defences on foraging decisions in Atta colombica. PLoS One 6 (7), e22340 (2011)

Rainey, P. B.; Beaumont, H. J. E.; Ferguson, G. C.; Gallie, J.; Kost, C.; Libby, E.; Zhang, X.-X.: The evolutionary emergence of stochastic phenotype switching in bacteria. Microbial Cell Factories 10 (1), S14 (2011)

Radhika, V.; Kost, C.; Boland, W.; Heil, M.: The role of jasmonates in floral nectar secretion. PLoS One 5 (2), e9265 (2010)

Radhika, V.; Kost, C.; Boland, W.; Heil, M.: Towards elucidating the differential regulation of floral and extrafloral nectar secretion. Plant Signaling & Behavior 5, pp. 924 - 926 (2010)

Radhika, V.; Kost, C.; Mithöfer, A.; Boland, W.: Regulation of extrafloral nectar secretion by jasmonates in lima bean is light dependent. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107, pp. 17228 - 17233 (2010)

Beaumont, H. J.E.; Gallie, J.; Kost, C.; Ferguson, G. C.; Rainey, P. B.: Experimental evolution of bet hedging. Nature 462, pp. 90 - 93 (2009)

Kost, C.; Heil, M.: The defensive role of volatile emission and extrafloral nectar secretion for lima bean in nature. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34 (1), pp. 2 - 13 (2008)

Radhika, V.; Kost, C.; Bartram, S.; Heil, M.; Boland, W.: Testing the optimal defence hypothesis for two indirect defences: extrafloral nectar and volatile organic compounds. Planta 228 (3), pp. 449 - 457 (2008)

Kost, C.; Lakatos, T.; Böttcher, I.; Arendholz, W.-R.; Redenbach, M.; Wirth, R.: Non-specific association between filamentous bacteria and fungus-growing ants. Naturwissenschaften 94, pp. 821 - 828 (2007)