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Akos T. Kovacs
@EvolvedBiofilm
Professor of Microbiome Ecology at @LeidenBiology ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ, posting mostly at ๐Ÿฆ‹: @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social; also @MicroClockERC #ERCSyG
Leiden, The Netherlands
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    Akos T. Kovacs
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    May 27, 2024
    Glad to share our newest publication in @NatureComms ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰โ€ฆ summarizing about a decade of work how Bacillus subtilis adapt when challenged with Aspergillus niger Enhanced surface colonisation and competition during bacterial adaptation to a fungus nature.com/articles/s4146โ€ฆ
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    Akos T. Kovacs
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    Aug 19, 2021
    It is #BiofilmWeek Did you know that the surface of Bacillus subtilis biofilms is extremely repellent to water?
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    Akos T. Kovacs
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    Apr 27, 2019
    Replying to @GillesvanWezel
    My daughter: but if your are princess, you have more money, so you can be a scientist easier, right?
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    Akos T. Kovacs
    @EvolvedBiofilm
    Nov 22, 2018
    They try to escape! Bacillus subtilis colonies in a 9cm ๐Ÿงซ -from Stevanus Listian (MSc student in the lab) #TheSecretMedium #MarvelousColonies
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    Akos T. Kovacs
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    Oct 28, 2020
    The art of plate drying - by @MathildeNordga1
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    Akos T. Kovacs
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    May 6, 2022
    Interesting perspective piece by @JPox14 and Kevin Foster in Science magazine Bacterial species rarely work together science.org/doi/10.1126/scโ€ฆ
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    Akos T. Kovacs
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    Apr 7, 2021
    See our new @NatureRevMicro Review on B.subtilis biofilm and its social side - with @MicroSofia @natalie_bamford and @bacteriacities #matrix #biofilmregulation #plantinteraction #probiotics #evolution #application #SecondaryMetabolites #interaction nature.com/articles/s4157โ€ฆ
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    Akos T. Kovacs
    @EvolvedBiofilm
    Aug 10, 2022
    The past, present, and future of antibiotics Review in @ScienceTM science.org/doi/10.1126/scโ€ฆ
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    Akos T. Kovacs
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    Nov 10, 2021
    Microbial diversity in extreme environments -in @NatureRevMicro nature.com/articles/s4157โ€ฆ
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    Akos T. Kovacs
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    Aug 1, 2023
    Nice Review paper in Microbiology by @natalie_bamford @sciorama and @bacteriacities Microbial Primer: An introduction to biofilms โ€“ what they are, why they form and their impact on built and natural environments microbiologyresearch.org/content/journaโ€ฆ
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    Akos T. Kovacs
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    Aug 3, 2022
    Disaster Microbiologyโ€”a New Field of Study @mbiojournal MiniReview from @ACasadevall1 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbโ€ฆ
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    Akos T. Kovacs
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    Mar 28, 2023
    9 years of work and 20 authors in one manuscript, glad to share our brand new preprint with a thread๐Ÿ‘‡ Enhanced niche colonisation and competition during bacterial adaptation to a fungus biorxiv.org/content/10.110โ€ฆ [1/n]
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    Akos T. Kovacs
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    Jun 7, 2018
    Twitter-full author list...
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    Akos T. Kovacs
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    Nov 24, 2023
    Metabolic exchanges are ubiquitous in natural microbial communities @NatureMicrobiol perspective by @KostChristian, @kiran_r_patil, @JFriedman_micro, @sarilog, and @RalserLab nature.com/articles/s4156โ€ฆ
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