Roberto Kolter Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Harvard Medical School Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Roberto Kolter has not added a biography. If you are Roberto Kolter and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Directed Natural Product Biosynthesis Gene Cluster Capture and Expression in the Model Bacterium Bacillus Subtilis Scientific Reports. 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25807046 On the Evolution of Bacterial Multicellularity Current Opinion in Microbiology. Apr, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25597443 New Tools for Comparing Microscopy Images: Quantitative Analysis of Cell Types in Bacillus Subtilis Journal of Bacteriology. Feb, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25448819 Mutualistic Interaction Between Salmonella Enterica and Aspergillus Niger and Its Effects on Zea Mays Colonization Microbial Biotechnology. Nov, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25351041 Structural and Functional Analysis of Bacillus Subtilis YisP Reveals a Role of Its Product in Biofilm Production Chemistry & Biology. Nov, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25308276 Hybrid Biosynthesis of Roseobacticides from Algal and Bacterial Precursor Molecules Journal of the American Chemical Society. Oct, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25295497 Sporulation During Growth in a Gut Isolate of Bacillus Subtilis Journal of Bacteriology. Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25225273 Altered Desferrioxamine-mediated Iron Utilization is a Common Trait of Bald Mutants of Streptomyces Coelicolor Metallomics : Integrated Biometal Science. Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24788337 Functional Analysis of the Accessory Protein TapA in Bacillus Subtilis Amyloid Fiber Assembly Journal of Bacteriology. Apr, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24488317 Eco-evolutionary Feedbacks Drive Species Interactions The ISME Journal. May, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24304674 D-amino Acids Indirectly Inhibit Biofilm Formation in Bacillus Subtilis by Interfering with Protein Synthesis Journal of Bacteriology. Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24097941 Whole-Genome Sequences of 94 Environmental Isolates of Bacillus Cereus Sensu Lato Genome Announcements. 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24092776 Interspecies Interactions Stimulate Diversification of the Streptomyces Coelicolor Secreted Metabolome MBio. 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23963177 Isolation, Characterization, and Aggregation of a Structured Bacterial Matrix Precursor The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23632024 Respiration Control of Multicellularity in Bacillus Subtilis by a Complex of the Cytochrome Chain with a Membrane-embedded Histidine Kinase Genes & Development. Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23599347 Bacillus Subtilis Biofilm Induction by Plant Polysaccharides Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23569226 Bacterial Flagella Explore Microscale Hummocks and Hollows to Increase Adhesion Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23509269 Synthesis and Activity of Biomimetic Biofilm Disruptors Journal of the American Chemical Society. Feb, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23406351 Sticking Together: Building a Biofilm the Bacillus Subtilis Way Nature Reviews. Microbiology. Mar, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23353768 Biofilm Inhibitors That Target Amyloid Proteins Chemistry & Biology. Jan, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23352144 Biocontrol of Tomato Wilt Disease by Bacillus Subtilis Isolates from Natural Environments Depends on Conserved Genes Mediating Biofilm Formation Environmental Microbiology. Mar, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 22934631 Histones Join the Fight Against Bacteria Inside Cells ELife. 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23150800 Old Meets New: Using Interspecies Interactions to Detect Secondary Metabolite Production in Actinomycetes Methods in Enzymology. 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23084935 Catecholate Siderophores Protect Bacteria from Pyochelin Toxicity PloS One. 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23071628 Calcium Causes Multimerization of the Large Adhesin LapF and Modulates Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas Putida Journal of Bacteriology. Dec, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23042991 Identification of Proteins Likely to Be Involved in Morphogenesis, Cell Division, and Signal Transduction in Planctomycetes by Comparative Genomics Journal of Bacteriology. Dec, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23002222 Interspecies Modulation of Bacterial Development Through Iron Competition and Siderophore Piracy Molecular Microbiology. Nov, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22931126 Galactose Metabolism Plays a Crucial Role in Biofilm Formation by Bacillus Subtilis MBio. 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22893383 Osmotic Pressure Can Regulate Matrix Gene Expression in Bacillus Subtilis Molecular Microbiology. Oct, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22882172 Mixing and Matching Siderophore Clusters: Structure and Biosynthesis of Serratiochelins from Serratia Sp. V4 Journal of the American Chemical Society. Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22830960 A Bacillus Subtilis Sensor Kinase Involved in Triggering Biofilm Formation on the Roots of Tomato Plants Molecular Microbiology. Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22716461 A Massively Spectacular View of the Chemical Lives of Microbes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Jun, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22711837 A Self-produced Trigger for Biofilm Disassembly That Targets Exopolysaccharide Cell. Apr, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22541437 Biosynthesis of Piperazic Acid Via N5-hydroxy-ornithine in Kutzneria Spp. 744 Chembiochem : a European Journal of Chemical Biology. May, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22522643 Whole-genome Sequences of Bacillus Subtilis and Close Relatives Journal of Bacteriology. May, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22493193 Osmotic Spreading of Bacillus Subtilis Biofilms Driven by an Extracellular Matrix Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Jan, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22232655 In-depth Characterization Via Complementing Culture-independent Approaches of the Microbial Community in an Acidic Hot Spring of the Colombian Andes Microbial Ecology. Jan, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 21947461 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. Nov, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22074846 High-throughput Assay for Bacterial Adhesion on Acellular Dermal Matrices and Synthetic Surgical Materials Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Nov, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22030489 Extracellular Signaling and Multicellularity in Bacillus Subtilis Current Opinion in Microbiology. Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22024380 Roseobacticides: Small Molecule Modulators of an Algal-bacterial Symbiosis Journal of the American Chemical Society. Nov, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21928816 Inhibitory Effects of D-amino Acids on Staphylococcus Aureus Biofilm Development Journal of Bacteriology. Oct, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21856845 Antibiotics As Signal Molecules Chemical Reviews. Sep, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21786783 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. Aug, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21724885 Structure and Biosynthesis of Amychelin, an Unusual Mixed-ligand Siderophore from Amycolatopsis Sp. AA4 Journal of the American Chemical Society. Aug, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21699219 An Accessory Protein Required for Anchoring and Assembly of Amyloid Fibres in B. Subtilis Biofilms Molecular Microbiology. Jun, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21477127 Will Biofilm Disassembly Agents Make It to Market? Trends in Microbiology. Jul, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21458996 Metal-enhanced Fluorescence to Quantify Bacterial Adhesion Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). Mar, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21433096 The Jekyll-and-Hyde Chemistry of Phaeobacter Gallaeciensis Nature Chemistry. Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21430694 Evidence That Metabolism and Chromosome Copy Number Control Mutually Exclusive Cell Fates in Bacillus Subtilis The EMBO Journal. Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21326214 Tracing the Domestication of a Biofilm-forming Bacterium Journal of Bacteriology. Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21278284 Shear Stress Increases the Residence Time of Adhesion of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biophysical Journal. Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21244830 Spatial Regulation of Histidine Kinases Governing Biofilm Formation in Bacillus Subtilis Journal of Bacteriology. Feb, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21097618 Letter to the Editor Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education. 2010 | Pubmed ID: 23653692 The Biocide Chlorine Dioxide Stimulates Biofilm Formation in Bacillus Subtilis by Activation of the Histidine Kinase KinC Journal of Bacteriology. Dec, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20971918 Potassium Sensing Histidine Kinase in Bacillus Subtilis Methods in Enzymology. 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20946851 Reversal of an Epigenetic Switch Governing Cell Chaining in Bacillus Subtilis by Protein Instability Molecular Microbiology. Oct, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20923420 Biofilms in Lab and Nature: a Molecular Geneticist's Voyage to Microbial Ecology International Microbiology : the Official Journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology. Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20890834 Comparative Analyses of the Bacterial Microbiota of the Human Nostril and Oropharynx MBio. 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20802827 Functional Microdomains in Bacterial Membranes Genes & Development. Sep, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20713508 KinD is a Checkpoint Protein Linking Spore Formation to Extracellular-matrix Production in Bacillus Subtilis Biofilms MBio. Apr, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20689749 Common Biosynthetic Origins for Polycyclic Tetramate Macrolactams from Phylogenetically Diverse Bacteria Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Jun, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20547882 Biofilms Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. Jul, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20519345 The Virulence Regulator PrfA Promotes Biofilm Formation by Listeria Monocytogenes Journal of Bacteriology. Aug, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20511507 D-amino Acids Trigger Biofilm Disassembly Science (New York, N.Y.). Apr, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20431016 An Epigenetic Switch Governing Daughter Cell Separation in Bacillus Subtilis Genes & Development. Apr, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20351052 Relationship Between Cystic Fibrosis Respiratory Tract Bacterial Communities and Age, Genotype, Antibiotics and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Environmental Microbiology. May, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20192960 Bacterial Community Succession and Chemical Profiles of Subtidal Biofilms in Relation to Larval Settlement of the Polychaete Hydroides Elegans The ISME Journal. Jun, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20090788 Amyloid Fibers Provide Structural Integrity to Bacillus Subtilis Biofilms Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Feb, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20080671 Extracellular Signals That Define Distinct and Coexisting Cell Fates in Bacillus Subtilis FEMS Microbiology Reviews. Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20030732 Bacillus Subtilis Spreads by Surfing on Waves of Surfactant Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Oct, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19826092 Paralogous Antirepressors Acting on the Master Regulator for Biofilm Formation in Bacillus Subtilis Molecular Microbiology. Nov, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19788541 Cannibalism Enhances Biofilm Development in Bacillus Subtilis Molecular Microbiology. Nov, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19775247 Paracrine Signaling in a Bacterium Genes & Development. Jul, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19605685 Interspecies Chemical Communication in Bacterial Development Annual Review of Microbiology. 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19566421 New Developments in Microbial Interspecies Signaling Current Opinion in Microbiology. Apr, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19251475 A Widely Conserved Gene Cluster Required for Lactate Utilization in Bacillus Subtilis and Its Involvement in Biofilm Formation Journal of Bacteriology. Apr, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19201793 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. Jan, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19114652 Generation of Multiple Cell Types in Bacillus Subtilis FEMS Microbiology Reviews. Jan, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19054118 A Keystone Predator Controls Bacterial Diversity in the Pitcher-plant (Sarracenia Purpurea) Microecosystem Environmental Microbiology. Sep, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18479443 Ecology and Genomics of Bacillus Subtilis Trends in Microbiology. Jun, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18467096 A Novel Regulatory Protein Governing Biofilm Formation in Bacillus Subtilis Molecular Microbiology. Jun, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18430133 Control of Cell Fate by the Formation of an Architecturally Complex Bacterial Community Genes & Development. Apr, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18381896 Bistability and Biofilm Formation in Bacillus Subtilis Molecular Microbiology. Jan, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18047568 Thinking About Bacillus Subtilis As a Multicellular Organism Current Opinion in Microbiology. Dec, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17977783 Microbiology. Deadly Priming Science (New York, N.Y.). Oct, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17962544 Quorum-sensing Regulation of the Biofilm Matrix Genes (pel) of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Journal of Bacteriology. Jul, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17496081 Flagellar Motility is Critical for Listeria Monocytogenes Biofilm Formation Journal of Bacteriology. Jun, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17416647 Genome-wide High-throughput Mining of Natural-product Biosynthetic Gene Clusters by Phage Display Chemistry & Biology. Mar, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17379145 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. Jan, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17234808 A Singular Enzymatic Megacomplex from Bacillus Subtilis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Jan, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17190806 Bacillus Subtilis Genome Diversity Journal of Bacteriology. Feb, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17114265 Facile Detection of Acyl and Peptidyl Intermediates on Thiotemplate Carrier Domains Via Phosphopantetheinyl Elimination Reactions During Tandem Mass Spectrometry Biochemistry. Oct, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 17042494 Biofilm Formation by a Bacillus Subtilis Strain That Produces Gamma-polyglutamate Microbiology (Reading, England). Sep, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16946274 Interactions Between Streptomyces Coelicolor and Bacillus Subtilis: Role of Surfactants in Raising Aerial Structures Journal of Bacteriology. Jul, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16788200 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). Jun, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16735722 Microbial Sciences: the Superficial Life of Microbes Nature. May, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16710410 Activity Screening of Carrier Domains Within Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases Using Complex Substrate Mixtures and Large Molecule Mass Spectrometry Biochemistry. Feb, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16460000 A Major Protein Component of the Bacillus Subtilis Biofilm Matrix Molecular Microbiology. Feb, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16430696 Targets of the Master Regulator of Biofilm Formation in Bacillus Subtilis Molecular Microbiology. Feb, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16430695 Mycobacterial Biofilms: a Greasy Way to Hold It Together Cell. Dec, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16325571 Mutations That Activate the Silent Bgl Operon of Escherichia Coli Confer a Growth Advantage in Stationary Phase Journal of Bacteriology. Dec, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16291664 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. Nov, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16236721 Thieves, Assassins and Spies of the Microbial World Nature Cell Biology. Oct, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16195747 Virulence and the Environment: a Novel Role for Vibrio Cholerae Toxin-coregulated Pili in Biofilm Formation on Chitin Journal of Bacteriology. May, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15866944 A Master Regulator for Biofilm Formation by Bacillus Subtilis Molecular Microbiology. Feb, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15661000 Pseudomonas-Saccharomyces Interactions: Influence of Fungal Metabolism on Bacterial Physiology and Survival Journal of Bacteriology. Feb, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15659672 Biofilms: the Matrix Revisited Trends in Microbiology. Jan, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15639628 Surfacing Views of Biofilm Biology Trends in Microbiology. Jan, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15639623 A Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Quorum-sensing Molecule Influences Candida Albicans Morphology Molecular Microbiology. Dec, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15554963 The SAT1 Flipper, an Optimized Tool for Gene Disruption in Candida Albicans Gene. Oct, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15474295 Two Genetic Loci Produce Distinct Carbohydrate-rich Structural Components of the Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilm Matrix Journal of Bacteriology. Jul, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15231777 Escherichia Coli Evolution During Stationary Phase Research in Microbiology. Jun, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15207864 Genes Involved in Formation of Structured Multicellular Communities by Bacillus Subtilis Journal of Bacteriology. Jun, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15175311 Burkholderia Spp. Alter Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Physiology Through Iron Sequestration Journal of Bacteriology. Apr, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15060040 Genes Involved in Matrix Formation in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa PA14 Biofilms Molecular Microbiology. Feb, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 14731271 Bacterial Evolution Through the Selective Loss of Beneficial Genes. Trade-offs in Expression Involving Two Loci Genetics. Aug, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12930738 Identification and Characterization of a Vibrio Cholerae Gene, MbaA, Involved in Maintenance of Biofilm Architecture Journal of Bacteriology. Feb, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12562809 Why Are Bacteria Refractory to Antimicrobials? Current Opinion in Microbiology. Oct, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12354553 Pseudomonas-Candida Interactions: an Ecological Role for Virulence Factors Science (New York, N.Y.). Jun, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12077418 Alcohol-induced Delay of Viability Loss in Stationary-phase Cultures of Escherichia Coli Journal of Bacteriology. Jun, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12003929 Root Colonization by Pseudomonas Putida: Love at First Sight Microbiology (Reading, England). Feb, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11832496 Biology of Microbial Communities - Interview Roberto Kolter1 1Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School Biologie
Biology of Microbial Communities - Interview Roberto Kolter1 1Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School Biologie