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Roberto Guillermo Kolter, Ph.D.

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  1. R21AI117025 (KOLTER, ROBERTO G.) Apr 10, 2015 - Mar 31, 2018
    NIH
    Discovery of antibiotics active against multidrug resistant bacteria
    Role: Principal Investigator
  2. P01AI083214 (GILMORE, MICHAEL S) Sep 1, 2009 - Aug 31, 2026
    NIH
    Harvard-wide Program on Antibiotic Resistance
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  3. R01GM082137 (KOLTER, ROBERTO G.) Aug 1, 2007 - Apr 30, 2017
    NIH
    Chemical Biology of Microbial Interspecies Signaling
    Role: Principal Investigator
  4. R13DE014438 (KOLTER, ROBERTO G.) Jun 1, 2001 - May 31, 2002
    NIH
    CONFERENCE ON MICROBE INTERACTIONS + THEIR ENVIRONMENTS
    Role: Principal Investigator
  5. R01GM058213 (RUDNER, DAVID Z) Sep 1, 1998 - Feb 28, 2019
    NIH
    Molecular Genetics of Biofilm Formation
    Role: Principal Investigator

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  1. Chai L, Zaburdaev V, Kolter R. How bacteria actively use passive physics to make biofilms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Oct; 121(40):e2403842121. PMID: 39264745; PMCID: PMC11459164.
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    Fields: SciScienceTranslation:Cells
  2. Rocha J, Shapiro LR, Chimileski S, Kolter R. Complementary roles of EPS, T3SS and Expansin for virulence of Erwinia tracheiphila, the causative agent of cucurbit wilt. bioRxiv. 2024 Jun 25. PMID: 38979168; PMCID: PMC11230154.
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  3. Kolter R. Asking a question. J Bacteriol. 2024 06 20; 206(6):e0005024. PMID: 38819155; PMCID: PMC11332143.
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    Fields: BacBacteriologyTranslation:Humans
  4. Cossart P, Kolter R, Lemaitre B, Typas A. The New Microbiology: an international lecture course on the island of Spetses. Microlife. 2023; 4:uqac026. PMID: 37251515; PMCID: PMC10212125.
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  5. Sharma G, Islam ST, Rahi P, Silby MW, Giovannelli D, Welander PV, Ehling-Schulz M, Chaudhry V, Molloy E, Hertweck C, Mundra S, Kalia VC, Lal R, Singh Y, Ruby E, Weigel C, Kolter R. Reply to Oren et al., "New Phylum Names Harmonize Prokaryotic Nomenclature". mBio. 2022 10 26; 13(5):e0232322. PMID: 36106733; PMCID: PMC9600504.
    Citations: 2
    Fields: MicMicrobiologyTranslation:Cells
  6. Kolter R, Balaban N, Julou T. Bacteria grow swiftly and live thriftily. Curr Biol. 2022 06 20; 32(12):R599-R605. PMID: 35728536.
    Citations: 6
    Fields: BioBiologyTranslation:Cells
  7. Ayala JA, Kolter R. The Spanish Society for Microbiology and Latin American microbiologists: seventy-five years of joint scientific ventures. Int Microbiol. 2021 Nov; 24(4):657-664. PMID: 34231086; PMCID: PMC8260328.
    Citations: 1
    Fields: MicMicrobiologyTranslation:Humans
  8. Kolter R. The History of Microbiology-A Personal Interpretation. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2021 10 08; 75:1-17. PMID: 33974804.
    Citations: 7
    Fields: MicMicrobiology
  9. Rocha J, Shapiro LR, Kolter R. A horizontally acquired expansin gene increases virulence of the emerging plant pathogen Erwinia tracheiphila. Sci Rep. 2020 12 10; 10(1):21743. PMID: 33303810; PMCID: PMC7729394.
    Citations: 3
    Fields: SciScienceTranslation:AnimalsCells
  10. Sierra MA, Danko DC, Sandoval TA, Pishchany G, Moncada B, Kolter R, Mason CE, Zambrano MM. The Microbiomes of Seven Lichen Genera Reveal Host Specificity, a Reduced Core Community and Potential as Source of Antimicrobials. Front Microbiol. 2020; 11:398. PMID: 32265864; PMCID: PMC7105886.
    Citations: 17
  11. Pishchany G, Kolter R. On the possible ecological roles of antimicrobials. Mol Microbiol. 2020 03; 113(3):580-587. PMID: 31975454.
    Citations: 18
    Fields: MicMicrobiologyMolMolecular BiologyTranslation:HumansPHPublic Health
  12. Crone S, Vives-Flórez M, Kvich L, Saunders AM, Malone M, Nicolaisen MH, Martínez-García E, Rojas-Acosta C, Catalina Gomez-Puerto M, Calum H, Whiteley M, Kolter R, Bjarnsholt T. The environmental occurrence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. APMIS. 2020 Mar; 128(3):220-231. PMID: 31709616.
    Citations: 110
    Fields: AllAllergy and ImmunologyMicMicrobiologyPatPathologyTranslation:HumansAnimalsCellsPHPublic Health
  13. Paludo CR, Pishchany G, Andrade-Dominguez A, Silva-Junior EA, Menezes C, Nascimento FS, Currie CR, Kolter R, Clardy J, Pupo MT. Microbial community modulates growth of symbiotic fungus required for stingless bee metamorphosis. PLoS One. 2019; 14(7):e0219696. PMID: 31344052; PMCID: PMC6657851.
    Citations: 14
    Fields: MedMedicine (General)SciScienceTranslation:Animals
  14. van Gestel J, Kolter R. When We Stop Thinking about Microbes as Cells. J Mol Biol. 2019 06 28; 431(14):2487-2492. PMID: 31082437.
    Citations: 4
    Fields: MolMolecular BiologyTranslation:CellsPHPublic Health
  15. Ramos Y, Rocha J, Hael AL, van Gestel J, Vlamakis H, Cywes-Bentley C, Cubillos-Ruiz JR, Pier GB, Gilmore MS, Kolter R, Morales DK. PolyGlcNAc-containing exopolymers enable surface penetration by non-motile Enterococcus faecalis. PLoS Pathog. 2019 02; 15(2):e1007571. PMID: 30742693; PMCID: PMC6386517.
    Citations: 22
    Fields: MicMicrobiologyTranslation:HumansCells
  16. Shapiro LR, Andrade A, Scully ED, Rocha J, Paulson JN, Kolter R. Draft Genome Sequence of an Erwinia tracheiphila Isolate from an Infected Muskmelon (Cucumis melo). Microbiol Resour Announc. 2018 Nov; 7(17). PMID: 30533754; PMCID: PMC6256489.
    Citations: 1
  17. Shapiro LR, Paulson JN, Arnold BJ, Scully ED, Zhaxybayeva O, Pierce NE, Rocha J, Klepac-Ceraj V, Holton K, Kolter R. An Introduced Crop Plant Is Driving Diversification of the Virulent Bacterial Pathogen Erwinia tracheiphila. mBio. 2018 10 02; 9(5). PMID: 30279283; PMCID: PMC6168856.
    Citations: 12
    Fields: MicMicrobiologyTranslation:AnimalsCells
  18. Pishchany G, Mevers E, Ndousse-Fetter S, Horvath DJ, Paludo CR, Silva-Junior EA, Koren S, Skaar EP, Clardy J, Kolter R. Amycomicin is a potent and specific antibiotic discovered with a targeted interaction screen. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 10 02; 115(40):10124-10129. PMID: 30228116; PMCID: PMC6176635.
    Citations: 45
    Fields: SciScienceTranslation:Cells
  19. Lyons NA, Kolter R. A single mutation in rapP induces cheating to prevent cheating in Bacillus subtilis by minimizing public good production. Commun Biol. 2018; 1:133. PMID: 30272012.
    Citations: 8
  20. Kolter R, Chimileski S. The end of microbiology. Environ Microbiol. 2018 Jun; 20(6):1955-1959. PMID: 29750394.
    Citations: 1
    Fields: EnvEnvironmental HealthMicMicrobiology
  21. Niu B, Kolter R. Quantification of the Composition Dynamics of a Maize Root-associated Simplified Bacterial Community and Evaluation of Its Biological Control Effect. Bio Protoc. 2018 Jun 20; 8(12). PMID: 30123815; PMCID: PMC6095191.
    Citations: 3
  22. Andrade-Domínguez A, Kolter R, Shapiro LR. Complete Genome Sequence of EtG, the First Phage Sequenced from Erwinia tracheiphila. Genome Announc. 2018 Feb 22; 6(8). PMID: 29472340; PMCID: PMC5824000.
    Citations: 2
  23. Paludo CR, Menezes C, Silva-Junior EA, Vollet-Neto A, Andrade-Dominguez A, Pishchany G, Khadempour L, do Nascimento FS, Currie CR, Kolter R, Clardy J, Pupo MT. Stingless Bee Larvae Require Fungal Steroid to Pupate. Sci Rep. 2018 01 18; 8(1):1122. PMID: 29348592.
    Citations: 38
    Fields: SciScienceTranslation:Animals
  24. Niu B, Kolter R. Complete Genome Sequences of Seven Strains Composing a Model Bacterial Community of Maize Roots. Genome Announc. 2017 Sep 07; 5(36). PMID: 28883152; PMCID: PMC5589546.
    Citations: 1
  25. Lyons NA, Kolter R. Bacillus subtilis Protects Public Goods by Extending Kin Discrimination to Closely Related Species. mBio. 2017 07 05; 8(4). PMID: 28679746; PMCID: PMC5573675.
    Citations: 18
    Fields: MicMicrobiologyTranslation:Cells
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