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Journal Article

Anderson, Mark T., Dewenter, Lena, Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 and Seifert, H. Steven (2014). Seminal Plasma Initiates a Neisseria gonorrhoeae Transmission State. mBio, 5 (2). WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 2150-7511

Bender, Niklas, Hennes, Marc and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2022). Mobility of extracellular DNA within gonococcal colonies. Biofilm, 4. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 2590-2075

Brenzinger, Susanne, Dewenter, Lena, Delalez, Nicolas J., Leicht, Oliver, Berndt, Volker, Paulick, Anja, Berry, Richard M., Thanbichler, Martin, Armitage, Judith P., Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 and Thormann, Kai M. (2016). Mutations targeting the plug-domain of the Shewanella oneidensis proton-driven stator allow swimming at increased viscosity and under anaerobic conditions. Mol. Microbiol., 102 (5). S. 925 - 939. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL. ISSN 1365-2958

Craig, Lisa, Forest, Katrina T. and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2019). Type IV pili: dynamics, biophysics and functional consequences. Nat. Rev. Microbiol., 17 (7). S. 429 - 441. LONDON: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP. ISSN 1740-1534

Cronenberg, Tom, Hennes, Marc ORCID: 0000-0002-6592-9297, Wielert, Isabelle and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2021). Antibiotics modulate attractive interactions in bacterial colonies affecting survivability under combined treatment. PLoS Pathog., 17 (2). SAN FRANCISCO: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE. ISSN 1553-7374

Dewenter, Lena, Oldewurtel, Enno R., Kouzel, Nadzeya, Volkmann, Thorsten, Henseler, Katja and Maier, Berenike (2016). Differential Interaction Forces Govern Bacterial Sorting and Stability in Early Biofilms. Biophys. J., 110 (3). S. 469A - 470. CAMBRIDGE: CELL PRESS. ISSN 1542-0086

Dewenter, Lena, Volkmann, Thorsten E. and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2015). Oxygen governs gonococcal microcolony stability by enhancing the interaction force between type IV pili. Integr. Biol., 7 (10). S. 1161 - 1171. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1757-9708

Drexelius, Marco, Reinhardt, Andre, Grabeck, Joshua, Cronenberg, Tom, Nitsche, Frank ORCID: 0000-0003-3950-8285, Huesgen, Pitter ORCID: 0000-0002-0335-2242, Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 and Neundorf, Ines (2021). Multistep optimization of a cell-penetrating peptide towards its antimicrobial activity. Biochem. J., 478 (1). S. 63 - 79. LONDON: PORTLAND PRESS LTD. ISSN 1470-8728

Gangel, Heike, Hepp, Christof, Mueller, Stephanie, Oldewurtel, Enno R., Aas, Finn Erik, Koomey, Michael ORCID: 0000-0001-5844-2344 and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2014). Concerted Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Imported DNA and ComE DNA Uptake Protein during Gonococcal Transformation. PLoS Pathog., 10 (4). SAN FRANCISCO: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE. ISSN 1553-7374

Hennes, Marc ORCID: 0000-0002-6592-9297, Cronenberg, Tom and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2022). Caging dynamics in bacterial colonies. Phys. Rev. Res., 4 (1). COLLEGE PK: AMER PHYSICAL SOC. ISSN 2643-1564

Hepp, Christof, Gangel, Heike, Henseler, Katja, Guenther, Niklas and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2016). Single-Stranded DNA Uptake during Gonococcal Transformation. J. Bacteriol., 198 (18). S. 2515 - 2524. WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1098-5530

Hepp, Christof and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2017). Bacterial Translocation Ratchets: Shared Physical Principles with Different Molecular Implementations: How bacterial secretion systems bias Brownian motion for efficient translocation of macromolecules. Bioessays, 39 (10). HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1521-1878

Hepp, Christof and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2016). Kinetics of DNA uptake during transformation provide evidence for a translocation ratchet mechanism. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 113 (44). S. 12467 - 12473. WASHINGTON: NATL ACAD SCIENCES. ISSN 0027-8424

Kouzel, Nadzeya, Oldewurtel, Enno R. and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2015). Gene Transfer Efficiency in Gonococcal Biofilms: Role of Biofilm Age, Architecture, and Pilin Antigenic Variation. J. Bacteriol., 197 (14). S. 2422 - 2432. WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1098-5530

Kraus-Roemer, Sebastian, Wielert, Isabelle, Rathmann, Isabel ORCID: 0000-0003-0596-9630, Grossbach, Jan ORCID: 0000-0002-9394-5665 and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2022). External Stresses Affect Gonococcal Type 4 Pilus Dynamics. Front. Microbiol., 13. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 1664-302X

Kurre, Rainer, Hoene, Andrea, Clausen, Martin, Meel, Claudia and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2012). PilT2 enhances the speed of gonococcal type IV pilus retraction and of twitching motility. Mol. Microbiol., 86 (4). S. 857 - 866. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL. ISSN 0950-382X

Maier, Berenike (2020). Competence and Transformation in Bacillus subtilis. Curr. Issues Mol. Biol., 37. S. 57 - 77. POOLE: CAISTER ACAD PRESS. ISSN 1467-3045

Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 and Wong, Gerard C. L. (2015). How Bacteria Use Type IV Pili Machinery on Surfaces. Trends Microbiol., 23 (12). S. 775 - 789. OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD. ISSN 1878-4380

Marathe, Rahul, Meel, Claudia, Schmidt, Nora C., Dewenter, Lena, Kurre, Rainer, Greune, Lilo, Schmidt, M. Alexander, Mueller, Melanie J. I., Lipowsky, Reinhard ORCID: 0000-0001-8417-8567, Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 and Klumpp, Stefan ORCID: 0000-0003-0584-2146 (2014). Bacterial twitching motility is coordinated by a two-dimensional tug-of-war with directional memory. Nat. Commun., 5. LONDON: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP. ISSN 2041-1723

Oldewurtel, Enno R., Kouzel, Nadzeya, Dewenter, Lena, Henseler, Katja and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2015). Differential interaction forces govern bacterial sorting in early biofilms. eLife, 4. CAMBRIDGE: ELIFE SCIENCES PUBLICATIONS LTD. ISSN 2050-084X

Oldewurtel, Enno R., Kouzel, Nadzeya and Maier, Berenike (2014). Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Phase Variants in Expanding Gonococcal Populations. Biophys. J., 106 (2). S. 373A - 375. CAMBRIDGE: CELL PRESS. ISSN 1542-0086

Power, Jeffrey J., Pinheiro, Fernanda ORCID: 0000-0002-0132-0562, Pompei, Simone, Kovacova, Viera ORCID: 0000-0003-4581-4254, Yueksel, Melih, Rathmann, Isabel ORCID: 0000-0003-0596-9630, Foerster, Mona, Laessig, Michael and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2021). Adaptive evolution of hybrid bacteria by horizontal gene transfer. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 118 (10). WASHINGTON: NATL ACAD SCIENCES. ISSN 0027-8424

Rathmann, Isabel ORCID: 0000-0003-0596-9630, Foerster, Mona, Yueksel, Melih, Horst, Lucas, Petrungaro, Gabriela, Bollenbach, Tobias ORCID: 0000-0003-4398-476X and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2023). Distribution of fitness effects of cross-species transformation reveals potential for fast adaptive evolution. ISME J., 17 (1). S. 130 - 140. LONDON: SPRINGERNATURE. ISSN 1751-7370

Ribbe, Jan, Baker, Amy E., Euler, Sebastian ORCID: 0000-0001-9583-9009, O'Toole, George A. and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2017). Role of Cyclic Di-GMP and Exopolysaccharide in Type IV Pilus Dynamics. J. Bacteriol., 199 (8). WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1098-5530

Ribbe, Jan and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2016). Density-Dependent Differentiation of Bacteria in Spatially Structured Open Systems. Biophys. J., 110 (7). S. 1648 - 1661. CAMBRIDGE: CELL PRESS. ISSN 1542-0086

Welker, Anton, Cronenberg, Tom, Zoellner, Robert, Meel, Claudia, Siewering, Katja, Bender, Niklas, Hennes, Marc ORCID: 0000-0002-6592-9297, Oldewurtel, Enno R. and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2018). Molecular Motors Govern Liquidlike Ordering and Fusion Dynamics of Bacterial Colonies. Phys. Rev. Lett., 121 (11). COLLEGE PK: AMER PHYSICAL SOC. ISSN 1079-7114

Welker, Anton, Hennes, Marc, Bender, Niklas, Cronenberg, Tom, Schneider, Gabriele and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2021). Spatiotemporal dynamics of growth and death within spherical bacterial colonies. Biophys. J., 120 (16). S. 3418 - 3429. CAMBRIDGE: CELL PRESS. ISSN 1542-0086

Yueksel, Melih, Power, Jeffrey J., Ribbe, Jan, Volkmann, Thorsten and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2016). Fitness Trade-Offs in Competence Differentiation of Bacillus subtilis. Front. Microbiol., 7. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 1664-302X

Zhou, Kai, Hennes, Marc, Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927, Gompper, Gerhard ORCID: 0000-0002-8904-0986 and Sabass, Benedikt (2022). Non-equilibrium dynamics of bacterial colonies-growth, active fluctuations, segregation, adhesion, and invasion. Commun. Phys., 5 (1). BERLIN: NATURE PORTFOLIO. ISSN 2399-3650

Zoellner, Robert, Cronenberg, Tom, Kouzel, Nadzeya, Welker, Anton, Koomey, Michael and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2019). Type IV Pilin Post-Translational Modifications Modulate Material Properties of Bacterial Colonies. Biophys. J., 116 (5). S. 938 - 948. CAMBRIDGE: CELL PRESS. ISSN 1542-0086

Zoellner, Robert, Cronenberg, Tom and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2019). Motor Properties of PilT-Independent Type 4 Pilus Retraction in Gonococci. J. Bacteriol., 201 (18). WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1098-5530

Zoellner, Robert, Oldewurtel, Enno R., Kouzel, Nadzeya and Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2017). Phase and antigenic variation govern competition dynamics through positioning in bacterial colonies. Sci Rep, 7. LONDON: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP. ISSN 2045-2322

Book Section, Proceedings Item or annotation in a legal commentary

Maier, Berenike ORCID: 0000-0001-6971-9927 (2021). How Physical Interactions Shape Bacterial Biofilms. In: Annual Review of Biophysics, S. 401 - 418. PALO ALTO: ANNUAL REVIEWS. ISBN 978-0-8243-1850-5