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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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