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Bacteriocins of lactic acid bacteria: extending the family by Alvarez-Sieiro, Patricia, Montalbán-López, Manuel, Mu, Dongdong, Kuipers, Oscar P

“…Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) constitute a heterogeneous group of microorganisms that produce lactic acid as the major product during the fermentation process…”
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Identification and classification of known and putative antimicrobial compounds produced by a wide variety of Bacillales species by Zhao, Xin, Kuipers, Oscar P

“…Gram-positive bacteria of the Bacillales are important producers of antimicrobial compounds that might be utilized for medical, food or agricultural…”
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Editorial: Bacterial pathogens, antibiotics and antibiotic resistance by Banin, Ehud, Hughes, Diarmaid, Kuipers, Oscar P.

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A new, high-resolution surface mass balance map of Antarctica (1979-2010) based on regional atmospheric climate modeling by Lenaerts, J. T. M., van den Broeke, M. R., van de Berg, W. J., van Meijgaard, E., Kuipers Munneke, P.

“…A new, high resolution (27 km) surface mass balance (SMB) map of the Antarctic ice sheet is presented, based on output of a regional atmospheric climate model…”
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BAGEL3: Automated identification of genes encoding bacteriocins and (non-)bactericidal posttranslationally modified peptides by van Heel, Auke J, de Jong, Anne, Montalbán-López, Manuel, Kok, Jan, Kuipers, Oscar P

“…Identifying genes encoding bacteriocins and ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides (RiPPs) can be a challenging task. Especially…”
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Antimicrobial activity screening of rhizosphere soil bacteria from tomato and genome-based analysis of their antimicrobial biosynthetic potential by Zhou, Lu, Song, Chunxu, Li, Zhibo, Kuipers, Oscar P

“…Tomato plant growth is frequently hampered by a high susceptibility to pests and diseases. Traditional chemical control causes a serious impact on both the…”
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BrevicidineB, a New Member of the Brevicidine Family, Displays an Extended Target Specificity by Zhao, Xinghong, Kuipers, Oscar P.

“…Graphical Abstract The antimicrobial mode of action of brevicidines. Brevicidines are potent antimicrobial cyclic lipopeptides active against Gram-negative…”
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Evaluation of the updated regional climate model RACMO2.3: summer snowfall impact on the Greenland Ice Sheet by Noël, B, van de Berg, W. J, van Meijgaard, E, Kuipers Munneke, P, van de Wal, R. S. W, van den Broeke, M. R

“…We discuss Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) surface mass balance (SMB) differences between the updated polar version of the RACMO climate model (RACMO2.3) and the…”
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Bistability, Epigenetics, and Bet-Hedging in Bacteria by VEENMG, Jan-Willem, SMITS, Wiep Klaas, KUIPERS, Oscar P

“…Clonal populations of microbial cells often show a high degree of phenotypic variability under homogeneous conditions. Stochastic fluctuations in the cellular…”
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Bacterial solutions to multicellularity: a tale of biofilms, filaments and fruiting bodies by Claessen, Dennis, Rozen, Daniel E., Kuipers, Oscar P., Søgaard-Andersen, Lotte, van Wezel, Gilles P.

“…Key Points Bacterial multicellularity takes several phenotypically diverse forms and has independently evolved in different species. Simple bacterial…”
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Bet-hedging during bacterial diauxic shift by Solopova, Ana, van Gestel, Jordi, Weissing, Franz J., Bachmann, Herwig, Teusink, Bas, Kok, Jan, Kuipers, Oscar P.

“…When bacteria grow in a medium with two sugars, they first use the preferred sugar and only then start metabolizing the second one. After the first exponential…”
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Exploring plant‐microbe interactions of the rhizobacteria Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus mycoides by use of the CRISPR‐Cas9 system by Yi, Yanglei, Li, Zhibo, Song, Chunxu, Kuipers, Oscar P.

“…Summary Bacillus subtilis HS3 and Bacillus mycoides EC18 are two rhizosphere‐associated bacteria with plant growth‐promoting activity. The CRISPR‐Cas9 system…”
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LysM, a widely distributed protein motif for binding to (peptido)glycans by Buist, Girbe, Steen, Anton, Kok, Jan, Kuipers, Oscar P

“…Bacteria retain certain proteins at their cell envelopes by attaching them in a non-covalent manner to peptidoglycan, using specific protein domains, such as…”
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Analysis of modular bioengineered antimicrobial lanthipeptides at nanoliter scale by Schmitt, Steven, Montalbán-López, Manuel, Peterhoff, David, Deng, Jingjing, Wagner, Ralf, Held, Martin, Kuipers, Oscar P., Panke, Sven

“…The rise of antibiotic resistance demands the acceleration of molecular diversification strategies to inspire new chemical entities for antibiotic medicines…”
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Probability of Firn Aquifer Presence in Antarctica by Combining Remote Sensing and Regional Climate Model Data by Di Biase, V., Kuipers Munneke, P., Veldhuijsen, S. B. M., Roda Husman, S., Broeke, M. R., Noël, B., Buth, L. G., Wouters, B.

“…Despite in‐situ observations of perennial firn aquifers (PFAs) at specific locations of the Antarctic ice sheet, a comprehensive continent‐wide mapping of PFA…”
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Transcriptome analysis and prediction of the metabolic state of stress-induced viable but non-culturable Bacillus subtilis cells by Morawska, Luiza P., Kuipers, Oscar P.

“…Many bacteria adapt their physiology and enter the viable but non-culturable state to survive prolonged exposure to adverse environmental conditions. The VBNC…”
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Characterization of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria from perennial ryegrass and genome mining of novel antimicrobial gene clusters by Li, Zhibo, Song, Chunxu, Yi, Yanglei, Kuipers, Oscar P

“…Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are good alternatives for chemical fertilizers and pesticides, which cause severe environmental problems worldwide…”
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Elucidating the mechanism by which synthetic helper peptides sensitize Pseudomonas aeruginosa to multiple antibiotics by Xia, Yushan, Cebrián, Rubén, Xu, Congjuan, Jong, Anne de, Wu, Weihui, Kuipers, Oscar P

“…The emergence and rapid spread of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria pose a serious threat to the global healthcare. There is an urgent need for new…”
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Intense Winter Surface Melt on an Antarctic Ice Shelf by Kuipers Munneke, P., Luckman, A. J., Bevan, S. L., Smeets, C. J. P. P., Gilbert, E., Broeke, M. R., Wang, W., Zender, C., Hubbard, B., Ashmore, D., Orr, A., King, J. C., Kulessa, B.

“…The occurrence of surface melt in Antarctica has hitherto been associated with the austral summer season, when the dominant source of melt energy is provided…”
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Heterologous biosynthesis and characterization of a glycocin from a thermophilic bacterium by Kaunietis, Arnoldas, Buivydas, Andrius, Čitavičius, Donaldas J., Kuipers, Oscar P.

“…The genome of the thermophilic bacterium, Aeribacillus pallidus 8, encodes the bacteriocin pallidocin. It belongs to the small class of glycocins and is…”
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