Publications

2023
  1. Kost, C., Patil, K. R., Friedman, J., Garcia, S. L., & Ralser, M. (2023). Metabolic exchanges are ubiquitous in natural microbial communities. Nature Microbiology, 8(12), 2244-2252.. 
  2. Kost C. (2023) Formation of intercellular metabolic networks. Cell Systems. doi: 10.1016/j.cels.2023.01.001.
  3. Pauli B, Ajmera S, Kost C. (2023) Determinants of synergistic cell-cell interactions in bacteria. Biological Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1515/hsz-2022-0303​​
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2022
  1. Giri S, Yousif G, Shitut S, Oña L, Kost C. (2022) Prevalent emergence of reciprocity among cross-feeding bacteria.  ISME Communications 2 (71).
  2. Vortkamp I,  Kost C,  Hermann M,  Hilker FM. (2022) Dispersal between interconnected patches can reduce the total population size. bioRxiv.  https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.28.489935
  3. Oña L, Kost C. (2022) Cooperation increases robustness to ecological disturbance in microbial cross-feeding networks. Ecology Letters.  https://doi: 10.1111/ele.14006.
  4. Kost S, Muhsal LK, Kost C. (2022) Predation increases prey fitness via transgenerational priming. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.10.483883
  5. Pauli B, Oña L, Hermann M, Kost C. (2022) Obligate mutualistic cooperation limits evolvability. Nature Communications 13(1):337.  doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27630-9​​.
  6. Bogdanowski A, Banitz T, Muhsal LK, Kost C, Frank C (2022) McComedy: a user-friendly tool for next-generation individual-based modeling of microbial consumer-resource systems. PLoS Computational Biology, 18(1):e1009777.  doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009777.

2021
  1. Giri S, Oña L, Waschina S,  Shitut S, Yousif G, Kaleta C, Kost C. (2021) Metabolic dissimilarity determines the establishment of cross-feeding interactions in bacteria. Current Biology S0960-9822(21)01408-1. 
  2. Oña L, Giri S, Avermann N, Kreienbaum M, Thormann KM, Kost C. (2021) Obligate cross-feeding expands the metabolic niche of bacteria. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5 (9), 1224-1232 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01505-0.
  3. Preussger D, Herbig A, Kost C. (2021) Synergistic coevolution accelerates genome evolution. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.19.444833
  4. Kost C. Allianz gegen Räuber, Biospektrum, 27(3): 279.

2020
  1. Preussger D, Giri S, Muhsal LK, Oña L, Kost C. (2020) Reciprocal Fitness Feedbacks Promote the Evolution of Mutualistic Cooperation. Current Biology 30 (18), 3580-3590 e7  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.100
  2. Kost C. (2020) Evolution: Predictable Patterns of Symbiont Cointegration. Current Biology 30 (10), R446-R448 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.03.025
  3. Giri S, Shitut S, Kost C.​ (2020) Harnessing ecological and evolutionary principles to guide the design of microbial production consortia. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 62, 228-238.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2019.12.012​ .​

2019
  1. Giri S, Waschina S, Kaleta C, and Kost C. (2019) Defining division of labour in microbial communities. Journal of Molecular Biology 431 (23), 4712-4731.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2019.06.023.
  2. Dietel AK, Merker H, Kaltenpoth M, Kost C. (2019) Selective advantages favour high genomic AT-contents in intracellular elements. PloS Genetics 15 (4), e1007778. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007778
  3. Shitut S, Ahsendorf T, Pande S, Egbert M, Kost C. Nanotube‐mediated cross‐feeding couples the metabolism of interacting bacterial cells. Environmental Microbiology 21 (4), 1306-1320. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14539.

2018
  1. Dietel AK, Kaltenpoth M, Kost C. Convergent Evolution in Intracellular Elements: Plasmids as Model Endosymbionts. Trends in Microbiolgy 26 (9), 755-768. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.03.004.
  2. D’Souza G, Shitut S, Preussger D, Yousif G, Waschina S,  Kost C. Ecology and evolution of metabolic cross-feeding interactions in bacteria, Natural Product Reports, (2018) Nat. Prod. Rep., 35, 455-488. doi: 10.1039/c8np00009c.

2017
  1. Hölscher T, Schiklang T, Dragoš A, Dietel AK, Kost C, Kovács ÁT Impaired competence in flagellar mutants of Bacillus subtilis is connected to the regulatory network governed by DegU. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 10 (1), 23-32.   doi:10.1101/194027
  2. Junker RR, Kuppler J, Amo L, Blande JD, Borges RM, van Dam NM, Dicke M, Dötterl S, Ehlers BK, Etl, F., Gershenzon J, Glinwood R, Gols R, Groot AT, Heil M, Hoffmeister M., Holopainen JK, Jarau S., John L, Kessler A, Knudsen JT, Kost C, Larue-Kontic A-A-C, Leonhardt SD, Lucas-Barbosa D, Majetic CJ, Menzel F, Parachnowitsch AL, Pasquet RS, Poelman EH, Raguso RA, Ruther J, Schiestl FP, Schmitt T, Tholl D, Unsicker S, Verhulst N, Visser ME, Weldegergis BT, Köllner TG. (2017). Covariation and phenotypic integration in chemical communication displays: biosynthetic constraints and eco-evolutionary implications. New Phytologist. 220 (3), 755-768.  doi:10.1111/nph.14505.
  3. Pande S, Kost C. (2017). Bacterial unculturability and the formation of intercellular metabolic networks. Trends in Microbiology, 25(5), 349-361. doi:10.1016/j.tim.2017.02.015
  4. Sudakaran S, Kost C, Kaltenpoth, M. (2017) Symbiont acquisition and replacement as a source of ecological innovation. Trends in Microbiology 25 (5): 375-390. ​doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2017.02.014

2016 
  1. D'Souza G, Kost C. (2016). Experimental evolution of metabolic dependency in bacteria. PLoS Genetics, 12(11): e1006364. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1006364.
  2. Germerodt S, Bohl K, Lück A, Pande S, Schröter A, Kaleta C, Schuster S, Kost C. (2016). Pervasive selection for cooperative cross-feeding in bacterial communities. PLoS Computational Biology,12(6): e1004986. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004986.  
  3. Pande S, Kaftan F, Lang S, Svatoš A, Germerodt S, Kost C. (2016). Privatization of cooperative benefits stabilizes mutualistic cross-feeding interactions in spatially structured environments. The ISME Journal, 10, (6) 1413-1423. doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.212.
  4. Waschina S, D'Souza G, Kost C, Kaleta C. (2016). Metabolic network architecture and carbon source determine metabolite production costs. The FEBS Journal, 283 (11), 2149-2163. doi:10.1111/febs.13727.

2015 
  1. D'Souza G, Waschina S, Kaleta C, Kost C. (2015). Plasticity and epistasis strongly affect bacterial fitness after losing multiple metabolic genes. Evolution, 69(5), 1244-1254. doi:10.1111/evo.12640. 
  2. Hölscher T, Kost C, Kovács ÁT. (2015). Einblicke in das Sozialleben von Mikroben. Biospektrum,264-266. 
  3. Kost C. (2015). Gemeinsam stärker: metabolische Arbeitsteilung bei Bakterien. Biospektrum, 592, 592-596. doi:10.1007/s12268-015-0617-4. 
  4. Pande S, Shitut S, Freund L, Westermann M, Bertels F, Colesie C, Bischofs IB, Kost C.(2015). Metabolic cross-feeding via intercellular nanotubes among bacteria. Nature Communications, 6: 6238. doi:10.1038/ncomms7238. 
  5. Schmidt R, Waschina S, Boettger-Schmidt D, Kost C, Kaleta C. (2015). Computing autocatalytic sets to unravel inconsistencies in metabolic network reconstructions. Bioinformatics, 31(3), 373-381. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btu658.
  6. Seccareccia I, Kost C, Nett M. (2015). Quantitative analysis of Lysobacter predation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81(20), 7098-7105. doi:10.1128/AEM.01781-15.
  7. Sudakaran S, Retz F, Kikuchi Y, Kost C, Kaltenpoth M. (2015). Evolutionary transition in symbiotic syndromes enabled diversification of phytophagous insects on an imbalanced diet. The ISME Journal,9(12), 2587-2604. doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.75.

2014 
  1. D'Souza G, Waschina S, Pande S, Bohl K, Kaleta C, Kost C. (2014). Less is more: Selective advantages can explain the prevalent loss of biosynthetic genes in bacteria. Evolution, 68(9), 2559-2570. doi:10.1111/evo.12468. 
  2. Pande S, Merker H, Bohl K, Reichelt M, Schuster S, de Figueiredo LF, Kaleta C, Kost C.(2014). Fitness and stability of obligate cross-feeding interactions that emerge upon gene loss in bacteria.The ISME Journal, 8, 953-962. doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.211.
  3. Thiele T, Kost C, Roces F, Wirth R. (2014). Foraging leaf-cutting ants learn to reject Vitis viniferassp. vinifera plants that emit herbivore-induced volatiles. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40(6), 617-629. doi:10.1007/s10886-014-0460-y.

2012 
  1. Bertels F, Merker H, Kost C. (2012). Design and characterization of auxotrophy-based amino acid biosensors. PLoS One, 7(7): e41349. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041349.
  2. Radhika V, Kost C, Bonaventure G, David A, Boland W. (2012). Volatile emission in bracken fern is induced by jasmonates but not by Spodoptera littoralis or Strongylogaster multifasciata herbivory. PLoS One, 7(11): e48050. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048050. 
  3. Sudakaran S, Salem H, Kost C, Kaltenpoth M. (2012). Geographical and ecological stability of the symbiotic mid-gut microbiota in European firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus (Hemiptera, Pyrrhocoridae). Molecular Ecology, 21(24), 6134-6151. doi:10.1111/mec.12027.

2011 
  1. Kost C, Tremmel M, Wirth R. (2011). Do leaf cutting ants cut undetected? Testing the effect of ant-induced plant defences on foraging decisions in Atta colombica. PLoS One, 6(7): e22340. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022340. 
  2. Rainey PB, Beaumont HJE, Ferguson GC, Gallie J, Kost C, Libby E, Zhang X-X. (2011). The evolutionary emergence of stochastic phenotype switching in bacteria. Microbial Cell Factories, 10: S14. doi:10.1186/1475-2859-10-S1-S14.  

2010 
  1. Bohl K, de Figueiredo LF, Hädicke O, Klamt S, Kost C, Schuster S, Kaleta C. (2010). CASOP GS: Computing intervention strategies targeted at production improvement in genome-scale metabolic networks. In D. Schomburg, A. Grote (Eds.), Proceedings of the 25th German Conference on Bioinformatics (pp. 71-80). Bonn: Gesellschaft f. Informatik. 
  2. Radhika V, Kost C, Boland W, Heil M. (2010). The role of jasmonates in floral nectar secretion. PLoS ONE, 5(2): e9265. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009265. 
  3. Radhika V, Kost C, Boland W, Heil M. (2010). Towards elucidating the differential regulation of floral and extrafloral nectar secretion. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 5, 924-926. doi:10.4161/psb.5.7.12134.
  4. Radhika V, Kost C, Mithöfer A, Boland W. (2010). Regulation of extrafloral nectar secretion by jasmonates in lima bean is light dependent. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, 17228-17233. doi:10.1073/pnas.1009007107.

2009 
  1. Beaumont HJ, Gallie J, Kost C, Ferguson GC, Rainey PB. (2009). Experimental evolution of bet hedging. Nature, 462, 90-93. doi:10.1038/nature08504. 

2008 
  1. Kost C. (2008). Chemical Communication. In S. E. Jorgensen, B. D. Fath (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Ecology (pp. 557-575). Oxford: Elsevier. 
  2. Kost C, Heil M. (2008). The defensive role of volatile emission and extrafloral nectar secretion for lima bean in nature. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 34(1), 2-13. 
  3. Radhika V, Kost C, Bartram S, Heil M, Boland W. (2008). Testing the optimal defence hypothesis for two indirect defences: extrafloral nectar and volatile organic compounds. Planta, 228(3), 449-457.

2007 
  1. Kost C, Lakatos T, Böttcher I, Arendholz W-R, Redenbach M, Wirth R. (2007). Non-specific association between filamentous bacteria and fungus-growing ants. Naturwissenschaften, 94, 821-828. doi:10.1007/s00114-007-0262-y. 
  2. Mekem Sonwa M, Kost C, Biedermann A, Wegener R, Schulz S, Boland W. (2007). Dehydrogenation of ocimene by active carbon: artefact formation during headspace sampling from leaves of Phaseolus lunatus. Arkivoc, 2007(3), 164-172. 

2006 
  1. Heil M, Kost C. (2006). Priming of indirect defences. Ecology Letters, 9(7), 813-817. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00932.x.
  2. Kost C, Heil M. (2006). Herbivore-induced plant volatiles induce an indirect defence in neighbouring plants. Journal of Ecology, 94(3), 619-628. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01120.x.  
  3. Leal IR, Fischer E, Kost C, Tabarelli M, Wirth R. (2006). Ant protection against herbivores and nectar thieves in Passiflora coccinea flowers. Ecoscience, 13(4), 431-438. 
  4. Schulze B, Kost C, Arimura G, Boland W. (2006). Duftstoffe: Die Sprache der Pflanzen – Signalrezeption, Biosynthese und Ökologie. Chemie in unserer Zeit, 40, 366-377. doi:10.1002/ciuz.200600387. 

​2005 
  1. Arimura G, Kost C, Boland W. (2005). Herbivore-induced, indirect plant defense. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1734, 91-111. doi:10.1016/j.bbalip.2005.03.001. 
  2. Kost C, Heil M. (2005). Increased availability of extrafloral nectar reduces herbivory in Lima bean plants (Phaseolus lunatus., Fabaceae). Basic and Applied Ecology, 6(3), 237-248. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2004.11.002. 
  3. Kost C, Oliveira EG, Knoch TA, Wirth R. (2005). Spatio-temporal permanence and plasticity of foraging trail systems in young and mature leaf-cutting ant colonies (Atta spp.). Journal of Tropical Ecology, 21, 677-688. doi:10.1017/S0266467405002592.