PUBLICATIONS
2024
Papagiannakis, A., Yu, Q., Govers, S.K., Lin, W.-H., Wingreen, N.S., Jacobs-Wagner, C. (2024). DNA/polysome phase separation and cell width confinement couple nucleoid segregation to cell growth in Escherichia coli. bioRxiv, 2024.10. 08.617237.
doi: 10.1101/2024.10.08.617237
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Tawfeeq, M.T., Voordeckers, K., van den Berg, P., Govers, S.K., Michiels, J., Verstrepen K.J. (2024). Mutational robustness and the role of buffer genes in evolvability. EMBO Journal, 1-14.
doi: 10.1038/s44318-024-00109-1
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Steemans, B., Govers, S.K. (2024). Protocol to train a support vector machine for the automatic curation of bacterial cell detections in microscopy images. STAR Protocols, 5 (1), 102868.
doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.102868
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Govers, S.K., Campos, M., Tyagi, B., Laloux, G., Jacobs-Wagner, C. (2024). Apparent simplicity and emergent robustness in the control of the Escherichia coli cell cycle. Cell Systems, 15 (1), 19-36.
doi: 10.1016/j.cels.2023.12.001
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2023
Hoes, L., Voordeckers, K., Dok, R., Boeckx, B., Steemans, B., Gopaul, D., Pasero, P., Govers, S.K., Lambrechts, D., Nuyts, S., Verstrepen, K.J. (2023). Ethanol induces replication fork stalling and membrane stress in immortalized laryngeal cells. iScience, 26 (12), 108564.
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108564
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Mortier, J., Govers, S.K., Cambré, A., Van Eyken, R., Verheul, J., den Blaauwen, T., Aertsen, A. (2023). Protein aggregates act as a deterministic disruptor during bacterial cell size homeostasis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 80 (12), 1-13.
doi: 10.1007/s00018-023-05002-4
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Deghelt, M., Cho, S.H., Govers, S.K., Janssens, A., Dachsbeck, A., Remaut, H., Collet, J-F. (2023). The outer membrane and peptidoglycan layer form a single mechanical device balancing turgor. bioRxiv, 2023.04. 29.538579.
doi: 10.1101/2023.04.29.538579
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Del Vecchio, M., Amado, L., Cogan, A.P., Meert, E., Rosseels, J., Franssens, V., Govers, S.K., Winderickx, J., González Montoro, A. (2023). Multiple tethers of organelle contact sites are involved in α-synuclein toxicity in yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell, E23-01-0029.
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2022
Wilmaerts, D., Govers, S.K., Michiels J. (2022). Assessing persister awakening dynamics following antibiotic treatment in E. coli. STAR Protocols, 3 (3), 101476.
doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101476 Open Access
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2021
Kaljevic, J., Saaki, T.N., Govers, S.K., Remy, O., van Raaphorst, R., Lamot, T., Laloux, G. (2021). Chromosome choreography during the non-binary cell cycle of a predatory bacterium. Current Biology, 31 (17), 3707-3720.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.024 Open Access
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Xiang, Y., Surovtsev, I., Chang, Y., Govers, S.K., Parry, B.R., Liu, J., Jacobs-Wagner, C. (2021). Interconnecting solvent quality, transcription, and chromosome folding in Escherichia coli. Cell, 184 (14), 3626-3642.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.05.037
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2020
Govers, S.K., Jacobs-Wagner, C. (2020). Caulobacter crescentus: model system extraordinaire. Current Biology, 30 (19), R1151-R1158.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.033
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2019
Mortier, J.*, Tadesse, W.*, Govers, S.K.*, Aertsen, A. (2019). Stress-induced protein aggregates shape population heterogeneity in bacteria. Current Genetics, 65 (4), 865-869.
doi: 10.1007/s00294-019-00947-1 Open Access
*Equal contribution
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Jutras, B.L., Lochhead, R.B., Kloos, Z.A., Biboy, J., Strle, K., Booth, C.J., Govers, S.K., Gray, J., Schumann, P., Vollmer, W., Bockenstedt, L.K., Steere, A.C., Jacobs-Wagner, C. (2019). Borrelia burgdorferi peptidoglycan is a persistent antigen in patients with Lyme arthritis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (27), 13498-13507.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1904170116 Open Access
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Gray, W.T.*, Govers, S.K.*, Xiang, Y., Parry, B.R., Campos, M., Kim, S., Jacobs-Wagner, C. (2019). Nucleoid size scaling and intracellular organization of translation across bacteria. Cell, 177 (6), 1632-1648.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.05.017
*Equal contribution
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2018
Cerulus, B.*, Jariani, A.*, Perez-Samper, G., Vermeersch, L., Pietsch, J.M J., Crane, M.M., New, A.M., Gallone, B., Roncoroni, M., Dzialo, M.C., Govers, S.K., Hendrickx, J.O., Galle, E., Coomans, M., Berden, P., Verbandt, S., Swain, P.S., Verstrepen, K.J. (2018). Transition between fermentation and respiration determines history-dependent behavior in fluctuating carbon sources. Elife, 7, e39234.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.39234 Open Access
*Equal contribution
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Passaris, I., Cambre, A., Govers, S.K., Aertsen, A. (2018). Bimodal Expression of the Salmonella Typhimurium spv Operon. Genetics, 210 (2), 621-635. doi: 10.1534/genetics.118.300822 Open Access
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Govers, S.K., Mortier, J., Adam, A., Aertsen, A. (2018). Protein aggregates encode epigenetic memory of stressful encounters in individual Escherichia coli cells. PLoS Biology, 16 (8), e2003853.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2003853 Open Access
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Campos, M., Govers, S.K., Irnov, I., Dobihal, G.S., Cornet, F., Jacobs-Wagner, C. (2018). Genomewide phenotypic analysis of growth, cell morphogenesis, and cell cycle events in Escherichia coli. Molecular Systems Biolgoy, 14 (6), e7573.
doi: 10.15252/msb.20177573 Open Access
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2017
Gayán, E., Govers, S.K., Aertsen, A. (2017). Impact of high hydrostatic pressure on bacterial proteostasis. Biophysical Chemistry, 231, 3-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.bpc.2017.03.005 Open Access
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Govers, S., Gayán, E., Aertsen, A. (2017). Intracellular movement of protein aggregates reveals heterogeneous inactivation and resuscitation dynamics in stressed populations of Escherichia coli. Environmental Microbiology, 19 (2), 511-523.
doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13460 Open Access
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Govers, S., Adam, A., Blockeel, H., Aertsen, A. (2017). Rapid phenotypic individualization of bacterial sister cells. Scientific Reports, 7 (1), 8473.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-08660-0 Open Access
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2016
Rodríguez-Rubio, L., Chang, W-L., Gutiérrez, D., Lavigne, R., Martínez, B., Rodríguez, A., Govers, S.K., Aertsen, A., Hirl, C., Biebl, M., Briers, Y., García, P. (2016). 'Artilysation' of endolysin λSa2lys strongly improves its enzymatic and antibacterial activity against streptococci. Scientific Reports, 6, 35382.
doi: 10.1038/srep35382 Open Access
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Defraine, V., Schuermans, J., Grymonprez, B., Govers, S.K., Aertsen, A., Fauvart, M., Michiels, J., Lavigne, R., Briers, Y. (2016). Efficacy of Artilysin® Art-175 against resistant and persistent Acinetobacter baumannii. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 60 (6), 3480-3488.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.00285-16 Open Access
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Gayán, E., Govers, S.K., Michiels, C., Aertsen, A. (2016). Severely heat injured survivors of E. coli O157:H7 ATCC 43888 display variable and heterogeneous stress resistance behavior. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, 1845.
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2015
Govers, S.K., Aertsen, A. (2015). Impact of high hydrostatic pressure processing on individual cellular resuscitation times and protein aggregates in Escherichia coli. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 213, 17-23.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2015.04.039
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Cenens, W., Makumi, A., Govers, S., Lavigne, R., Aertsen, A. (2015). Viral transmission dynamics at single-cell resolution reveal transiently immune subpopulations caused by a carrier state association. PLoS Genetics, 11 (12), e1005770.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005770
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2014
New, A., Cerulus, B., Govers, S.K., Perez, G., Zhu, B., Boogmans, S., Xavier, J., Verstrepen, K. (2014). Different levels of catabolite repression optimize growth in stable and variable environments. PLoS Biology, 12 (1), e1001764.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001764
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Govers, S.K., Dutré, P., Aertsen, A. (2014). In vivo disassembly and reassembly of protein aggregates in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology, 196 (13), 2325-2332.
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2013
Vanlint, D., Rutten, N., Govers, S.K., Michiels, C., Aertsen, A. (2013). Exposure to high hydrostatic pressure rapidly selects for increased RpoS activity and general stress-resistance in Escherichia coli O157:H7. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 163 (1), 28-33.