Publications

All publications chronologically

*: corresponding author | ^☯: equal contribution | group members highlighted in boldface

2025

Disentangling the feedback loops driving spatial patterning in microbial communities.
A. Henderson^☯, A. Del Panta^☯, O. T. Schubert, S. Mitri, S. van Vliet*
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes (2025) | Publisher | pdf

Cooperative colonization of the host and pathogen dissemination involves stochastic and spatially structured expression of virulence traits
N. López-Pagán, J. S. Rufián, J. Luneau, M. Sánchez-Romero, L. Aussel, S. van Vliet, J. Ruiz-Albert, C. R. Beuzón*. 
Nature Microbiology (Accepted) | preprint

2024

Engineering microbial consortia: uptake and leakage rate differentially shape community arrangement and composition
E. Pignon, G. Holló, T. Steiner, S. van Vliet, Y. Schaerli*
bioRxiv (2024) | Publisher  

A genetically encoded biosensor to monitor dynamic changes of c-di-GMP with high temporal resolution
A. Kaczmarczyk*, S. van Vliet, R. Peter Jakob, R. Dias Teixeira, I. Scheidat, A. Reinders, A. Klotz, T. Maier, U. Jenal*
Nature Communications (2024) | Publisher | pdf

Experimentally Evolved Staphylococcus aureus Survives in the Presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Acquiring Mutations in the Amino Acid Transporter, GltT
A. M. Alexander, J. M. Luu, V. Raghuram, G. Bottacin, S. van Vliet, T. D. Read, J. B. Goldberg*
Microbiology (2024) | Publisher | pdf

2023

Spatial self-organization of metabolism in microbial systems: a matter of enzymes and chemicals
A. Dal Co, M. Ackermann*, S. van Vliet*
Cell Systems (2023) | Publisher | pdf

Changes in interactions over ecological time scales influence single cell growth dynamics in a metabolically coupled marine microbial community
M. Daniels*, S. van Vliet, M. Ackermann
ISME (2023) | Publisher | pdf

2022

Global dynamics of microbial communities emerge from local interaction rules.
S. van Vliet*, C. Hauert, K. Fridberg, M. Ackermann, A. Dal Co*
PLOS Computational Biology (2022) | Publisher | pdf

Frequency modulation of a bacterial quorum sensing response. 
V. Bettenworth*, S. van Vliet^☯, B. Turkowyd^☯, A. Bamberger, H. Wendt, M. McIntosh, W. Steinchen, U. Endesfelder & A. Becker*
Nature Communications (2022) | Publisher | pdf

2021

Multilevel selection favors fragmentation modes that maintain cooperative interactions in multispecies communities.
G. J. B. Henriques*^☯, S. van Vliet^☯, M.Doebeli
PLOS Computational Biology (2021) | Publisher | pdf

Microfluidics for Single-Cell Study of Antibiotic Tolerance and Persistence Induced by Nutrient Limitation.
S. Moreno-Gámez*, A. Dal Co, S. van Vliet, M. Ackermann
In: Verstraeten, N., Michiels, J. (eds) Bacterial Persistence. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2357. Humana, New York, NY. (2021) | Publisher | pdf

2020

Short-range interactions govern cellular dynamics in microbial multi-genotype system
A. Dal Co*, S. van Vliet, D. J. Kiviet, S. Schlegel, M. Ackermann
Nature Ecology and Evolution (2020) | Publisher | pdf

Reply to Daybog and Kolodny: Necessary requirements for holobiont-level selection are robust to model assumptions
S. van Vliet*, M. Doebeli
PNAS (2020) | Publisher | pdf

2019

The role of multilevel selection in host microbiome evolution
S. van Vliet*, M. Doebeli
PNAS (2019) | Publisher | pdf

Emergent microscale gradients give rise to metabolic cross-feeding and antibiotic tolerance in clonal bacterial populations 
A. Dal Co*^☯, S. van Vliet*^☯, M. Ackermann                                    
Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2019) | Publisher | pdf

Metabolic activity affects response of single cells to a nutrient switch in structured populations
A. Dal Co*, M. Ackermann, S. van Vliet*
Journal of the Royal Society Interface (2019) | Publisher | pdf

2018

Local interactions lead to spatially correlated gene expression levels in bacterial groups
S. van Vliet*, A. Dal Co, A. R. Winkler, S. Spriewald, B. Stecher, M. Ackermann
Cell Systems (2018) | Publisher | pdf

Generality of associations between biological richness and the rates of metabolic processes across microbial communities
D. Patsch, S. van Vliet, L. G. Marcantini, D. R. Johnson*
Environmental microbiology (2018) | Publisher | pdf 

2017

Bet-hedging in bacteriocin producing Escherichia coli populations: the single cell perspective.
B. Bayramoglu, D. Toubiana, S. van Vliet, R. F. Inglis, N. Shnerb, O. Gillor*
Scientific Reports (2017) | Publisher | pdf

Stochastic gene expression: bacterial elites in chemotaxis.
S. van Vliet*, M. Ackermann*
Molecular Systems Biology (2017) | Publisher | pdf

Earlier work

Bacterial Ventures into Multicellularity: Collectivism through Individuality.
S. van Vliet*, M. Ackermann*
PLoS Biology (2015) | Publisher | pdf

Bacterial Dormancy: How to Decide When to Wake Up.
S. van Vliet*
Current Biology (2015) | Publisher | pdf

The effects of chemical interactions and culture history on the colonization of structured habitats by competing bacterial populations
S. van Vliet*, F.J.H. Hol, T. Weenink, P. Galajda, J.E. Keymer*
BMC Microbiology (2014) | Publisher | pdf

Enhancement of quasiparticle recombination in Ta and Al superconductors by implantation of magnetic and nonmagnetic atoms.
R. Barends, S. van Vliet, J.J.A. Baselmans, S.J.C. Yates, J.R. Gao, T.M. Klapwijk
Physical Review B (2009) | Publisher | pdf