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Gardiner, AT, Jin, Y, Bína, D, Joosten, M, Kaftan, D, Mujakić, I, Gardian, Z, Castro-Hartmann, P, Qian, P, Koblížek, M*: Two solutions for efficient light-harvesting in phototrophic Gemmatimonadota. mSystems, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01094-25

Chrupková, P, Hovan, A, Koblížek, M, Gardiner, AT, Polívka, T, Kloz, M*: Vibrational signature of 1¹B_u⁺ and hot 2¹A_g^- excited states of carotenoids revisited by femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 27(37), 20313-20325, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CP02711J

Villena-Alemany, C*, Tomaš, AV, Mujakić, I, Kopejtka, K, Šantić, D, Koblížek, M: Lineage-specific phototrophy and lifestyle of coastal marine aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs. Ocean Microbiology 1, 5, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1186/s44375-025-00005-x

Das, I, Chazan, A, Church, JR, Larom, S, León, R, Gómez-Villegas, P, Bárcenas-Pérez, D, Cheel, J, Koblížek, M, Béja, O*, Schapiro, I*, Sheves, M*: Selective Choice of the Efficient Carotenoid Antenna by a Xanthorhodopsin: Controlling Factors for Binding and Excitation Energy Transfer. JACS Au 5(7), 3070-3081, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c01243

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Wang, W, Liu, Y, Gu, J, An, S, Ma, C, Gao, H, Jiao, N, Shen, J-R, Beatty, JT, Koblížek, M, Zhan, X*, Zheng, Q*, Chen, J-H*: Cryo-EM Analysis of a Tri-Heme Cytochrome-Associated RC-LH1 Complex from the Marine Photoheterotrophic Bacterium Dinoroseobacter Shibae. Advanced Science 12(18), 2413456, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202413456

Šantić, D*, Stojan, I, Vrdoljak Tomaš, A, Milić Roje, B, Mujakić, I, Villena-Alemany, C, Koblížek, M, Jozić, S, Šolić, M, Šestanović, S: Contribution of different bacterial groups in the carbon flow through the microbial food web. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 318, 109228, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109228

Gazulla, CR*, Koblížek, M, Mercado, JM, Gasol, JM, Sánchez, O, Ferrera, I*: Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria correlate with picophytoplankton across the Atlantic Ocean but show unique vertical bioenergetics. Limnology and Oceanography 69(11), 2503-2515, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12682

Kopejtka, K, Tomasch, J, Shivaramu, S, Saini, MK, Kaftan, D, Koblížek, M*: Minimal transcriptional regulation of horizontally transferred photosynthesis genes in phototrophic bacterium Gemmatimonas phototrophica. mSystems 9(9), e0070624, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00706-24

Šímová, I, Chrupková, P, Gardiner, AT, Koblížek, M, Kloz, M, Polívka, T*: Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy of Linear Carotenoids. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 15(29), 7466-7472, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01272

Piwosz, K*, Villena-Alemany, C, Całkiewicz, J, Mujakić, I, Náhlík, V, Dean, J, Koblížek, M: Response of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria to limitation and availability of organic carbon. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 100(7), fiae090, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiae090

Tomasch, J*, Kopejtka, K, Shivaramu, S, Mujakić, I, Koblížek, M: On the evolution of chromosomal regions with high gene strand bias in bacteria. mBio 15(6), e0060224, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00602-24

Koblížek, M*, Ferrera, I, Kolářová, E, Duhamel, S, Popendorf, KJ, Gasol, JM, Van Mooy, BAS: Growth and mortality of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 90(4), e0003224, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00032-24

Villena-Alemany, C*, Mujakić, I, Fecskeová, LK, Woodhouse, J, Auladell, A, Dean, J, Hanusová, M, Socha, M, Gazulla, CR, Ruscheweyh, HJ, Sunagawa, S, Kavagutti, VS, Andrei, AS, Grossart, HP, Ghai, R, Koblížek, M, Piwosz, K*: Phenology and ecological role of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in freshwaters. Microbiome 12, 65, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-01786-0

Tomasch, J, Kopejtka, K, Bílý, T, Gardiner, AT, Gardian, Z, Shivaramu, S, Koblížek, M, Kaftan, D*: A photoheterotrophic bacterium from Iceland has adapted its photosynthetic machinery to the long days of polar summer. mSystems 9(3), e0131123, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01311-23

Mujakić, I*, Cabello-Yeves, PJ, Villena-Alemany, C, Piwosz, K, Rodriguez-Valera, F, Picazo, A, Camacho, A, Koblížek, M*: Multi-environment ecogenomics analysis of the cosmopolitan phylum Gemmatimonadota. Microbiology Spectrum 11(5), e0111223, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01112-23

Jiao, N*, Zhu, C, Liu, J, Luo, T, Bai, M, Yu, Z, Chen, Q, Rinkevich, B, Weinbauer, M, Thomas, H, Fernández-Méndez, M, López-Abbate, C, Signori, CN, Nagappa, R, Koblížek, M, Kaartokallio, H, Hyun, JH, Jiao, F, Chen, F, Cai, WJ: A roadmap for Ocean Negative Carbon Emission eco-engineering in sea-farming fields. The Innovation Geoscience 1(2), 100029, 2023. https://doi.org/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2023.100029

Muñoz-Gómez, SA*, Cadena, LR, Gardiner, AT, Leger, MM, Sheikh, S, Connell, LB, Bilý, T, Kopejtka, K, Beatty, JT, Koblížek, M, Roger, AJ, Slamovits, CH, Lukeš, J, Hashimi, H*: Intracytoplasmic-membrane development in alphaproteobacteria involves the homolog of the mitochondrial crista-developing protein Mic60. Current Biology 33(6), 1099-1111, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.059

Shivaramu, S, Tomasch, J, Kopejtka, K, Nupur, Saini, MK, Bokhari, SNH, Küpper, H, Koblížek, M*: The Influence of Calcium on the Growth, Morphology and Gene Regulation in Gemmatimonas phototrophica. Microorganisms 11(1), 27, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11010027