K. Korolev

Biophysical metabolic modeling of complex bacterial colony morphology

The paper models bacterial colony morphology by integrating metabolic reactions and biomass propagation, showing realistic colony shapes and metabolic ring formation.

Slow expanders invade by forming dented fronts in microbial colonies

The paper shows slower microbial mutants can outcompete faster ones in spatial growth by forming dented V-shaped sectors, challenging the assumption that faster expansion always leads to dominance.

Inferring microbial co-occurrence networks from amplicon data: a systematic evaluation

This study evaluates how different tools and parameters affect microbial co-occurrence network inference from 16S amplicon data and develops a standardized pipeline.

Cooperation mitigates diversity loss in a spatially expanding microbial population

This study shows that cooperation in microbial populations reduces genetic diversity loss during spatial expansion by altering the dynamics of expansion fronts.

Available energy fluxes drive a transition in the diversity, stability, and functional structure of microbial communities

This study shows that available energy fluxes drive a transition in microbial community diversity, stability, and function, shifting from resource-limited to preference-driven regimes.