Gaisin, VA*, Hadjicharalambous, C, Mujakić, I, Villena-Alemany, C, Li, J, Koblížek, M, Pilhofer, M*: Thermophilic bacteria employ a contractile injection system in hot spring microbial mats. The ISME Journal 20(1), wrag021, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrag021

Saini, MK*, Kuzyk, SB, Villena-Alemany, C, Kirstein, S, Wolf, J, Neumann-Schaal, M, Haruta, S, Hanada, S, Koblížek, M, Thiel, V*, Tank, M*, Bryant, DA: Chloracidobacterium validum sp. nov., a thermophilic chlorophotoheterotrophic bacterium of the phylum Acidobacteriota from an alkaline hot spring microbial mat, represents Chloracidobacterium gen. nov., Chloracidobacteriaceae fam. nov. and Chloracidobacteriales ord. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 76(1), 007003, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.007003

Santoro, M, Vanharanta, M, Villena-Alemany, C, Hassenrück, C, Hagemann, M, Grossart, HP, Piwosz, K, Spilling, K, Labrenz, M*: Impact of extreme weather events on pelagic cyanobacterial communities: an in situ mesocosm study in the Gulf of Finland. Journal of Marine Systems 253, 104174, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2025.104174

Spilling, K*, Vanharanta, M, Santoro, M, Villena-Alemany, C, Labrenz, M, Grossart, HP, Piwosz, K: Picophytoplankton act as the primary consumers of excess phosphorus after the spring bloom in the eutrophic Baltic Sea. Limnology and Oceanography 70(S2), S55-S68, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70027

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

Villamor, J, Ramos-Barbero, MD, Moreno-Paz, M, Villena Alemany, C, Martínez-García, M, Parro, V, Antón, J, Santos, F*: Novel viruses of Haloquadratum walsbyi expand the known archaeal virosphere of hypersaline environments. The ISME Journal 19(1), wraf149, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wraf149

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

Vanharanta, M*, Santoro, M, Villena-Alemany, C, Piiparinen, J, Piwosz, K, Grossart, HP, Labrenz, M, Spilling, K: Microbial remineralization processes during postspring-bloom with excess phosphate available in the northern Baltic Sea. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 100(8), fiae103, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiae103

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

Stojan, I, Šantić, D, Villena-Alemany, C, Trumbić, Ž, Matić, F, Vrdoljak Tomaš, A, Lepen Pleić, I, Piwosz, K, Kušpilić, G, Ninčević Gladan, Ž, Šestanović, S, Šolić, M: Ecology of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs on a fine‑scale taxonomic resolution in Adriatic Sea unravelled by unsupervised neural network. Environmental Microbiome 19, 28, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-024-00573-6

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

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

Villena-Alemany, C, Mujakić, I, Porcal, P, Koblížek, M, Piwosz, K*: Diversity dynamics of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in a freshwater lake. Environmental Microbiology Reports 15(1), 60-71, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.13131

Piwosz, K*, Villena-Alemany, C, Mujakić, I: Photoheterotrophy by aerobic anoxygenic bacteria modulates carbon fluxes in a freshwater lake. ISME Journal 16, 1046-1054, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01142-2