| A field guide to bacterial swarming motility DB Kearns Nature reviews microbiology 8 (9), 634-644, 2010 | 1750 | 2010 |
| A major protein component of the Bacillus subtilis biofilm matrix SS Branda, F Chu, DB Kearns, R Losick, R Kolter Molecular microbiology 59 (4), 1229-1238, 2006 | 890 | 2006 |
| A master regulator for biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis DB Kearns, F Chu, SS Branda, R Kolter, R Losick Molecular microbiology 55 (3), 739-749, 2005 | 703 | 2005 |
| Swarming motility in undomesticated Bacillus subtilis DB Kearns, R Losick Molecular microbiology 49 (3), 581-590, 2003 | 645 | 2003 |
| Regulation of flagellar motility during biofilm formation SB Guttenplan, DB Kearns FEMS microbiology reviews 37 (6), 849-871, 2013 | 623 | 2013 |
| Cell population heterogeneity during growth of Bacillus subtilis DB Kearns, R Losick Genes & development 19 (24), 3083-3094, 2005 | 461 | 2005 |
| A molecular clutch disables flagella in the Bacillus subtilis biofilm KM Blair, L Turner, JT Winkelman, HC Berg, DB Kearns science 320 (5883), 1636-1638, 2008 | 385 | 2008 |
| Targets of the master regulator of biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis F Chu, DB Kearns, SS Branda, R Kolter, R Losick Molecular microbiology 59 (4), 1216-1228, 2006 | 363 | 2006 |
| Genes governing swarming in Bacillus subtilis and evidence for a phase variation mechanism controlling surface motility DB Kearns, F Chu, R Rudner, R Losick Molecular microbiology 52 (2), 357-369, 2004 | 348 | 2004 |
| MinJ (YvjD) is a topological determinant of cell division in Bacillus subtilis JE Patrick, DB Kearns Molecular microbiology 70 (5), 1166-1179, 2008 | 275 | 2008 |
| Tracing the domestication of a biofilm-forming bacterium AL McLoon, SB Guttenplan, DB Kearns, R Kolter, R Losick Journal of bacteriology 193 (8), 2027-2034, 2011 | 268 | 2011 |
| Plasmid-encoded ComI inhibits competence in the ancestral 3610 strain of Bacillus subtilis MA Konkol, KM Blair, DB Kearns Journal of Bacteriology 195 (18), 4085-4093, 2013 | 247 | 2013 |
| Microbe-associated molecular patterns-triggered root responses mediate beneficial rhizobacterial recruitment in Arabidopsis V Lakshmanan, SL Kitto, JL Caplan, YH Hsueh, DB Kearns, YS Wu, ... Plant Physiology 160 (3), 1642-1661, 2012 | 208 | 2012 |
| A novel regulatory protein governing biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis F Chu, DB Kearns, A McLoon, Y Chai, R Kolter, R Losick Molecular microbiology 68 (5), 1117-1127, 2008 | 196 | 2008 |
| The Structure and Regulation of Flagella in Bacillus subtilis S Mukherjee, DB Kearns Annual review of genetics 48 (1), 319-340, 2014 | 193 | 2014 |
| The cell biology of peritrichous flagella in Bacillus subtilis SB Guttenplan, S Shaw, DB Kearns Molecular microbiology 87 (1), 211-229, 2013 | 185 | 2013 |
| Role of the σD-Dependent Autolysins in Bacillus subtilis Population Heterogeneity R Chen, SB Guttenplan, KM Blair, DB Kearns Journal of bacteriology 191 (18), 5775-5784, 2009 | 161 | 2009 |
| Bacillaene and sporulation protect Bacillus subtilis from predation by Myxococcus xanthus S Müller, SN Strack, BC Hoefler, PD Straight, DB Kearns, JR Kirby Applied and environmental microbiology 80 (18), 5603-5610, 2014 | 159 | 2014 |
| The EpsE Flagellar Clutch Is Bifunctional and Synergizes with EPS Biosynthesis to Promote Bacillus subtilis Biofilm Formation SB Guttenplan, KM Blair, DB Kearns PLoS genetics 6 (12), e1001243, 2010 | 152 | 2010 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exhibits Directed Twitching Motility Up Phosphatidylethanolamine Gradients DB Kearns, J Robinson, LJ Shimkets Journal of bacteriology 183 (2), 763-767, 2001 | 138 | 2001 |