Kevin Hockett

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor and Lloyd Huck Early Career Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology

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Recent Publications

Passaging Phyllosphere Microbial Communities Develop Suppression Towards Bacterial Speck Disease in Tomato

Ehau-Taumaunu, H. & Hockett, K. L., 2023, In: Phytobiomes Journal. 7, 2, p. 233-243 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Evaluation of the taxonomic accuracy and pathogenicity prediction power of 16 primer sets amplifying single copy marker genes in the Pseudomonas syringae species complex

Fautt, C., Hockett, K. L. & Couradeau, E., Aug 2023, In: Molecular plant pathology. 24, 8, p. 989-998 10 p.

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Ewingella americana: An Emerging Multifaceted Pathogen of Edible Mushrooms

Hamidizade, M., Taghavi, S. M., Moallem, M., Aeini, M., Fazliarab, A., Abachi, H., Herschlag, R. A., Hockett, K. L., Bull, C. T. & Osdaghi, E., Feb 2023, In: PHYTOPATHOLOGY. 113, 2, p. 150-159 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Prophylactic Application of Tailocins Prevents Infection by Pseudomonas syringae

Baltrus, D. A., Clark, M., Hockett, K. L., Mollico, M., Smith, C. & Weaver, S., Mar 2022, In: PHYTOPATHOLOGY. 112, 3, p. 561-566 6 p.

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Aerosolized Hydrogen Peroxide Decontamination of N95 Respirators, with Fit-Testing and Viral Inactivation, Demonstrates Feasibility for Reuse during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Derr, T. H., James, M. A., Kuny, C. V., Patel, D. R., Kandel, P. P., Field, C., Beckman, M. D., Hockett, K. L., Bates, M. A., Sutton, T. C. & Szpara, M. L., Sep 2022, In: mSphere. 7, 5

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The plant host environment influences competitive interactions between bacterial pathogens

Ehau-Taumaunu, H. & Hockett, K. L., Oct 2022, In: Environmental Microbiology Reports. 14, 5, p. 785-794 10 p.

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First Report of Brown Spot on White Button Mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) Caused by Cedecea neteri in Iran

Hamidizade, M., Mohsen Taghavi, S., Mafakheri, H., Herschlag, R. A., Martins, S. J., Hockett, K. L., Bull, C. T. & Osdaghi, E., Apr 2022, In: Plant disease. 106, 4, p. 1291 1 p.

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Genome Mining Shows Ubiquitous Presence and Extensive Diversity of Toxin-Antitoxin Systems in Pseudomonas syringae

Kandel, P. P., Naumova, M., Fautt, C., Patel, R. R., Triplett, L. R. & Hockett, K. L., Jan 12 2022, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 12, 815911.

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Transcriptional Profiles of a Foliar Fungal Endophyte (Pestalotiopsis, Ascomycota) and Its Bacterial Symbiont (Luteibacter, Gammaproteobacteria) Reveal Sulfur Exchange and Growth Regulation during Early Phases of Symbiotic Interaction

Shaffer, J. P., Carter, M. E., Spraker, J. E., Clark, M., Smith, B. A., Hockett, K. L., Baltrus, D. A. & Elizabeth Arnold, A., Apr 2022, In: mSystems. 7, 2

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Rapid niche shifts in bacteria following conditioning in novel soil environments

Yates, C. F., Trexler, R. V., Bonet, I., King, W. L., Hockett, K. L. & Bell, T. H., Dec 2022, In: Functional Ecology. 36, 12, p. 3085-3095 11 p.

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Pseudomonas syringae pv. Phaseolicola uses distinct modes of stationary-phase persistence to survive bacteriocin and streptomycin treatments

Patel, R. R., Kandel, P. P., Traverso, E., Hockett, K. L. & Triplett, L. R., 2021, In: mBio. 12, 2, e00161-21.

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Bacterial brown pit, a new disease of edible mushrooms caused by mycetocola sp.

Hamidizade, M., Taghavi, S. M., Martins, S. J., Herschlag, R. A., Hockett, K. L., Bull, C. T. & Osdaghi, E., May 2020, In: Plant disease. 104, 5, p. 1445-1454 10 p.

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Pseudomonas can survive tailocin killing via persistence-like and heterogenous resistance mechanisms

Kandel, P. P., Baltrus, D. A. & Hockett, K. L., Jul 1 2020, In: Journal of bacteriology. 202, 13, e00142-20.

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Comparing approaches for capturing bacterial assemblages associated with symptomatic (Bacterial Blotch) and asymptomatic mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) caps

Martins, S. J., Trexler, R. V., Vieira, F. R., Pecchia, J. A., Kandel, P. P., Hockett, K. L., Bell, T. H. & Bull, C. T., Feb 20 2020, In: Phytobiomes Journal. 4, 1, p. 90-99 10 p.

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Localized recombination drives diversification of killing spectra for phage-derived syringacins

Baltrus, D. A., Clark, M., Smith, C. & Hockett, K. L., Feb 1 2019, In: ISME Journal. 13, 2, p. 237-249 13 p.

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