| Bacterial siderophores in community and host interactions J Kramer, Ö Özkaya, R Kümmerli Nature Reviews Microbiology 18 (3), 152-163, 2020 | 669 | 2020 |
| Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality P Abbot, J Abe, J Alcock, S Alizon, JAC Alpedrinha, M Andersson, ... Nature 471 (7339), E1-E4, 2011 | 554 | 2011 |
| Competition for iron drives phytopathogen control by natural rhizosphere microbiomes S Gu, Z Wei, Z Shao, VP Friman, K Cao, T Yang, J Kramer, X Wang, M Li, ... Nature Microbiology 5 (8), 1002-1010, 2020 | 306 | 2020 |
| Viscous medium promotes cooperation in the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa R Kümmerli, AS Griffin, SA West, A Buckling, F Harrison Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 (1672), 3531-3538, 2009 | 244 | 2009 |
| Division of labor during biofilm matrix production A Dragoš, H Kiesewalter, M Martin, CY Hsu, R Hartmann, T Wechsler, ... Current Biology 28 (12), 1903-1913. e5, 2018 | 228 | 2018 |
| Switching between apparently redundant iron-uptake mechanisms benefits bacteria in changeable environments Z Dumas, A Ross-Gillespie, R Kümmerli Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1764), 20131055, 2013 | 215 | 2013 |
| Siderophore cheating and cheating resistance shape competition for iron in soil and freshwater Pseudomonas communities E Butaitė, M Baumgartner, S Wyder, R Kümmerli Nature communications 8 (1), 414, 2017 | 198 | 2017 |
| Limited dispersal, budding dispersal, and cooperation: an experimental study R Kümmerli, A Gardner, SA West, AS Griffin Evolution 63 (4), 939-949, 2009 | 186 | 2009 |
| Phenotypic plasticity of a cooperative behaviour in bacteria R Kümmerli, N Jiricny, LS Clarke, SA West, AS Griffin Journal of evolutionary biology 22 (3), 589-598, 2009 | 181 | 2009 |
| Molecular and regulatory properties of a public good shape the evolution of cooperation R Kümmerli, SP Brown Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (44), 18921-18926, 2010 | 140 | 2010 |
| Human cooperation in social dilemmas: comparing the Snowdrift game with the Prisoner's Dilemma R Kümmerli, C Colliard, N Fiechter, B Petitpierre, F Russier, L Keller Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1628), 2965-2970, 2007 | 139 | 2007 |
| Gallium-mediated siderophore quenching as an evolutionarily robust antibacterial treatment A Ross-Gillespie, M Weigert, SP Brown, R Kümmerli Evolution, medicine, and public health 2014 (1), 18-29, 2014 | 116 | 2014 |
| Habitat structure and the evolution of diffusible siderophores in bacteria R Kümmerli, KT Schiessl, T Waldvogel, K McNeill, M Ackermann Ecology letters 17 (12), 1536-1544, 2014 | 114 | 2014 |
| Resistance to extreme strategies, rather than prosocial preferences, can explain human cooperation in public goods games R Kümmerli, MN Burton-Chellew, A Ross-Gillespie, SA West Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (22), 10125-10130, 2010 | 103 | 2010 |
| Quorum sensing triggers the stochastic escape of individual cells from Pseudomonas putida biofilms G Cárcamo-Oyarce, P Lumjiaktase, R Kümmerli, L Eberl Nature communications 6 (1), 5945, 2015 | 98 | 2015 |
| Combining antibiotics with antivirulence compounds can have synergistic effects and reverse selection for antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa C Rezzoagli, M Archetti, I Mignot, M Baumgartner, R Kümmerli PLoS biology 18 (8), e3000805, 2020 | 97 | 2020 |
| Beyond killing: can we find new ways to manage infection? PF Vale, L McNally, A Doeschl-Wilson, KC King, R Popat, ... Evolution, medicine, and public health 2016 (1), 148-157, 2016 | 95 | 2016 |
| Altruism can evolve when relatedness is low: evidence from bacteria committing suicide upon phage infection D Refardt, T Bergmiller, R Kümmerli Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1759), 20123035, 2013 | 86 | 2013 |
| Cheating fosters species co-existence in well-mixed bacterial communities A Leinweber, R Fredrik Inglis, R Kümmerli The ISME journal 11 (5), 1179-1188, 2017 | 76 | 2017 |
| Co‐evolutionary dynamics between public good producers and cheats in the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa R Kümmerli, LA Santorelli, ET Granato, Z Dumas, A Dobay, AS Griffin, ... Journal of evolutionary biology 28 (12), 2264-2274, 2015 | 76 | 2015 |
