Kevin Hockett
Huck Early Career Chair; Assistant Professor of Microbial Ecology
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316 Buckhout Lab
University Park, PA 16802 - klh450@psu.edu
- 814-865-4472
Research Summary
Biological Control, Biology and Ecology of Plant-Microbe and Plant-Environment Interactions, Microbial Ecology and Population Biology Faculty
Huck Affiliations
- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
- Ecology
- Microbiome Center
- Ecology Institute
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
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Publication Tags
Pseudomonas Syringae Bacteria Bacteriocins Bacteriophages Genes Sulfur Ascomycota Fungi Symbiosis Temperature Proteins Genomics Pseudomonas Genome Bacterium Virulence Endophytes Gene Expression Ecology Strain Agar Agriculture Plasmids Economics SoilsMost Recent Publications
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
Justin P. Shaffer, Morgan E. Carter, Joseph E. Spraker, Meara Clark, Brian A. Smith, Kevin L. Hockett, David A. Baltrus, A. Elizabeth Arnold, 2022, mSystems
First Report of Brown Spot on White Button Mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) Caused by Cedecea neteri in Iran
Mozhde Hamidizade, S. Mohsen Taghavi, Hamzeh Mafakheri, Rachel A. Herschlag, Samuel J. Martins, Kevin L. Hockett, Carolee T. Bull, Ebrahim Osdaghi, 2022, Plant Disease on p. 1291
Prophylactic Application of Tailocins Prevents Infection by Pseudomonas syringae
David A. Baltrus, Meara Clark, Kevin L. Hockett, Madison Mollico, Caitlin Smith, Savannah Weaver, 2022, Phytopathology on p. 561-566
Genome Mining Shows Ubiquitous Presence and Extensive Diversity of Toxin-Antitoxin Systems in Pseudomonas syringae
Prem P. Kandel, Marina Naumova, Chad Fautt, Ravikumar R. Patel, Lindsay R. Triplett, Kevin L. Hockett, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
Aerosolized Hydrogen Peroxide Decontamination of N95 Respirators, with Fit-Testing and Viral Inactivation, Demonstrates Feasibility for Re-Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic
T. Hans Derr, Melissa James, Chad Kuny, Devanshi Patel, Prem Kandel, Cassandra Field, Matthew Beckman, Kevin Hockett, Mark Bates, Troy Sutton, Moriah Szpara, 2022, mSphere on p. 17
Passaging Phyllosphere Microbial Communities Develops Suppression Towards Bacterial Speck Disease in Tomato
Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu, Kevin Hockett, 2022, Phytobiomes Journal on p. 44 (formatted number of pages not yet available)
The plant host environment influences competitive interactions between bacterial pathogens
Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu, Kevin L. Hockett, 2022, Environmental Microbiology Reports
Ewingella americana: an Emerging Multifaceted Pathogen of Edible Mushrooms
Mozhde Hamidizade, S. Mohsen Taghavi, Mahsa Moallem, Milad Aeini, Amal Fazliarab, Hamid Abachi, Rachel Herschlag, Kevin Hockett, C Bull, Ebrahim Osdaghi, 2022, Phytopathology on p. 37 (number of formatted pages not yet available)
Prophylactic Application of Tailocins Prevents Infection by Pseudomonas syringae.
David Baltrus, Meara Clark, Kevin Hockett, Madison Mollico, Caitlin Smith, Savannah Weaver, 2021, Phytopathology
Pseudomonas syringae pv. Phaseolicola uses distinct modes of stationary-phase persistence to survive bacteriocin and streptomycin treatments
Ravikumar R. Patel, Prem P. Kandel, Eboni Traverso, Kevin L. Hockett, Lindsay R. Triplett, 2021, mBio
Most-Cited Papers
The Inherent Conflicts in Developing Soil Microbial Inoculants
Laura M. Kaminsky, Ryan V. Trexler, Rondy J. Malik, Kevin L. Hockett, Terrence H. Bell, 2019, Trends in Biotechnology on p. 140-151
Use of the soft-agar overlay technique to screen for bacterially produced inhibitory compounds
Kevin L. Hockett, David A. Baltrus, 2017, Journal of Visualized Experiments
Thermo-Regulation of Genes Mediating Motility and Plant Interactions in Pseudomonas syringae
Kevin L. Hockett, Adrien Y. Burch, Steven E. Lindow, 2013, PLoS One on p. 12
Independent co-option of a tailed bacteriophage into a killing complex in Pseudomonas
Kevin L. Hockett, Tanya Renner, David A. Baltrus, 2015, mBio on p. 11
Isolation of endohyphal bacteria from foliar Ascomycota and In Vitro establishment of their symbiotic associations
Kayla R. Arendt, Kevin L. Hockett, Sarah J. Araldi-Brondolo, David A. Baltrus, A. Elizabeth Arnold, 2016, Applied and Environmental Microbiology on p. 2943-2949
Pseudomonas syringae CC1557
Kevin L. Hockett, Marc T. Nishimura, Erick Karlsrud, Kevin Dougherty, David A. Baltrus, 2014, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions on p. 923-932
PA506, a conjugative plasmid of the plant epiphyte Pseudomonas fluorescens A506
Virginia O. Stockwell, Edward W. Davis, Alyssa Carey, Brenda T. Shaffer, Dmitri V. Mavrodi, Karl A. Hassan, Kevin Hockett, Linda S. Thomashow, Ian T. Paulsen, Joyce E. Lopera, 2013, Applied and Environmental Microbiology on p. 5272-5282
Ecological genomics of pseudomonas syringae
David A. Baltrus, Tory A. Hendry, Kevin L. Hockett, 2014, on p. 59-77
Pseudomonas can survive tailocin killing via persistence-like and heterogenous resistance mechanisms
Prem P. Kandel, David A. Baltrus, Kevin L. Hockett, 2020, Journal of Bacteriology
Factoring Ecological, Societal, and Economic Considerations into Inoculant Development
Terrence H Bell, Laura Kaminsky, Beth K Gugino, John E Carlson, Rondy Malik, Kevin Hockett, Ryan Trexler, 2019, Trends in Biotechnology on p. 572-573
News Articles Featuring Kevin Hockett
Jul 11, 2022
Above-ground microbial communities that quell plant diseases can be developed
Microbial communities naturally living on the leaves and stems of tomato plants can be manipulated to suppress diseases that reduce productivity, according to Penn State researchers, offering hope that growers someday can apply these mixtures of bacteria and fungi to protect plants and improve harvests.
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Jun 03, 2020
Huck graduate students among NSF award recipients
Five graduate students in Huck programs or involved with Huck centers, advised by faculty members in the College of Agricultural Sciences, were recipients or honorable mentions of National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
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Apr 22, 2020
New decontamination protocol permits reuse of N95 respirators
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a shortage of personal protective equipment, including “N95” respirators, needed by frontline healthcare providers. A new protocol using aerosolized hydrogen peroxide to decontaminate N95 respirators could allow them to be safely reused in some hospital settings, where the disinfectant is already being used for other decontamination purposes.
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May 31, 2019
NIFA awards grant for microbial stress tolerance research
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently awarded Kevin Hockett $453,000 to assist in research focusing on how microbes tolerate distinct stresses.
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