Kevin Hockett
Huck Early Career Chair; Associate 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
- One Health Microbiome Center
- Ecology Institute
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
- Plant Biology
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Bacteria Sulfur Pseudomonas Syringae Ascomycota Symbiosis Genome Fungi Endophytes Bacterium Bacteriophages Proteins Bacteriocins Strain Gene Expression Soil Virulence Pathogenicity Growth Genes Endophyte Pestalotiopsis Gamma Proteobacteria Profile Host Specificity SymbiontMost Recent Publications
Naïve Bayes Classifiers and accompanying dataset for Pseudomonas syringae isolate characterization
Chad Fautt, Estelle Couradeau, Kevin Hockett, 2024, Scientific data on p. 8
Manipulating Agaricus bisporus developmental patterns by passaging microbial communities in complex substrates
Fabricio Rocha Vieira, Isako Di Tomassi, Isako Di Tomassi, Eoin O'Connor, Carolee T. Bull, John A. Pecchia, Kevin Hockett, 2023, Microbiology spectrum on p. 22 (unformatted)
Passaging Phyllosphere Microbial Communities Develop Suppression Towards Bacterial Speck Disease in Tomato
Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu, Kevin L. Hockett, 2023, Phytobiomes Journal on p. 233-243
Evaluation of the taxonomic accuracy and pathogenicity prediction power of 16 primer sets amplifying single copy marker genes in the Pseudomonas syringae species complex
Chad Fautt, Kevin Hockett, Estelle Couradeau, 2023, Molecular Plant Pathology on p. 989-998
Aerosolized Hydrogen Peroxide Decontamination of N95 Respirators, with Fit-Testing and Viral Inactivation, Demonstrates Feasibility for Reuse during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Thomas Derr, Melissa James, Chad Kuny, Devanshi Patel, Prem Kendell, Prem Kandel, Cassandra Field, Matthew Beckman, Kevin L. Hockett, Mark Bates, Troy Sutton, Moriah L. Szpara, 2022, mSphere on p. e00303-22
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
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
Rapid niche shifts in bacteria following conditioning in novel soil environments
Caylon Yates, Ryan Trexler, Idalys Bonet, William King, Kevin Hockett, Terrence Bell, 2022, Functional Ecology on p. 11
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 L. Hockett, Carolee T. Bull, Ebrahim Osdaghi, 2022, Phytopathology on p. 37 (number of formatted pages not yet available)
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
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
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
100 years since Tolaas: Bacterial blotch of mushrooms in the 21<sup>st</sup> century
Ebrahim Osdaghi, Samuel Martins, Laura Ramos-Sepulveda, Fabrício Rocha Vieira, Fabrício Rocha Vieira, John A. Pecchia, David Beyer, Terrence H. Bell, Yinong Yang, Kevin L. Hockett, Carolee T. Bull, 2019, Plant Disease on p. 2714-2732
Manipulating Wild and Tamed Phytobiomes: Challenges and Opportunities
Alyssa Collins, Terrence H Bell, Kevin Hockett, P Esker, Ricardo Alcala-Briseno, B Gugino, Ricardo Alcalá-Briseño, Mary Barbercheck, K Peter, Gwyn Beattie, Mary Ann Bruns, John Carlson, Taejung Chung, A Collins, Bryan Emmett, Paul Esker, Karen Garrett, Leland Glenna, Beth K. Gugino, María Del Mar Jiménez-Gasco, M del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Maria del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Linda Kinkel, Jasna Kovac, Kurt Kowalski, Kurt Kowalski, Johan Leveau, J Myrick, Gretchen Kuldau, K Peter, Johan Leveau, Matthew Michalska-Smith, Maria Salazar, Jessica Myrick, Ashley Shade, Kari Peter, Nejc Stopnisek, Xiaoqing Tan, Maria fernanda Vivanco Salazar, Maria Salazar, Ashley Shade, Amy Welty, Nejc Stopinsek, Nejc Stopnisek, Kyle Wickings, Etienne Yergeau, Xiaoqing Tan, Amy Welty, Kyle Wickings, Etienne Wickings, Etienne Yergeau, 2019, Phytobiomes Journal on p. 3-21
Pseudomonas syringae CC1557: A highly virulent strain with an unusually small type iii effector repertoire that includes a novel effector
Kevin L. Hockett, Marc T. Nishimura, Erick Karlsrud, Kevin Dougherty, David A. Baltrus, 2014, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions on p. 923-932
Bacterial brown pit, a new disease of edible mushrooms caused by mycetocola sp.
Mozhde Hamidizade, S. Mohsen Taghavi, Samuel J. Martins, Rachel A. Herschlag, Kevin L. Hockett, Carolee T. Bull, Ebrahim Osdaghi, 2020, Plant Disease on p. 1445-1454
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
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
Aug 28, 2024
Research teams receive $1.1 million to study microbiomes in agriculture
Two Penn State-led research teams have received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture for projects investigating the ways microbiomes — the microorganisms in a particular environment, such as in soil or a living organism — can affect disease dynamics in agriculture.
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Dec 22, 2022
2022 Top 10 Most Popular Microbiome Center News Articles
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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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