Publications

Biological Control/Biocontrol

• Mesaroš,A., Nedeljković, M., Atanasković, I., Anđelković, M., Danojević, D., Stanković, S., Lozo, J. (2025), The Role of Root Endophyte Pseudomonas putida A32 in the Protection of Two Pepper Genotypes from Pseudomonas syringae pv. aptata. Horticulturae, 11, 536. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11050536

• Rosić,I., Nikolić, I., Anteljević, M., Đorđević, S., Berić, T., Stanković, S., Medić, O. (2025), Soil-dwelling Bacillus velezensis SS-38.4 efficiently colonizes sugar beet phyllosphere and controls phytopathogenic Pseudomonas syringae, Phytopathology Research, 7, 56. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42483-025-00346-0

• Hrustić, J., Medić, O., Berić, T., Mihajlović, M., Milijašević-Marčić, S., Stanković, S., Pešić, B. (2023), Suppression of Monilinia Brown Rot by Bacillus spp. Strains, Agronomy, 13, 2839. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13112839

• Marković, S., Popović Milovanović, T., Jelušić, A., Iličić, R., Medić, O.,  Berić, T., Stanković, S. (2023), Biological control of major pathogenic bacteria of potato by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strains SS-12.6 and SS-38.4, Biological Control, 182, 105238, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105238

• Rosić, I., Nikolić, I., Ranković, T., Anteljević, M., Medić, O., Berić, T., Stanković, S. (2023), Genotyping driven diversity assessment of biocontrol potent Bacillus spp. strain collection as a potential method for the development of strain specifc biomarkers, Archives of Microbiology, 205:114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-023-03460-9

• Mesaroš, A., Nedeljković, M., Danojević, D., Medić‑Pap, S., Stanković, S., Radović, S., Lozo, J. (2023), Influence of growth conditions on an antioxidative system in two bell pepper genotypes differing in susceptibility to phytopathogen bacteria Xanthomonas euvesicatoria, Plant Growth Regulation, 100, 609-617, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-023-00959-5

Plant Growth‑Promoting Bacteria

• Sokić, M., Rosić, I., Marić, I., Stanković, S., Berić, T. (2026), Cultivating watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Martian regolith simulant after seed inoculation with plant growth-promoting bacteria. Comprehensive Plant Biology, 50 (1), 57-68. https://doi.org/10.2298/CPB2601057S

• Lazić, S., Berić, T., Milanović, S., Medić, O., Vemić, A., Lučić, A., Stanković, S., Rakonjac, Lj., Popović, V. (2025), Effect of plant growth-promoting bacteria on photosynthetic parameters of one-year-old sessile oak seedlings, Environments, 12, 409. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12110409

• Popržen, T., Antonić-Reljin, D., Uzelac, B., Milovančević, M., Paunović, D., Trifunović-Momčilov, M., Marković, M., Raspor, M., Nikolić, I., Stanković S., Radulović, O. (2024), Pseudomonas oryzihabitans D1-104/3 and P. gessardii C31-106/3 differentially modulate the antioxidative response of duckweed (Lemna minor L.) to salt stress, Frontiers in Microbiology, 15:1481437. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1481437

• Knežević, M., Berić, T., Buntić, A., Dinić, Z., Delić, D., Stanković, S., Stajković-Srbinović, O. (2024), Bio-based solution for improving plant growth under unfavourable conditions: Bacterial inoculants for bird’s foot trefoil and orchardgrass grown in acid soil, Botanica Serbica 48 (2), 195-205. https://doi.org/10.2298/BOTSERB2402195K

• Mesaroš, A., Atanasković, I., Nedeljković, M., Stanković, S., Lozo, J. (2024), Differential responses of bell pepper genotypes to indigenous Pseudomonas putida A32 treatment: implications for drought resilience, Journal of Applied Microbiology, 135 (8), lxae190, https://doi.org/10.1093/jambio/lxae190

• Pešić, M., Radović, S., Rakić, T., Dželetović, Ž., Stanković, S., Lozo, J. (2024), Insights into the response of Miscanthus x giganteus to rhizobacteria: enhancement of metal tolerance and root development under heavy metal stress. Arch. Biol. Sci. 76(2), 205-221. https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS240301014P

• Popržen, T., Jevremović, S., Milošević, S., Ðurić, M., Uzelac, B., Stanković, S., Radulović, O. (2024), Antioxidative Response of Duckweed (Lemna minor L.) to Rhizosphere-Associated Pseudomonas Strains and Exogenous Indole-3-Acetic Acid. Horticulturae, 10, 562. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10060562

• Lozo, J., Ristović, N., Kungulovski, G., Jovanović, Ž., Rakić, T., Stanković, S., Radović, S. (2023), Rhizosphere microbiomes of resurrection plants Ramonda serbica and R. nathaliae: comparative analysis and search for bacteria mitigating drought stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 39 (10), 256, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-023-03702-4

• Krstić Tomić, T., Atanasković, I., Nikolić, I., Joković, N., Stević, T., Stanković, S., Berić, T., Lozo, J. (2023), Culture-dependent and metabarcoding characterization of the sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) microbiome for high-yield isolation of bacteria with plant growth-promoting traits, Microorganisms, 11, 1538, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11061538

• Lozo, J., Danojević, D., Jovanović, Ž., Nenadović, Ž., Fira, Đ., Stanković, S., Radović, S. (2022), Genotype-Dependent Antioxidative Response of Four Sweet Pepper Cultivars to Water Deficiency as Affected by Drought-Tolerant Bacillus safensis SS-2.7 and Bacillus thuringiensis SS-29.2 Strains, Horticulturae, 8, 236. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8030236

• Knežević, M., Beric, T., Buntić, A., Jovković, M., Avdović, M., Stankovic, S., Delić, D., Stajković-Srbinović, O. (2022), Native Mesorhizobium Strains Improve Yield and Nutrient Composition of the Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil Grown in an Acid Soil, Rhizosphere, 21, 100487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2022.100487

Type III and Type VI Secretion Systems

• Rosić, I.,  Sokić, M., Ranković, T., Medić, O., Berić, T., Stanković, S., Dillon, Nikolić, I. (2026), Filling in the blanks: In silico prediction of novel type III secreted effectors in the Pseudomonas syringae species complex. Computational Biology and Chemistry, 124, (1), 109083 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2026.109083

• Atanasković, I., Nedeljković, M., Lozo, J. (2025), Beyond pathogenicity: the immunomodulatory role of the type III secretion system in beneficial plant–microbe interactions. Open Biology 15: 240318. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.240318

• Nedeljković, M., Mesaroš, A., Radosavljević, M., Ðorđević, N., Stanković, S., Lozo, J., Atanasković, I. (2025), Type III Secretion  System-Mediated Induction of Systemic Resistance by Pseudomonas marginalis ORh26 Enhances Sugar Beet Defence Against Pseudomonas syringae pv. aptata. Plants, 14, 1621. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14111621

• Nedeljković, M., Mesaroš, A., Rašić, V.,  Nikolić, I., Stanković, S., Lozo, J., Atanasković, I. (2024), Effects of T3SS-positive Pseudomonas isolates on sugar beet growth stimulation and pathogen resistance. Plant and Soil. 512 (2)  1101-1116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-24-07137-0

• Nikolić, I., Glatter, T., Ranković, T., Berić, T., Stanković, S., Diepold, A. (2023), Repertoire and abundance of secreted virulence factors shape the pathogenic capacity of Pseudomonas syringae pv. aptata,  Frontiers in Microbiology, 14:1205257, https://doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1205257

Pathogen diversity and characterisation, genome and microbiome analyses

• Anteljević, M., Rosić, I., Medić, O., Ranković, T., Sunjog, K., Kračun-Kolarević, M., Kolarević, S., Dreo, T., Benčić, A., Berić, T., Stanković, S., Nikolić, I., (2025), Irrigation systems as reservoirs of diverse and pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae strains endangering crop health, Water Research X, 28, 100380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2025.100380

• Rosić, I., Nikolić, I., Anteljević, M., Marić, I., Ranković, T., Stanković, S., Berić, T., Medić, O. (2025), Diversity and activity of AHL-lactonases in Bacillus spp. from various environments, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 372, fnaf038, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnaf038

• Popović Milovanović, T., Kosovac, A., Jelušić, A., Scortichini, M., Trkulja, N., Stanković, S., Iličić, R. (2025), Genetic diversity and virulence traits of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae isolated from various hosts in Serbia. Annals of Applied Biology, 186 (3), 334-348. https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12972

• Jelušić, A., Scortichini, M., Marković, S., Mitrović, P., Iličić, R., Stanković, S., Popović Milovanović, T. (2023), Phylogeographic analysis of soft rot-causing Pectobacterium spp. strains obtained from cabbage in Serbia, Microorganisms, 11, 2122. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11082122

• Anteljević, M., Rosić, I., Medić, O., Kolarević, S., Berić, T., Stanković, S., Nikolić, I. (2023), Occurrence of plant pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae in the Danube River Basin – abundance and diversity assessment, Phytopathology Research, 5,18, https://doi.org/10.1186/s42483-023-00174-0

• Ranković, T., Nikolić, I., Berić, T., Popović, T.,  Lozo, J., Medić, O., Stanković, S. (2023), Genome analysis of two Pseudomonas syringae pv. aptata strains with different virulence capacity isolated from sugar beet: features of successful pathogenicity in the phyllosphere microbiome, Microbiology Spectrum, 11 (2), e0359822. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03598-22

• Jelušić, A., Mitrović, P., Marković, S., Iličić, R., Milovanović, P., Stanković, S., Popović Milovanović, T. (2023), Diversity of bacterial soft rot causing Pectobacterium species affecting cabbage in Serbia, Microorganisms, 11, 335, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11020335

• Marković, S., Popović, T., Berić, T., Dimkić, I., Jelušić, A., Iličić, R., Stanković, S. (2023), Metabarcoding Approach for Evaluation of Bacterial Diversity in Soft Rotting Potato Tubers and Corresponding Geocaulospheres, Potato Research, 66 (3), 793–810 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11540-022-09601-9

• Hladnik, M., Unković, N., Janakiev, T., Ljaljević Grbić, M., Baruca Arbeiter, A., Stanković, S., Janaćković, P., Gavrilović, M., Rančić, D., Bandelj, D., Dimkić, I. (2023), An Insight into an Olive Scab on the “Istrska Belica” Variety: Host‐Pathogen Interactions and Phyllosphere Mycobiome, Microbial Ecology, 86 (2), 1343-1363, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-022-02131-4

• Ilinčić, R., Jelušić, A., Milovanović, P., Stanković, S., Zečević, K., Stanisavljević, R., Popović, T. (2023), Characterization of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni from Prunus spp. orchards in western Balkans, Plant Pathology, 72 (2), 290-299.  https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13658 

• Janakiev, T., Berić, T., Stević, T., Stanković, S., Bačić, J., Majstorović, H., Fira, D., Dimkić, I. (2022), The Microbiome of the ‘Williams’ Pear Variety Grown in the Organic Orchard and Antifungal Activity by the Autochthonous Bacterial and Yeast Isolates, Microorganisms, 10, 1282,  https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10071282

• Zlatković, S., Medić, O., Predojević, D., Nikolić, I., Subakov-Simić, G., Onjia, A., Berić, T., Stanković, S. (2022), Spatio-Temporal Dynamics in Physico-Chemical Properties, Phytoplankton and Bacterial Diversity as an Indication of the Bovan Reservoir Water Quality, Water, 14 (3), 391. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14030391