1. Published Papers
1. Kovacs, A., Ben-Jacob, N., Tayem, H., Halperin, E., Iraqi A.F., and Gophna, U., Genotype
Is a Stronger Determinant than Sex of the Mouse Gut Microbiota. Microbial Ecology.
2011, 61(2): 423-428. (cited by 63)
2. Kovacs, A., Yacoby, K., and Gophna, U., A Systematic Assessment of Automated
Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis (ARISA) as a Tool for Estimating Bacterial
Richness. Research in Microbiology. 2010, 161(3): 192-197. (cited by 42)
3. Reshef, L., Kovacs, A.*, Ofer, A., Yahav, L., Maharshak, N., Keren, N., Konikoff, F.M.,
Tulchinsky, H., Gophna, U., and Dotan I., Pouch Inflammation is Associated with a
Decrease in Specific Bacterial Taxa. Gastroenterology 2015, 149(3): 718-727.
*co-first authorship
4. Naftali, T., Reshef, L., Kovacs, A., Porat, R., Amir, I., Konikoff, F.M., and Gophna, U.,
Distinct Microbiotas are Associated with Ileum-Restricted and Colon-Involving Crohn's
Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2015 (accepted)
5. Semyonov, D., Ramon, O., Kovacs, A., Friedlander, L., Shimoni, E., Air-Suspension
Fluidized-Bed Microencapsulation of Probiotics. Drying Technology. 2012, 30(16): 1918-
1930.
6. Omer, S., Kovacs, A., Mazor, Y., and Gophna, U., Integration of a Foreign Gene into a
Native Complex Does Not Impair Fitness in an Experimental Model of Lateral Gene
Transfer. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 2010, 27(11): 2441-2445.
7. Keren, N., Naftali, T., Kovacs, A., Konikoff, F.M. and Gophna, U., Can Colonoscopy
Aspirates be a Substitute for Fecal Samples in Analyses of the Intestinal Microbiota?
Bioscience of Microbiota, Food and Health. 2012, 31(3): 71-76.
8. Zurel, D., Benayahu, Y., Or, A., Kovacs, A., and Gophna, U., Composition and Dynamics
of the Gill Microbiota of an Invasive Indo-Pacific Oyster in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Environmental Microbiology. 2011, 13(6): 1467-1476.
Published Book Chapter
1. Kovacs, A., and Gophna, U., The Intestinal Microbiota and Intestinal Disease:
Inflammatory Bowel Disease, in Rosenberg, E. & Gophna U. eds.: Beneficial
Microorganisms in Multicellular Life Forms. Springer, Heidelberg. 2011, p: 223-230.

2. Published Abstracts from International Conferences
1. Kovacs, A., Meirovithz, E., Ofer, A., Zion, T., Yahav, L., Tulchinsky, H., Gophna, U., and
Dotan, I., Pouch Inflammation is Associated with Crohn's Disease-Like Dysbiosis and May
Be Predicted by Microbiota Analysis and Follow Up. Gastroenterology. 2012, 142(5)
Supp 1: Page S-12.
2. Naftali, T., Yankelson, R.P., Reshef, L., Kovacs, A., Amir, I., Gophna, U., Konikoff, F.M.,
Intestinal Microbiota Is Different in Crohn's Ileitis Compared to Crohn's Colitis and
Ulcerative Colitis. Gastroenterology. 2014, 146(5) Supp 1: Page S-839.