IMPRS Principles of Microbial Life

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2025

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Ding, L.; Cui, L.; Wang, Y.; Dronsella, B.; Liu, X.; Luo, H.; Huang, H.; Su, X.; Bai, Y.; Zhang, J. et al.; Tu, T.; Qin, X.; Wang, Y.; Wang, Y.; Yao, B.; Xue, X.; Guo, G.; Wang, X.: Fructose Metabolism in Entner-Doudoroff Pathway-deficient Cupriavidus necator H16 Depends on the Calvin Shunt. Microbiological Research (2025)

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Bohn, S.; Lo, Y. K.; Lambertz, J.; Meier-Credo, J.; Fuertges, T.; Liauw, P.; Gasper-Schoenenbruecher, R.; Wiens, D.; Langer, J.; Hochberg, G. K. A. et al.; Hofmann, E.; Rudack, T.; Nowaczyk, M. M.; Schuller, J.: Structural insights into late-stage photosystem II assembly by Psb32. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.05.08.652833 (2025)

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Laganenka, L.; Schubert, C.; Sichert, A.; Kalita, I.; Barthel, M.; Nguyen, B. D.; Näf, J.; Lobriglio, T.; Sauer, U.; Hardt, W.-D.: Interplay between chemotaxis, quorum sensing, and metabolism regulates Escherichia coli-Salmonella Typhimurium interactions in vivo. PLOS Pathogens 21 (5), e1013156 (2025)

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Podolski, A.; Lindeboom, T. A.; Präve, L.; Kranz, J.; Schindler, D.; Bode, H. B.: High-throughput engineering and modification of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases based on Golden Gate assembly. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.04.23.650154 (2025)

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Ramírez-Amador, F.; Paul, S.; Kumar, A.; Lorent, C.; Keller, S.; Bohn, S.; Nguyen, T.; Lometto, S.; Vlegels, D.; Kahnt, J. et al.; Deobald, D.; Abendroth, F.; Vázquez, O.; Hochberg, G. K. A.; Scheller, S.; Stripp, S. T.; Schuller, J. M.: Structure of the ATP-driven methyl-coenzyme M reductase activation complex. Nature (2025)

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Shah, M.; Sourjik, V.: Response of Escherichia coli chemotaxis pathway to pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.04.13.648572 (2025)

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Mies, U. S.; Zheng, H.; Meuser, K.; Radek, R.; Paczia, N.; Treitli, S. C.; Brune, A.: Comparative genomics of Elusimicrobiaceae (phylum Elusimicrobiota) and description of the isolates Elusimicrobium simillimum sp. nov., Elusimicrobium posterum sp. nov., and Parelusimicrobium proximum gen. nov. sp. nov. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 48 (3), 126606 (2025)

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Pérez-López, M. I.; Lubrano, P.; Angelidou, G.; Hoch, S.; Glatter, T.; Paczia, N.; Link, H.; Sourjik, V.: The SPFH complex HflK-HflC regulates aerobic respiration in bacteria. PLOS Biology 23 (4), e3003077 (2025)

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Gómez-Coronado, P. A.; Kubis, A.; Kowald, M.; Ute, R.; Cotton, C.; Lindner, S. N.; Bar-Even, A.; Erb, T. J.: Two highly specific growth-coupled biosensor for glycolaldehyde detection across micromolar and millimolar concentrations. Synthetic Biology 10 (1), ysaf004 (2025)

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Liu, C.; Yin, X.; Op den Camp, H. J.M.; Erb, T. J.: Perspective: Roles of rare earth elements in Bacteria. Green Carbon (2025)

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Edelmann , D. B.; Jakob , A. M.; Wilson , L. G.; Colin, R.; Brandt, D.; Eck, F.; Kalinowski, J.; Thormann , K. M.: Role of a single MCP in evolutionary adaptation of Shewanella putrefaciens for swimming in planktonic and structured environments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, e00229-25 (2025)

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Zheng, L.; Du, Y.; Steinchen, W.; Girbig, M.; Abendroth, F.; Jalomo-Khayrova, E.; Bedrunka, P.; Bekeredjian-Ding, I.; Mais, C.-N.; Hochberg, G. K. A. et al.; Freitag, J.; Bange, G.: Regulation of acetyl-CoA biosynthesis via an intertwined acetyl-CoA synthetase/acetyltransferase complex. Nature Communications 16 (1), 2557 (2025)

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Blöcher, L. P.; Schwabe, J.; Glatter, T.; Søgaard-Andersen, L.: Identification of EcpK, a bacterial tyrosine pseudokinase important for exopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Myxococcus xanthus. Journal of Bacteriology 207 (4), e00499-24 (2025)

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Mohr, M. K. F.; Satanowski, A.; Lindner, S. N.; Erb, T. J.; Andexer, J. N.: Rewiring Escherichia coli to transform formate into methyl groups. Microbial Cell Factories 24 (1), 55 (2025)

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Radek, R.; Hassler, J.; Meuser, K.; Ahmad, H.; Fromm, T.; Strüder-Kypke, M.; Sillam-Dussès, D.; Synek, J.; Šobotník, J.; Herve, V. et al.; Brune, A.: Phylogeny, morphology, and ultrastructure of sessilid peritrich ciliates in termite guts, Termitophrya africana and Doliophrys denislynni gen. nov., sp. nov. European Journal of Protistology 99, 126140 (2025)

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Yilmaz, S.; Kanis, B.; Hogers, R. A.H.; Benito-Vaquerizo, S.; Kahnt, J.; Glatter, T.; Dronsella, B.; Erb, T. J.; Suarez-Diez, M.; Claassens, N. J.: System-level characterization of engineered and evolved formatotrophic E. coli strains. Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology 10 (2), pp. 650 - 666 (2025)

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Zheng, L.; Li, W.; Christ, M.; Paczia, N.; Buckel, W.; Mais, C.-N.; Bolker, M.; Freitag, J.; Bange, G.: Mechanistic and structural insights into the itaconate-producing trans-aconitate decarboxylase Tad1. PNAS Nexus 4 (3), pgaf059 (2025)

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Orsi, E.; Schulz-Mirbach, H.; Cotton, C. A. R.; Satanowski, A.; Petri, H. M.; Arnold, S. L.; Grabarczyk, N.; Verbakel, R.; Jensen, K. S.; Donati, S. et al.; Paczia, N.; Glatter, T.; Küffner, A. M.; Chotel, T.; Schillmüller, F.; De Maria, A.; He, H.; Lindner, S. N.; Noor, E.; Bar-Even, A.; Erb, T. J.; Nikel, P. I.: Computation-aided designs enable developing auxotrophic metabolic sensors for wide-range glyoxylate and glycolate detection. Nature Communications 16 (1), 2168 (2025)

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Köhler, A. M.; Thieme, S.; Gerke, J.; Thieme, K. G.; Harting, R.; Schmitt, K.; Valerius, O.; Chen, W.; Höfer, A.; Bastakis, E. et al.; Strohdiek, A.; Heinrich, A. K.; Bode, H. B.; Braus, G. H.: The VelB intrinsically disordered domain promotes selective heterodimer formation of velvet domain regulatory proteins for fungal development. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.02.27.640524 (2025)

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Dronsella, B.; Orsi, E.; Schulz-Mirbach, H.; Benito-Vaquerizo, S.; Yilmaz, S.; Glatter, T.; Bar-Even, A.; Erb, T. J.; Claassens, N. J.: One-carbon fixation via the synthetic reductive glycine pathway exceeds yield of the Calvin cycle. Nature Microbiology (2025)

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Vignale, F. A.; Sánchez-García, L.; Carrizo, D.; Castillejos Sepúlveda, A.; Taubner, H.; Oriolo, S.; Mitchell, A. L.; Turjanski, A. G.; Klatt, J. M.; Finn, R. D. et al.; Garcia-Alai, M. M.; Farías, M. E.: Seasonal biogeochemical variations in a modern microbialite reef under early Earth-like conditions. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.02.22.639630 (2025)

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Bäcker, N.; Ast, J.; Martorana, D.; Renicke, C.; Berger, J.; Mais, C.-N.; Christ, M.; Stehlik, T.; Heimerl, T.; Wernet, V. et al.; Taxis, C.; Pané-Farré, J.; Bölker, M.; Klatt, J. M.; Sandrock, B.; Schink, K. O.; Bange, G.; Freitag, J.: Peroxisomal core structures segregate diverse metabolic pathways. Nature Communications 16, 1802 (2025)

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Puiggené, Ò.; Muñoz-Triviño, J.; Civil-Ferrer, L.; Gille, L.; Schulz-Mirbach, H.; Bergen, D.; Erb, T. J.; Ebert, B. E.; Nikel, P. I.: Systematic engineering of synthetic serine cycles in Pseudomonas putida uncovers emergent topologies for methanol assimilation. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.02.17.638773 (2025)

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Christ, M.; Rubio Elizalde, I.; Weiland, P.; Kern, A.; Iwen, T.; Mais, C.-N.; Pané-Farré, J.; Kiontke, S.; Altegoer, F.; Freitag, J. et al.; Bange, G.: Structural and functional analysis of the lectin-like protein Llp1 secreted by Ustilago maydis upon infection of maize. Journal of Fungi 11 (2), 164 (2025)

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Jung, J.; Glatter, T.; Herfurth, M.; Søgaard-Andersen, L.: DdiA, an XRE family transcriptional regulator, regulates a LexA-independent DNA damage response in Myxococcus xanthus. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.02.19.639066 (2025)

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Lagares, A.; Krol, E.; Müller, T.; Glatter, T.; Becker, A.: A systems-level insight into PHB-driven metabolic adaptation orchestrated by the PHB-binding transcriptional regulator AniA (PhaR). bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.02.17.638283 (2025)

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Lisevich, I.; Colin, R.; Yang, H. Y.; Ni, B.; Sourjik, V.: Physics of swimming and its fitness cost determine strategies of bacterial investment in flagellar motility. Nature Communications 16 (1), 1731 (2025)

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Xu, W.; Jalomo-Khayrova, E.; Gumerov, V. M.; Ross, P. A.; Köbel, T. S.; Schindler, D.; Bange, G.; Zhulin, I. B.; Sourjik, V.: Specificities of chemosensory receptors in the human gut microbiota. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.02.11.637667 (2025)

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Zegarra, V.; Weiland, P.; Plitzko, P. A.; Thiery, J.; Czech, L.; Willmund, F.; Bedrunka, P.; Bange, G.: Structural and mechanistic basis for the regulation of the chloroplast signal recognition particle by (p)ppGpp. FEBS Letters (2025)

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Case, N. T.; Gurr, S. J.; Fisher, M. C.; Blehert, D. S.; Boone, C.; Casadevall, A.; Chowdhary, A.; Cuomo, C. A.; Currie, C. R.; Denning, D. W. et al.; Ene, I. V.; Fritz-Laylin, L. K.; Gerstein, A. C.; Gow, N. A. R.; Gusa, A.; Iliev, I. D.; James, T. Y.; Jin, H.; Kahmann, R.; Klein, B. S.; Kronstad, J. W.; Ost, K. S.; Peay, K. G.; Shapiro, R. S.; Sheppard, D. C.; Shlezinger, N.; Stajich, J. E.; Stukenbrock, E. H.; Taylor, J. W.; Wright, G. D.; Cowen, L. E.; Heitman, J.; Segre, J. A.: Fungal impacts on Earth’s ecosystems. Nature 638 (8049), pp. 49 - 57 (2025)

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Rasor, B. J.; Erb, T. J.: Cell-free systems to mimic and expand metabolism. ACS Synthetic Biology 14 (2), pp. 316 - 322 (2025)

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Case, N. T.; Gurr, S. J.; Fisher, M. C.; Blehert, D. S.; Boone, C.; Casadevall, A.; Chowdhary, A.; Cuomo, C. A.; Currie, C. R.; Denning, D. W. et al.; Ene, I. V.; Fritz-Laylin, L. K.; Gerstein, A. C.; Gow, N. A. R.; Gusa, A.; Iliev, I. D.; James, T. Y.; Jin, H.; Kahmann, R.; Klein, B. S.; Kronstad, J. W.; Ost, K. S.; Peay, K. G.; Shapiro, R. S.; Sheppard, D. C.; Shlezinger, N.; Stajich, J. E.; Stukenbrock, E. H.; Taylor, J. W.; Wright, G. D.; Cowen, L. E.; Heitman, J.; Segre, J. A.: Fungal impacts on Earth’s ecosystems. Nature 638 (8049), pp. 49 - 57 (2025)

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Ermoli, F.; Spahn, C. K.; Sadhir, I.; Bode, H. B.; Diepold, A.: Activation of the Yersinia type III secretion system induces large-scale chromosomal and virulence plasmid DNA rearrangements. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.02.04.636459 (2025)

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Klaubert, T. J.; Gellner, J.; Bernard, C.; Effert, J.; Lombard, C.; Kaila, V. R. I.; Bode, H. B.; Li, Y.; Groll, M.: Molecular basis for azetidine-2-carboxylic acid biosynthesis. Nature Communications 16 (1), 1348 (2025)

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Bülbül, E. F.; Bode, H. B.; Schmitt, S.; Bozhüyük, K. A. J.: Engineering the future of medicine: Natural products, synthetic biology and artificial intelligence for next-generation therapeutics. Clinical and Translational Medicine 15 (2), e70146 (2025)

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Su, L.; Souaibou, Y.; Hôtel, L.; Jacob, C.; Grün, P.; Shi, Y.-N.; Chateau, A.; Pinel, S.; Bode, H. B.; Aigle, B. et al.; Weissman, K. J.: Exploiting the inherent promiscuity of the acyl transferase of the stambomycin polyketide synthase for the mutasynthesis of analogues. Chemical Science 16 (12), pp. 5076 - 5088 (2025)

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Iglesias, J. A.; Colla, D.; Serrangeli, J. S.; Lozano, M. J.; Falduti, O.; Brignoli, D.; Medici, I.; Althabegoiti, M. J.; Lodeiro, A.; Abdian, P. et al.; Paczia, N.; Becker, A.; Soler-Bistué, A.; Pérez-Giménez, J.; Mongiardini, E. J.: Role of Tad pili during the transition from planktonic to biofilm state in Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens; USDA 110. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.01.14.633045 (2025)

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Qin, K.; Ye, X.; Luo, S.; Fernie, A. R.; Zhang, Y.: Engineering carbon assimilation in plants. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (2025)

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Ries, F.; Gorlt, J.; Kaiser, S.; Scherer, V.; Seydel, C.; Nguyen, S.; Klingl, A.; Legen, J.; Schmitz-Linneweber, C.; Plaggenborg, H. et al.; Ng, J. Z. Y.; Wiens, D.; Hochberg, G. K. A.; Räschle, M.; Möhlmann, T.; Scheuring, D.; Willmund, F.: A truncated variant of the ribosome-associated trigger factor specifically contributes to plant chloroplast ribosome biogenesis. Nature Communications 16 (1), 629 (2025)

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Müller, M.-C.; Wissink, M.; Mukherjee, P.; von Possel, N.; Laso-Pérez, R.; Engilberge, S.; Carpentier, P.; Kahnt, J.; Wegener, G.; Welte, C. U. et al.; Wagner, T.: Atomic resolution structures of key enzyme MCR in anaerobic methanotrophy reveal novel and extensive post-translational modifications. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.01.10.632498 (2025)

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He, Z.; Hou, Y.; Li, Y.; Bei, Q.; Li, X.; Zhu, Y.-G.; Liesack, W.; Rillig, M. C.; Peng, J.: Increased methane production associated with community shifts towards Methanocella in paddy soils with the presence of nanoplastics (vol 12, 259, 2024). Microbiome 13 (1), 7 (2025)

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Kästle Silva, J. M.; Herve, V.; Mies, U. S.; Platt, K.; Brune, A.: A novel lineage of endosymbiotic Actinomycetales genome reduction and acquisition of new functions in Bifidobacteriaceae associated with termite gut flagellates. Environmental Microbiology 27 (1), e70010 (2025)

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Vaidya, S.; Saha, D.; Rode, D. K. H.; Torrens, G.; Hansen, M. F.; Singh, P. K.; Jelli, E.; Nosho, K.; Jeckel, H.; Göttig, S. et al.; Cava, F.; Drescher, K.: Bacteria use exogenous peptidoglycan as a danger signal to trigger biofilm formation. Nature Microbiology 10 (1), pp. 144 - 157 (2025)

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Zdimal, A. M.; Di Dio, G.; Liu, W.; Aftab, T.; Collins, T.; Colin, R.; Shrivastava, A.: Swarming bacteria exhibit developmental phase transitions to establish scattered colonies in new regions. The ISME Journal 19 (1), wrae263 (2025)

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Lubrano, P.; Smollich, F.; Schramm, T.; Lorenz, E.; Alvarado, A.; Eigenmann, S. C.; Stadelmann, A.; Thavapalan, S.; Waffenschmidt, N.; Glatter, T. et al.; Hoffmann, N.; Müller, J.; Peter, S.; Drescher, K.; Link, H.: Metabolic mutations reduce antibiotic susceptibility of E. coli by pathway-specific bottlenecks. Molecular Systems Biology 21 (3), pp. 274 - 293 (2025)

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Schulz, L.; Zarzycki, J.; Steinchen, W.; Hochberg, G. K. A.; Erb, T. J.: Layered entrenchment maintains essentiality in the evolution of Form I Rubisco complexes. The EMBO Journal 44, pp. 269 - 280 (2025)

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He, Z.; Hou, Y.; Li, Y.; Bei, Q.; Li, X.; Zhu, Y.; Liesack, W.; Rillig, M. C.; Peng, J.: Correction: Increased methane production associated with community shifts towards Methanocella in paddy soils with the presence of nanoplastics. Microbiome 13 (1), 7 (2025)

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Spahn, C.; Middlemiss, S.; Gómez-de-Mariscal, E.; Henriques, R.; Bode, H. B.; Holden, S.; Heilemann, M.: The nucleoid of rapidly growing Escherichia coli localizes close to the inner membrane and is organized by transcription, translation, and cell geometry. Nature Communications 16 (1), 3732 (2025)

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Wang, Z.; Cao, G.; Collier, M. P.; Qiu, X.; Broadway-Stringer, S.; Šaman, D.; Ng, J. Z. Y.; Sen, N.; Azad, A. J.; Hooper, C. et al.; Zimmermann, J.; McDonough, M. A.; Brem, J.; Rabe, P.; Song, H.; Alderson, T. R.; Schofield, C. J.; Bolla, J. R.; Djinovic-Carugo, K.; Fürst, D. O.; Warscheid, B.; Degiacomi, M. T.; Allison, T. M.; Hochberg, G. K. A.; Robinson, C. V.; Gehmlich, K.; Benesch, J. L. P.: Filamin C dimerisation is regulated by HSPB7. Nature Communications 16 (1), 4090 (2025)

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Wu, X.; Peng, J.; Malik, A. A.; Peng, Z.; Luo, Y.; Fan, F.; Lu, Y.; Wei, G.; Delgado-Baquerizo, M.; Liesack, W. et al.; Jiao, S.: A global relationship between genome size and encoded carbon metabolic strategies of soil bacteria. Ecology Letters 28 (1), e70064 (2025)

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Xu, P.; Schumacher, D.; Liu, C.; Harms, A.; Dickmanns, M.; Beck, F.; Plitzko, J. M.; Baumeister, W.; Søgaard-Andersen, L.: In situ architecture of a nucleoid-associated biomolecular co-condensate that regulates bacterial cell division. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (1), e2419610121 (2025)

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2024

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Ardpairin, J.; Subkrasae, C.; Dumidae, A.; Pansri, S.; Homkaew, C.; Meesil, W.; Kumchantuek, T.; Phoungpetchara, I.; Dillman, A. R.; Pavesi, C. et al.; Bode, H. B.; Tandhavanant, S.; Thanwisai, A.; Vitta, A.: Symbiotic bacteria associated with entomopathogenic nematodes showed molluscicidal activity against Biomphalaria glabrata, an intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni. Parasites & Vectors 17 (1), 528 (2024)

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He, Z.; Hou, Y.; Li, Y.; Bei, Q.; Li, X.; Zhu, Y.-G.; Liesack, W.; Rillig, M. C.; Peng, J.: Increased methane production associated with community shifts towards Methanocella in paddy soils with the presence of nanoplastics. Microbiome 12 (1), 259 (2024)

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Kaltschnee, L.; Pravdivtsev, A. N.; Gehl, M.; Huang, G.; Stoychev, G. L.; Riplinger, C.; Keitel, M.; Neese, F.; Hövener, J.-B.; Auer, A. A. et al.; Griesinger, C.; Shima, S.; Glöggler, S.: Parahydrogen-enhanced magnetic resonance identification of intermediates in [Fe]-hydrogenase catalysis. Nature Catalysis 7 (12), pp. 1417 - 1429 (2024)

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Daume, M.; Uhl, M.; Backofen, R.; Randau, L.: RIP-Seq Suggests Translational Regulation by L7Ae in Archaea. mBio 8 (4), e00730-17 (2024)

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Abil, Z.; Giaveri, S.; Erb, T. J.; Rothschild, L. J.: Integrating metabolism and evolution towards the realization of synthetic life. Nature Reviews Bioengineering (2024)

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Seifert-Dávila, W.; Chaban, A.; Baudin, F.; Girbig, M.; Hauptmann, L.; Hoffmann, T.; Duss, O.; Eustermann, S.; Müller, C.: Structural and kinetic insights into tRNA promoter engagement by yeast general transcription factor TFIIIC. Nucleic Acids Research 53 (1), gkae1174 (2024)

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Sendker, F. L.; Schlotthauer, T. J.; Mais, C.-N.; Lo, Y. K.; Girbig, M.; Bohn, S.; Heimerl, T.; Schindler, D.; Weinstein, A.; Metzger, B. P. H. et al.; Thornton, J. W.; Pillai, A.; Bange, G.; Schuller, J. M.; Hochberg, G. K. A.: Frequent transitions in self-assembly across the evolution of a central metabolic enzyme. Nature Communications 15 (1), 10515 (2024)

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Oh, Z. G.; Robison, T. A.; Loh, D. H.; Ang, W. S. L.; Ng, J. Z. Y.; Li, F.-W.; Gunn, L. H.: Unique biogenesis and kinetics of hornwort Rubiscos revealed by synthetic biology systems. Molecular Plant 17 (12), pp. 1833 - 1849 (2024)

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Zhang, X.; Liu, C.; Gao, Y.; Liu, L.; Zhang, H.: The canalization in domesticated yeast: Metabolic traits develop robustness against Hsp90 stress during the evolutionary process. Green Carbon (2024)

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Blöcher, L. P.; Schwabe, J.; Glatter, T.; Søgaard-Andersen, L.: Identification of EcpK, a bacterial tyrosine pseudokinase important for exopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Myxococcus xanthus. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2024.11.26.625375 (2024)

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Schulz-Mirbach, H.; Wichmann, P.; Satanowski, A.; Meusel, H.; Wu, T.; Nattermann, M.; Burgener, S.; Paczia, N.; Bar-Even, A.; Erb, T. J.: New-to-nature CO₂-dependent acetyl-CoA assimilation enabled by an engineered B₁₂-dependent acyl-CoA mutase. Nature Communications 15 (1), 10235 (2024)

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Gao, Y.; Tan, D. S.; Girbig, M.; Hu, H.; Zhou, X.; Xie, Q.; Yeung, S. W.; Lee, K. S.; Ho, S. Y.; Cojocaru, V. et al.; Yan, J.; Hochberg, G. K. A.; de Mendoza, A.; Jauch, R.: The emergence of Sox and POU transcription factors predates the origins of animal stem cells. Nature Communications 15 (1), 9868 (2024)

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de Vries, S. T.; Köbel, T. S.; Sanal, A.; Schindler, D.: In- & Out-Cloning: plasmid toolboxes for scarless transcription unit and modular Golden Gate acceptor plasmid assembly. Synthetic Biology 9 (1), ysae016 (2024)

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Defelipe, L. A.; Veith, K.; Burastero, O.; Kupriianova, T.; Bento, I.; Skruzny, M.; Kölbel, K.; Uetrecht, C.; Thuenauer, R.; García-Alai, M. M.: Subtleties in clathrin heavy chain binding boxes provide selectivity among adaptor proteins of budding yeast. Nature Communications 15 (1), 9655 (2024)

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Bozhüyük, K. A. J.; Präve, L.; Kegler, C.; Schenk, L.; Kaiser, S.; Schelhas, C. S.; Shi, Y.-N.; Kuttenlochner, W.; Schreiber, M.; Kandler, J. et al.; Alanjary, M.; Mohiuddin, T. M.; Groll, M.; Hochberg, G. K. A.; Bode, H. B.: Evolution-inspired engineering of nonribosomal peptide synthetases. Science 383 (6689), eadg4320 (2024)

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Henriques Pereira, D. P.; Xie, X.; Beyazay, T.; Paczia, N.; Subrati, Z.; Belz, J.; Volz, K.; Tüysüz, H.; Preiner, M.: The dinucleotide structure of NAD enables specific reduction on mineral surfaces. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2024.10.11.617347 (2024)

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Kargeti, M.; Borah, A.: Metabolic state of bacterial cells: Deciphered through a simple mathematical model. IFAC-PapersOnLine 58 (24), pp. 211 - 215 (2024)

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Čepaitė, R.; Klein, N.; Mikšys, A.; Camara-Wilpert, S.; Ragožius, V.; Benz, F.; Skorupskaitė, A.; Becker, H.; Žvejytė, G.; Steube, N. B. et al.; Hochberg, G. K. A.; Randau, L.; Pinilla-Redondo, R.; Malinauskaitė, L.; Pausch, P.: Structural variation of types IV-A1- and IV-A3-mediated CRISPR interference. Nature Communications 15 (1), 9306 (2024)

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Ivanov, B. S.; Bridges, H. R.; Jarman, O. D.; Hirst, J.: Structure of the turnover-ready state of an ancestral respiratory complex I. Nature Communications 15 (1), 9340 (2024)

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Wenk, S.; Rainaldi, V.; Schann, K.; He, H.; Bouzon, M.; Döring, V.; Lindner, S. N.; Bar-Even, A.: Evolution-assisted engineering of E. coli enables growth on formic acid at ambient CO₂ via the Serine Threonine Cycle. Metabolic Engineering 88, pp. 12 - 24 (2024)

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Effert, J.; Westphalen, M.; Calderari, A.; Shi, Y.-M.; Elamri, I.; Najah, S.; Grün, P.; Li, Y.; Gruez, A.; Weissman, K. J. et al.; Bode, H. B.: Pyrrolizwilline, a unique bacterial alkaloid assembled by a nonribosomal peptide synthetase and non-enzymatic dimerization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 63 (51), e202411258 (2024)

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Segura Munoz, R. R.; Sourjik, V.: Collective dynamics of Escherichia coli growth under near-lethal acid stress. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2024.10.17.618973 (2024)

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