IMPRS Principles of Microbial Life

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2026

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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.; Xylakis, E.-S.; Heinrich, A. K.; Bode, H. B.; Braus, G. H.: The VelB IDD promotes selective heterodimer formation of velvet proteins for fungal development. Life science alliance 9 (2), e202503395 (2026)

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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 spatial reorganization of chromosomal and virulence plasmid DNA. Cell Reports 44 (12), 116592 (2025)

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Schwabe, J.; Monjaras-Feria, J.; Glatter, T.; Blumenkamp, P.; Rupp, O.; Goesmann, A.; Valvano , M. A.; Søgaard-Andersen, L.: A single-domain response regulator activates exopolysaccharide biosynthesis by interaction with the initiating phosphoglycosyl transferase. mBio, e02986-25 (2025)

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Wichmann, P.; Cox-Fermandois, A.; Küffner, A. M.; Linne, U.; Erb, T. J.; Nattermann, M.: Engineering a formic acid reductase. ACS Catalysis, pp. 20485 - 20495 (2025)

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Nieves, M.; Valle, J. M.; Rizza, J. D.; Carrión, F.; Naranjo-Meneses, P.; Larrieux, N.; Bischofs, I. B.; Buschiazzo, A.; Trajtenberg, F.: Engineering directional phosphoryl flow enables programmable signaling dynamics in bacteria. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.11.17.688798 (2025)

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Schön, M. E.; Schvarcz, C. R.; Malkewitz, S. V.; Hinner, F. C.; Koslova, A.; Mersdorf, U.; Schimm, F.; Rickert, S.; Pozhydaieva, N.; McBeain, K. et al.; Hackl, T.; Schneider, A. C.; Barenhoff, K.; Höfer, K.; Edwards, K. F.; Steward, G. F.; Fischer, M. G.: Strain-level diversity of giant viruses infecting chlorarachniophyte algae in the subtropical North Pacific. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.11.19.688996 (2025)

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Kegel, N. B.; Yilmaz Demirel, N.; Glatter, T.; Höfer, K.; Kaufmann, A.; Bauer, S.: Proteins are a source of glycans found in preparations of glycoRNA. Experimental & Molecular Medicine (2025)

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Rainaldi, V.; Schulz-Mirbach, H.; Solomon, J. B.; Sloothaak, S. Q.; Paczia, N.; Erb, T. J.; Solomon, J. B.; D'Adamo, S.; Claassens, N. J.: Modular in vivo engineering of the reductive methylaspartate cycles for synthetic CO₂ fixation. bioRxiv, 2025.11.12.688011 (2025)

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Ratnikava, M.; Lambrecht, O.; Sourjik, V.: Effects of multiple cell regulators on curli gene expression in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology 0 (0), e00281-25 (2025)

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Brianceau, C.; Wimmi, S.; Kronenberger, T.; Diepold, A.: Continuous exchange of an inner-membrane ring component is required for assembly and function of the type III secretion system. Nature Communications 16 (1), 9889 (2025)

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Mihajlovic, L.; Hofacker, L. M.; Lindner, F.; Jayakumar, P.; Diepold, A.; Huwiler, S. G.: A molecular toolbox to modulate gene expression and protein secretion in the bacterial predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. PLOS Genetics 21 (11), e1011935 (2025)

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Wilting, T. J.; Reijnier, A. W.; Brebels, M. H.; Villie, A.; Colin, R.; Gelderblom, H.: Active bacterial pattern formation in evaporating droplets. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.11.07.687264 (2025)

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Di Dio, G.; Colin, R.: Active segregation in bacterial binary mixtures under flow. Communications Physics 8 (1), 426 (2025)

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Yuan, J.; Koch, H.-G.; Berghoff, B. A.: Functional diversity and molecular interactions of small membrane proteins in bacteria. microLife 6, uqaf035 (2025)

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Inckemann, R. M.; Chotel, T.; Burgis, M.; Brinkmann, C. K.; Andreas, L.; Baumann, J.; Sharma, P.; Klose, M.; Barrett, J.; Ries, F. et al.; Paczia, N.; Glatter, T.; Mackinder, L. C. M.; Willmund, F.; Erb, T. J.: A modular high-throughput approach for advancing synthetic biology in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas. Nature Plants 11 (11), pp. 2332 - 2349 (2025)

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Henriques Pereira, D. P.; Xie, X.; Stewart, S. V.; Subrati, Z.; Beyazay, T.; Paczia, N.; Belz, J.; Volz, K.; Erastova, V.; Tüysüz, H. et al.; Preiner, M.: Reduction of NAD and NMN on mineral surfaces with H₂ reveals a functional role for the AMP moiety in a prebiotic context. Communications Chemistry 8 (1), 318 (2025)

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Nguyen, T. T.-P.; Weiland, P.; Loi, V. V.; Kiontke, S.; Burchert, F.; Zegarra, V.; Kern, A.; Fritsch, V. N.; Baranov, D.; Bronowska, A. K. et al.; Bange, G.; Antelmann, H.: Structural basis of quinone-sensing by the MarR-type repressor MhqR in Staphylococcus aureus. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.10.30.685541 (2025)

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Jordan, B.; Gohil, R.; Prasse, D.; Hellwig, L.; Repnik, U.; Jiang, S.; Yuan, J.; Schmitz, R. A.: Transcription profiling and functional analysis of spRNAs and their corresponding asRNAs in Methanosarcina mazei. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.10.28.685009 (2025)

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Zaman, F.; Li, Z.; Fu, X.; Ma, W.; Wu, X.; Tian, J.; Peng, J.; Liesack, W.; Cui, Z.: Soil pH modulates microbial nitrogen cycling under integrated soil-crop system management across agroecosystems. Soil Ecology Letters 7 (4), 250360 (2025)

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Liu, Y.; Wu, X.; Wegner, C.-E.; Ma, K.; Xu, G.; Cui, Z.; Zhang, F.; Liesack, W.; Peng, J.: Temperature increase in paddy soils remodels the relationship between the anaerobic food web and the Q10 of CH₄ production. Molecular Ecology 34 (22), e70156 (2025)

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Lago-Maciel, A.; Soares, J. C.; Zarzycki, J.; Buchanan, C. J.; Reif-Trauttmansdorff, T.; Schmidt, F. V.; Lometto, S.; Paczia, N.; Schuller, J. M.; Hansen, D. F. et al.; Heller, G. T.; Prinz, S.; Hochberg, G. K. A.; Pierik, A. J.; Rebelein, J. G.: Methylthio-alkane reductases use nitrogenase metalloclusters for carbon–sulfur bond cleavage. Nature Catalysis 8 (10), pp. 1089 - 1099 (2025)

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Podolski, A.; Lindeboom, T. A.; Präve, L.; Dehghan, M.; Minas, H. A.; Kranz, J.; Schindler, D.; Bode, H. B.: High-Throughput Engineering and Modification of Non-Ribosomal Peptide Synthetases Based on Golden Gate Assembly. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e202508967 (2025)

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Richter, P.; Merz, A.; Biboy, J.; Paczia, N.; Glatter, T.; Vollmer, W.; Thanbichler, M.: Peptidoglycan recycling is critical for cell division, cell wall integrity and β-lactam resistance in Caulobacter crescentus. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.10.15.682734 (2025)

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Zheng, X.; Guo, Z.; Chen, L.; Wang, H.; Freitag, J.; Li, A.; Bange, G.; Li, S.-M.; Zheng, L.: Molecular Insights into the Substrate Recognition and quasi-unidirectional Catalysis of OpaE, an Atypical Fungal Enzyme from the Asp/Glu Racemase Family. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 110828 (2025)

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Keuthen, H.; Pozhydaieva, N.; Höfer, K.: Precise phage mutagenesis with NgTET-assisted CRISPR-Cas systems. Journal of Visualized Experiments (224), e69022 (2025)

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Shah, M.; Xu, W.; Sourjik, V.: Response of Escherichia coli chemotaxis pathway to pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides. Microbiology Spectrum 13 (11), e02048-25 (2025)

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Lee, J.-W.; Wang, L.; Comer, S. L.; Colin, R.; Gidney, M. M.; Laganenka, L.; Hardt, W.-D.; Hadjifrangiskou, M.; Sourjik, V.: Control of flagellar gene expression by a chemotaxis receptor-like regulator in pathogenic Escherichia coli. The EMBO Journal 44 (224), pp. 6675 - 6703 (2025)

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Mrnjavac, N.; Hoffmann, N. K.; Schlikker, M. L.; Burmeister, M.; Schwander, L.; Garcia, C. G.; Brabender, M.; Steel, M.; Huson, D. H.; Metzger, S. et al.; Dherbassy, Q.; Schink, B.; Basen, M.; Moran, J.; Tueysuez, H.; Preiner, M.; Martin, W. F.: Gradual assembly of metabolism at a phosphorylating hydrothermal vent. arXiv, arXiv.2510.08410 (2025)

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Guo, K.; Heimerl, T.; Hakobyan, A.; Han, D.; Liesack, W.: Methylocystis hydrogenophila sp. nov.—A Type IIa Methanotrophic Bacterium Able to Utilize Hydrogen as an Alternative Energy Source. Microorganisms 10 (13), 2309; (2025)

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Gonschorek, P. A.; Wilson, C. S.; Schelhas, C. S.; Bozhueyuek, K. A.J.; Gruen, P.; Bode, H. B.: Split inteins for generating combinatorial non-ribosomal peptide libraries. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.10.02.680031 (2025)

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Ng, J. Z. Y.; Wiens, D.; Schulz, L.; Hergenröder, A.; Küffner, A. M.; Geil, C.; Erb, T. J.; Hochberg, G. K. A.: Origin of chaperone dependence and assembly complexity in Rubisco biogenesis. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.09.22.677769 (2025)

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Wang, X.; Xu, W.; Yao, F.; Liu, S.; Zhang, Y.; Sourjik, V.; Bi, S.: Discovery of an indole-sensing chemoreceptor in Helicobacter pylori. Current Biology 35 (20), pp. 5018 - 5032.e6 (2025)

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Schnabel, L.; Osorio Valeriano, M.; Perez-Borrajero, C.; Steinchen, W.; Mais, C.-N.; Simon, B.; Hanßmann, J.; Thamm, M.; Hennig, J.; Bange, G. et al.; Thanbichler, M.: Molecular basis of ParA ATPase activation by the CTPase ParB during bacterial chromosome segregation. Nature Communications 16 (1), 8428 (2025)

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Otoya-Martinez, N.; Touray, M.; Cimen, H.; Bode, E.; Bode, H. B.; Hazir, S.; Chacon-Orozco, J. G.; Bueno, C. J.; Leite, L. G.: Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus metabolites for fungal biocontrol and application in soybean seed protection. Journal of Fungi 11 (10), 691 (2025)

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Lagares, A.; Krol, E.; Jühling, T.; Glatter, T.; Becker, A.: A systems-level insight into PHB-driven metabolic adaptation orchestrated by the PHB-binding transcriptional regulator AniA (PhaR). mSystems 10 (10), e00760-25 (2025)

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Segura Munoz , R. R.; Sourjik, V.: Collective dynamics of Escherichia coli growth under near-lethal acid stress. mBio 16 (11), e01932-25 (2025)

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Barthel, S.; Hoffmann-Becking, M.; Karimov, I. G.; Erb, T. J.: Genetically encoded control of in vitro transcription–translation coupled DNA replication. ACS Synthetic Biology 14 (10), pp. 4134 - 4142 (2025)

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Liu, Y.; Karmakar, R.; Billini, M.; Steinchen, W.; Mukherjee, S.; Hernandez Tamayo, R.; Heimerl, T.; Bange, G.; Schäfer, L. V.; Thanbichler, M.: Membrane binding properties of the cytoskeletal protein bactofilin. eLife 13, RP100749 (2025)

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Favre, S.; Pillet, B.; Burchert, F.; Siva Sankar, D.; Méndez-Godoy, A.; Dengjel, J.; Bange, G.; Kressler, D.: Exploration of the proxiOME of large subunit ribosomal proteins reveals Acl1 and Bcl1 as cooperating dedicated chaperones of Rpl1. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.09.18.677003 (2025)

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Remme, D. C. L. E.; Tilg, L.-J.; Pfänder, Y.; Yuan, J.; Narberhaus, F.: Small DUF1127 proteins regulate bacterial phosphate metabolism through protein-protein interactions with the sensor kinase PhoR. microLife 6, uqaf023 (2025)

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Schwabe, J.; Monjaras-Feria, J.; Glatter, T.; Blumenkamp, P.; Rupp, O.; Goesmann, A.; Valvano, M. A.; Søgaard-Andersen, L.: A single-domain response regulator activates exopolysaccharide synthesis by interacting with the initiating phosphoglycosyl transferase. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.09.10.675344 (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 the methane-activating enzyme in anaerobic methanotrophy reveal extensive post-translational modifications. Nature Communications 16 (1), 8229 (2025)

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de Vries, J.; Lindeboom, T. A.; de Vries, S. T.; Schindler, D.; Hoffmann, S. A.: Standardized modular assembly of polycistronic operons with modular cloning (MoClo) using the in-cloning toolkit. Journal of Visualized Experiments (223), e68103 (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. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (35), e2508950122 (2025)

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Chen, X.; Wang, L.; Sourjik, V.: Swimming or sessile: the interplay between c-di-GMP signalling and flagellar motility. Current Opinion in Microbiology 87, 102632 (2025)

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Li, Q.; Wang, R.; Zhou, X.; Li, S.; Zhang, S.; Zhang, X.; Wang, W.; Jiao, J.; Janssen, P. H.; Ungerfeld, E. M. et al.; Müller, V.; Conrad, R.; Greening, C.; Tan, Z.; Fu, B.; Wang, M.: Metabolic versatility enables acetogens to colonize ruminants with diet-driven niche partitioning. The ISME Journal 19 (1), wraf183 (2025)

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Otoya-Martinez, N.; Touray, M.; Cimen, H.; Bode, E.; Bode, H. B.; Hazir, S.; Chacón-Orozco, J. G.; Bueno, C. J.; Leite, L. G.: Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus metabolites for fungal biocontrol and application in soybean seed protection. preprints.org (2025)

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Chen, H.; Malengo, G.; Wang, L.; Vogler, O.; Renner, M.; Glatter, T.; Paczia, N.; Unterweger, D.; Sourjik, V.; Diepold, A.: Coordination of virulence factors and lifestyle transition in Pseudomonas aeruginosa through single-cell analysis. Communications Biology 8 (1), 1236 (2025)

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Sepúlveda, A. C.; Speth, D. R.; Kerl, C.; Doherty-Weason, D.; Vignale, F. A.; Santha, K.; Mohr, W.; Chennu, A.; Merz, E.; de Beer, D. et al.; Farias, M. E.; Klatt, J. M.: Cryptic arsenic cycling controls oxygenic photosynthesis in Precambrian-analog microbial mats. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2024.04.27.591451 (2025)

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Ermoli, F.; Malengo, G.; Spahn, C. K.; Brianceau, C. F.; Glatter, T.; Diepold, A.: Yersinia actively downregulates type III secretion and adhesion at higher cell densities. PLOS Pathogens 21 (8) (2025)

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Welutung, P.; Pengthamkeerati, P.; Kachenchart, B.; Conrad, R.: Soil nitrous oxide emissions from sugarcane field affected by nitrogen fertilizer rate and inhibitors of urea hydrolysis and nitrification process. Sugar Tech (2025)

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Pintor, K. L.; Balinovic, A.; Malengo, G.; Klepin, C.; Fleck, M.; Glatter, T.; Endesfelder, U.; Diepold, A.: In situ analysis of type III secretion chaperone proteins indicates a cytosolic handover of virulence effectors. FEMS Microbes 6, xtaf010 (2025)

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Zhou, X.; Li, X.; Bei, Q.; Wu, X.; Xu, G.; Dong, X.; Liesack, W.; Cui, Z.; Zhang, F.; Peng, J.: Time-series metatranscriptomics reveals differential salinity effects on the methanogenic food web in paddy soil. mSystems 10 (8), e0001725 (2025)

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Podolski, A.; Präve, L.; Bode, H. B.: Guidelines for high-throughput engineering of nonribosomal peptide synthetase libraries. Methods in Molecular Biology, Peptide libraries 2934, pp. 211 - 231 (2025)

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Yilmaz Demirel, N.; Mumcuoglu, I.; Malengo, G.; Schmeck, B.; Jung, A. L.; Höfer, K.: Engineering site-specific nucleic acid-protein conjugates by utilizing a natural RNAylation reaction. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.07.11.664405 (2025)

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Faber, A.; Politan, R.; Stukenberg, D.; Morris, K.; Kim, R.; Jeon, E.; Inckemann, R.; Becker, A.; Thuronyi, B.; Fritz, G.: Expanding genetic engineering capabilities in Vibrio natriegens with the Vnat Collection. Nucleic Acids Research 53 (13), gkaf580 (2025)

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Schulz-Mirbach, H.; Dronsella, B.; Erb, T. J.: Escherichia coli selection strains for growth-coupled metabolic engineering. Trends in Biotechnology, S0167-7799(25)00252-5 (2025)

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Kargeti, M.; Kalita, I.; Hoch, S.; Ratnikava, M.; Xu, W.; Ni, B.; Dy, R. L.; Bannard, C.; Sourjik, V.: Experimental evolution partially restores functionality of bacterial chemotaxis network with reduced number of components. PLOS Genetics 21 (7), e1011784 (2025)

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Ratnikava, M.; Lamprecht, O.; Sourjik, V.: Effects of multiple cell regulators on curli gene expression in Escherichia coli. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.07.09.663852 (2025)

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Barthel, S.; Hoffmann-Becking, M.; Karimov, I. G.; Erb, T. J.: Genetically encoded control of in vitro transcription-translation coupled DNA replication. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.07.08.663768 (2025)

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Georg, J.; Berghoff, B. A.; Schindler, D.: Harnessing small RNAs as synthetic post-transcriptional regulators in bacteria. ACS Synthetic Biology 14 (7), pp. 2405 - 2417 (2025)

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Gemmecker, Y.; Schall, I.; Seubert, A.; Paczia, N.; Heider, J.: An iron-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase is involved in ethanol metabolism of Aromatoleum aromaticum. Preprints.org (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. Trends in Biotechnology 43 (10), pp. 2539 - 2565 (2025)

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Jung, J.; Glatter, T.; Herfurth, M.; Søgaard-Andersen, L.: DdiA, an XRE family transcriptional regulator, is a co-regulator of the DNA damage response in Myxococcus xanthus. Journal of Bacteriology 207 (7), e00184-25 (2025)

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Meesil, W.; Bode, H. B.; Rückert-Reed, C.; Shi, Y.-M.; Pidot, S. J.; Muangpat, P.; Rattanarojpong, T.; Chantratita, N.; Sitthisak, S.; Vitta, A. et al.; Thanwisai, A.: Genomic analysis for the identification of bioactive compounds in Xenorhabdus stockiae strain RT25.5. Scientific Reports 15 (1), 23672 (2025)

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Nomura, S.; San Segundo-Acosta, P.; Protasov, E.; Kaneko, M.; Kahnt, J.; Murphy, B. J.; Shima, S.: Electron flow in hydrogenotrophic methanogens under nickel limitation. Nature 644 (8076), pp. 490 - 496 (2025)

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Drobnič, T.; Cohen, E. J.; Calcraft, T.; Alzheimer, M.; Froschauer, K.; Svensson, S.; Hoffmann, W. H.; Singh, N.; Garg, S.; Henderson, L. D. et al.; Umrekar, T. R.; Nans, A.; Ribardo, D.; Pedaci, F.; Nord, A. L.; Hochberg, G. K. A.; Hendrixson, D. R.; Sharma, C. M.; Rosenthal, P. B.; Beeby, M.: In situ structure of a bacterial flagellar motor at subnanometre resolution reveals adaptations for increased torque. Nature Microbiology 10 (7), pp. 1723 - 1740 (2025)

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Ren, M.; Li, D.; Addison, H.; Noteborn, W. E. M.; Andeweg, E. H.; Glatter, T.; de Winde, J. H.; Rebelein, J. G.; Lamers, M. H.; Schada von Borzyskowski, L.: NAD-dependent dehydrogenases enable efficient growth of Paracoccus denitrificans on the PET monomer ethylene glycol. Nature Communications 16 (1), 5845 (2025)

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Baltaci, S. F.; Akolpoglu, M. B.; Kalita, I.; Sourjik, V.; Sitti, M.: Bacterial minicell-based biohybrid sub-micron swimmers for targeted cargo delivery. Advanced Science 12 (35), e05538 (2025)

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Wang, C.; Li, H.; Li, J.; Wang, C.; Yu, J.; Shima, S.; Huang, G.; Pan, H.-J.: Reconstitution of [Fe]-hydrogenase with model complexes reveals functional Roles of methyl groups in the metallocofactor. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (27), pp. 23758 - 23765 (2025)

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Kroos, L.; Wall, D.; Islam, S. T.; Whitworth, D. E.; Muñoz-Dorado, J.; Higgs, P. I.; Mitchell, S.; Mauriello, E. M.F.; Treuner-Lange, A.; Søgaard-Andersen, L. et al.; Kaimer, C.; Elías-Arnanz, M.; Stojković, E. A.; Müller, R.; Volz, C.; Velicer, G. J.; Nan, B.: Milestones in the development of Myxococcus xanthus as a model multicellular bacterium. Journal of Bacteriology 207 (7), e00071-25 (2025)

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Kalita, I.; Colin, R.; Hoch, S.; Baltaci, S. F.; Sitti, M.; Sourjik, V.: Motile and chemotactic minicells and minicell-driven biohybrids engineered for active cargo delivery. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17 (25), pp. 36387 - 36399 (2025)

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Garg, S.; Hochberg, G. K. A.: A general substitution matrix for structural phylogenetics. Molecular Biology and Evolution 42 (6), msaf124 (2025)

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Su, L.; Schmalhofer, M.; Grammbitter, G. L. C.; Paczia, N.; Glatter, T.; Groll, M.; Bode, H. B.: The isopropylstilbene precursor cinnamic acid inhibits anthraquinone pigment production by targeting AntI. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (24), pp. 20246 - 20250 (2025)

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Peters, L.; Drechsler, M.; Herrera, M. A.; Liu, J.; Pees, B.; Jarstorff, J.; Czerwinski, A.; Lubbock, F.; Angelidou, G.; Salzer, L. et al.; Moors, K. A.; Paczia, N.; Shi, Y.-M.; Schulenburg, H.; Kaleta, C.; Witting, M.; Liebeke, M.; Campopiano, D. J.; Bode, H. B.; Dierking, K.: Polyketide synthase-derived sphingolipids mediate microbiota protection against a bacterial pathogen in C. elegans. Nature Communications 16 (1), 5151 (2025)

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Reif-Trauttmansdorff, T.; Herdering, E.; Bohn, S.; Pascoa, T.; Kahnt, J.; Zimmer, E.; Kumar, A.; Schmitz, R. A.; Schuller, J. M.: Structure of the energy converting methyltransferase (Mtr) of <em>Methanosarcina maze</em>i in complex with an oxygen-stress responsive small protein. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.06.02.657420 (2025)

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Schulz-Mirbach, H.; Wichmann, P.; Satanowski, A.; Milivojevic, M.: Mission Possible: Ein Enzym verlässt den Naturpfad. IM + io (2), pp. 28 - 33 (2025)

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Hanßmann, J.; Pané-Farré, J.; Meiser, M.; Girbig, M.; Fu, L.; Madej, M.; Sendker, F. L.; Thölken, C.; Lechner, M.; Ziegler, C. et al.; Hochberg, G. K. A.; Bange, G.; Thanbichler, M.; Hinrichs, R.: A conserved nuclease facilitates environmental DNA uptake. Nucleic Acids Research 53 (10), gkaf443 (2025)

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Rubinić, M.; Arias-Rojas, A.; Martinez, K. A.; Klimek, W.; Paczia, N.; Alagesan, K.; Duneau, D.; Iatsenko, I.: Sex differences in Drosophila intestinal metabolism contribute to sexually dimorphic infection outcome and alter gut pathogen virulence. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.05.22.655590 (2025)

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Heyer, R.; Wolf, M.; Benndorf, D.; Uzzau, S.; Seifert, J.; Grenga, L.; Pabst, M.; Schmitt, H.; Mesuere, B.; Van Den Bossche, T. et al.; Haange, S.-B.; Jehmlich, N.; Di Luca, M.; Ferrer, M.; Serrano-Villar, S.; Armengaud, J.; Bode, H. B.; Hellwig, P.; Masselot, C. R.; Léonard, R.; Wilmes, P.: Metaproteomics in the One Health framework for unraveling microbial effectors in microbiomes. Microbiome 13 (1), 134 (2025)

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Wu, X.; Liu, Y.; He, Z.; Zhou, X.; Liesack, W.; Peng, J.: Coevolution and cross-infection patterns between viruses and their host methanogens in paddy soils. ISME Communications 5 (1), ycaf088 (2025)

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Addison, H.; Pfister, P.; Lago Maciel, A.; Erb, T. J.; Pierik, A. J.; Rebelein, J. G.: Two key ferredoxins for nitrogen fixation have different specificities and biophysical properties. Chemistry – A European Journal 31 (37), e202500844 (2025)

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Dornes, A.; Bedrunka, P.; Pillet, B.; Kressler, D.; Heimerl, T.; Pané-Farré, J.; Bange, G.: FlhG cooperates with the cell cycle regulator GpsB to confine peritrichous flagella in B. subtilis. Molecular Microbiology 124 (2), pp. 131 - 140 (2025)

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Günther, M.; Paczia, N.; Michels, S.; Fiebich, B. L.; Vogt, S.; Drewe, J.; Boonen, G.; Butterweck, V.; Culmsee, C.: Cimicifuga racemosa extract Ze 450 shifts macrophage immunometabolism and attenuates pro-inflammatory signaling. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 188, 118130 (2025)

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Mihajlovic, L.; Hofacker, L. M.; Lindner, F.; Jayakumar, P.; Diepold, A.; Huwiler, S. G.: Modulating gene expression and protein secretion in the bacterial predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.05.17.654431 (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 298, 128222 (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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Pansri, S.; Subkrasae, C.; Ardpairin, J.; Dumidae, A.; Meesil, W.; Wattanachaiyingcharoen, W.; Tandhavanant, S.; Bode, H. B.; Thanwisai, A.; Vitta, A.: Evaluation of the mosquitocidal activity of Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus extracts against the larvae of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research 57, 13641 (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 642, pp. 814 - 821 (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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Harju, J.; Messelink, J. J.B.; Tröger, L.; Gradziuk, G.; Rathnayaka, I.; Thanbichler, M.; van Teeseling; C.F., M.; Broedersz, C. P.: Learning the dynamic organization of a replicating bacterial chromosome from time-course Hi-C data. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.04.03.647011 (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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Cañas-Duarte, S. J.; Sun, L.; Perez-Lopez, M. I.; Herrfurth, C.; Contreras, L. M.; Feussner, I.; Leidy, C.; Paulsson, J.; Riaño-Pachón, D. M.; Pedraza, J. M. et al.; Restrepo, S.: An integrative multi-omics approach points to membrane composition as a key factor in E. coli persistence. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2020.08.28.271171 (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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Satanowski, A.; Marchal, D. G.; Perret, A.; Petit, J.-L.; Bouzon, M.; Döring, V.; Dubois, I.; He, H.; Smith, E. N.; Pellouin, V. et al.; Petri, H. M.; Rainaldi, V.; Nattermann, M.; Burgener, S.; Paczia, N.; Zarzycki, J.; Heinemann, M.; Bar-Even, A.; Erb, T. J.: Design and implementation of aerobic and ambient CO₂-reduction as an entry-point for enhanced carbon fixation. Nature Communications 16 (1), 3134 (2025)

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