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Gimranov, E.; Oliveira, H.; Santos, S. B.; Weber, M.; Höfer, K.; Santos, C.; Moura, L.; Azeredo, J.: A genomically unique lytic bacteriophage infecting Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. Virology (2026)

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Hanßmann, J.; Lometto, S.; Steinchen, W.; Schnabel, L.; Bange, G.; Hochberg, G. K. A.; Thanbichler, M.: Ancestral sequence reconstruction reveals CTP-dependent loading of the bacterial centromere-binding protein ParB as an ancient evolutionary feature. Journal of Molecular Biology 438 (5), 169611 (2026)

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Brune, A.: Mikrobielle Methanoxidation im Grundwasser. BIOspektrum 32 (1), p. 70 - 70 (2026)

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M., S. N.; Elizaveta, K.; Nicole, P.; Neda, F.; Anke, B.: CHASE-independent cytokinin perception triggers 3′,5′-cAMP signaling in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Journal of Bacteriology 0 (0) (2026)

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Perry, T. N.; Mais, C.-N.; Sanchez-Londono, M.; Steinchen, W.; Plitzko, P. A.; Randau, L.; Pausch, P.; Innis, C. A.; Bange, G.: Structural basis of Cas8-independent Cas3 recruitment in Type I-F2 CRISPR–Cas. Nucleic Acids Research 54 (5) (2026)

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Zheng, L.; Young, M. K. M.; Steinchen, W.; Guo, Z.; Jalomo-Khayrova, E.; Liu, B. X.; Burchert, F.; Bedrunka, P.; Mais, C.-N.; Pané-Farré, J. et al.; Girbig, M.; Linne, U.; Trinquier, A.; Li, A.; Hochberg, G.; Freitag, J.; Wang, J. D.; Bange, G.: A protein adaptor mediating Ap4A-dependent control of protein acetylation. Nature Communications (2026)

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Jasnauskaitė, M.; Juozapaitis, J.; Liegutė, T.; Grigaitis, R.; Skorupskaitė, A.; Steinchen, W.; Mikšys, A.; Truncaitė, L.; Kazlauskaitė, K.; Jiménez Torres, F. M. et al.; Khochare, S.; Dudas, G.; Bange, G.; Malinauskaitė, L.; Songailienė, I.; Pausch, P.: Structure and mechanism of antiphage retron Eco2. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 33 (2), pp. 330 - 340 (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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Lago-Maciel, A.; Herzog, M.; Rebelein, J. G.: Functional insights into the nitrogenase-like enzyme superfamily. Trends in Biochemical Sciences 51 (2), pp. 187 - 202 (2026)

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Schulz-Mirbach, H.; Rainaldi, V.; Bohra, N.; Suzuki, K.; Danet, T.; Kasim, H.; Satanowski, A.; He, H.; Rossini, E.; Lee, S. H. et al.; Klose, M.; Kahnt, J.; Glatter, T.; Claus, P.; Paczia, N.; Dronsella, B. B.; Luo, S.; Claassens, N. J.; Erb, T. J.: Combining evolution and machine learning-guided pathway optimization to engineer a novel methylsuccinate module for synthetic C1 metabolism in vivo. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2026.01.16.699985 (2026)

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Nattermann, M.; Zwahlen, S. M.; Danquah, E. Y.; Szafranska, H. M.; Rangan, K. J.; Reck-Peterson, S. L.: Climate change and cell biology – five ways cells can help us solve planetary problems. Journal of Cell Science 139 (1), jcs264588 (2026)

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Iglesias, J.; Colla, D.; Serrangeli , J. S.; Lozano, M. J.; Falduti, O.; Brignoli, D.; Medici, I.; Althabegoiti , M. J.; Lodeiro, A. R.; Abdian, P. L. et al.; Paczia, N.; Becker, A.; Soler-Bistué, A.; Perez-Gimenez, J.; Mongiardini, E. J.: Role of Tad pili during the transition from planktonic to biofilm state in Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA 110. Journal of Bacteriology 0 (0), e00008-25 (2026)

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Schmidt, L. M.; Pulido-Sánchez, M.; Treuner-Lange, A.; Zehner, L.; López-Sánchez, A.; Cava, F.; Govantes, F.; Thormann, K. M.: Functional characterization of the polar organizer protein FimV in Pseudomonas putida. Journal of Bacteriology 208 (2), e00497-25 (2026)

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Campobasso, C.; Henderix, P.; Jalomo-Khayrova, E.; Bolognini, S.; Bange, G.; Lavigne, R.; Tavanti, A.; Wagemans, J.; Di Luca, M.: Directed evolution of phage Romulus in biofilm-embedded Staphylococcus aureus: mutations in baseplate proteins enhanced its antibiofilm activity. Biofilm 11, 100345 (2026)

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Recabarren, R.; Johns, S. T.; Bunzel, H. A.; Vöhringer-Martinez, E.; van der Kamp, M. W.: Electric fields enhance Diels–Alderase catalysis in abyssomicin C biosynthesis. Chemical Communications 62 (8), pp. 2594 - 2598 (2026)

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Russ, P.; Wenzel, L. T.; Bedenbender, S.; Maeske, M.; Einloft, J.; Meyer, H. L.; Ganser, A.; Bange, G.; Hirsch, M. C.; Neubauer, A. et al.; Benoehr, P.; Grgic, I.: Personalized virtual reality in hemodialysis patients: a multicenter pilot study. Clinical Kidney Journal 19 (1), sfaf367 (2026)

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Salamonsen, D.; Pierangelini, A.; Buda, K.; Wang, D.; van der Kamp, M. W.; Tokuriki, N.; Bunzel, H. A.; Frøhlich, C.: Evolution tunes functional sub-state interconversion to boost enzyme function. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.12.31.697001 (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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Reif-Trauttmansdorff, T.; Herdering, E.; Bohn, S.; Pascoa, T.; Kahnt, J.; Zimmer, E.; Kumar, A.; Schmitz, R. A.; Schuller, J. M.: Structure of the Methanosarcina mazei Mtr complex bound to the oxygen-stress responsive small protein MtrI. Nature Communications 17 (1), 133 (2025)

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Favre, S.; Pillet, B.; Burchert, F.; Siva Sankar, D.; Mendez-Godoy, A.; Kiontke, S.; 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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Kaiser, S.; Shahmohammadi, N.; Goel, T. S. M.; Buchanan, C. J.; Garg, S.; Vidaurre Barahona, D.; Qian, Z.; Lefevfre, C.; Schindler, D.; Kim, Y. et al.; Bode, H. B.; Hochberg, G. K. A.: Drift, selection and convergence in the evolution of a nonribosomal peptide. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.12.15.694437 (2025)

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Bode, E.; Büllesbach, J.; Bauer, K.; Shi, Y.-N.; Reiners, S.; Cui, Z.; Happel, P.; Shi, Y.-M.; Hoffmann, K.; Grün, P. et al.; Pommerenke, B.; Kazmaier, U.; Grininger, M.; Bode, H. B.: Pseudotetraivprolides from Pseudomonas entomophila provide insights into the biosynthesis of detoxin/rimosamide-like anti-antibiotics. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 65 (4), e13287 (2025)

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Meier, M.; Scholz, S. A.; von Bank, L.; Levandoski, J. E.; Lückhof, M.; Schaaf, M.; Si, S.; Lieberwirth, I.; Jung, A. L.; Landfester, K. et al.; Driessen, A. J.M.; Erb, T. J.: Functional mapping and engineering of the sec translocon unlocked by a cell-free system. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.12.09.688994 (2025)

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Bange, G.; Hochberg, G. K. A.; Thormann, K.; Dornes, A.: Where and how many: evolutionary diversification of a molecular switch regulating flagellar patterns. Journal of Bacteriology 208 (1), e00329-25 (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 17 (1), 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 207 (12), 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 64 (49), 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 301 (12), 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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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), e1013423 (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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