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bioRxiv. 2023. p. 61. DOI : 10.1101/2023.10.25.564063.DNA modifications impact natural transformation of Acinetobacter baumannii
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Microbiology. 2023. Vol. 169, num. 5. DOI : 10.1099/mic.0.001329.Patents
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Single nucleotide polymorphism determines constitutive versus inducible type VI secretion in Vibrio cholerae
The ISME Journal. 2022-04-11. Vol. 16, p. 1868–1872. DOI : 10.1038/s41396-022-01234-7.Solving the mystery of the missing plasmids in seventh pandemic Vibrio cholerae strains
Nature. 2022-04-06. DOI : 10.1038/d41586-022-00778-0.Two defence systems eliminate plasmids from seventh pandemic Vibrio cholerae
Nature. 2022-04-06. Vol. 604, p. 323–329. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-022-04546-y.The VarA-CsrA regulatory pathway influences cell shape in Vibrio cholerae
PLOS Genetics. 2022-03-28. Vol. 18, num. 3, p. e1010143. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010143.Theses
How Vibrio cholerae adapts to the environment: from cell shape transitions to antagonistic behavior
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022.Natural competence of the pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii: an elusive phenomenon
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022.2021
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Human commensal gut Proteobacteria withstand type VI secretion attacks through immunity protein-independent mechanisms
Nature Communications. 2021-10-01. Vol. 12, p. 1-13, 5751. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-021-26041-0.Pilus production in Acinetobacter baumannii is growth phase dependent and essential for natural transformation
Journal of Bacteriology. 2021-01-25. Vol. 2013, num. 8, p. e00034-21. DOI : 10.1128/JB.00034-21.Growing away from monocultures – interdependent growth conditions for studying antibacterial and antiphage systems
Environmental Microbiology Reports. 2021. Vol. 13, num. 1, p. 42-44. DOI : 10.1111/1758-2229.12899.Theses
The molecular treasure box of environmental Vibrio cholerae strains
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.2020
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Interbacterial competition and anti‐predatory behavior of environmental Vibrio cholerae strains
Environmental Microbiology. 2020-09-03. Vol. 22, num. 10, p. 4485-4504. DOI : 10.1111/1462-2920.15224.Comparison of chitin‐induced natural transformation in pandemic Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains
Environmental Microbiology. 2020-08-29. Vol. 22, num. 10, p. 4149-4166. DOI : 10.1111/1462-2920.15214.A Vibriophage Takes Antirepression to the Next Level
Cell Host & Microbe. 2020-04-09. Vol. 27, num. 4, p. 493-495. DOI : 10.1016/j.chom.2020.03.019.Selection of Vibrio crassostreae relies on a plasmid expressing a type 6 secretion system cytotoxic for host immune cells
Environmental Microbiology. 2020. Vol. 22, num. 10, p. 4198-4211. DOI : 10.1111/1462-2920.14776.2019
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The type IV pilus protein PilU functions as a PilT-dependent retraction ATPase
PLOS Genetics. 2019-09-16. Vol. 15, num. 9, p. e1008393. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008393.Neighbor predation linked to natural competence fosters the transfer of large genomic regions in Vibrio cholerae
eLife. 2019-09-03. Vol. 8, p. e48212. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.48212.DNA-uptake pili of Vibrio cholerae are required for chitin colonization and capable of kin recognition via sequence-specific self-interaction
Nature Microbiology. 2019-06-10. Vol. 4, p. 1545–1557. DOI : 10.1038/s41564-019-0479-5.Ecological implications of gene regulation by TfoX and TfoY among diverse Vibrio species
Environmental Microbiology. 2019-02-14. Vol. 21, num. 7, p. 2231–2247. DOI : 10.1111/1462-2920.14562.Cellular Microbiology Interview – Dr. Melanie Blokesch
Cellular Microbiology. 2019-01-04. p. e13002. DOI : 10.1111/cmi.13002.Reviews
Mechanisms of DNA Uptake by Naturally Competent Bacteria
Annual Review of Genetics. 2019-08-21. Vol. 53, p. 217-37. DOI : 10.1146/annurev-genet-112618-043641.Theses
Two nanomachines drive evolution in diverse Vibrio species
Lausanne, EPFL, 2019.2018
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Long-Read-Based Genome Sequences of Pandemic and Environmental Vibrio cholerae Strains
Microbiology Resource Announcements. 2018. Vol. 7, num. 23, p. e01574-18. DOI : 10.1128/MRA.01574-18.Molecular insights into Vibrio cholerae’s intra-amoebal host-pathogen interactions
Nature Communications. 2018. Vol. 9, p. 3460. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-018-05976-x.Bacterial type VI secretion system facilitates niche domination
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018. Vol. 115, num. 36, p. 8855-8857. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1812776115.QstR-dependent regulation of natural competence and type VI secretion in Vibrio cholerae
Nucleic Acids Research. 2018. Vol. 46, num. 20, p. 10619–10634. DOI : 10.1093/nar/gky717.Reviews
Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics Linked to Horizontal Gene Transfer in Vibrios
Annual Review of Microbiology. 2018. Vol. 72, num. 1, p. 89-110. DOI : 10.1146/annurev-micro-090817-062148.2017
Reviews
Modeling Key Drivers of Cholera Transmission Dynamics Provides New Perspectives for Parasitology
Trends in Parasitology. 2017. Vol. 33, num. 8, p. 587-599. DOI : 10.1016/j.pt.2017.04.002.Interbacterial predation as a strategy for DNA acquisition in naturally competent bacteria
Nature Reviews Microbiology. 2017. Vol. 15, p. 621-629. DOI : 10.1038/nrmicro.2017.66.In and out—contribution of natural transformation to the shuffling of large genomic regions
Current Opinion in Microbiology. 2017. Vol. 38, p. 22-29. DOI : 10.1016/j.mib.2017.04.001.2016
Journal Articles
Circulation of a Quorum-Sensing-Impaired Variant of Vibrio cholerae Strain C6706 Masks Important Phenotypes
mSphere. 2016. Vol. 1, num. 3, p. e00098-16. DOI : 10.1128/mSphere.00098-16.Independent Regulation of Type VI Secretion in Vibrio cholerae by TfoX and TfoY
Cell reports. 2016. Vol. 15, num. 5, p. 951-958. DOI : 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.03.092.Reviews
Natural competence for transformation
Current Biology. 2016. Vol. 26, num. 21, p. R1126-R1130. DOI : 10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.058.The DNA-Uptake Process of Naturally Competent Vibrio cholerae
Trends in Microbiology. 2016. Vol. 24, num. 2, p. 98-110. DOI : 10.1016/j.tim.2015.10.008.Regulation of competence-mediated horizontal gene transfer in the natural habitat of Vibrio cholerae
Current Opinion in Microbiology. 2016. Vol. 30, p. 1-7. DOI : 10.1016/j.mib.2015.10.007.2015
Journal Articles
An intracellular replication niche for Vibrio cholerae in the amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii
The ISME Journal. 2015-09-22. Vol. 10, p. 897-910. DOI : 10.1038/ismej.2015.165.Competence-induced type VI secretion might foster intestinal colonization by Vibrio cholerae
BioEssays. 2015. Vol. 37, num. 11, p. 1163-8. DOI : 10.1002/bies.201500101.The emergence of Vibrio pathogens in Europe: ecology, evolution, and pathogenesis (Paris, 11–12th March 2015)
Frontiers in Microbiology. 2015. Vol. 6, p. 830. DOI : 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00830.Leben und sterben lassen – horizontaler Gentransfer in Vibrio cholerae
BIOspektrum. 2015. Vol. 21, num. 3, p. 273-276. DOI : 10.1007/s12268-015-0572-0.The type VI secretion system of Vibrio cholerae fosters horizontal gene transfer
Science. 2015. Vol. 347, num. 6217, p. 63-67. DOI : 10.1126/science.1260064.Book Chapters
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Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols; Berlin: Humana Press, 2015. p. 1-16.2014
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Regulatory elements involved in the expression of competence genes in naturally transformable Vibrio cholerae
BMC microbiology. 2014. Vol. 14, p. 327. DOI : 10.1186/s12866-014-0327-y.Probing the size of proteins with glass nanopores
Nanoscale. 2014. Vol. 6, num. 23, p. 14380-14387. DOI : 10.1039/C4NR05001K.Glucose- but Not Rice-Based Oral Rehydration Therapy Enhances the Production of Virulence Determinants in the Human Pathogen Vibrio cholerae
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2014. Vol. 8, num. 12, p. e3347. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003347.DNA Transport across the Outer and Inner Membranes of Naturally Transformable Vibrio cholerae Is Spatially but Not Temporally Coupled
mBio. 2014. Vol. 5, num. 4, p. e01409-14. DOI : 10.1128/mBio.01409-14.Composition of the DNA-uptake complex of Vibrio cholerae
Mobile Genetic Elements. 2014. Vol. 4, num. 1, p. e28142. DOI : 10.4161/mge.28142.ComEA Is Essential for the Transfer of External DNA into the Periplasm in Naturally Transformable Vibrio cholerae Cells
PLoS Genetics. 2014. Vol. 10, num. 1, p. e1004066. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004066.Theses
Mechanistic aspects of DNA uptake in naturally competent Vibrio cholerae
Lausanne, EPFL, 2014.The regulatory circuit of natural competence for transformation in the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae
Lausanne, EPFL, 2014.2013
Journal Articles
DNA-uptake machinery of naturally competent Vibrio cholerae
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2013. Vol. 110, num. 44, p. 17987-92. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1315647110.Evidence for Two Different Regulatory Mechanisms Linking Replication and Segregation of Vibrio cholerae Chromosome II
PLoS Genetics. 2013. Vol. 9, num. 6, p. e1003579. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003579.The Janthinobacterium sp. HH01 Genome Encodes a Homologue of the V. cholerae CqsA and L. pneumophila LqsA Autoinducer Synthases
PLoS ONE. 2013. Vol. 8, num. 2, p. e55045. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0055045.A transcriptional regulator linking quorum sensing and chitin induction to render Vibrio cholerae naturally transformable
Nucleic acids research. 2013. Vol. 41, num. 6, p. 3644-58. DOI : 10.1093/nar/gkt041.Overexpression of the tcp Gene Cluster Using the T7 RNA Polymerase/Promoter System and Natural Transformation-Mediated Genetic Engineering of Vibrio cholerae
PLoS ONE. 2013. Vol. 8, num. 1, p. e53952. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0053952.Reviews
Cues and regulatory pathways involved in natural competence and transformation in pathogenic and environmental Gram-negative bacteria
FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 2013. Vol. 37, num. 3, p. 336-63. DOI : 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2012.00353.x.2012
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A quorum sensing-mediated switch contributes to natural transformation of Vibrio cholerae
Mobile genetic elements. 2012. Vol. 2, num. 5, p. 224-227. DOI : 10.4161/mge.22284.TransFLP – A Method to Genetically Modify Vibrio cholerae Based on Natural Transformation and FLP-recombination
Journal of Visualized Experiments : JoVE. 2012. Vol. Oct 8, num. 68, p. pii: 3761. DOI : 10.3791/3761.The Regulatory Network of Natural Competence and Transformation of Vibrio cholerae
PLoS Genetics. 2012. Vol. 8, num. 6, p. e1002778. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002778.Reassessment of the 2010-2011 Haiti cholera outbreak and rainfall-driven multiseason projections
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2012. Vol. 109, num. 17, p. 6602-6607. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1203333109.Chitin colonization, chitin degradation and chitin-induced natural competence of Vibrio cholerae are subject to catabolite repression
Environmental Microbiology. 2012. Vol. 14, num. 8, p. 1898-912. DOI : 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02689.x.2011
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Prediction of the spatial evolution and effects of control measures for the unfolding Haiti cholera outbreak
Geophysical Research Letters. 2011. Vol. 38, p. L06403. DOI : 10.1029/2011GL046823.A transmission model of the 2010 cholera epidemic in haiti
Annals of internal medicine. 2011. Vol. 155, num. 6, p. 403-4. DOI : 10.1059/0003-4819-155-6-201109200-00018.Quorum Sensing Contributes to Natural Transformation of Vibrio cholerae in a Species-Specific Manner
Journal of Bacteriology. 2011. Vol. 193, num. 18, p. 4914-4924. DOI : 10.1128/JB.05396-11.2010
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Genetic manipulation of Vibrio cholerae by combining natural transformation with FLP recombination
Plasmid. 2010. Vol. 64, num. 3, p. 186-195. DOI : 10.1016/j.plasmid.2010.08.001.Natural transformation of Vibrio cholerae as a tool – Optimizing the procedure
BMC Microbiology. 2010. Vol. 10, num. 1, p. 155. DOI : 10.1186/1471-2180-10-155.2008
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The extracellular nuclease Dns and its role in natural transformation of Vibrio cholerae
Journal of Bacteriology. 2008. Vol. 190, num. 21, p. 7232-40. DOI : 10.1128/JB.00959-08.2007
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Serogroup conversion of Vibrio cholerae in aquatic reservoirs
PLoS pathogens. 2007. Vol. 3, num. 6, p. e81. DOI : 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030081.2006
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Properties of the [NiFe]-hydrogenase maturation protein HypD
FEBS letters. 2006. Vol. 580, num. 17, p. 4065-8. DOI : 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.06.045.Reviews
Maturation of hydrogenases
Advances in microbial physiology. 2006. Vol. 51, p. 1-71.2005
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The biosynthetic routes for carbon monoxide and cyanide in the Ni-Fe active site of hydrogenases are different
FEBS letters. 2005. Vol. 579, num. 2, p. 469-72. DOI : 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.12.013.Chitin induces natural competence in Vibrio cholerae
Science. 2005. Vol. 310, num. 5755, p. 1824-7. DOI : 10.1126/science.1120096.2004
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HybF, a zinc-containing protein involved in NiFe hydrogenase maturation
Journal of bacteriology. 2004. Vol. 186, num. 9, p. 2603-11. DOI : 10.1128/JB.186.9.2603-2611.2004.Analysis of the transcarbamoylation-dehydration reaction catalyzed by the hydrogenase maturation proteins HypF and HypE
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS. 2004. Vol. 271, num. 16, p. 3428-36. DOI : 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04280.x.The complex between hydrogenase-maturation proteins HypC and HypD is an intermediate in the supply of cyanide to the active site iron of [NiFe]-hydrogenases
Journal of molecular biology. 2004. Vol. 344, num. 1, p. 155-67. DOI : 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.09.040.2002
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Network of hydrogenase maturation in Escherichia coli: role of accessory proteins HypA and HybF
Journal of bacteriology. 2002. Vol. 184, num. 14, p. 3879-85. DOI : 10.1128/JB.184.14.3879-3885.2002.Maturation of [NiFe]-hydrogenases in Escherichia coli: the HypC cycle
Journal of molecular biology. 2002. Vol. 324, num. 2, p. 287-96. DOI : 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01070-7.Reviews
Metal insertion into NiFe-hydrogenases
Biochemical Society transactions. 2002. Vol. 30, num. 4, p. 674-80. DOI : 10.1042/bst0300674.2001
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Interplay between the specific chaperone-like proteins HybG and HypC in maturation of hydrogenases 1, 2, and 3 from Escherichia coli
Journal of bacteriology. 2001. Vol. 183, num. 9, p. 2817-22. DOI : 10.1128/JB.183.9.2817-2822.2001.Fidelity of metal insertion into hydrogenases
FEBS letters. 2001. Vol. 499, num. 1-2, p. 73-6. DOI : 10.1016/S0014-5793(01)02525-X.2023
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Interactions between pili affect the outcome of bacterial competition driven by the type VI secretion system
bioRxiv. 2023. p. 61. DOI : 10.1101/2023.10.25.564063.DNA modifications impact natural transformation of Acinetobacter baumannii
Nucleic Acids Research. 2023. Vol. gkad377. DOI : 10.1093/nar/gkad377.Sporadic type VI secretion in seventh pandemic Vibrio cholerae
Microbiology. 2023. Vol. 169, num. 5. DOI : 10.1099/mic.0.001329.Patents
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