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Do soil Bacteroidetes possess fundamentally unique ways to scavenge phosphorus?
The phylum Bacteroidetes represents an unusual group of bacteria that possess a variety of unique molecular mechanisms that allow them to occupy distinct ecological niches. Here we reveal these unique mechanisms extend further than their distinct carbon acquisition strategies.
A surprise from a smelly bucket: a novel acid loving ammonia-oxidizing bacterium
Ammonia is a compound contained in animal waste and its concentrations in the environment are strictly regulated. For this reason, waste waters and polluted air are treated to reduce the concentration of this molecule before releasing it to the environment.
Starting a new face: from biochemistry to the biology of biofilms
After working with bacterial biofilms as model to understand the evolution of enzymes in complex environments, it was hard to go back to domesticated bacteria. In my new lab we will continue to bridge between biofilms' biology and evolutionary biochemistry.