Nature Microbiology
An online-only monthly journal interested in all aspects of microorganisms, be it their evolution, physiology and cell biology; their interactions with each other, with a host or with an environment; or their societal significance.
Making bubbles in Veillonella parvula – not child’s play
We analyzed the distribution of outer membrane (OM) attachment mechanisms across the whole tree of Bacteria, and we made a hypothesis on how gram-positives might have emerged. We tested it by perturbing OM tethering in the diderm Firmicute Veillonella. The results surprised us!
To Float Rocks a Microbe Juggles Metabolisms
Addressing a mystery about the dynamic regulation of nitrogen fixation and photosynthesis in the marine nitrogen fixer Trichodesmium.
