J. D. Mougous

This study identifies umbrella toxin particles produced by Streptomyces that inhibit the growth of competing bacterial species, distinct from small molecule antibiotics.

The paper genetically manipulates Saccharibacteria from the CPR to study their role in epibiotic growth and develops bioinformatic resources for their analysis.

This study identifies a unique GSH utilization pathway in Francisella, revealing a pseudogenized transporter gene in pathogenic strains and its role in environmental niches.

Omnipose is a bacterial cell segmentation algorithm that outperforms existing methods by accurately segmenting challenging samples, including mixed cultures and branched cells.

This study identifies three conserved interbacterial antagonism resistance clusters in Pseudomonas aeruginosa that function independently and provide specific defense against phospholipase toxins.

This study shows that interbacterial toxins like DddA can induce mutations in surviving bacterial populations, promoting adaptation through direct DNA mutagenesis.

The paper investigates the midgut microbiome of Ixodes scapularis and finds it lacks a stable resident microbiota, which may explain the absence of interbacterial competition genes in Borrelia burgdorferi.