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O. Geiger

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Microbiology· 2 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 1

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I. M. Lopez-Lara· 2 shared A. F. Sanchez-Flores· 1 shared A. Moreno-Ocampo· 1 shared A. Osorio· 1 shared D. Rodriguez-Terrones· 1 shared E. Bergstrom· 1 shared E. Bergström· 1 shared G. Guerrero· 1 shared

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Genes required for the formation of virulence-provoking bacterial sphingolipids

R. J. Olea-Ozuna, S. Poggio, E. Bergström, A. Osorio, T. O. ELUFISAN, J. Padilla-Gomez, L. Martinez-Aguilar, I. M. Lopez-Lara, J. Thomas-Oates, O. Geiger

The paper identifies eleven genes involved in phospho-sphingolipid synthesis in Caulobacter crescentus, showing their role in membrane stability, antibiotic sensitivity, and virulence.

bioRxiv · Feb 16, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology

Formation of sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol by acylation of sulfoquinovosyl glycerol

J. Y. Cuevas-Rivas, D. Rodriguez-Terrones, N. Gonzalez-Silva, A. Moreno-Ocampo, G. Guerrero, E. Bergstrom, J. E. Thomas-Oates, O. Geiger, I. M. Lopez-Lara

This paper identifies SqdA as an acyltransferase that converts sulfoquinovosyl glycerol to sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol in bacteria, and shows its enzymatic activity and evolutionary distribution.

bioRxiv · Aug 18, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

On the bacterial ancestry of mitochondria: new insights with triangulated approaches

M. D. Esposti, O. Geiger, A. F. Sanchez-Flores, M. D. Esposti

This study uses multiple phylogenomic and molecular approaches to identify the likely living relatives of the ancestral bacteria from which mitochondria originated.

bioRxiv · May 15, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology