Michal Koblížek

This study reveals that ancestral Rhizobiaceae bacteria evolved photosynthesis in association with algae and plants, later losing it in some lineages that became plant symbionts or pathogens.

The paper identifies a novel contractile injection system in thermophilic bacteria from hot spring mats using cryoET and metagenomics.

The paper reports light energy transfer from hydroxylated carotenoids to heimdallarchaeial rhodopsins in marine archaea, showing light-harvesting capabilities in archaea similar to bacterial rhodopsins.

This study examines seasonal changes in aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, showing higher phototrophic activity in particle-attached fractions compared to free-living ones.

The paper examines the vertical distribution and light energy capture of AAP bacteria in the Atlantic Ocean, finding strong correlations with chlorophyll a and picophytoplankton abundance.

This study shows that aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria benefit from photoheterotrophy under both carbon-rich and carbon-poor conditions, with seasonal variations in their advantage.

The paper identifies a conserved high gene strand bias region in Gemmatimonadota chromosomes, suggests its evolutionary origin through horizontal gene transfer, and links it to reduced replication-transcription conflicts.

This study investigates the seasonal dynamics of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in a freshwater lake, revealing their role in organic matter recycling and ecological dynamics.