Matthias Horn

The paper identifies Mimicin, an antimicrobial protein from mimiviruses, showing broad in vitro activity against bacteria, yeast, and phages but not other viruses or human cells.

This study identifies a chlamydial symbiont in Dictyostelium giganteum that lacks an extracellular stage, showing how chlamydiae adapt to facultative multicellularity.

This study uses smFISH and other techniques to visualize Mimivirus transcription and translation sites in Acanthamoeba host cells, showing transcription occurs at defined spots and translation occurs in a ring around them.

This study presents six high-quality amoeba genomes to analyze codon usage patterns and their relationship with giant virus host range, finding codon usage mismatch is common and poor predictor of infection.

This paper identifies a novel chlamydial species infecting photosynthetic dinoflagellates, expanding the known host range of chlamydiae and suggesting potential interactions with chloroplasts.

This study analyzes the diversity and functional potential of chlamydiae associated with cnidarians using metabarcoding and metagenome-assembled genomes, revealing an obligate intracellular lifestyle and lack of unique genes.

The paper analyzes bacterial endosymbionts in spiders, reconstructing their genomes and showing their evolutionary relationships and interactions with the host.

The paper presents a manually curated genome annotation of a Cardinium endosymbiont, revealing the spread of insertion sequences and a novel MITE element.

The paper analyzes the ecology, evolution, and genomic diversity of Rhabdochlamydiaceae, a chlamydial family infecting arthropods, revealing genome reduction and transposable element dynamics.