Shaul Pollak

The paper identifies conserved inhibitory mechanisms in root-associated bacteria that affect both Arabidopsis thaliana and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, using a scalable algal model to study cryptic inhibition.

This study investigates how heterotrophic bacteria affect phage infection of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus, finding that heterotrophs enable host recovery and confer resistance through non-genetic metabolic changes.

The paper identifies genome-wide selective sweeps in the human gut microbiome, revealing ecologically distinct populations linked to age and colorectal cancer.

The paper shows that specialized bacteria degrade fucoidans through cooperative interactions, enhancing degradation efficiency by up to 97.1%.

The paper shows that Escherichia coli and Bifidobacterium bifidum have a mutualistic interaction in degrading human milk oligosaccharides in healthy infants.

The paper isolates and characterizes four new Prochlorococcus strains, revealing physiological and genomic features that expand the understanding of its macroevolutionary history.

The paper uses interpretable machine learning to identify anti-defense genes in bacterial viruses, revealing their ability to counteract diverse bacterial immune systems.