Congratulations to Sammy Nyongesa, Philipp M. Weber, Ève Bernet, Francisco Pulido, Cecilia Nieves, Marta Nieckarz, Marie Delaby, Tobias Viehböck, Nicole Krause, Alex Rivera-Millot, Arnaldo Nakamura, Norbert O. E. Vischer, Michael vanNieuwenhze, Yves V. Brun, Felipe Cava, Silvia Bulgheresi & Frédéric J. Veyrier on their new publication in Nature Communications:

Evolution of longitudinal division in multicellular bacteria of the Neisseriaceae family

Nyongese & Weber et al shed light on the evolution of multicellularity and longitudinal division in bacteria.

Full article: Evolution of longitudinal division in multicellular bacteria of the Neisseriaceae family | Nature Communications

Original paper:

Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32260-w

Evolution of longitudinal division in multicellular bacteria of the Neisseriaceae family

Sammy Nyongesa, Philipp M. Weber, Ève Bernet, Francisco Pulido, Cecilia Nieves, Marta Nieckarz, Marie Delaby, Tobias Viehboeck, Nicole Krause, Alex Rivera-Millot, Arnaldo Nakamura, Norbert O. E. Vischer, Michael vanNieuwenhze, Yves V. Brun, Felipe Cava, Silvia Bulgheresi & Frédéric J. Veyrier

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