New publication by Nyongesa & Weber et al. in Nature Communications

24.07.2022

"Evolution of longitudinal division in multicellular bacteria of the Neisseriaceae family"

 

 

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

Fig. 1: Core genome-based phylogeny of rod-shaped, coccoid and MuLDi Neisseriaceae.

Philipp Weber

Nicole Krause

Silvia Bulgheresi