Happy to share the last paper form the lab: Specialized shuttle proteins recognize T9SS signals and target effectors to their final destinations. Great work by @maellepllt.bsky.social, led by @thicoz.bsky.social in collaboration with @audebertstephane.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...

By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections go.nature.com/4oQ8bxO

📝 New preprint! We trace the origin of the plasmalogen biosynthesis pathway. 🧬 Phylogenetic and functional analyses suggest eukaryotes acquired it via HGT from Myxobacteria, with major lineage-specific differences. ✨Great collaboration between our group at @UMU and @multicellgenome.bsky.social

Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining as a surge in applications far outweighs the funds available go.nature.com/479Sni6

Fun fact: did you know that the slime bacterium Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis holds the record for having the longest scientific name of any living or fossil organism? No joke, this species really exists! 🦠🧫🔬🧐