Crystal ball - 2013

The Escherichia coli Cell Division Protein ZipA Forms Homodimers Prior to Association with FtsZ

(2012) Karl Skoog et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Microbe–microbe interactions in mixed culture food fermentations

(2012) Eddy J Smid et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Metagenome, metatranscriptome and single-cell sequencing reveal microbial response to Deepwater Horizon oil spill

(2012) Olivia U Mason et al.   ISME Journal

The Helical MreB Cytoskeleton in Escherichia coli MC1000/pLE7 Is an Artifact of the N-Terminal Yellow Fluorescent Protein Tag

(2012) Matthew T. Swulius et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Dynamic Interaction of theEscherichia coliCell Division ZipA and FtsZ Proteins Evidenced in Nanodiscs

(2012) Víctor M. Hernández-Rocamora et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Key Role of Two Terminal Domains in the Bidirectional Polymerization of FtsA Protein

(2012) Marcin Krupka et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Profiling of the metabolically active community from a production-scale biogas plant by means of high-throughput metatranscriptome sequencing

(2012) Martha Zakrzewski et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Methods and applications for assembling large DNA constructs

(2012) Chuck Merryman et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

Systems metabolic engineering of microorganisms for natural and non-natural chemicals

(2012) Jeong Wook Lee et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Integrated Metagenomics/Metaproteomics Reveals Human Host-Microbiota Signatures of Crohn's Disease

(2012) Alison R. Erickson et al.   PLoS One

Fermentation, Hydrogen, and Sulfur Metabolism in Multiple Uncultivated Bacterial Phyla

(2012) K. C. Wrighton et al.   SCIENCE

A Local Proton Source Enhances CO2 Electroreduction to CO by a Molecular Fe Catalyst

(2012) C. Costentin et al.   SCIENCE

Anticipating Critical Transitions

(2012) M. Scheffer et al.   SCIENCE

Towards a bottom-up reconstitution of bacterial cell division

(2012) Ariadna Martos et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Bacteriophage endolysins as a response to emerging foodborne pathogens

(2012) Hugo Oliveira et al.   TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Crucial Role for Membrane Fluidity in Proliferation of Primitive Cells

(2012) Romain Mercier et al.   Cell Reports

3D-SIM Super Resolution Microscopy Reveals a Bead-Like Arrangement for FtsZ and the Division Machinery: Implications for Triggering Cytokinesis

(2012) Michael P. Strauss et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

comKProphage Junction Fragments as Markers for Listeria monocytogenes Genotypes Unique to Individual Meat and Poultry Processing Plants and a Model for Rapid Niche-Specific Adaptation, Biofilm Formation, and Persistence

(2011) Bindhu Verghese et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacteriophage ecology in environmental biotechnology processes

(2011) Orr H Shapiro et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

The return of the phage

(2011) Philip Hunter   EMBO REPORTS

iDynoMiCS: next-generation individual-based modelling of biofilms

(2011) Laurent A. Lardon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Co-evolution with lytic phage selects for the mucoid phenotype of Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

(2011) Pauline Deirdre Scanlan et al.   ISME Journal

Reconstitution and Organization ofEscherichia coliProto-ring Elements (FtsZ and FtsA) inside Giant Unilamellar Vesicles Obtained from Bacterial Inner Membranes

(2011) Mercedes Jiménez et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Metagenomic analysis of a permafrost microbial community reveals a rapid response to thaw

(2011) Rachel Mackelprang et al.   NATURE

Min protein patterns emerge from rapid rebinding and membrane interaction of MinE

(2011) Martin Loose et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Nucleoid occlusion factor SlmA is a DNA-activated FtsZ polymerization antagonist

(2011) Hongbaek Cho et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ionic Liquid-Mediated Selective Conversion of CO2 to CO at Low Overpotentials

(2011) B. A. Rosen et al.   SCIENCE

Quantification of syntrophic acetate-oxidizing microbial communities in biogas processes

(2011) Maria Westerholm et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Competitive and cooperative metabolic interactions in bacterial communities

(2011) Shiri Freilich et al.   Nature Communications

Identification of Diverse Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants Carried on Bacterial, Plasmid, or Viral Metagenomes from an Activated Sludge Microbial Assemblage

(2010) L. C. Parsley et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Integrating quantitative proteomics and metabolomics with a genome-scale metabolic network model

(2010) K. Yizhak et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Sequential Aeration of Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactors for High-Rate Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal: Experimental Demonstration

(2010) Carles Pellicer-Nàcher et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Pseudomonas aeruginosabiofilms in cystic fibrosis

(2010) Niels Høiby et al.   Future Microbiology

Chemical synthesis of the mouse mitochondrial genome

(2010) Daniel G Gibson et al.   NATURE METHODS

Optimizing Antenna Size to Maximize Photosynthetic Efficiency

(2010) D. R. Ort et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Clostridium ljungdahlii represents a microbial production platform based on syngas

(2010) M. Kopke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome

(2010) D. G. Gibson et al.   SCIENCE

Coral-virus interactions: A double-edged sword?

(2010) Madeleine J. H. van Oppen et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Algal diseases: spotlight on a black box

(2010) Claire M.M. Gachon et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Aggregate Size and Architecture Determine Microbial Activity Balance for One-Stage Partial Nitritation and Anammox

(2009) S. E. Vlaeminck et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Improvement of light to biomass conversion by de-regulation of light-harvesting protein translation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2009) J. Beckmann et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Explaining microbial population genomics through phage predation

(2009) Francisco Rodriguez-Valera et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The Secret Life of the Anthrax Agent Bacillus anthracis: Bacteriophage-Mediated Ecological Adaptations

(2009) Raymond Schuch et al.   PLoS One

Phage-Mediated Intergeneric Transfer of Toxin Genes

(2009) J. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Community-wide analysis of microbial genome sequence signatures

(2009) Gregory J Dick et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

The Vitamin Riboflavin and Its Derivative Lumichrome Activate the LasR Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Receptor

(2008) Sathish Rajamani et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Competing phytoplankton undermines allelopathy of a bloom-forming dinoflagellate

(2008) E. K Prince et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Reconstitution of Contractile FtsZ Rings in Liposomes

(2008) M. Osawa et al.   SCIENCE

Engineering microbial consortia: a new frontier in synthetic biology

(2008) Katie Brenner et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY