Publications

2024

Journal Articles

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron metabolic activity decreases with polysaccharide molecular weight

J. P. H. Wong; N. Chillier; M. Fischer-Stettler; S. C. Zeeman; T. J. Battin et al. 

Mbio. 2024. DOI : 10.1128/mbio.02599-23.

Revitalizing antibiotic discovery and development through in vitro modelling of in-patient conditions

J. Sollier; M. Basler; P. Broz; P. S. Dittrich; K. Drescher et al. 

Nature Microbiology. 2024. DOI : 10.1038/s41564-023-01566-w.

2023

Journal Articles

Archaeal type IV pili stabilize Haloferax volcanii biofilms in flow

P. D. Odermatt; P. Nussbaum; S. Monnappa; L. Tala; Z. Li et al. 

Current Biology. 2023. Vol. 33, num. 15, p. 3265 – 3271. DOI : 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.055.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pili actively induce mucus contraction to form biofilms in tissue-engineered human airways

T. Rossy; T. Distler; L. Meirelles; J. Pezoldt; J. Kim et al. 

Plos Biology. 2023. Vol. 21, num. 8, p. e3002209. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002209.

Fluid flow structures gut microbiota biofilm communities by distributing public goods

J. P. H. Wong; M. F-Stettler; S. C. Zeeman; T. J. Battin; A. Persat et al. 

Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2023. Vol. 120, num. 25, p. e2217577120. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2217577120.

Biofilm formation on human immune cells is a multicellular predation strategy of Vibrio cholerae

L. Vidakovic; S. Mikhaleva; H. Jeckel; V. Nisnevich; K. Strenger et al. 

Cell. 2023. Vol. 186, num. 12, p. 2690 – +. DOI : 10.1016/j.cell.2023.05.008.

Two antagonistic response regulators control Pseudomonas aeruginosa polarization during mechanotaxis

M. J. Kuhn; H. Macmillan; L. Tala; Y. Inclan; R. Patino et al. 

Embo Journal. 2023. DOI : 10.15252/embj.2022112165.

Material Substrate Physical Properties Control Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Architecture

A. Cont; J. Vermeil; A. Persat 

Mbio. 2023. DOI : 10.1128/mbio.03518-22.

Theses

Bacterial colonization in realistic environments: how mechanics impact biofilm formation in the wild and during infection

T. Rossy / A. L. A. Persat (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Biofilm morphogenesis on soft hydrogels

A. Cont / A. L. A. Persat (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

The Effects of Spatial Organization and Fluid Flow on the Social Interactions in Microbial Communities

J. P. H. Wong / A. L. A. Persat; T. I. Battin (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

2022

Journal Articles

Global and gene-specific translational regulation in Escherichia coli across different conditions

D. Zhang; S. H-J. Li; C. G. King; N. S. Wingreen; Z. Gitai et al. 

Plos Computational Biology. 2022. Vol. 18, num. 10, p. e1010641. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010641.

Engineering Agrobacterium tumefaciens Adhesion to Target Cells

X. Pierrat; A. Pham; J. P. H. Wong; Z. Al-Mayyah; A. Persat 

Acs Synthetic Biology. 2022. DOI : 10.1021/acssynbio.2c00069.

Polar flagellar wrapping and lateral flagella jointly contribute to Shewanella putrefaciens environmental spreading

M. J. Kuehn; D. B. Edelmann; K. M. Thormann 

Environmental Microbiology. 2022. DOI : 10.1111/1462-2920.16107.

GCN2 adapts protein synthesis to scavenging-dependent growth

M. Nofal; T. Wang; L. Yang; C. S. R. Jankowski; S. H-J. Li et al. 

Cell Systems. 2022. Vol. 13, num. 2, p. 158 – +. DOI : 10.1016/j.cels.2021.09.014.

KRAB zinc finger protein ZNF676 controls the transcriptional influence of LTR12-related endogenous retrovirus sequences

A. Iouranova; D. Grun; T. Rossy; J. Duc; A. Coudray et al. 

Mobile Dna. 2022. Vol. 13, num. 1, p. 4. DOI : 10.1186/s13100-021-00260-0.

Reviews

Wrapped Up: The Motility of Polarly Flagellated Bacteria

K. M. Thormann; C. Beta; M. J. Kuhn 

Annual Review Of Microbiology. 2022. Vol. 76, p. 349 – 367. DOI : 10.1146/annurev-micro-041122-101032.

Theses

Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa mechanosensing through label-free imaging of type IV pili

L. A-L. Talà / A. L. A. Persat (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Engineering synthetic adhesins for biophysical investigation and rewiring of host-microbe interactions

X. J-Y. Pierrat / A. L. A. Persat (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

2021

Journal Articles

The wall-less bacterium Spiroplasma poulsonii builds a polymeric cytoskeleton composed of interacting MreB isoforms

F. Masson; X. Pierrat; B. Lemaitre; A. Persat 

Iscience. 2021. Vol. 24, num. 12, p. 103458. DOI : 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103458.