Institute of Microbiology

Dynamic tRNA modification programs align codon usage with growth-phase-specific gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Post-transcriptional transfer RNA (tRNA) modifications dynamically regulate translational capacity, yet whether the tRNA epitranscriptome is temporally coordinated with gene expression programs during bacterial growth remains unknown. Here, we combine time-resolved nanopore tRNA...

Soil redox potential and plant species identity likely affect root-associated fungi in salt marshes

Abstract Root-associated fungi (RAF) are important for plant performance because they form beneficial, neutral, or pathogenic relationships with their hosts, thus regulating nutrient uptake, stress tolerance, and overall plant fitness. At the transition from marine to terrestrial...

Evidence of nitro-fatty acids in microscopic algae and cyanobacteria

Nitro-fatty acids (NO 2 FAs) are pleiotropic cell signalling modulators, playing a role in stress responses, development, and defence mechanisms in many organisms, including plants. However, to date their production in photosynthetic microorganism has not been studied. In this st...

Differential responses of fungal guilds to climatic effects mediated by changes in dominant vegetation

Summary Climate is a major driver of fungal species distributions and community composition, yet disentangling the effects of climate‐mediated changes in dominant vegetation from other climatic effects remains a key challenge. To separate climatic effects mediated by dominant veg...

Rhomboid protease RHBDL2 is a calcium-activated suppressor of EGFR signalling in keratinocytes

Abstract Signalling via the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is indispensable for morphogenesis and tissue homeostasis. It is activated by extracellular ligands, typically released from transmembrane precursors by proteolysis. Ligand shedding activity is provided by the co...