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Bactericidal effect of tetracycline in E. coli strain ED1a may be associated with ribosome dysfunction
Camille Véronique Bernadette Goemans, Christian Eugen Zimmerli, Martin Beck
Ribosomes translate the genetic code into proteins. Recent technical advances have facilitated in situ structural analyses of ribosome functional states inside eukaryotic cells and the minimal bacterium Mycoplasma. However, such analyses of Gram-negative b ...
2024Engineering extracellular electron transfer for enhanced energy harvesting in microbial electrochemical devices
Microorganisms known as exoelectrogens evolved the ability of transporting electrons across insulating biological membranes. In a physiological context, this enables respiration on extracellular electron acceptors and electron transfer to other organisms. ...
EPFL2023Sulfurospirillum diekertiae sp. nov., a tetrachloroethene-respiring bacterium isolated from contaminated soil
Christof Holliger, Julien Maillard, Junxiong Wang
Two anaerobic, tetrachloroethene- (PCE-) respiring bacterial isolates, designated strain ACSDCE T and strain ACSTCE, were characterized using a polyphasic approach. Cells were Gram-stain-negative, motile, non-spore-forming and shared a vibrioid- to spirill ...
2023Genotype-Dependent Kinetics of Enterovirus Inactivation by Free Chlorine and Ultraviolet (UV) Irradiation
Inactivation kinetics of enterovirus by disinfection is often studied using a single laboratory strain of a given genotype. Environmental variants of enterovirus are genetically distinct from the corresponding laboratory strain, yet it is poorly understood ...
2022High-throughput Microfluidic Platforms for S. cerevisiae Single Cell Studies
Cells consume extra-cellular nutrients and resources to maintain cellular fitness. Extra-cellular conditions vary over time. Cellular programs encoded in genes adjust to adapt to the environments. Gene regulatory networks (GRNs) have evolved to be responsi ...
EPFL2022Interbacterial competition and anti‐predatory behavior of environmental Vibrio cholerae strains
Melanie Blokesch, Natalia Carolina Drebes Dorr
Vibrio cholerae isolates responsible for cholera pandemics represent only a small portion of the diverse strains belonging to this species. Indeed, most V. cholerae are encountered in aquatic environments. To better understand the emergence of pandemic lin ...
2020Mechanics and co-evolution of allosteric materials and proteins
The regulation of several processes inside and outside the cell depends on the action of a particular class of enzymes, called allosteric. In allosteric macromolecules, binding a ligand at one site affects the binding activity at a distal functional site, ...
EPFL2020Susceptibility of Enterovirus B strains to disinfectants and heat
The susceptibility of waterborne viruses to different inactivating treatments is acknowledged to vary between viruses and even between closely related strains, yet the extent of this variation, or the underlying mechanisms, are not known. Here, different e ...
EPFL2019Chromate tolerance and removal of bacterial strains isolated from uncontaminated and chromium-polluted environments
Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, Imrich Barak, Zuzana Chromiková
Investigation of bacterial chromate tolerance has mostly focused on strains originating from polluted sites. In the present study, we isolated 33 chromate tolerant strains from diverse environments harbouring varying concentrations of chromium (Cr). All of ...
2019Variability in Disinfection Resistance between Currently Circulating Enterovirus B Serotypes and Strains
Tamar Kohn, Simon Meister, Marius Klinger, Matthew Eric Verbyla
The susceptibility of waterborne viruses to disinfection is known to vary between viruses and even between closely related strains, yet the extent of this variation is not known. Here, different enteroviruses (six strains of coxsackievirus B5, two strains ...
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