Publications © SPP2389 2025 Group Title S Müller Bacterial colony biopsies: Spatial discrimination of heterogeneous cell types by cytometric fingerprinting Häussler Establishment and characterization of persistent Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in air–liquid interface cultures of human airway epithelial cells Hess R-DeeP/TripepSVM identifies the RNA-binding OB-fold-like protein PatR as regulator of heterocyst patterning Selim Deciphering the metabolic details of L-lysine toxicity in cyanobacteria C Müller Statistical end-to-end analysis of large-scale microbial growth data with DGrowthR Siemens Streptokinase is dispensable in Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis infections of human dendritic cells Tschowri, Zaburdaev, Mascher Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the Dihydrolipoyl Dehydrogenase LpdA Determine the Intrinsic Autofluorescence in Filamentous Actinobacteria S Müller, Dreisewerd, Mascher Cannibalism Shapes Biofilm Structure and Composition in Bacillus subtilis Selim When a chaotropic agent turns into a nutrient – Deciphering the assimilation of guanidine and its utilization to drive synthetic processes in cyanobacteria Chai and Zaburdaev Rapid Stiffness Mapping in Soft Biologic Tissues With Micrometer Resolution Using Optical Multifrequency Time‐Harmonic Elastography S Müller A double-staining automated flow cytometry method for real-time monitoring of bacteria in continuous bioreactors Selim The Ca2+-binding protein CSE links Ca2+-signaling with cell-cell communication in multicellular cyanobacteria Kost Disentangling microbial interaction networks Häussler FlashFold: a standalone command-line tool for accelerated protein structure prediction Selim ComFB, a new widespread family of c-di-NMP receptor proteins Maier Gonococcal polarization dynamics during adaptation to low oxygen levels S Müller Type VI secretion phenotypic heterogeneity ensures trade-off between antibacterial activity and resistance in Enteroaggregative E. coli Kost Defining Organismality Kost Obligate cross-feeding of metabolites is common in soil microbial communities Tschowri and Rozen Factors that influence the caste ratio in a bacterial division of labour Multiple SPP Group Review Resolving spatiotemporal dynamics in bacterial multicellular populations: approaches and challenges Drescher Bacteria use exogenous peptidoglycan as a danger signal to trigger biofilm formation 2024 Group Title Chai and Zaburdaev How bacteria actively use passive physics to make biofilms Lalk Microenvironmental acidification by pneumococcal sugar consumption fosters barrier disruption and immune suppression in the human alveolus Maier Unerwartete räumlich-zeitliche Muster des bakteriellen Membranpotenzials Bischofs and Rohr Bacteria Tracking and Division Detection Using Graph Neural Networks Macek Deep phosphoproteomics of Klebsiella pneumoniae reveals HipA-mediated tolerance to ciprofloxacin Häussler and C. Müller BacSC: A general workflow for bacterial single-cell RNA sequencing data analysis Lalk A Targeted Approach for the Metabolome Analysis of E. coli Biofilms Hess R-DeeP/TripepSVM identifies the RNA-binding OB-fold-like protein PatR as regulator of heterocyst patterning Ben-Yehuda Flagellar rotation facilitates the transfer of a bacterial conjugative plasmid Siemens Streptokinase reduces Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis biofilm formation Tschowri Cell shape and division septa positioning in filamentous Streptomyces require a functional cell wall glycopolymer ligase CglA Selim PII-like signaling proteins: a new paradigm in orchestrating cellular homeostasis Rozen Phenotypic heterogeneity in Streptomyces colonies Papenfort Organ-on-chip models for infectious disease research Drescher In Vivo Microrheology Reveals Local Elastic and Plastic Responses Inside 3D Bacterial Biofilms Siemens Reduced interleukin-18 secretion by human monocytic cells in response to infections with hyper-virulent Streptococcus pyogenes Papenfort The global RNA–RNA interactome of Klebsiella pneumoniae unveils a small RNA regulator of cell division Chai and Zaburdaev Where bacteria and eukaryotes meet Chai, Zaburdaev, Müller, Mascher Residual cells and nutrient availability guide wound healing in bacterial biofilms 2023 Group Title Hallatschek Impact of crowding on the diversity of expanding populations Kost Determinants of synergistic cell-cell interactions in bacteria Kost Metabolic exchanges are ubiquitous in natural microbial communities Hallatschek and Drescher Proliferating active matter Selim The second messenger c-di-AMP controls natural competence via 2 ComFB signaling protein Drescher Simultaneous spatiotemporal transcriptomics and microscopy of Bacillus subtilis swarm development reveal cooperation across generations Lalk and Muller Staphylococcus aureus adapts to the immunometabolite itaconic acid by inducing acid and oxidative stress responses including S-bacillithiolations and S-itaconations Drescher Topological packing statistics of living and nonliving matter Macek Recent progress in quantitative phosphoproteomics Siemens Neutrophil-derived reactive agents induce a transient SpeB negative phenotype in Streptococcus pyogenes Papenfort Small regulatory RNAs in Vibrio cholerae Drescher Single-cell segmentation in bacterial biofilms with an optimized deep learning method enables tracking of cell lineages and measurements of growth rates Drescher Biofilm formation on human immune cells is a multicellular predation strategy of Vibrio cholerae Selim Roles of second messengers in the regulation of cyanobacterial physiology: the carbon-concentrating mechanism and beyond Maier Collective polarization dynamics in bacterial colonies signify the occurrence of distinct subpopulations 2022 Group Title Hallatschek Scale-dependent tipping points of bacterial colonization resistance Maier Non-equilibrium dynamics of bacterial colonies-growth, active fluctuacions, segregation, adhesion, and invasion
