B. H. Schlomann

Gut bacterial aggregates as living gels

The paper studies the formation of three-dimensional bacterial clusters in the zebrafish gut and finds power-law size distributions emerging from a Yule-Simons-type process.

Phenotypic parallelism during experimental adaptation of a free-living bacterium to the zebrafish gut

This study shows free-living bacteria can rapidly adapt to vertebrate hosts through experimental evolution, with parallel improvements in swimming motility across independently evolved populations.

Swimming motility and chemotaxis control the spatial organization, persistence, and inflammatory activity of a model intestinal pathobiont

This study shows that swimming motility and chemotaxis in Vibrio bacteria control their spatial organization, persistence, and inflammatory activity in the zebrafish gut.

Sublethal antibiotics collapse gut bacterial populations by enhancing aggregation and expulsion

The paper shows sublethal antibiotics reduce gut bacterial abundance by promoting aggregation and expulsion in zebrafish larvae.

Bacterial cohesion predicts spatial distribution in the larval zebrafish intestine

The paper shows that bacterial cohesion in zebrafish intestines correlates with their spatial distribution, suggesting general biophysical rules govern microbiome organization.