C. Lesterlin

The F pilus serves as a conduit for the DNA during conjugation between physically distant bacteria

The study shows the F pilus acts as a DNA conduit during conjugation between distant bacteria, proposing a new model for DNA transfer.

Real-time visualisation of conjugation reveals the molecular strategy evolved by the conjugative F plasmid to ensure the sequential production of plasmid factors during establishment in the new host cell

The paper uses live-cell microscopy to study conjugation dynamics, revealing that ssDNA plasmid entry and ss-to-dsDNA conversion control sequential gene expression in bacterial plasmids.

Targeted-Antibacterial-Plasmids (TAPs) combining conjugation and CRISPR /Cas systems achieve strain-specific antibacterial activity

This paper develops TAPs, plasmids using conjugation and CRISPR/Cas to kill specific bacterial strains, showing they can resensitize resistant bacteria to antibiotics.

Transient non-specific DNA binding dominates the target search of bacterial DNA-binding proteins

This study shows that bacterial DNA-binding proteins spend most of their search time bound to DNA, with frequent short-lived interactions slowing their movement through the nucleoid.

Bacterial filament division dynamics allows rapid post-stress cell proliferation

The paper shows bacterial filaments recover through Min-dependent asymmetric tip-divisions, rapidly producing viable daughter cells with normal size.