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Hermine Billard

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 2 Assay:imaging· 1

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Jonathan ColombetiD· 3 shared Télesphore Sime‐NgandoiD· 2 shared Anne‐Catherine LehoursiD· 1 shared Anne‐Claire BaudouxiD· 1 shared Anne‐Hélène Le Jeune· 1 shared Benoit Kéraval· 1 shared Claire Szczepaniak· 1 shared Clémentin BouquetiD· 1 shared

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Pera virus mimics bacteria to infect Pedopumella sp. a freshwater heterotrophic Chrysophyceae

Hermine Billard, Stéphanie Balor, Vanessa Soldan, Claire Szczepaniak, Télesphore Sime‐Ngando, Jonathan Colombet

The paper describes Pera virus, a giant virus infecting Pedospumella sp., and reports its morphological features and ecological dynamics in freshwater lakes.

bioRxiv · Nov 20, 2025 · PreprintEcology

Non-living respiration: another breath in the soil?

Clémentin Bouquet, Benoit Kéraval, Mounir Traı̈kia, Gaël Alvarez, Fanny Pérrière, Anne‐Hélène Le Jeune, Hermine Billard, Jonathan Colombet, Sandrine Revaillot, Sébastien Fontaine, Anne‐Catherine Lehours

This study shows that soil respiration can occur through non-living processes, with soil catalysts enabling organic compound oxidation to CO2 without living cells.

bioRxiv · Jul 3, 2025 · PreprintEcology

Unexpected diversity and ecological significance of uncultivable large virus-like particles in aquatic environments

Hermine Billard, Maxime Fuster, François Enault, Jean‐François Carrias, Léa Fargette, Margot Carrouée, Perrine Desmares, Tom O. Delmont, Pauline Nogaret, Estelle Bigeard, Gwenn Tanguy, Anne‐Claire Baudoux, Urania Christaki, Télesphore Sime‐Ngando, Jonathan Colombet

The paper uses flow cytometry and electron microscopy to discover new viral morphotypes and their abundance in aquatic environments, highlighting their ecological role.

ISME Communications · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology