M. M. Al-Bassam

This study introduces a method to classify microbes into guilds and predict their niche preferences using metatranscriptomic and metatranslatomic data, enabling targeted microbiome manipulation.

The paper shows that competition-based screening by Pseudonocardia symbionts maintains a stable defensive microbiome in Acromyrmex ants by eliminating non-antibiotic-producing microbes.

This study investigates the roles of c-di-GMP enzymes in Streptomyces development, revealing their specialized and shared functions in regulating sporulation and gene expression.

This paper introduces POP-seq, a method to profile bacterial nucleoid openness, linking genome structure to transcriptional and phenotypic outcomes.

The paper identifies AtaC as a novel c-di-AMP-specific phosphodiesterase and CpeA as a c-di-AMP-binding protein in Streptomyces, showing their roles in osmoregulation and development.