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O. A. Okstad

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1

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A. Fagerlund· 1 shared A. T. Kovacs· 1 shared A.-B. Kolsto· 1 shared C. Cizauskas· 1 shared C. J. Carlson· 1 shared C. Nielsen-LeRoux· 1 shared F. A. Bustos Carrillo· 1 shared G. Maroti· 1 shared

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Adaptation of Bacillus thuringiensis to plant colonisation affects differentiation and toxicity

Y. Lin, M. Alstrup, J. K. Y. Pang, G. Maroti, M. Er-Rafik, N. Tourasse, O. A. Okstad, A. T. Kovacs

This study examines how adaptation of Bacillus thuringiensis to plant colonization affects its differentiation and toxicity, revealing trade-offs between multicellularity and pathogenicity.

bioRxiv · Dec 3, 2020Microbiology

MogR is a ubiquitous transcriptional repressor affecting motility, biofilm formation and virulence in Bacillus thuringiensis

V. Smith, M. Josefsen, T. Lindbäck, I. K. Hegna, S. Finke, N. J. Tourasse, C. Nielsen-LeRoux, O. A. Okstad, A. Fagerlund

This study identifies MogR as a pleiotropic transcriptional repressor in B. thuringiensis that regulates motility, biofilm formation, and virulence by modulating gene expression.

bioRxiv · Sep 26, 2020Microbiology

Spores and soil from six sides: interdisciplinarity and the environmental biology of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)

C. J. Carlson, W. Getz, K. Kausrud, C. Cizauskas, J. Blackburn, F. A. Bustos Carrillo, R. Colwell, W. R. Easterday, H. Ganz, P. Kamath, O. A. Okstad, W. Turner, A.-B. Kolsto, N. C. Stenseth

This paper reviews the interdisciplinary study of anthrax's environmental persistence and ecology, highlighting its role in shaping herbivore communities and the challenges of understanding its transmission.

bioRxiv · Feb 25, 2018Ecology