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W. Ratcliff

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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B. K. Hammer· 1 shared C. Zhang· 1 shared D. T. Lac· 1 shared G. O. Bozdag· 1 shared H. Hassler· 1 shared Lauren SpeareiD· 1 shared M. Denning· 1 shared P. C. Kahn· 1 shared

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41% of Gram-negative bacteria encode a Type Six Secretion System

C. Zhang, H. Hassler, W. Ratcliff, Lauren Speare, B. K. Hammer

The paper quantifies T6SS prevalence in Gram-negative bacteria using genome analysis and finds it is present in 41% of well-sampled genera.

bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Experimental evolution of multicellularity via cuboidal cell packing in fission yeast

R. Pineau, P. C. Kahn, D. T. Lac, M. Denning, W. Wong, W. Ratcliff, G. O. Bozdag

This study experimentally evolves cuboidal cell packing in fission yeast, showing it leads to multicellular clusters with heritable group size and responses to group-level selection.

bioRxiv · Nov 3, 2023Evolutionary Biology