Laura Villanueva

This study identifies distinct taxonomic groups of sponge symbionts with biosynthetic capacity for ether lipid production, supported by metagenomic analysis and lipidome confirmation.

This study shows Acididesulfobacillus acetoxydans adapts to AMD-like acidity through metabolic and membrane changes, supporting its use in bioremediation.

This study shows that archaeal ESCRT-III homologue CdvB1 binds phosphoinositides and helps polarize the cytokinetic membrane in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.

This study identifies brGDGT biosynthetic intermediates in Bacillota, revealing taxonomically dependent environmental regulation and proposing a biosynthetic pathway for brGDGT formation.

The paper identifies potential microbial producers of branched GDGTs in anoxic marine environments using lipid analysis and metagenomic data.

The paper identifies heterocyte glycolipid analogs in non-heterocytous cyanobacteria, suggesting their evolutionary role in enabling nitrogen fixation in heterocytes.

Cascabel is a pipeline for analyzing amplicon sequence data, providing OTU tables and sequence trees with customizable steps and scalability.

The paper shows bacteria in the FCB group can synthesize archaeal membrane lipids, supporting the hypothesis that LUCA had mixed membranes.