Gregory J. Velicer

This study shows that nematode predation influences the evolution of aggregative multicellularity in Myxococcus xanthus, with effects mediated by the presence of shared prey.

The paper shows that CRISPR-Cas interference in Myxococcus xanthus declines rapidly with distance from the leader sequence, with only ~4% of spacers effective, contrasting with ~95% effectiveness in Vibrio cholerae.

This study shows that adaptation of bacterial predators to a single prey species leads to increased specialization and diversification in predation profiles.

This study shows that deleting an sRNA in Myxococcus xanthus accelerates development even with nutrients, revealing its role in regulating development and metabolism.