Chiara Perruchon

Isolation of a novel Sphingomonas strain able to degrade the pleuromutilin tiamulin: omic analysis reveals its transformation pathway

The paper isolates a novel Sphingomonas strain capable of degrading tiamulin and uses omics analysis to propose a transformation pathway for the antibiotic.

Nutritional inter-dependencies and a carbazole-dioxygenase are key elements of a bacterial consortium relying on a Sphingomonas for the degradation of the fungicide thiabendazol

The paper identifies a bacterial consortium degrading thiabendazole, with Sphingomonas playing a central role through a carbazole dioxygenase, and reveals interdependencies between consortium members.