Najwa Taïb

The paper analyzes Lgt homologues across bacterial pathogens to determine functional diversity and catalytic mechanisms, identifying a conserved motif and substrate specificity differences.

This study identifies two categories of extrachromosomal replicons in bacteria and shows that large replicons replicate in sync with the chromosome and use its replication machinery for stable inheritance.

This study identifies RicO as a protein that anchors replication origins to the membrane in S. aureus, ensuring proper chromosome segregation.

The paper identifies and classifies novel M42 peptidases in Archaea, revealing their functional diversity and evolutionary history through phylogenomic and structural analyses.

The paper shows that archaellum gene clusters, which enable motility, are present in bacteria and originated from horizontal gene transfer from archaea.

This paper sequenced the genome of Dickeya aquatica, showing its pathogenic potential and revealing evolutionary dynamics in Dickeya species.