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Shira Omer Bendori

Tel Aviv UniversityORCID 0000-0002-3834-9676Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1

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Avigdor EldariD· 4 shared Tom BorensteiniD· 3 shared Alberto MarinaiD· 2 shared Javier Mancheño-BonilloiD· 2 shared José R. PenadésiD· 2 shared Polina Guler· 2 shared Y C LiiD· 2 shared Avigail ZarzariD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 3/yr

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A phage communication peptide alters Bacillus subtilis colony development and promotes sporulation

Bat-El Hagbi-Lazar, Zoë Levi, Meital Shema Mizrachi, Ronit Suissa, Zohar Tik, Shaked Uzi, Lara Holoidovsky, Shira Omer Bendori, Avigdor Eldar, Michaël M. Meijler

This study shows that a phage-derived peptide alters Bacillus subtilis colony development and promotes sporulation without affecting planktonic growth.

bioRxiv · Sep 10, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Highly specific mRNA cleavage by the MazF endoribonuclease orchestrates stationary transcriptome remodeling and rapid regrowth in Gram-positive bacteria

Regev Frenkel, Shira Omer Bendori, Tom Borenstein, Bar Tenennbaum, Shani Shalev, Nadejda Sigal, Y C Li, Polina Guler, Avigail Zarzar, José R. Penadés, Avigdor Eldar

This study shows that MazF toxin in Gram-positive bacteria specifically cleaves mRNAs to regulate stress response and enable rapid regrowth.

bioRxiv · Aug 6, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Arbitrium systems control lysis/lysogeny through the regulation of small antirepressor proteins

Stav Kabel, Shira Omer Bendori, Tom Borenstein, Polina Guler, Claudia Martinez-Alonso, Javier Mancheño-Bonillo, Francisca Gallego del Sol, Alberto Marina, Avigdor Eldar

Cell Host & Microbe · Jan 30, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

An unprecedented DNA recognition-mimicry switch governs induction in arbitrium phages

Cora Chmielowska, Sara Zamora‐Caballero, Javier Mancheño-Bonillo, Y C Li, Daniel Sin, Tom Borenstein, Shira Omer Bendori, Avigdor Eldar, Alberto Marina, José R. Penadés

The paper reveals a DNA recognition-mimicry switch mechanism in SPBeta-like phages where an antirepressor inactivates a repressor via DNA mimicry, enabling lytic induction under SOS conditions and in the absence of neighboring prophages.

bioRxiv · Nov 27, 2025 · PreprintMolecular Biology