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Nicola R. Stanley‐Wall

University of DundeeORCID 0000-0002-5936-9721Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Biophysics· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Alistair BonsalliD· 1 shared Amy WoodiD· 1 shared Anke LindneriD· 1 shared Beatriz Meza-Manzaneque· 1 shared Benjamín Pérez-EstayiD· 1 shared Cait E. MacPheeiD· 1 shared David StevensoniD· 1 shared Emma Gómez PeraliD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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BiophysicsbioRxivPreprintJul 8, 2026

Collective motion of bacteria promotes soil water transport

Beatriz Meza-Manzaneque, Emma Gómez Peral, Gloria de las Heras…·Lionel Xavier Dupuy

The paper shows that bacterial motility reduces surface tension in soil, enhancing water infiltration and rewetting.

DOI 10.64898/2026.05.20.725210

bacteria (other)experimental assay

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MicrobiologyPLoS GeneticsPeer-reviewedFeb 17, 2026

Regulatory Rewiring Drives Intraspecies Competition in Bacillus subtilis

Margarita Kalamara, Alistair Bonsall, Jonathan Griffin…·Nicola R. Stanley‐Wall

This study shows that disrupting quorum-sensing pathways in Bacillus subtilis provides a competitive advantage by increasing growth rate, with such mutations found in ~16% of isolates.

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bacteria (other)whole-genome sequencing

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