Laetitia Attaiech

The paper identifies an sRNA regulatory cascade in Dickeya solani that controls both antifungal and antibacterial activities by activating SlyA translation.

The paper shows that single-nucleotide mutations in the sRNA ArcZ of Dickeya solani generate social cheater variants during potato infection, which exploit a shared metabolic benefit without contributing to it.

This study shows that mobile genetic elements in bacteria generate antibiotic persistence traits through heterogeneous chromosomal excision, enhancing survival under antibiotic treatment.

This study shows that three Fis proteins in L. pneumophila regulate virulence genes through distinct and cooperative mechanisms, rather than as redundant backups.