Boyke Bunk

Old Compound, New Context: Naphthocyclinones Mediate Microbial Competition in Wild Bee Nests

This study identifies naphthocyclinones as antibiotics produced by Streptomyces hederae in wild bee nests, mediating bacterial competition and showing potential against Paenibacillus larvae.

The StrainDiscoveryDatabase: an open framework for standardized microbial strain data

The paper introduces the StrainDiscoveryDatabase (SDD), a unified microbial strain dataset that resolves data fragmentation and synonymy to support AI-driven bioindustrial applications.

Unveiling the taxonomic diversity and unprecedented biosynthetic treasure of the phylum Myxococcota

The paper presents 154 new Myxococcota genomes, expands taxonomy, and identifies novel natural products, highlighting their biosynthetic potential for drug discovery.

Viral infection collapses intracytoplasmic membrane integrity and autotrophic metabolism in ammonia-oxidizing Nitrosomonas europaea

This study characterizes a phage that infects Nitrosomonas europaea, showing it disrupts membrane integrity and autotrophic metabolism, leading to host cell lysis.

Adaptive diversification through structural variation in barley

This study presents a barley pangenome revealing structural variation linked to traits like disease resistance and plant architecture, highlighting its role in adaptive evolution.

EnteroBase in 2025: exploring the genomic epidemiology of bacterial pathogens

The paper updates the EnteroBase platform with new data and tools for genomic epidemiology of bacterial pathogens, including antimicrobial resistance detection and visualization features.

Multi-omics analysis reveals the molecular response to heat stress in a "red tide" dinoflagellate

The paper presents a multi-omics analysis of Prorocentrum cordatum under heat stress, revealing RNA editing and exon usage regulation of biomolecules.

Bursts in biosynthetic gene cluster transcription are accompanied by surges of natural compound production in the myxobacterium Sorangium sp.

The paper shows that bursts in biosynthetic gene cluster transcription in Sorangium sp. correlate with natural compound production, challenging the idea that BGCs are preferentially expressed under nutrient limitation.

Swarm Learning as a privacy-preserving machine learning approach for disease classification

This paper introduces Swarm Learning, a decentralized machine learning approach for disease classification using transcriptomic data, demonstrating its effectiveness in developing classifiers for COVID-19, tuberculosis, and leukemias while preserving privacy.

PROMA PLASMIDS ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DISSEMINATION OF LINURON CATABOLIC GENES BETWEEN DIFFERENT GENERA

The paper identifies three novel PromA γ plasmids carrying linuron catabolic genes, showing their role in gene dissemination across different bacterial genera.