Nils F. Hülter

This study shows that domesticated plasmids in Pantoea agglomerans enhance bacterial fitness and metabolic integration with the chromosome during adaptation to a plant-associated lifestyle.

This study shows horizontal transfer accelerates plasmid allele segregation by promoting homoplasmic hosts in Acinetobacter baylyi.

This study shows that plasmids in Pantoea bacteria evolve into chromids through massive gene gain and differential gene loss, leading to genetic redundancy and stable inheritance.

The paper compares plasmid persistence strategies and finds that combining active partitioning with toxin-antitoxin systems maximizes plasmid fitness in prokaryotes.