Shaul Pollak

Conserved inhibitory mechanisms of root-associated bacteria towardsArabidopsis thaliana and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

The paper identifies conserved inhibitory mechanisms in root-associated bacteria that affect both Arabidopsis thaliana and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, using a scalable algal model to study cryptic inhibition.

Influence of heterotrophs on phage infection of marine picocyanobacteria

This study investigates how heterotrophic bacteria affect phage infection of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus, finding that heterotrophs enable host recovery and confer resistance through non-genetic metabolic changes.

Genome-wide sweeps create fundamental ecological units in the human gut microbiome

The paper identifies genome-wide selective sweeps in the human gut microbiome, revealing ecologically distinct populations linked to age and colorectal cancer.

A division of labor controls the degradation of fucoidans in the ocean

The paper shows that specialized bacteria degrade fucoidans through cooperative interactions, enhancing degradation efficiency by up to 97.1%.

Mutualistic interactions between Escherichia coli and Bifidobacterium bifidum enable degradation of human milk oligosaccharides in healthy infants

The paper shows that Escherichia coli and Bifidobacterium bifidum have a mutualistic interaction in degrading human milk oligosaccharides in healthy infants.

Interpretable machine learning reveals a diverse arsenal of anti-defenses in bacterial viruses

The paper uses interpretable machine learning to identify anti-defense genes in bacterial viruses, revealing their ability to counteract diverse bacterial immune systems.