Tino Krell

Environmental sensing capacity predicts bacterial ecological strategies and environmental preferences

This study links bacterial environmental sensing capacity to ecological strategies and environmental preferences by analyzing sensor domains across genomes and metagenomes.

Chemoreceptor family in plant-associated bacteria responds preferentially to the plant signal molecule glycerol 3-phosphate

This study identifies a chemoreceptor family in plant-associated bacteria that specifically responds to glycerol 3-phosphate, a plant stress signal, and shows its evolutionary origin and ecological relevance.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa performs chemotaxis to serotonin, dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine

This study shows Pseudomonas aeruginosa chemotactically responds to serotonin, dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine, with TlpQ chemoreceptor involvement, and highlights their role in virulence.

Phosphorylated CheV interacts with a subset of chemoreceptors

This paper shows that phosphorylated CheV selectively binds to specific chemoreceptors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, modulating chemotaxis responses.

Bacterial sensor evolved by decreasing complexity

This study shows how a bacterial chemoreceptor evolved from a bimodular to a monomodular domain by losing one module, revealing that reducing complexity may be a common evolutionary trend in sensory domains.