Sandra A. LaBonte

Chloramphenicol-mobilized Bacillus subtilis transiently expresses resistance to multiple antibiotics, including the glycopeptides phleomycin and bleomycin

This study shows that chloramphenicol induces antibiotic resistance in Bacillus subtilis by upregulating resistance genes through translational regulation, revealing new resistance mechanisms against glycopeptides.

Saprotrophic soil fungus dissolves lithium lepidolite through inositol rescue metabolism

This study shows a soil fungus alters its metabolism to dissolve lithium ore, releasing soluble lithium, and suggests similar strategies may occur in natural microbial communities.

MOB rules: Antibiotic Exposure Reprograms Metabolism to Mobilize Bacillus subtilis in Competitive Interactions

This study identifies how B. subtilis reprograms metabolism to mobilize in response to subinhibitory chloramphenicol exposure through coordinated transcriptional regulators.

Crowdsourcing biocuration: the Community Assessment of Community Annotation with Ontologies (CACAO)

The paper describes a crowdsourcing initiative, CACAO, where undergraduates contribute gene function annotations to the Gene Ontology, enhancing coverage and enabling community-driven curation.