Jean‐Baptiste Leducq

Life on leaves left a lasting mark on the Methylobacterium core genome

The study examines the core genome evolution of Methylobacterium to show that genes related to phyllosphere adaptation show greater evolutionary discordance, suggesting horizontal gene transfer.

Priority effects influence bacterial community assembly on temperate deciduous tree leaves

This study shows that early-season inoculation of Methylobacterium strains on tree leaves significantly alters bacterial community composition, while late-season inoculation has no effect, highlighting the role of priority effects in phyllosphere assembly.

Metapangenomics reveals host-driven adaptations of Methylobacterium to the phyllosphere

This study uses metapangenomics to show how Methylobacterium adapts to different host plants by analyzing gene diversity and function across phyllosphere communities.

A phylogenomic and metagenomic meta-analysis of bacterial diversity in the phyllosphere lifts a veil on Hyphomicrobiales dark matter

This study uses a meta-analysis of metagenomic and phylogenomic data to reveal previously unknown Hyphomicrobiales taxa in the phyllosphere and highlights limitations of 16S rRNA gene barcoding for their identification.

Comprehensive phylogenomics of Methylobacterium reveals four evolutionary distinct groups and underappreciated phyllosphere diversity.

The paper uses phylogenomic analysis of 189 Methylobacterium genomes to reveal four evolutionary groups and identify 45 candidate species, highlighting phyllosphere diversity and an ancient transition to plant association.