Astrid KM Stubbusch

The paper identifies metabolically flexible fermenters as drivers of increased intestinal gas production in Crohn's disease by analyzing microbial genomes and metagenomes.

This study investigates microbial colonization in glacial forelands, finding that metabolically flexible bacteria drive early succession and create hospitable conditions for later colonizers.

The paper shows bacteria use contact-dependent antagonism to acquire nutrients by lysing neighbors during starvation, enhancing growth in spatially structured environments.

This study shows that UDP-glucose-4-epimerase is required for aggregation and exopolymer production in marine bacteria Alteromonas spp., highlighting their role in particulate organic matter aggregation.