Phillip Nußbaum

This paper identifies a three-protein system in Archaea essential for divisome positioning, showing functional similarities to the bacterial Min system but with distinct sequence and mechanism.

This study identifies CsmR as a transcriptional regulator linking motility and cell shape in Haloferax volcanii through transcriptomic analysis and functional experiments.

This study identifies SAM hydrolases in thermophilic archaea that counteract sulfonium epimerisation, maintaining metabolic stability by degrading inactive (RS,SC)-SAM.

The paper identifies a contact-dependent antagonism mechanism in archaea mediated by a CIS similar to bacterial T6SSs, revealing its role in shaping microbial communities.

This study shows that MinD2 in Haloferax volcanii affects cell shape and motility by mispositioning chemotaxis arrays and archaellum motors, and interacts synergistically with MinD4.