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Key research themes
1. How do bacterial antagonistic interactions relate to metabolic and phylogenetic similarity?
This research area investigates the relationship between bacterial antagonism, metabolic capabilities, and phylogenetic relatedness, providing insight into natural competition and coexistence mechanisms in microbial communities. Understanding these associations informs theories such as the competition-relatedness hypothesis and sheds light on the evolutionary strategies bacteria use to gain competitive advantage in diverse environments.
Key finding: In a large-scale experimental screening of over 4,000 pairwise bacterial interactions from 67 species, antagonistic interactions were most prevalent among metabolically and phylogenetically similar bacteria, supporting... Read more
Key finding: Phenotypic assays on 114 Bacteroides and Parabacteroides strains isolated from human gut microbiota revealed that more than half produced bacteriocins with both iso- and hetero-antagonistic effects. The production of... Read more
Key finding: Bacteria produce a diverse range of volatile compounds (BVCs), including fatty acid derivatives and nitrogen- or sulfur-containing molecules, that influence bacterial physiology and interactions. These volatiles act as... Read more
2. What mechanisms enable bacterial antagonism and protection within polymicrobial communities such as the rhizosphere and infection sites?
This theme focuses on molecular and ecological strategies bacteria employ to antagonize competitors or form protective associations within polymicrobial environments. Insights into biofilm-mediated protection, spatial organization, predatory behavior, and immune evasion reveal how bacteria coexist, compete, or synergize, with implications for disease progression, symbiosis, and biocontrol applications.
Key finding: Kosakonia radicincitans forms biofilms on the beneficial fungus Serendipita indica hyphae, which protects the fungus from predation by Collimonas fungivorans. The biofilm-mediated spatial colonization acts as a defense layer,... Read more
Key finding: Pathogen Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans utilizes a dual antagonistic strategy against the commensal Streptococcus gordonii’s hydrogen peroxide production: enzymatic detoxification via catalase (fight) and spatial... Read more
Key finding: Marine Gram-positive fish pathogens employ diverse virulence factors enabling invasion, immune evasion, and host colonization. The dynamic host-pathogen interactions involve bacterial fitness trade-offs and environmental... Read more
3. How can innate immune system components sensitize or modulate bacterial susceptibility, and how do bacteria respond to such antagonistic pressures?
This theme addresses the interplay between host innate immune factors, such as complement-mediated membrane attack and antimicrobial peptides, and bacterial defenses and adaptations. Understanding complement-facilitated sensitization to antibiotics, bacterial biofilm and metabolic responses to oxidative stress, and the role of two-component systems in resistance provides actionable knowledge for therapeutic interventions and novel antimicrobial strategies.
Key finding: The Membrane Attack Complex (MAC), part of the complement system, rapidly perforates the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, enabling access of Gram-positive-specific antibiotics like nisin and vancomycin that are... Read more
Key finding: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans responds to oxidative stress from Streptococcus gordonii-produced hydrogen peroxide by activating catalase detoxification and by dispersing biofilms to spatially avoid lethal... Read more
Key finding: Two-component systems (TCSs) in Gram-negative pathogens (e.g., Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) serve as environmental sensors regulating genes involved in antibiotic resistance.... Read more