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By coupling a bacterial injection system with a light-controlled molecular switch, scientists are able to inject proteins into eukaryontic cells more

Each year, the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM) chooses a special bacterium to draw attention to the diversity of the microbial world. This year's winner is Myxococcus xanthus. This extremely fascinating bacterium is a research focus of our Department of Ecophysiology led by Prof. Lotte Søgaard-Andersen. more

The previously unknown mechanism relies on intrinsically inactive σ factor more

A previously unknown mechanism enables bacterial antibiotic resistance more

Everyone following Formula 1 knows that securing the pole position is not simple. The same is true for many proteins in rod-shaped bacteria like Myxococcus xanthus: they must localize to the cell poles to function properly. In a recent publication in Nature Microbiology, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology together with scientists from the Technical University in Munich unraveled a novel mechanism for how a protein can reach pole position. more