Projects

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  Molecular characterization of genome conformation in rhizobium symbionts of clover

  Core Project

  Researchers study how mutualism between legumes and nitrogen-fixing rhizobia drives evolutionary differentiation. They explore genome architecture and gene expression using Hi-C and RNA-seq.

Publications

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  Wiesler et al., 2025

  Wiesler, E.E., Liao, Q., Ren, Z., Zhang, K.F., Dai, J., Ma, Y., Hardy, G.G. & Wang, X. (2025) ComK-induced cell death is reversed by upregulating the SigB or Spx pathway in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiol Spectr. 13(9):e0161225.

  https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01612-25