- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité
2022-2023
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2022-2023
Sorbonne Université
2022-2023
Menlo School
2023
École Pratique des Hautes Études
2022-2023
Université des Antilles
2020
Bacteria and Archaea are traditionally regarded as organisms with a simple morphology constrained to size of 2-3 µm. Nevertheless, the history microbial research is rich in description giant bacteria exceeding tens even hundreds micrometers length or diameter already from its early days, for example, Beggiatoa spp., present, Candidatus Thiomargarita magnifica. While some these giants still being studied, were lost science, merely drawings photomicrographs evidence their existence. The...
Abstract Thiovulum spp. (Campylobacterota) are large sulfur bacteria that form veil-like structures in aquatic environments. The sulfidic Movile Cave (Romania), sealed from the atmosphere for ~5 million years, has several aqueous chambers, some with low atmospheric O2 (~7%). cave’s surface-water microbial community is dominated by we identified as Thiovulum. We show this strain, and others subsurface environments, phylogenetically distinct marine assembled a closed genome of strain confirmed...