DNA exchange between nasopharyngeal pathogens. « Bacterial symbionts evolution

DNA exchange between nasopharyngeal pathogens.

Posted on 16 février 2016 Updated on 16 février 2016

Another good news, the article of our collaborator Alastaire McEwan just get accepted in Frontiers in Microbiology. We describe the exchange of nmlR-adhC-estD locus between two well-known nasopharyngeal pathogens (Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria menigitidis).

You can see the draft here.

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Frédéric Veyrier obtained his M.Sc. degree from the INRS-Institut Armand Frappier Laval (Qc) on the metal homeostasis in different pathogens. He completed his PhD studies at McGill University, Montréal (Qc) on the evolution of the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. He moved back to France in 2010 as a young researcher at the Institut Pasteur, Paris (France). His research focused on the common evolution of nasopharyngeal pathogens like Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae or Moraxella catarrhalis . Specifically, he is studying how bacterial metal transport and cell-wall have evolved to adjust to the stringent and competitive nasopharynx environment. He is now an associate professor at the INRS-Institut Armand Frappier in Canada continuing his work on human bacterial symbionts evolution.

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