Final year PhD student,
During my PhD, I have worked on the predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, with particular focus upon secreted cell wall peptidoglycan (PG)-modifying enzymes that modify both predators and… read more
During my PhD, I have worked on the predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, with particular focus upon secreted cell wall peptidoglycan (PG)-modifying enzymes that modify both predators and their prey. My primary PhD project resulted in the identification and characterisation (genetics, biochemistry, structure, microscopy) of the vibrioid cell shape determinant of B. bacteriovorus which confers dual evolutionary benefits to predation. My secondary project investigates the role of B. bacteriovorus invasion-specific PG enzymes which modify prey bacteria.
bioRxiv preprint: Asymmetric peptidoglycan editing generates the curvature of predatory bacteria, optimising invasion and replication within a spherical prey niche
Supervisor: Professor Liz Sockett
University of NottinghamMedical School Queen's Medical CentreNottingham NG7 2UH
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