PUBLICATIONS

A family of endonucleases blocks nanotube-mediated plasmid exchange.  Gopu et al.,2026,
Nat. Microbiol. 11(4):960-975.

Donor-delivered cell wall hydrolases facilitate nanotube penetration into recipient bacteria
Amit K. Baidya, Ilan Rosenshine & Sigal Ben-Yehuda 2020,
Nature Communications volume 11, Article number: 1938
 

A Ubiquitous Platform for Bacterial Nanotube Biogenesis.
Bhattacharya, Baidya et al., 2019,
Cell Reports, 27(2):334-342

Early developmental program shapes colony morphology in bacteria.
Mamou et al., 2016.
Cell Reports, 14, 1-8.

Intercellular nanotubes mediate bacterial communication. Dubey, P. G., and Ben-Yehuda, S, 2011. Cell 144(4):590-600.
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A bacterial host factor confines phage localization for excluding the infected compartment through cell division. Fiyaksel et al., 2025,
Cell Reports 44(7):115994.

Arginine dephosphorylation propels spore germination in bacteria
Bing Zhou et al., 2019,
PNAS 116 (28) 14228-14237

Acquisition of Phage Sensitivity by Bacteria
through Exchange of Phage Receptors.
Tzipilevich et al., 2017,
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Architecture and Characteristics of Bacterial Nanotubes.
Dubey, et al, 2016.
Developmental Cell, 36, 453–461.

Flagellar rotation facilitates the transfer of a bacterial conjugative plasmid.  Bhattacharya et al., 2024, EMBO J 44: 587 - 611

Aging of a Bacterial Colony Enforces the Evolvement of Nondifferentiating Mutants.
Rachel Hashuel, Sigal Ben-Yehuda, 2019,
Molecular Biology and Physiology Volume 10 Issue 5 e01414-19

Interspecies nutrient extraction and toxin delivery between bacteria.
Stempler, Baidya, Bhattacharya et al., 2017
Nature Communications, 8, Article number: 315 

The molecular timeline of a reviving bacterial spore.
Sinai et al, 2015.
Molecular Cell, 57(4):695-707.

Dormant bacterial spores encrypt a long-lasting transcriptional program to be executed during revival
Zhou et al, 2023,
Mol Cell 22: 4158-4173.e7

Pathogenic E. coli Extracts Nutrients from Infected Host Cells Utilizing Injectisome Components.
Pal et al., 2019,
Cell 77(3):683-696.

Bacteria elicit a phage tolerance response subsequent to infection of their neighbors. Tzipilevich et al, 2022, EMBOJ, 41:e109247

RNA dynamics in aging bacterial spores.
Segev, E., Smith, Y., and Ben-Yehuda, S, 2012. Cell 148:139-49.