To correctly determine a distance there, we used Jensen Shannon Divergence as a metric, which is a symmetrified version of the well-known Kullback–Leibler divergence for comparing distributions.
The GradR data can be searched online at synecho-rapdor.biologie.uni-freiburg.de
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For the intuitive analysis + visualization of such datasets we introduce RAPDOR. In contrast to expression profiles, which are compared e.g. by correlation, the results of GradR and similar approaches are naturally displayed as distributions, as the protein fraction in each compartment is measured.

We have been searching for novel RNA-binding proteins and validated, among many candidates, Sll1967 (a possible RlmD homolog), Sll0726 (phosphoglucomutase), Ssl2245 (a putative antitoxin), Slr0711 (possible QueF homolog), and Sll0947 (ribosome-associated inhibitor RaiA/LrtA homolog) as binding RNA.

¡Muchas gracias, José!

Many thanks, Jörg! And it has been a pleasure to visit Göttingen recently!

Measuring carbon isotope discrimination and crucial gene expression changes indicated that C. braunii expresses a CO2-concentrating mechanism to cope with these challenges. Supported by @watertoland.bsky.social Details here: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

They must cope with low CO2 solubility in water, which can limit the CO2 fixation by RubisCO. Moreover, the total pool of inorganic carbon is highly variable in this environment, depending on pH, temperature, and salinity.

Our new Opinion article, now out in Trends in Plant Science is the result of a great collaboration with Conrad Mullineaux and Annegret Wilde freecyano.bsky.social @cyanolab.bsky.social

This review has been put together by 12 authors working on multicellularity in bacteria. Many thanks to the DFG by supporting this research through the SPP priority program 2389 “Emergent Functions of Bacterial Multicellularity”.