RESEARCH
Laboratory of genome dynamics and microbial adaptation
Laboratory of genome dynamics and microbial adaptation (DynAMic)
- The laboratory of genome dynamics and microbial adaptation (DynAMic) is a Joint Research Unit developed with INRA and the University of Lorraine
- The unit’s research theme concerns the mechanisms of rapid evolution in bacteria. The horizontal gene transfer, namely the genetic information exchanges between bacteria, related or not related in the same ecosystem, forms the leading mechanism of bacteria’s evolution. Study of this phenomenon includes the characterization of the molecular mechanisms of the transfer of genetic information and its integration into the host genome and the process regulation mechanisms as well as the study of the impact of transferred sequences into the host bacteria (genome diversity, new functions and adaptation).
- Our unit will study two bacterial groups and their respective ecosystems: streptomycetes and forest soil (rhizosphere) and streptococci in the oral cavity.
