Publications
Dimitriu T, Szczelkun MD, Westra ER (2024) Various plasmid strategies limit the effect of bacterial Restriction-Modification systems against conjugation. Nucleic Acids Research 52 (21) 12976-12986. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae896
Vos M, Buckling A, Kuijper B, Eyre-Walker A, Bontemps C, Leblond P & Dimitriu T (2024) Why do mobile genetic elements transfer DNA of their hosts ? Trends in Genetics 40 (11), 927-938. DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2024.07.008
Morwool P, Dimitriu T, Crickmore N, Raymond B (2023) Group selection as a basis for screening mutagenized libraries of public goods (Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 89 (7), e00512-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00512-23
Pons BJ, Dimitriu T, Westra ER, van Houte S (2023) Antibiotics that affect translation can antagonize phage infectivity by interfering with the deployment of counter-defenses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 (4), e2216084120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2216084120
Dimitriu T, Souissi W, Morwool P, Darby A, Crickmore N, Raymond B (2023) Selecting for infectivity across metapopulations can increase virulence in the social microbe Bacillus thuringiensis. Evolutionary Applications 16(3), 705-720. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13529
Pursey E, Dimitriu T, Gaze WH, Westra ER, van Houte S (2022) Modelling the distribution of antimicrobial resistance genes across geography, climate, host species and phylogroup in 16,000 E. coli genomes. medRxiv 2022.08.05.22278465 https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.05.22278465
Dimitriu T (2022) Evolution of horizontal transmission in antimicrobial resistance plasmids. Microbiology 168 (7), 001214. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001214
Dimitriu T, Kurilovich E, Lapinska U, Severinov K, Pagliara S, Szczelkin MD, Westra ER (2022) Bacteriostatic antibiotics promote CRISPR-Cas adaptive immunity by enabling increased spacer acquisition. Cell Host & Microbe 30 (1), 31-40.e5 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2021.11.014
Pursey E, Dimitriu T, Paganelli FL, Westra ER, van Houte S (2022) CRISPR-Cas is associated with fewer antibiotic resistance genes in bacterial pathogens. Phil Trans Roy Soc B 377 (1842), 20200464. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0464
Dimitriu T, Misevic D, Lindner AB, Taddei F, Brown SP (2021) Bacteria can be selected to help beneficial plasmids spread. PLoS Biology 19 (12), e3001489. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001489
Dimitriu T, Matthews AC and Buckling A (2021) Increased copy number couples the evolution of plasmid horizontal transmission and antibiotic resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (31), e2107818118 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107818118
Dimitriu T, Szczelkun MD and Westra ER (2020) Evolutionary Ecology and Interplay of Prokaryotic Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems. Current Biology 30 (19), R1189-R1202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.028
Dimitriu T, Medaney F, Amanatidou E, Forsyth J, Ellis RJ and Raymond B (2019) Negative frequency dependent selection on plasmid carriage and low fitness costs maintain extended spectrum B-lactamases in Escherichia coli. Scientific Reports 9 (1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53575-7
Dimitriu T, Ashby B and Westra ER (2019) Transposition : a CRISPR way to get around. Current Biology 29 (18), R886-R889. 10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.010
Dimitriu T, Marchant L, Buckling A and Raymond B (2019) Bacteria from natural populations transfer plasmids mostly towards their kin. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1905), 20191110. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1110
Dimitriu T, Misevic D, Bénard-Capelle J, Lindner AB, Brown SP and Taddei F (2018) Selection of horizontal gene transfer through public good production. bioRxiv 315960. https://doi.org/10.1101/315960
Dimitriu T, Misevic D, Lotton C, Brown SP, Lindner AB and Taddei F (2016) Indirect Fitness Benefits Enable the Spread of Host Genes Promoting Costly Transfer of Beneficial Plasmids. PLoS Biology 14(6):e1002478. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002478
Medaney F, Dimitriu T, Ellis RJ and Raymond B (2015) Live to cheat another day: bacterial dormancy facilitates the social exploitation of beta-lactamases. The ISME Journal 10 :778-787. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.154
Dimitriu T, Misevic D, Lindner AB and Taddei F (2015) Mobile genetic elements are involved in bacterial sociality. Mobile Genetic Elements 5:1,7-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159256X.2015.1006110
Dimitriu T, Lotton C, Bénard-Capelle J, Misevic D, Brown SP, Lindner AB and Taddei, F (2014) Genetic information transfer promotes cooperation in bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (30) 11103–11108. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.140684011