Scientific publications - Synergy-Plague

Pseudogenization of the cntQ permease confers distinct yersinopine-metal uptake selectivity in Yersinia species

Biometals, 13 May 2026. Clémentine Laffont, Elizabeth Pradel, Laurent Ouerdane, Amélie Dewitte, Nicolas Oswaldo Gomez, Mathilde Tribout, Catherine Brutesco, Romé Voulhoux, Ryszard Lobinski, Florent Sebbane and Pascal Arnoux. (Open Access.)

Plasma albumin contributes to early Yersinia pestis survival at the onset of flea infection

PLOS Pathogens, 27 February 2026. Amélie Dewitte, Florent Sebbane, and Sébastien Bontemps-Gallo. (Open Access.)

Commentary on Seersholm Et al.: Yersinia pestis Infection Is Not Synonymous With Deadly Plague in Neolithic Scandinavia

American Journal of Biological Anthropology (AJBA), 16 January 2026. Hamadou Oumarou Hama, Michel Drancourt, Philip Slavin, and Florent Sebbane. (Open Access.)

Retracing the path of evolution: polymorphisms of aspA codon 363 shape the fitness of Yersinia pestis

Emerging Microbes & Infections, 24 July 2025. Kai Song, Ruichen Lv, Leiming Shen, Yarong Wu, Xiuwei Qian, Yiming Cui, Yumeng Wei, Yanbing Li, Yanting Zhao, Wenwu Yao, Yafang Tan, Yanping Han, Yujing Bi, Zongmin Du, Florent Sebbane, Yujun Cui, Ruifu Yang, and Yajun Song. (Open Access.)

Plague in the modern era, understanding the transmission of Yersinia pestis by fleas (La peste à l’ère moderne, comprendre la transmission de la bactérie Yersinia pestis par les puces)

Med Sci (Paris), 7 July 2025. Florent Sebbane, Amélie Dewitte, and Alexandre Baillez. (Open Access.)

Exploring temperature-dependent transcriptomic adaptations in Yersinia pestis using direct cDNA sequencing by Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Scientific Reports, 1 July 2025. Brandon Robin, Alexandre Baillez, Servane Le Guillouzer, Cécile Lecoeur, Florent Sebbane, and Sébastien Bontemps-Gallo. (Open Access.)

Protocol for monitoring Yersinia pestis colonization of the proventriculus in the flea Xenopsylla cheopis using microscopy

STAR Protocols, 20 June 2025. Amélie Dewitte, Elisabeth Werkmeister, Florent Sebbane, and Sébastien Bontemps-Gallo. (Open Access.)

Proteins of the SubB family provide multiple mechanisms of serum resistance in Yersinia pestis

Emerging Microbes & Infections, 6 May 2025. François Pierre, Alexandre Baillez, Amélie Dewitte, Agustin Rolandelli, and Florent Sebbane. (Open Access.)