PUBLICATIONS

2025

Guérin F, Sassi M, Gravey F, Zouari A, Quenet B, Lecourt M, Ract P, Michaux C, Auzou M, Isnard C, Cattoir V. Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. allosunkii and lactis as emerging human uropathogens in elderly patients. J Clin Microbiol. 2025 May 14;63(5):e0207224.

2024

Jenniches L, Michaux C, Popella L, Reichardt S, Vogel J, Westermann AJ, Barquist L. Improved RNA stability estimation through Bayesian modeling reveals most Salmonella transcripts have subminute half-lives. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Apr 2;121(14):e2308814121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2308814121.

Ronneau S, Michaux C, Giorgio RT, Helaine S. Intoxication of antibiotic persisters by host RNS inactivates their efflux machinery during infection. PLoS Pathog. 2024 Feb 29;20(2):e1012033.

2023

Ronneau S*, Michaux C*, Helaine S. Decline in nitrosative stress drives antibiotic persister regrowth during infection. Cell Host Microbe. 2023 Jun 14;31(6):993-1006.e6.

2022

Michaux C*, Gerovac M*, Hansen EE, Barquist L, Vogel J. Grad-seq analysis of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium provides a global view of RNA and protein complexes in these two opportunistic pathogens. Microlife. 2022 Dec 27;4:uqac027.

Guérin F, Gravey F, Reissier S, Penven M, Michaux C, Le Hello S, Cattoir V. Temocillin Resistance in the Enterobacter cloacae Complex Is Conferred by a Single Point Mutation in BaeS, Leading to Overexpression of the AcrD Efflux Pump. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2023 Jun 15;67(6):e0035823.

Rizvanovic A, Michaux C, Panza M, Iloglu Z, Helaine S, Wagner EGH, Holmqvist E. The RNA-Binding Protein ProQ Promotes Antibiotic Persistence in Salmonella. mBio. 2022 Dec 20;13(6):e0289122.

Michaux C*, Ronneau S*, Giorgio RT, Helaine S. Antibiotic tolerance and persistence have distinct fitness trade-offs. PLoS Pathog. 2022 Nov 14;18(11):e1010963.

2021

Yair Y, Michaux C, Biran D, Bernhard J, Vogel J, Barquist L, Ron EZ. Cellular RNA Targets of Cold Shock Proteins CspC and CspE and Their Importance for Serum Resistance in Septicemic Escherichia coli. mSystems. 2022 Aug 30;7(4):e0008622.

Michaux C*, Ronneau S*, Helaine S. Studying Antibiotic Persistence During Infection. Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2357:273-289.

Michaux C, Hansen EE, Jenniches L, Gerovac M, Barquist L, Vogel J. Single-Nucleotide RNA Maps for the Two Major Nosocomial Pathogens Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020 Nov 25;10:600325.

2019

Gollan B*, Grabe G*, Michaux C*, Helaine S. Bacterial Persisters and Infection: Past, Present, and Progressing. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2019 Sep 8;73:359-385.

2017

Michaux C, Holmqvist E, Vasicek E, Sharan M, Barquist L, Westermann AJ, Gunn JS, Vogel J. RNA target profiles direct the discovery of virulence functions for the cold-shock proteins CspC and CspE. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Jun 27;114(26):6824-6829.

2015

Martini C, Michaux C, Bugli F, Arcovito A, Iavarone F, Cacaci M, Paroni Sterbini F, Hartke A, Sauvageot N, Sanguinetti M, Posteraro B, Giard JC. The polyamine N-acetyltransferase-like enzyme PmvE plays a role in the virulence of Enterococcus faecalis. Infect Immun. 2015 Jan;83(1):364-71.

2014

Michaux C, Hartke A, Martini C, Reiss S, Albrecht D, Budin-Verneuil A, Sanguinetti M, Engelmann S, Hain T, Verneuil N, Giard JC. Involvement of Enterococcus faecalis small RNAs in stress response and virulence. Infect Immun. 2014 Sep;82(9):3599-611.

Michaux C, Verneuil N, Hartke A, Giard JC. Physiological roles of small RNA molecules. Microbiology (Reading). 2014 Jun;160(Pt 6):1007-1019.

2013

Michaux C, Saavedra LFR, Reffuveille F, Bernay B, Goux D, Hartke A, Verneuil N, Giard JC. Cold-shock RNA-binding protein CspR is also exposed to the surface of Enterococcus faecalis. Microbiology (Reading). 2013 Oct;159(Pt 10):2153-2161.

2012

Michaux C, Martini C, Shioya K, Ahmed Lecheheb S, Budin-Verneuil A, Cosette P, Sanguinetti M, Hartke A, Verneuil N, Giard JC. CspR, a cold shock RNA-binding protein involved in the long-term survival and the virulence of Enterococcus faecalis. J Bacteriol. 2012 Dec;194(24):6900-8.

2011

Michaux C, Martini C, Hanin A, Auffray Y, Hartke A, Giard JC. SlyA regulator is involved in bile salts stress response of Enterococcus faecalis. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2011 Nov;324(2):142-6.

Shioya K, Michaux C, Kuenne C, Hain T, Verneuil N, Budin-Verneuil A, Hartsch T, Hartke A, Giard JC. Genome-wide identification of small RNAs in the opportunistic pathogen Enterococcus faecalis V583. PLoS One. 2011;6(9):e23948.

Michaux C, Sanguinetti M, Reffuveille F, Auffray Y, Posteraro B, Gilmore MS, Hartke A, Giard JC. SlyA is a transcriptional regulator involved in the virulence of Enterococcus faecalis. Infect Immun. 2011 Jul;79(7):2638-45.

*Co-first authors