List of the 10 main publications

	Supplementary material TOUCHON T*., HOEDE H.*, TENAILLON O.*, BARBE V., BAERISWYL S., BIDET P., BINGEN E., BONACORSI S., BOUCHIER C., BOUVET O., CALTEAU A., CHIAPELLO H., CLERMONT O., CRUVEILLER S., DANCHIN A., DIARD M., DOSSAT C., EL KAROUI M., FRAPY E., GARRY L., GHIGO J.M., GILLES A.M., JOHNSON J.R., LE BOUGUENEC C., LESCAT M., MANGENOT S., MARTINEZ-JEHANNE V., MATIC I., NASSIF S., OZTAS S., PETIT M.A., PICHON C., ROUY Z., SAINT RUF C., SCHNEIDER D., TOURRET J., VACHERIE B., VALLENET D., MEDIGUE C., ROCHA E., DENAMUR E. *The three first authors have equally contributedto the work Organised genome dynamics in the Escherichia coli species results in highly diverse adaptive paths. PLoS Genet., 2009, 5, e1000344 commentary SILANDER O.K.*, TENAILLON O. *, CHAO L. Understanding the evolutionary fate of finite populations: the dynamics of mutational effects. PLoS Biol., 2007, 5, e94 * The two first auhors have equally contributed to the work     HOEDE C., DENAMUR E., TENAILLON O. Selection acts on DNA secondary structures to decrease transcriptional mutagenesis. PLoS Genet., 2006, 2, e176   LE GALL T., DARLU P. ESCOBAR-PARAMO P., PICARD B., DENAMUR E. Selection-driven transcriptome polymorphism in Escherichia coli/Shigella species. Genome Res., 2005, 15, 260-265   ESCOBAR-PARAMO P., CLERMONT O., BLANC-POTARD A. B., BUI H., LE BOUGUENEC C., DENAMUR E. A specific genetic background is required for acquisition and expression of virulence factors in Escherichia coli. Mol. Biol. Evol., 2004, 21, 1085-1094 BJEDOV I.*, TENAILLON O.*, GERARD B.*, SOUZA V., DENAMUR E., RADMAN M., TADDEI F., MATIC I. Stress-induced mutagenesis in bacteria. Science, 2003, 300, 1404-1409 * The 3 first auhors have equally contributed to this work     DENAMUR E., LECOINTRE G., TADDEI F., DARLU P., TENAILLON O., ACQUAVIVA C., SAYADA C., ELION J., RADMAN M., MATIC I. Evolutionary implications of the frequent horizontal transfer of mismatch repair genes. Cell, 2000, 103, 711-721 TENAILLON O., LE NAGARD H., GODELLE B., TADDEI F. Mutator and sex in bacteria: conflict between adaptive strategies. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2000, 97, 10465-1047     PICARD B., SEVALI GARCIA J., GOURIOU S., DURIEZ P., BRAHIMI N. BINGEN E., ELION J., DENAMUR E. The link between phylogeny and virulence in Escherichia coli extraintestinal infection. Infect. Immun., 1999, 67, 546-553     MATIC I., RADMAN M., TADDEI F., PICARD B., DOIT C., BINGEN E., DENAMUR E., ELION J. Highly variable mutation rates in commensal and pathogenic Escherichia coli. Science, 1997, 277, 1833-1834