Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Human CD1c-autoreactive T-cells recognise Mycobacterium tuberculosis–infected antigen-presenting cells and display cytotoxic effector programmes

    Matthew Milton, Sahar H Farag ... Salah Mansour
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Meteorological Drivers of Influenza A and B Positivity in a Subtropical Chinese City: A Six-Year Surveillance Study Integrating Distributed Lag Non-Linear Models and Deep Learning

    Long Xie, Meng-Jie Zhang ... Xi-Wen Jiang
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    • Valuable
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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Ribosomal RNA methylation by GidB modulates discrimination of mischarged tRNA

    Zhuo Bi, Yu-Xiang Chen ... Babak Javid
    The ribosomal rRNA methyltransferase GidB is involved in the discrimination of mischarged tRNAs in mycobacteria.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Genomic analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae causing community-acquired respiratory deaths among Zambian infants and children using targeted RNA-probe hybridization-capture metagenomics

    Kenneth Lindstedt, Alyse Wheelock ... Christopher J Gill
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Convincing
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A novel mechanism for bacterial sporulation based on programmed peptidoglycan degradation

    Carlos A Ramírez Carbó, Oihane Irazoki ... Beiyan Nan
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Bacterial and viral gut microbiome alterations characterize microbiome-immune-pathophysiology axes in sickle cell disease

    Zachary N Flamholz, Jennifer De Los Santos ... Libusha Kelly
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    • Valuable
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Membrane affinity difference between MinD monomer and dimer is not crucial for MinD gradient formation in Bacillus subtilis

    Laura C Bohorquez, Henrik Strahl ... Leendert Hamoen
    Diffusion rate difference between MinD monomer and dimer is important for MinD protein gradient formation in B. subtilis, and not membrane affinity difference.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The structural context of mutations in proteins predicts their effect on antibiotic resistance

    Anna G Green, Mahbuba Tasmin ... Maha R Farhat
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Ecology

    Tracking West Nile virus dynamics using viral loads from trapped mosquitoes

    Punya Alahakoon, Ian Marchinton ... James A Hay
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The cow udder is a potential coinfection site for influenza A viruses

    Rute Maria Pinto, Colin P Sharp ... Paul Digard
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Fundamental
    • Compelling
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Gut Microbiome: Bacteria weigh up costs and benefits of mobile weapons

    Zhao Wang, Yang Fu
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Tuberculosis: A surprising new hiding place for a dangerous pathogen

    Sheetal Gandotra, Yogendra Singh

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