Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Identifying a novel mechanism of L-leucine uptake in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using a chemical genomic approach

    Nisheeth Agarwal, Himanshu Gogoi ... Bappaditya Dey
    A well-orchestrated machinery for L-leucine uptake is functional in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is important for the intracellular survival of the tuberculosis (TB) pathogen.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A novel rapid host cell entry pathway determines the intracellular fate of Staphylococcus aureus

    Marcel Rühling, Fabio Schmelz ... Martin J Fraunholz
    An acid sphingomyelinase-dependent rapid uptake pathway for the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is linked to altered intracellular infection dynamics.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Emergent particle collection by cyanobacteria through gliding motility and filament buckling

    Rebecca N Poon, Kelsey Cremin ... Orkun S Soyer
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    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
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Multidimensional in vitro assay for antimalarial combination testing and pharmacodynamic modeling – the MULT-i2 assay

    Angela Hellingman, Christin Gumpp ... Matthias Rottmann
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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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    1. Ecology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Environmental temperature is a strong driver of subspecies competition in the Drosophila microbiome

    Juan Bosco Gracia Alvira, Stefanie Migotti ... Christian Schlötterer
    Changes in abiotic factors, such as temperature, can affect the host fitness indirectly by modulating subspecies dynamics of key taxa, which are usually overlooked in microbiome research.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Screening the MMV Pathogen Box reveals the mitochondrial bc1-complex as a drug target in mature Toxoplasma gondii bradyzoites

    Deborah Maus, Elyzana Putrianti ... Martin Blume
    Inhibiting the mitochondrial bc1-complex disrupts energy production in mature Toxoplasma gondii bradyzoites, suggesting a metabolic vulnerability in the parasite's chronic, drug-resistant stage.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Virus specific impacts on honey bee flight performance are mediated by the octopamine pathway

    Naomi G Kaku, Michelle L Flenniken
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    IFNγ and IFNγ mimetics prevent IFN-I-mediated TB susceptibility by regulating iron metabolism and lipid peroxidation

    Prasanna Babu Araveti, Shivraj M Yabaji ... Igor Kramnik
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    Gut Microbiome: Bacteria weigh up costs and benefits of mobile weapons

    Zhao Wang, Yang Fu
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    Tuberculosis: A surprising new hiding place for a dangerous pathogen

    Sheetal Gandotra, Yogendra Singh

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