A geographically and temporally restricted genomic surveillance study concludes that Enterobacterales plasmid dissemination between human and non-human niches might be occurring at greater rates than previously estimated.

Phylogenetic and biochemical analysis reveals crucial role of two substitutions in the α–crystallin domain for development of new functionality of IbpA chaperone after the loss of paralogous IbpB in Erwiniaceae.

MukBEF selectively loads onto newly replicated DNA, and MatP prevents MukBEF activity, correlating with matS sites, likely due to MatP-mediated unloading.

A mechanism whereby aminoglycosides-mediated SOS induction in Escherichia coli also promote high-level fluoroquinolone resistance.

The growth of wild Drosophila larvae on fruits is promoted by a yeast releasing essential nutrients extracellularly or by a stable association with a nutrient-providing bacterium established by microbe–microbe interactions.

Modeling weighted transfer ratios enable statistical analysis of maternal–infant transfer at a more general level and can indicate whether any transfer is persistent, transient, or originates from alternate sources.

The structure of the mechanosensitive channel MscS embedded in a lipid bilayer redefines the nature, location and importance of lipid–protein interactions in the gating of mechanosensitive channels.

Rapid yet comprehensive, genome-resolved analysis of fecal samples from premature infants reveals little overlap in strain composition of gut microbial communities, despite co-hospitalization, and suggests the existence of barriers to strain dispersal.

High-throughput measurements of simplified bacterial communities find that when multiple species jointly inhibit a focal species of interest, their individual effects do not add up, but are dominated by the strongest single-species effect.

The combination therapy of colistin, artesunate, and EDTA could serve as a promising approach to combat colistin-resistant Salmonella infections by disrupting bacterial membranes, collapsing proton motive force, and increasing reactive oxygen species levels.