Aphid and mildew read counts leftover from the sequencing of greenhouse plants correlated with the environment of origin of the plants, and allowed the mapping of pathogen resistance genes.
Vera Vollenweider, Karoline Rehm ... Rolf Kümmerli
Iron-chelating pyoverdines from environmental Pseudomonas spp. show promising antibacterial activity against key human pathogens through the induction of iron starvation, while associated toxicity for host systems remains low.
Benedikt M Mortzfeld, Shakti K Bhattarai, Vanni Bucci
12 new class IIb microcins have been structurally identified, phylogenetically assessed, and functionally tested for their antimicrobial activity, increasing the total number of these bacteriocins to 17.
Metabolomics analysis identified potential neuroactive metabolites, issued from food and microbial fermentation, that are linked to symptoms of depression, anxiety and alcohol craving.
Knockout of Terc impedes effective immune defense against bacterial lung infections in mice, exacerbating disease course and revealing the critical function of Terc in pulmonary immunity.
