Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Host and antibiotic jointly select for greater virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

    Michelle Su, Kim L Hoang ... Timothy D Read
    Antibiotic resistance alters pathogen evolutionary trajectory.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Canonical and phosphoribosyl ubiquitination coordinate to stabilize a proteinaceous structure surrounding the Legionella-containing vacuole

    Adriana Steinbach, Chetan Mokkapati ... Shaeri Mukherjee
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    RNA Selectively Modulates Activity of Virulent Amyloid PSMα3 and Host Defense LL-37 via Phase Separation and Aggregation Dynamics

    Bader Rayan, Eilon Barnea ... Meytal Landau
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Starvation of the bacterium Vibrio atlanticus induces simultaneous attacks on the dinoflagellate Alexandrium pacificum

    Jean-Luc Rolland, Estelle Masseret ... Raphael Lami
    Vibrio bacteria act as predators of ecologically significant algae that contribute to harmful blooms.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Identifying and targeting the Mg-Fe-PmrAB regulatory circuit reverses phosphate starvation-driven polymyxin resistance in Enterobacteriaceae

    Guangming Zhang, Ziqing Deng ... Aixin Yan
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A dual role for PGLYRP1 in host defense and immune regulation during B. pertussis infection

    David M Rickert, Sasha Cardozo ... Ciaran Skerry
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Niche exclusion of a lung pathogen in mice with designed probiotic communities

    Kelsey E Hern, Ashlee M Phillips ... Adam P Arkin
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    • Valuable
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Membrane binding controls the ATPase cycle and localization of MinD in Bacillus subtilis

    Helge Feddersen, Charlotte Dyckmans, Marc Bramkamp
    Dynamic relocalization of MinD in Bacillus subtilis arises from membrane binding of monomers and dimers with membrane-triggered ATP hydrolysis, suggesting MinE-like activators are unnecessary for Min system dynamics.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A macroevolution-inspired approach to reveal novel antibiotic resistance mechanisms

    Fernanda T Subtil, Teresa FG Machado ... Luiz Pedro S de Carvalho
    Using macroevolution, species not strains, uncovered important diversity in how mycobacteria respond to and resist antibiotics, revealing novel resistance determinants.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Enteropathogenic E. coli-mediated Fast and Coordinated Ca2+ responses regulate NF-κB activation

    Fangrui Guo, Roberto Ornelas Guevara ... Guy Tran Van Nhieu
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Compelling
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Highlights

    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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

    Zhao Wang, Yang Fu
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    3. Medicine

    Focus Issue: Trained Immunity

    Edited by Satyajit Rath et al.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Tuberculosis: A surprising new hiding place for a dangerous pathogen

    Sheetal Gandotra, Yogendra Singh

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