Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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1. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Sensitizing Staphylococcus aureus to antibacterial agents by decoding and blocking the lipid flippase MprF

   Christoph Josef Slavetinsky et al.
2. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   A qnr-plasmid allows aminoglycosides to induce SOS in Escherichia coli

   Anamaria Babosan et al.
3. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Breaking antimicrobial resistance by disrupting extracytoplasmic protein folding

   R Christopher D Furniss et al.
4. 1. Immunology and Inflammation
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   De novo synthesized polyunsaturated fatty acids operate as both host immunomodulators and nutrients for Mycobacterium tuberculosis

   Thomas Laval et al.

   Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis triggers de novo synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids by host macrophages, which promote their antimicrobial responses but feed the intracellular pathogen.
5. 1. Immunology and Inflammation
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Human MAIT cells respond to and suppress HIV-1

   Chansavath Phetsouphanh et al.

   In depth phenotyping from tissues and in vitro activation studies reveal antiviral function of MAIT cells- with particular emphasis on HIV infection.
6. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Comment on ‘SARS-CoV-2 suppresses anticoagulant and fibrinolytic gene expression in the lung’

   Ethan S FitzGerald, Amanda M Jamieson

   We are writing to comment on an article by Mast et al., 2021, about the drivers of coagulopathy in the lungs of COVID-19 patients.
7. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Golden Syrian hamster as a model to study cardiovascular complications associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection

   Zaigham Abbas Rizvi et al.
8. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   An intestinally secreted host factor promotes microsporidia invasion of C. elegans

   Hala Tamim El Jarkass et al.
9. 1. Genetics and Genomics
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Stress conditions promote Leishmania hybridization in vitro marked by expression of the ancestral gamete fusogen HAP2 as revealed by single-cell RNAseq

   Isabelle Louradour et al.
10. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Human monoclonal antibodies against Staphylococcus aureus surface antigens recognize in vitro and in vivo biofilm

    Lisanne de Vor et al.

    Antibody-based biologicals could provide an alternative approach to improve the diagnosis of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm-related infections.