Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    Prophage regulation of Shewanella fidelis 3313 motility and biofilm formation with implications for gut colonization dynamics in Ciona robusta

    Ojas Natarajan, Susanne L Gibboney ... Larry J Dishaw
    Deleting SfPat prophage reduces Shewanella fidelis motility, increases biofilms, changes pdeB expression and spatial retention in Ciona gut, while Ciona VCBP-C binding to the WT strain results in reduced expression of viral capsid proteins without inducing SOS, indicating tripartite interactions.
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    Tuberculosis susceptibility in genetically diverse mice reveals functional diversity of neutrophils

    Marietta M Ravesloot-Chavez, Erik Van Dis ... Sarah A Stanley
    Wild-derived mice exhibit diversity in outcomes after infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Epidemiology and Global Health

    Associations Between Meteorological Factors and Influenza A/B Incidence in Subtropical China: A Six-Year Surveillance Study with Deep Learning Modelling for Influenza Early Warning

    Long Xie, Meng-Jie Zhang ... Xi-Wen Jiang
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    Antibiotic potentiation and inhibition of cross-resistance in pathogens associated with cystic fibrosis

    Nikol Kadeřábková, R Christopher D Furniss ... Despoina AI Mavridou
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    • Important
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    Starvation of the bacteria Vibrio atlanticus promotes lightning group-attacks on the dinoflagellate Alexandrium pacificum

    Jean Luc Rolland, Estelle Masseret ... Raphaël Lami
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    • Incomplete
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    High-content high-resolution microscopy and deep learning assisted analysis reveals host and bacterial heterogeneity during Shigella infection

    Ana T López-Jiménez, Dominik Brokatzky ... Serge Mostowy
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    • Compelling
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Applying 3D correlative structured illumination microscopy and X-ray tomography to characterise herpes simplex virus-1 morphogenesis

    Kamal L Nahas, Viv Connor ... Colin M Crump
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    • Landmark
    • Exceptional
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The increase in cell volume and nuclear number of the koji-fungus Aspergillus oryzae contributes to its high enzyme productivity

    Ayaka Itani, Haruto Motomura ... Norio Takeshita
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Dissecting organoid-bacteria interaction highlights decreased contractile force as a key factor for heart infection

    Anheng Wang, Jiaxian Wang ... Chunming Wang
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    The second messenger signaling molecule cyclic di-AMP drives developmental cycle progression in Chlamydia trachomatis

    Junghoon Lee, Scot P Ouellette
    For the first time, a function for the second messenger molecule, cyclic di-AMP, in Chlamydia has been described, revealing its role in regulating chlamydial developmental cycle progression.
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