Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Virus Evolution: Scaling up efforts to target evolving viruses

    Lin Wang, Henrik Salje
    High-throughput neutralisation tests could lead to a better understanding of the evolution of human influenza.
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    Insight
    1. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    High-throughput neutralization measurements correlate strongly with evolutionary success of human influenza strains

    Caroline Kikawa, Andrea N Loes ... Jesse D Bloom
    High-throughput measurement of neutralization titers using a new sequencing-based assay can help explain which seasonal influenza strains spread in the human population.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The type VI secretion system governs strain maintenance in a wild mammalian gut microbiome

    Beth A Shen, Kyle L Asfahl ... Joseph D Mougous
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Fundamental
    • Convincing
    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
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies that target the PcrV component of the type III secretion system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa act through distinct mechanisms

    Jean-Mathieu Desveaux, Eric Faudry ... Pascal Poignard
    Human antibodies isolated from cystic fibrosis patients against PscF and PcrV of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type 3 Secretion System reveal that anti-PcrV antibodies inhibit secretion through distinct mechanisms.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    4-aminoquinolines block heme iron reactivity and interfere with artemisinin action

    Melissa R Rosenthal, Daniel E Goldberg
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Glycolysis-dependent sulfur metabolism orchestrates morphological plasticity and virulence in fungi

    Dhrumi Shah, Nikita Rewatkar ... Sriram Varahan
    A multidisciplinary approach demonstrates that glycolysis orchestrates fungal morphogenesis and virulence by regulating the de novo biosynthesis of sulfur-containing amino acids, thereby establishing a novel metabolic paradigm.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    ZFT is the major iron and zinc transporter in Toxoplasma gondii

    Dana Aghabi, Cecilia Gallego Rubio ... Clare R Harding
    Identification of the mechanism of iron and zinc uptake by Toxoplasma gondii to support parasite replication and metabolism.

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