Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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1. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Peptidoglycan precursor synthesis along the sidewall of pole-growing mycobacteria

   Alam García-Heredia et al.

   Peptidoglycan precursor synthesis occurs in both growing and non-growing regions of the mycobacterial cell surface.
2. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Maturing Mycobacterium smegmatis peptidoglycan requires non-canonical crosslinks to maintain shape

   Catherine Baranowski et al.
3. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Integrated culturing, modeling and transcriptomics uncovers complex interactions and emergent behavior in a three-species synthetic gut community

   Kevin D'hoe et al.
4. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Characterization of a Toxoplasma effector uncovers an alternative GSK3/β-catenin-regulatory pathway of inflammation

   Huan He et al.
5. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Chromatin mapping identifies BasR, a key regulator of bacteria-triggered production of fungal secondary metabolites

   Juliane Fischer et al.
6. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Transition between fermentation and respiration determines history-dependent behavior in fluctuating carbon sources

   Bram Cerulus et al.
7. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Visualization of the type III secretion mediated Salmonella–host cell interface using cryo-electron tomography

   Donghyun Park et al.

   Visualization of the type III secretion mediated Salmonella-host cell interface reveals the intact translocon and the profound remodeling of the host membrane at unprecedented resolution.
8. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Changes in the genetic requirements for microbial interactions with increasing community complexity

   Manon Morin et al.

   Analysis of the global genetic requirements and gene expression changes in E. coli in the presence of a simple microbiome revealed pairwise and higher-order interactions, and underlying molecular mechanisms.
9. 1. Immunology and Inflammation
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Concerted IL-25R and IL-4Rα signaling drive innate type 2 effector immunity for optimal helminth expulsion

   Katherine A Smith et al.

   Immune expulsion of helminth parasites is driven by two key pathways mediated by soluble cytokines ligating to the IL-4 and IL-25 receptors acting on innate effector cells throughout the course of infection.
10. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Genetic basis for coordination of meiosis and sexual structure maturation in Cryptococcus neoformans

    Linxia Liu et al.