Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Identifying Genetic Variations in emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes Linked to Severe Invasive Infections

    Masayuki Ono, Masaya Yamaguchi ... Shigetada Kawabata
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Capsular Polysaccharide Restrains Type VI Secretion in Acinetobacter baumannii

    Nicolas Flaugnatti, Loriane Bader ... Melanie Blokesch
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    Magnesium modulates phospholipid metabolism to promote bacterial phenotypic resistance to antibiotics

    Hui Li, Jun Yang ... Bo Peng
    Dysregulated unsaturated fatty acids and saturated fatty acids contribute to bacterial phenotypic resistance to antibiotics.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The nanoscale organization of the Nipah virus fusion protein informs new membrane fusion mechanisms

    Qian Wang, Jinxin Liu ... Qian Liu
    Single-molecule localization imaging shows that the Nipah virus fusion protein forms nanoscale clusters on cell and viral membranes that favor membrane fusion activation.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Screening Envelope Genes Across Primate Genomes Reveals Evolution and Diversity Patterns of Endogenous Retroviruses

    Saili Chabukswar, Nicole Grandi ... Enzo Tramontano
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Decoding the biogenesis of HIV-induced CPSF6 puncta and their fusion with the nuclear speckle

    Chiara Tomasini, Celine Cuche ... Francesca Di Nunzio
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    SARS-CoV-2 nsp16 is regulated by host E3 ubiquitin ligases, UBR5 and MARCHF7

    Li Tian, Zirui Liu ... Zhaolong Li
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    Virus adaptation to heparan sulfate comes with capsid stability tradeoff

    Han Kang Tee, Simon Crouzet ... Caroline Tapparel
    1. Medicine
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The effect of combining antibiotics on resistance: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Berit Siedentop, Viacheslav N Kachalov ... Sebastian Bonhoeffer
    A systematic review shows no evidence of harm or benefit of antibiotic combinations on resistance evolution as clinical data lack statistical power to draw definitive conclusions, highlighting a knowledge gap.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Avian-specific Salmonella enterica Serovar Gallinarum transition to endemicity is accompanied by localized resistome and mobilome interaction

    Chenghao Jia, Chenghu Huang ... Min Yue
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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  1. Wendy S Garrett
    Wendy S Garrett
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States
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    University of Michigan, United States
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    University of Helsinki, Finland
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