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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Human CD1c-autoreactive T-cells recognise Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected antigen-presenting cells and display cytotoxic effector programmes

    Matthew Milton, Sahar H Farag ... Salah Mansour
    CD1c-autoreactive T-cells couple infection-associated lipid recognition with cytotoxic and antimicrobial activity, revealing a previously underappreciated arm of human immunity to tuberculosis.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A novel mechanism for morphological change during bacterial sporulation based on programmed peptidoglycan degradation

    Carlos A Ramírez Carbó, Oihane Irazoki ... Beiyan Nan
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Distinct allosteric remodeling of HIV-1 Env dynamics on virions by gp41-directed antibodies reveals two modes of neutralization

    Wang Xu, Narendra Kumar Gonepudi ... Maolin Lu
    Antibodies can target multiple conformational states of the HIV envelope to block viral entry, broadening the mechanisms underlying neutralization.
    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
    A type VI secretion system transferred between gut bacteria via a mobile genetic element stabilizes its native host strain, but yields only transient benefits in a new species.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Lactylation of Influenza Virus Polymerase Acidic Protein Promotes Viral Replication and Pathogenicity

    Shaoyu Tu, Yue Du ... Hongbo Zhou
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Identifying a novel mechanism of L-leucine uptake in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using a chemical genomic approach

    Nisheeth Agarwal, Himanshu Gogoi ... Bappaditya Dey
    A well-orchestrated machinery for L-leucine uptake is functional in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is important for the intracellular survival of the tuberculosis (TB) pathogen.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A novel rapid host cell entry pathway determines the intracellular fate of Staphylococcus aureus

    Marcel Rühling, Fabio Schmelz ... Martin J Fraunholz
    An acid sphingomyelinase-dependent rapid uptake pathway for the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is linked to altered intracellular infection dynamics.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Emergent particle collection by cyanobacteria through gliding motility and filament buckling

    Rebecca N Poon, Kelsey Cremin ... Orkun S Soyer
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Ecology

    Tracking West Nile virus dynamics using viral loads from trapped mosquitoes

    Punya Alahakoon, Ian Marchinton ... James A Hay
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Multidimensional in vitro assay for antimalarial combination testing and pharmacodynamic modeling – the MULT-i2 assay

    Angela Hellingman, Christin Gumpp ... Matthias Rottmann
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    • Useful
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    Gut Microbiome: Bacteria weigh up costs and benefits of mobile weapons

    Zhao Wang, Yang Fu
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    Tuberculosis: A surprising new hiding place for a dangerous pathogen

    Sheetal Gandotra, Yogendra Singh

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