Programmed cell death during plant development (dPCD) is crucial for Arabidopsis thaliana root defense, limiting microbial invasion and maintaining a balanced relationship with beneficial microbes.
The dynamic transcription responses of the human fungal pathogen Candida glabrata during macrophage infection is revealed and a novel transcription factor important for the responses to macrophage, proliferation within macrophage, as well as anti-fungal drug resistance has been discovered.
Certain strains of a bacterium found in the gut of some animals, Lactobacillus plantarum, are able to counter hyperuricemia, a condition caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood.
Potential commensalism between saprophytic and pathogenic Leptospira within a vertebrate host protects against severe leptospirosis and improves kidney homeostasis which helps Leptospira interrogans complete its enzootic cycle.
