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    Aminoglycoside tolerance in Vibrio cholerae engages translational reprogramming associated with queuosine tRNA modification

    Louna Fruchard, Anamaria Babosan ... Zeynep Baharoglu
    tRNA Q34 modification impacts tyrosine codon decoding and leads to proteome reprogramming in response to antibiotic stress in Vibrio cholerae.
    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

    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. 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. Evolutionary Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Antimicrobial activity of iron-depriving pyoverdines against human opportunistic pathogens

    Vera Vollenweider, Karoline Rehm ... Rolf Kümmerli
    Iron-chelating pyoverdines from environmental Pseudomonas spp. show promising antibacterial activity against key human pathogens through the induction of iron starvation, while associated toxicity for host systems remains low.
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    Salmonella-induced SIRT1 and SIRT3 are crucial for maintaining the metabolic switch in bacteria and host for successful pathogenesis

    Dipasree Hajra, Raju S Rajmani ... Dipshikha Chakravortty
    SIRT1 and SIRT3-mediated immunometabolic shift governs intracellular Salmonella proliferation both in vitro and in vivo and dissemination in mice, thereby influencing the infection outcomes.
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    An improved bacterial single-cell RNA-seq reveals biofilm heterogeneity

    Xiaodan Yan, Hebin Liao ... Yingying Pu
    RiboD-PETRI, a cost-effective, equipment-free plate-based scRNA-seq technique that integrates a unique bacterial rRNA depletion protocol, significantly enhancing mRNA detection rate and revealing within-population heterogeneity, offering valuable insights for research applications.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Livestock abortion surveillance in Tanzania reveals disease priorities and importance of timely collection of vaginal swab samples for attribution

    Felix Lankester, Tito J Kibona ... Sarah Cleaveland
    Livestock abortion surveillance can capture valuable information on important livestock pathogens, including those that are zoonotic and with epidemic potential, revealing importance of timely collection of diagnostic samples for attribution.