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Experimentally evolving yeast to adhere better to plastic led to adaptations that increased their ability to cause an infection.

The growth of wild Drosophila larvae on fruits is promoted by a yeast releasing essential nutrients extracellularly or by a stable association with a nutrient-providing bacterium established by microbe–microbe interactions.

Biochemical and in vivo physiology imaging reveal that plant pathogens actively imbalance the apoplastic eAdo/eATP levels as a virulence mechanism.

Structure and simulations reveal SARS-CoV-2 NSP10 is more resistant to genetic variations than other SARS-CoV-2 NSPs and that the presence of mutations conserves structural and dynamic changes in NSP10.

Why does protein kinase A respond to purine nucleosides in certain pathogens, but not to the cyclic nucleotides that activate this kinase in most other organisms?

Data analysis and mathematical modelling suggest that subclinical tuberculosis contributes substantially to transmission and needs to be diagnosed and treated for effective progress towards tuberculosis elimination.

Ultrastructure expansion microscopy unlocks new fundamental cell biology of malaria parasites, providing new insights into processes including establishment of cell polarity, organelle biogenesis, and organelle fission.

A randomized CRISPR-based gene silencing approach overcomes functional redundancy and discovers virulence-critical gene combinations in the pathogen Legionella pneumophila.

Improved cervical cancer prevention through greatly increased population coverage by use of self-sampling and HPV screening during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A geographically and temporally restricted genomic surveillance study concludes that Enterobacterales plasmid dissemination between human and non-human niches might be occurring at greater rates than previously estimated.