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D-alanylated lipoteichoic acids support Drosophila juvenile growth.

Elucidating the role of one of the proteins produced by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum reveals a new molecule that allows this gut bacterium to support the development of fruit fly larvae.

Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast SufS is required for both iron-sulfur synthesis and tRNA modification by MnmA, a novel paradigm that is likely to apply to other plastid-containing organisms.

Single-cell transcriptomics of cryopreserved parasites reveals extensive cyclic regulation of mRNA abundance by Trypanosoma brucei during the cell cycle.

LeishBASEedit enables gene editing in Leishmania without requiring DNA double-strand breaks, homologous recombination, or donor DNA, thereby facilitating loss-of-function screens via delivery of plasmid libraries and regardless of limitations due to gene copy number variations and/or lack of RNAi components.

Using advanced volume electron microscopy, the ultrastructural and spatial organisation of Leishmania parasites strongly adhered to the gut of its sand fly vector was defined.

Pseudogenization of rcsD alters canonical Rcs phosphorelay signalling and marks a significant adaptive evolutionary step in the emergence of ubiquitous extant branches of Yersinia pestis that can maintain stable plague outbreaks.

There are fourteen genomic variants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that are significantly associated with poor treatment outcomes in drug-susceptible TB patients, but their predictive value is limited.

The Dictyostelium discoideum TRAF6 homolog TrafE coordinates the autophagy and ESCRT membrane repair machineries and works in the major cell-autonomous restriction pathway to control Mycobacterium marinum intracellular infection.

The growth environment driven ratio of ATP to growth rate, called absolute growth, determines the final population composition of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa when in co-culture.