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CRP/cAMP plays a crucial role in the metabolic shift of Escherichia coli persisters from an anabolic state to oxidative phosphorylation, which is essential for their survival during antibiotic treatment.

CryoEM, genetic, and cell biological analyses reveal that the conserved membrane protein CisA mediates membrane recruitment of contractile injection systems Streptomyces coelicolor, enabling their activation under stress.

Bacterial persistence against phages enables survival under infection, and heat treatment enhances this tolerance, facilitating resistance evolution and influencing the effectiveness of phage therapy.

Through the destabilization of CIITA, the human cytomegalovirus-encoded protein pUS28 antagonizes the expression of the HLA-II molecules CD74/Ii, HLA-DR, HLA-DQ, HLA-DM, and HLA-DP, diminishing the activation of HCMV-specific CD4+ T cells and reducing their secretion of antiviral cytokines.

Sub-populations of non growing bacteria survive treatment with antimicrobial peptides by mounting an efflux response.

The most comprehensive analysis of Salmonella Dublin to date uncovers distinct genotypic adaptations, antimicrobial resistance patterns, and virulence strategies that influence epidemiological success.

MYL3 is identified as a novel receptor enabling nervous necrosis virus (NNV) entry via macropinocytosis, revealing a therapeutic target for combating NNV outbreaks in aquaculture.