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Simplifying the complexity of microbial responses to chemical mixtures Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-18
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High-throughput characterization of bacterial responses to complex mixtures of chemical pollutants Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Thomas P. Smith, Tom Clegg, Emma Ransome, Thomas Martin-Lilley, James Rosindell, Guy Woodward, Samraat Pawar, Thomas Bell
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Structural analysis of phosphoribosyltransferase-mediated cell wall precursor synthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Shan Gao, Fangyu Wu, Sudagar S. Gurcha, Sarah M. Batt, Gurdyal S. Besra, Zihe Rao, Lu Zhang
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Resource competition predicts assembly of gut bacterial communities in vitro Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Po-Yi Ho, Taylor H. Nguyen, Juan M. Sanchez, Brian C. DeFelice, Kerwyn Casey Huang
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Cell constriction requires processive septal peptidoglycan synthase movement independent of FtsZ treadmilling in Staphylococcus aureus Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Simon Schäper, António D. Brito, Bruno M. Saraiva, Georgia R. Squyres, Matthew J. Holmes, Ethan C. Garner, Zach Hensel, Ricardo Henriques, Mariana G. Pinho
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Peptidoglycan synthesis drives a single population of septal cell wall synthases during division in Bacillus subtilis Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Kevin D. Whitley, James Grimshaw, David M. Roberts, Eleni Karinou, Phillip J. Stansfeld, Séamus Holden
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Structural basis of directional switching by the bacterial flagellum Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Steven Johnson, Justin C. Deme, Emily J. Furlong, Joseph J. E. Caesar, Fabienne F. V. Chevance, Kelly T. Hughes, Susan M. Lea
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Microbes and the water nexus Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-05
In observance of World Water Day, Nature Microbiology calls attention to research avenues that run through freshwater microbiology.
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OPENPichia: licence-free Komagataella phaffii chassis strains and toolkit for protein expression Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Katrien Claes, Dries Van Herpe, Robin Vanluchene, Charlotte Roels, Berre Van Moer, Elise Wyseure, Kristof Vandewalle, Hannah Eeckhaut, Semiramis Yilmaz, Sandrine Vanmarcke, Erhan Çıtak, Daria Fijalkowska, Hendrik Grootaert, Chiara Lonigro, Leander Meuris, Gitte Michielsen, Justine Naessens, Loes van Schie, Riet De Rycke, Michiel De Bruyne, Peter Borghgraef, Nico Callewaert
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Proteins containing photosynthetic reaction centre domains modulate FtsZ-based archaeal cell division Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Phillip Nußbaum, Danguole Kureisaite-Ciziene, Dom Bellini, Chris van der Does, Marko Kojic, Najwa Taib, Anna Yeates, Maxime Tourte, Simonetta Gribaldo, Martin Loose, Jan Löwe, Sonja-Verena Albers
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Widespread photosynthesis reaction centre barrel proteins are necessary for haloarchaeal cell division Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Shan Zhao, Kira S. Makarova, Wenchao Zheng, Le Zhan, Qianqian Wan, Yafei Liu, Han Gong, Mart Krupovic, Joe Lutkenhaus, Xiangdong Chen, Eugene V. Koonin, Shishen Du
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FacZ is a GpsB-interacting protein that prevents aberrant division-site placement in Staphylococcus aureus Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Thomas M. Bartlett, Tyler A. Sisley, Aaron Mychack, Suzanne Walker, Richard W. Baker, David Z. Rudner, Thomas G. Bernhardt
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The collapse of cooperation during range expansion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Nan Luo, Jia Lu, Emrah Şimşek, Anita Silver, Yi Yao, Xiaoyi Ouyang, Stuart A. West, Lingchong You
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Diverse plasmid systems and their ecology across human gut metagenomes revealed by PlasX and MobMess Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Michael K. Yu, Emily C. Fogarty, A. Murat Eren
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Finding pieces in the archaeal cell division puzzle Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Daniela Barillà
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(p)ppGpp modifies RNAP function to confer β-lactam resistance in a peptidoglycan-independent manner Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Henri Voedts, Constantin Anoyatis-Pelé, Olivier Langella, Filippo Rusconi, Jean-Emmanuel Hugonnet, Michel Arthur
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Phage proteins target and co-opt host ribosomes immediately upon infection Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Milan Gerovac, Kotaro Chihara, Laura Wicke, Bettina Böttcher, Rob Lavigne, Jörg Vogel
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Mineral-eating microorganisms at extinct hydrothermal vents Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Jesse McNichol
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Altered microbial bile acid metabolism exacerbates T cell-driven inflammation during graft-versus-host disease Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Sarah Lindner, Oriana Miltiadous, Ruben J. F. Ramos, Jenny Paredes, Anastasia I. Kousa, Anqi Dai, Teng Fei, Emma Lauder, John Frame, Nicholas R. Waters, Keimya Sadeghi, Gabriel K. Armijo, Romina Ghale, Kristen Victor, Brianna Gipson, Sebastien Monette, Marco Vincenzo Russo, Chi L. Nguyen, John Slingerland, Ying Taur, Kate A. Markey, Hana Andrlova, Sergio Giralt, Miguel-Angel Perales, Pavan Reddy, Jonathan
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Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae capsular types, antibiotic resistance and virulence factors in China: a longitudinal, multi-centre study Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Fupin Hu, Yuqing Pan, Heng Li, Renru Han, Xiao Liu, Ruijing Ma, Yongqin Wu, Heyuan Lun, Xiaohua Qin, Jiayin Li, Aixi Wang, Min Zhou, Bing Liu, Zhemin Zhou, Ping He
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Tackling non-typhoidal Salmonella with humility Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Melita A. Gordon
Melita Gordon reflects on her experience of tackling invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella disease in Africa.
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Siderophores mediate antibiotic resistance Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Fabiha Zaheen Khan, Kelli Palmer, Nicholas Dillon
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A molecular machine disrupts bacterial membranes Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Kajal Sharma, Meenakshi Sharma
The discovery of penicillin in 1928 started the era of antibiotics as one of the major advancements in therapeutic medicine. However, since then, the rampant use of antimicrobial drugs and emerging antimicrobial resistance have made the discovery of novel antimicrobial drugs and approaches a top priority. A recent promising approach to target antimicrobial resistance is the use of nanotechnology. ‘Nanomachines’
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Autophagy promotes efficient T cell responses to restrict high-dose Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Siwei Feng, Michael E. McNehlan, Rachel L. Kinsella, Chanchal Sur Chowdhury, Sthefany M. Chavez, Sumanta K. Naik, Samuel R. McKee, Jacob A. Van Winkle, Neha Dubey, Amanda Samuels, Amanda Swain, Xiaoyan Cui, Skyler V. Hendrix, Reilly Woodson, Darren Kreamalmeyer, Asya Smirnov, Maxim N. Artyomov, Herbert W. Virgin, Ya-Ting Wang, Christina L. Stallings
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Siderophores promote cooperative interspecies and intraspecies cross-protection against antibiotics in vitro Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Anna Clara M. Galdino, Mylene Vaillancourt, Diana Celedonio, Kara Huse, Yohei Doi, Janet S. Lee, Peter Jorth
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Secretion of the fungal toxin candidalysin is dependent on conserved precursor peptide sequences Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Rita Müller, Annika König, Sabrina Groth, Robert Zarnowski, Corissa Visser, Tom Handrianz, Corinne Maufrais, Thomas Krüger, Maximilian Himmel, Sejeong Lee, Emily L. Priest, Deniz Yildirim, Jonathan P. Richardson, Matthew G. Blango, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Olaf Kniemeyer, Christophe d’Enfert, Axel A. Brakhage, David R. Andes, Verena Trümper, Christian Nehls, Lydia Kasper, Selene Mogavero, Thomas Gutsmann
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Vitamin A deficiency impairs neutrophil-mediated control of Salmonella via SLC11A1 in mice Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Kristen L. Lokken-Toyli, Vladimir E. Diaz-Ochoa, Lizbeth Camacho, Annica R. Stull-Lane, Amber E. R. Van Hecke, Jason P. Mooney, Ariel D. Muñoz, Gregory T. Walker, Daniela Hampel, Xiaowen Jiang, Jasmine C. Labuda, Claire E. Depew, Stephen J. McSorley, Charles B. Stephensen, Renée M. Tsolis
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Hunting emerging viruses through participatory community science Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Christine Marizzi, Latasha Wright
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Decomposer communities are universal in death Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Michael S. Strickland, Laurel Lynch
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A conserved interdomain microbial network underpins cadaver decomposition despite environmental variables Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Zachary M. Burcham, Aeriel D. Belk, Bridget B. McGivern, Amina Bouslimani, Parsa Ghadermazi, Cameron Martino, Liat Shenhav, Anru R. Zhang, Pixu Shi, Alexandra Emmons, Heather L. Deel, Zhenjiang Zech Xu, Victoria Nieciecki, Qiyun Zhu, Michael Shaffer, Morgan Panitchpakdi, Kelly C. Weldon, Kalen Cantrell, Asa Ben-Hur, Sasha C. Reed, Greg C. Humphry, Gail Ackermann, Daniel McDonald, Siu Hung Joshua Chan
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Synthesis of lipid-linked precursors of the bacterial cell wall is governed by a feedback control mechanism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Lindsey S. Marmont, Anna K. Orta, Becca W. A. Baileeves, David Sychantha, Ana Fernández-Galliano, Yancheng E. Li, Neil G. Greene, Robin A. Corey, Phillip J. Stansfeld, William M. Clemons, Thomas G. Bernhardt
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Genome-wide association study identifies human genetic variants associated with fatal outcome from Lassa fever Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Dylan Kotliar, Siddharth Raju, Shervin Tabrizi, Ikponmwosa Odia, Augustine Goba, Mambu Momoh, John Demby Sandi, Parvathy Nair, Eric Phelan, Ridhi Tariyal, Philomena E. Eromon, Samar Mehta, Refugio Robles-Sikisaka, Katherine J. Siddle, Matt Stremlau, Simbirie Jalloh, Stephen K. Gire, Sarah Winnicki, Bridget Chak, Stephen F. Schaffner, Matthias Pauthner, Elinor K. Karlsson, Sarah R. Chapin, Sharon G
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A molecular toolkit of cross-feeding strains for engineering synthetic yeast communities Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Huadong Peng, Alexander P. S. Darlington, Eric J. South, Hao-Hong Chen, Wei Jiang, Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro
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microbeMASST: a taxonomically informed mass spectrometry search tool for microbial metabolomics data Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Simone Zuffa, Robin Schmid, Anelize Bauermeister, Paulo Wender P. Gomes, Andres M. Caraballo-Rodriguez, Yasin El Abiead, Allegra T. Aron, Emily C. Gentry, Jasmine Zemlin, Michael J. Meehan, Nicole E. Avalon, Robert H. Cichewicz, Ekaterina Buzun, Marvic Carrillo Terrazas, Chia-Yun Hsu, Renee Oles, Adriana Vasquez Ayala, Jiaqi Zhao, Hiutung Chu, Mirte C. M. Kuijpers, Sara L. Jackrel, Fidele Tugizimana
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Stepwise assembly and release of Tc toxins from Yersinia entomophaga Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Miki Feldmüller, Charles F. Ericson, Pavel Afanasyev, Yun-Wei Lien, Gregor L. Weiss, Florian Wollweber, Marion Schoof, Mark Hurst, Martin Pilhofer
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The gut virome is associated with stress-induced changes in behaviour and immune responses in mice Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Nathaniel L. Ritz, Lorraine A. Draper, Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen, Christopher J. R. Turkington, Veronica L. Peterson, Marcel van de Wouw, Klara Vlckova, Christine Fülling, Katherine E. Guzzetta, Aurelijus Burokas, Hugh Harris, Marion Dalmasso, Fiona Crispie, Paul D. Cotter, Andrey N. Shkoporov, Gerard M. Moloney, Timothy G. Dinan, Colin Hill, John F. Cryan
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A non-human primate model for human norovirus infection Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Inga Rimkute, Natthawan Chaimongkol, Kamron D. Woods, Bianca M. Nagata, Samuel Darko, Sucheta Gudbole, Amy R. Henry, Stanislav V. Sosnovtsev, Adam S. Olia, Raffaello Verardi, Karin Bok, John-Paul Todd, Ruth Woodward, Peter D. Kwong, Daniel C. Douek, Derron A. Alves, Kim Y. Green, Mario Roederer
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COBRA improves the completeness and contiguity of viral genomes assembled from metagenomes Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 LinXing Chen, Jillian F. Banfield
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Symbiosis for rhizobia is not an easy ride Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Philip Poole
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Mending mentorship Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Michal A. Elovitz
Training and funding for mentoring, together with metrics to measure success, can ensure this vital practice is beneficial for all mentees, at all stages of their career, argues Michal Elovitz.
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Host–microbe metabolic dialogue Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Dolma Michellod, Manuel Liebeke
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Prioritizing mentorship Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-05
Mentorship can be invaluable to a research career, but more guidance is needed to ensure effective mentor–mentee relationships.
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Gentrification increases risk of tick-borne disease for communities of colour Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Jessica Watts, Kishana Taylor
Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease in humans, is a spirochete (spiral-shaped) bacterium transmitted by Ixodes ticks. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease (TBD) in the United States. Increases in disease incidence and geographic range are due to the expansion and maintenance of Ixodes tick populations and a plethora of intermediate mammalian and avian hosts in urban
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Metabolic sensing tips the balance of drug tolerance in fungal meningitis Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Austin Mottola, Johannes Hartl, Markus Ralser, Judith Berman
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Predictions of rhizosphere microbiome dynamics with a genome-informed and trait-based energy budget model Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Gianna L. Marschmann, Jinyun Tang, Kateryna Zhalnina, Ulas Karaoz, Heejung Cho, Beatrice Le, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Eoin L. Brodie
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A framework for automated scalable designation of viral pathogen lineages from genomic data Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Jakob McBroome, Adriano de Bernardi Schneider, Cornelius Roemer, Michael T. Wolfinger, Angie S. Hinrichs, Aine Niamh O’Toole, Christopher Ruis, Yatish Turakhia, Andrew Rambaut, Russell Corbett-Detig
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Mechanistic insights into bone remodelling dysregulation by human viral pathogens Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Camila C. S. Caetano, Tamiris Azamor, Nikki M. Meyer, Chineme Onwubueke, Cassandra M. Calabrese, Leonard H. Calabrese, Anabelle Visperas, Nicolas S. Piuzzi, M. Elaine Husni, Suan-Sin Foo, Weiqiang Chen
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Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea exhibit differential nitrogen source preferences Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Wei Qin, Stephany P. Wei, Yue Zheng, Eunkyung Choi, Xiangpeng Li, Juliet Johnston, Xianhui Wan, Britt Abrahamson, Zachary Flinkstrom, Baozhan Wang, Hanyan Li, Lei Hou, Qing Tao, Wyatt W. Chlouber, Xin Sun, Michael Wells, Long Ngo, Kristopher A. Hunt, Hidetoshi Urakawa, Xuanyu Tao, Dongyu Wang, Xiaoyuan Yan, Dazhi Wang, Chongle Pan, Peter K. Weber, Jiandong Jiang, Jizhong Zhou, Yao Zhang, David A. Stahl
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Large language models improve annotation of prokaryotic viral proteins Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Zachary N. Flamholz, Steven J. Biller, Libusha Kelly
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Inactive hydrothermal vent microbial communities are important contributors to deep ocean primary productivity Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Amanda M. Achberger, Rose Jones, John Jamieson, Charles P. Holmes, Florence Schubotz, Nicolette R. Meyer, Anne E. Dekas, Sarah Moriarty, Eoghan P. Reeves, Alex Manthey, Jonas Brünjes, Daniel J. Fornari, Margaret K. Tivey, Brandy M. Toner, Jason B. Sylvan
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Mosquitoes spread the Buruli ulcer agent Mycobacterium ulcerans Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-23
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Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and humans for Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Peter T. Mee, Andrew H. Buultjens, Jane Oliver, Karen Brown, Jodie C. Crowder, Jessica L. Porter, Emma C. Hobbs, Louise M. Judd, George Taiaroa, Natsuda Puttharak, Deborah A. Williamson, Kim R. Blasdell, Ee Laine Tay, Rebecca Feldman, Mutizwa Odwell Muzari, Chris Sanders, Stuart Larsen, Simon R. Crouch, Paul D. R. Johnson, John R. Wallace, David J. Price, Ary A. Hoffmann, Katherine B. Gibney, Timothy
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Yersinia entomophaga Tc toxin is released by T10SS-dependent lysis of specialized cell subpopulations Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Oleg Sitsel, Zhexin Wang, Petra Janning, Lara Kroczek, Thorsten Wagner, Stefan Raunser
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Double-stranded RNA sequencing reveals distinct riboviruses associated with thermoacidophilic bacteria from hot springs in Japan Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Syun-ichi Urayama, Akihito Fukudome, Miho Hirai, Tomoyo Okumura, Yosuke Nishimura, Yoshihiro Takaki, Norio Kurosawa, Eugene V. Koonin, Mart Krupovic, Takuro Nunoura
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High-throughput transcriptomics of 409 bacteria–drug pairs reveals drivers of gut microbiota perturbation Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Deirdre Ricaurte, Yiming Huang, Ravi U. Sheth, Diego Rivera Gelsinger, Andrew Kaufman, Harris H. Wang
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Gut commensal Christensenella minuta modulates host metabolism via acylated secondary bile acids Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Chang Liu, Meng-Xuan Du, Li-Sheng Xie, Wen-Zhao Wang, Bao-Song Chen, Chu-Yu Yun, Xin-Wei Sun, Xi Luo, Yu Jiang, Kai Wang, Min-Zhi Jiang, Shan-Shan Qiao, Min Sun, Bao-Juan Cui, Hao-Jie Huang, Shu-Ping Qu, Chang-Kun Li, Dalei Wu, Lu-Shan Wang, Changtao Jiang, Hong-Wei Liu, Shuang-Jiang Liu
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Methane-dependent complete denitrification by a single Methylomirabilis bacterium Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Xiangwu Yao, Jiaqi Wang, Mingyue He, Zishu Liu, Yuxiang Zhao, Yufen Li, Taolve Chi, Lin Zhu, Ping Zheng, Mike S. M. Jetten, Baolan Hu
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Evolution of enhanced innate immune suppression by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Ann-Kathrin Reuschl, Lucy G. Thorne, Matthew V. X. Whelan, Roberta Ragazzini, Wilhelm Furnon, Vanessa M. Cowton, Giuditta De Lorenzo, Dejan Mesner, Jane L. E. Turner, Giulia Dowgier, Nathasha Bogoda, Paola Bonfanti, Massimo Palmarini, Arvind H. Patel, Clare Jolly, Greg J. Towers
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Engineered probiotic overcomes pathogen defences using signal interference and antibiotic production to treat infection in mice Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Hackwon Do, Zhong-Rui Li, Praveen Kumar Tripathi, Sonali Mitra, Stephanie Guerra, Ananya Dash, Dulanthi Weerasekera, Nishanth Makthal, Syed Shams, Shifu Aggarwal, Bharat Bhushan Singh, Di Gu, Yongle Du, Randall J. Olsen, Christopher LaRock, Wenjun Zhang, Muthiah Kumaraswami