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Variability in cell division among anatomical sites shapes Escherichia coli antibiotic survival in a urinary tract infection mouse model Cell Host Microbe (IF 30.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Ariane Amoura, Claire Pistien, Camille Chaligné, Sara Dion, Mélanie Magnan, Antoine Bridier-Nahmias, Alexandra Baron, Françoise Chau, Emmanuel Bourgogne, Minh Le, Erick Denamur, Molly A. Ingersoll, Bruno Fantin, Agnès Lefort, Imane El Meouche
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Tracking pathogen evolution through climate change Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (IF 88.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Lia Bote, Mailis Maes
This Genome Watch article discusses the application of sequencing methods for monitoring the rise of infectious diseases associated with climate change.
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Viruses on the move Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (IF 88.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Andrea Du Toit
This study shows how two umbravirus-like viruses induce systemic infection in the plant host in the absence of virus-encoded movement proteins.
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Glycosyl transferase GT2 genes mediate the biosynthesis of an unusual (1,3;1,4)‐β‐glucan exopolysaccharide in the bacterium Sarcina ventriculi Mol. Microbiol. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Edwin R. Lampugnani, Kris Ford, Yin Ying Ho, Allison van de Meene, Jelle Lahnstein, Hwei‐Ting Tan, Rachel A. Burton, Geoffrey B. Fincher, Thomas Shafee, Antony Bacic, Jochen Zimmer, Xiaohui Xing, Vincent Bulone, Monika S. Doblin, Eric M. Roberts
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Candida albicans accelerates atherosclerosis by activating intestinal hypoxia-inducible factor2α signaling Cell Host Microbe (IF 30.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Xuemei Wang, Shuang Zhou, Xiaomin Hu, Chuan Ye, Qixing Nie, Kai Wang, Sen Yan, Jun Lin, Feng Xu, Meng Li, Qing Wu, Lulu Sun, Bo Liu, Yi Zhang, Chuyu Yun, Xian Wang, Huiying Liu, Wen-Bing Yin, Dongyu Zhao, Jing Hang, Yanli Pang
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Type IV-A3 CRISPR-Cas systems drive inter-plasmid conflicts by acquiring spacers in trans Cell Host Microbe (IF 30.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Fabienne Benz, Sarah Camara-Wilpert, Jakob Russel, Katharina G. Wandera, Rimvydė Čepaitė, Manuel Ares-Arroyo, José Vicente Gomes-Filho, Frank Englert, Johannes A. Kuehn, Silvana Gloor, Mario Rodríguez Mestre, Aline Cuénod, Mònica Aguilà-Sans, Lorrie Maccario, Adrian Egli, Lennart Randau, Patrick Pausch, Eduardo P.C. Rocha, Chase L. Beisel, Jonas Stenløkke Madsen, Rafael Pinilla-Redondo
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Gut microbial β-glucuronidases influence endobiotic homeostasis and are modulated by diverse therapeutics Cell Host Microbe (IF 30.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Joshua B. Simpson, Morgan E. Walker, Joshua J. Sekela, Samantha M. Ivey, Parth B. Jariwala, Cameron M. Storch, Mark E. Kowalewski, Amanda L. Graboski, Adam D. Lietzan, William G. Walton, Kacey A. Davis, Erica W. Cloer, Valentina Borlandelli, Yun-Chung Hsiao, Lee R. Roberts, David H. Perlman, Xue Liang, Hermen S. Overkleeft, Aadra P. Bhatt, Kun Lu, Matthew R. Redinbo
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Peptostreptococcus anaerobius mediates anti-PD1 therapy resistance and exacerbates colorectal cancer via myeloid-derived suppressor cells in mice Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Yali Liu, Chi Chun Wong, Yanqiang Ding, Mengxue Gao, Jun Wen, Harry Cheuk-Hay Lau, Alvin Ho-Kwan Cheung, Dan Huang, He Huang, Jun Yu
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Warming effects on grassland soil microbial communities are amplified in cool months ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Jiesi Lei, Yuanlong Su, Siyang Jian, Xue Guo, Mengting Yuan, Colin T Bates, Zhou Jason Shi, Jiabao Li, Yifan Su, Daliang Ning, Liyou Wu, Jizhong Zhou, Yunfeng Yang
Global warming modulates soil respiration (RS) via microbial decomposition, which is seasonally dependent. Yet, the magnitude and direction of this modulation remain unclear, partly owing to the lack of knowledge on how microorganisms respond to seasonal changes. Here, we investigated the temporal dynamics of soil microbial communities over 12 consecutive months under experimental warming in a tallgrass
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Metabolic potential of Nitrososphaera-associated clades ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Qicheng Bei, Thomas Reitz, Martin Schädler, Logan H Hodgskiss, Jingjing Peng, Beatrix Schnabel, François Buscot, Nico Eisenhauer, Christa Schleper, Anna Heintz-Buschart
Soil ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) play a crucial role in converting ammonia to nitrite, thereby mobilizing reactive nitrogen species into their soluble form, with a significant impact on nitrogen losses from terrestrial soils. Yet, our knowledge regarding their diversity and functions remains limited. In this study, we reconstructed 97 high-quality AOA metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from 180
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Microbial dark matter could add uncertainties to metagenomic trait estimations Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Ernest D. Osburn, Steven G. McBride, Michael S. Strickland
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Reply to: Microbial dark matter could add uncertainties to metagenomic trait estimations Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Gabin Piton, Steven D. Allison, Mohammad Bahram, Falk Hildebrand, Jennifer B. H. Martiny, Kathleen K. Treseder, Adam C. Martiny
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Dynamics of measles immunity from birth and following vaccination Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Wei Wang, Megan O’Driscoll, Qianli Wang, Sihong Zhao, Henrik Salje, Hongjie Yu
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Propionate prevents loss of the PDIM virulence lipid in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Claire V. Mulholland, Thomas J. Wiggins, Jinhua Cui, Catherine Vilchèze, Saranathan Rajagopalan, Michael W. Shultis, Esmeralda Z. Reyes-Fernández, William R. Jacobs, Michael Berney
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Active prophages in coral-associated Halomonas capable of lateral transduction ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Ziyao Liu, Kaihao Tang, Yiqing Zhou, Tianlang Liu, Yunxue Guo, Duoting Wu, Xiaoxue Wang
Temperate phages can interact with bacterial hosts through lytic and lysogenic cycles via different mechanisms. Lysogeny has been identified as the major form of bacteria-phage interaction in the coral-associated microbiome. However, the lysogenic-to-lytic switch of temperate phages in ecologically important coral-associated bacteria and its ecological impact have not been extensively investigated
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Manganese‐dependent transcription regulation by MntR and PerR in Thermus thermophilusHB8 Mol. Microbiol. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 John K. Barrows, Kamya A. Stubbs, Irina F. Padilla‐Montoya, Thomas C. Leeper, Michael W. Van Dyke
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Enhancement of soil aggregation and physical properties through fungal amendments under varying moisture conditions Environ. Microbiol. (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Violeta Angulo, Robert‐Jan Bleichrodt, Jan Dijksterhuis, Amandine Erktan, Mariet M. Hefting, Bart Kraak, George A. Kowalchuk
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The size and diversity of microbes determine carbon use efficiency in soil Environ. Microbiol. (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Chansotheary Dang, Ember M. Morrissey
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Specificities and commonalities of the Planctomycetes plasmidome Environ. Microbiol. (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 María del Mar Quiñonero‐Coronel, Damien Paul Devos, M. Pilar Garcillán‐Barcia
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A mosquito symbiont controls flaviviruses Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (IF 88.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Agustina Taglialegna
In this study, Zhang et al. report that a bacterial symbiont residing in the gut of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes protects them from flavivirus infection.
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Bacteriocin diversity, function, discovery and application as antimicrobials Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (IF 88.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Ivan Sugrue, R. Paul Ross, Colin Hill
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Bradyrhizobium japonicumHmuP is an RNA‐binding protein that positively controls hmuR operon expression by suppression of a negative regulatory RNA element in the 5′ untranslated region Mol. Microbiol. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Peipei Wu, Alasteir Ong, Mark R. O'Brian
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NRP1 is a receptor for mammalian orthoreovirus engaged by distinct capsid subunits Cell Host Microbe (IF 30.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Pengcheng Shang, Rita dos Santos Natividade, Gwen M. Taylor, Ankita Ray, Olivia L. Welsh, Kay L. Fiske, Danica M. Sutherland, David Alsteens, Terence S. Dermody
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Candidalysin: An unlikely aide for fungal gut commensalism Cell Host Microbe (IF 30.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Jesús A. Romo, Jose L. Lopez-Ribot
Fungi colonize the mammalian gastrointestinal (GI) tract and can adopt both commensal and opportunistic lifestyles. In a recent issue of Nature, Liang et al. unraveled the complex interplay between Candida morphotypes and the gut bacterial microbiota and described a key role for candidalysin in gut colonization.1
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Understanding the biology of monkeypox virus to prevent future outbreaks Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Bernard Moss
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Fecal microbiota transplantation: current challenges and future landscapes Clin. Microbiol. Rev. (IF 36.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Abbas YadegarHaggai Bar-YosephTanya Marie MonaghanSepideh PakpourAndrea SeverinoEd J. KuijperWiep Klaas SmitsElisabeth M. TerveerSukanya NeupaneAli Nabavi-RadJavad SadeghiGiovanni CammarotaGianluca IaniroEstello Nap-HillDickson LeungKaren WongDina Kao1Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, Ahead of Print.
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Microorganisms in subarctic soils are depleted of ribosomes under short-, medium-, and long-term warming ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Andrea Söllinger, Laureen S Ahlers, Mathilde Borg Dahl, Páll Sigurðsson, Coline Le Noir de Carlan, Biplabi Bhattarai, Christoph Gall, Victoria S Martin, Cornelia Rottensteiner, Liabo L Motleleng, Eva Marie Breines, Erik Verbruggen, Ivika Ostonen, Bjarni D Sigurdsson, Andreas Richter, Alexander T Tveit
Physiological responses of soil microorganisms to global warming are important for soil ecosystem function and the terrestrial carbon cycle. Here, we investigate the effects of weeks, years, and decades of soil warming across seasons and time on the microbial protein biosynthesis machineries (i.e. ribosomes), the most abundant cellular macromolecular complexes, using RNA:DNA and RNA:MBC (microbial
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Activation of innate immunity selectively compromises mitochondrial complex I, proline oxidation, and flight activity in the major arbovirus vector Aedes aegypti Mol. Microbiol. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Alessandro Gaviraghi, Ana Beatriz F. Barletta, Thiago Luiz Alves E. Silva, Matheus P. Oliveira, Marcos H. F. Sorgine, Marcus F. Oliveira
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Gut dopamine kick: How gut microbes turn on host receptors to fight pathogens Cell Host Microbe (IF 30.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Eran Gutman, Yael Litvak
Common nutrients in our diet often affect our health through unexpected mechanisms. In a recent issue of Nature, Scott et al. show gut microbes convert dietary tryptophan into metabolites activating intestinal dopamine receptors, which can block attachment of bacterial pathogens to host cells.
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One size might fit all: Indole-3-propionic acid potentiates pan-cancer immunotherapy Cell Host Microbe (IF 30.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Zheshun Pi, Weici Liu, Wenjun Mao
Microbial-based therapies have the potential to combat immunotherapy resistance, extending the boundaries of oncological therapeutics. In a recent issue of Cell, Jia et al. demonstrates an example of microbial collaboration to produce a postbiotic that promotes the stemness program of CD8+ T cells to augment immunotherapy at the pan-cancer level.
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Amino acid bites: Microbial snacking influences host metabolism Cell Host Microbe (IF 30.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Amélie Joly, Filipe De Vadder
The gut microbiota has the capacity to metabolize food-derived molecules. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Li et al. explore how some bacterial species of the gut microbiota can deplete amino acids in the gut lumen, modulating the amino acid landscape and energy metabolism of the host.
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Designing boosting immunogens for HIV-1 vaccine development Cell Host Microbe (IF 30.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Qingbo Liu
Inducing HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) through vaccination poses exceptional challenges. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Wiehe and colleagues report the elicitation of affinity-matured bnAbs in knock-in mice through boosting immunogen vaccination, which selects for key improbable mutations.
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Slings and arrows: sRNAs mediate intragenomic competition Cell Host Microbe (IF 30.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Micah J. Ferrell, Christopher M. Waters
Bacterial genomes are littered with exogenous: competing DNA elements. Here, Sprenger et al. demonstrate that the Vibrio cholerae prophage VP882 modulates host functions via production of regulatory sRNAs to promote phage development. Alternatively, host sRNAs inhibit the VP882 lytic phase by specifically regulating phage genes.
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Debugging neurodevelopment disorders Cell Host Microbe (IF 30.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-08
Gut bacteria are thought to contribute to neurodevelopmental disorders, but whether they are causal or predictive of disease remains unclear. In a pro…
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Worming into infancy: Exploring helminth-microbiome interactions in early life Cell Host Microbe (IF 30.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Andrei Bogza, Irah L. King, Corinne F. Maurice
There is rapidly growing awareness of microbiome assembly and function in early-life gut health. Although many factors, such as antibiotic use and highly processed diets, impinge on this process, most research has focused on people residing in high-income countries. However, much of the world’s population lives in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where, in addition to erratic antibiotic use
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Considering the host in host–pathogen interactions Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-07
Studying the host response to infection advances our biological and evolutionary understanding, while broadening our capacity to prevent and mitigate infectious diseases.
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Metagenomics to improve infectious disease diagnostics in low- and middle-income countries Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Abdullahi Jamiu, Chrispin Chaguza
Infectious diseases cause a substantial global disease burden and mortality despite advances in medical interventions and improved access to healthcare. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, are particularly affected by infectious diseases1. Moreover, it is widely postulated that the actual infectious disease burden in LMICs is underestimated
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MicrobioRaman: an open-access web repository for microbiological Raman spectroscopy data Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Kang Soo Lee, Zachary Landry, Awais Athar, Uria Alcolombri, Pratchaya Pramoj Na Ayutthaya, David Berry, Philippe de Bettignies, Ji-Xin Cheng, Gabor Csucs, Li Cui, Volker Deckert, Thomas Dieing, Jennifer Dionne, Ondrej Doskocil, Glen D’Souza, Cristina García-Timermans, Notburga Gierlinger, Keisuke Goda, Roland Hatzenpichler, Richard J. Henshaw, Wei E. Huang, Ievgeniia Iermak, Natalia P. Ivleva, Janina
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Microbiome processing of organic nitrogen input supports growth and cyanotoxin production of Microcystis aeruginosa cultures ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Wei Li, David Baliu-Rodriguez, Sanduni H Premathilaka, Sharmila I Thenuwara, Jeffrey A Kimbrel, Ty J Samo, Christina Ramon, E Anders Kiledal, Sara R Rivera, Jenan Kharbush, Dragan Isailovic, Peter K Weber, Gregory J Dick, Xavier Mayali
Nutrient-induced blooms of the globally abundant freshwater toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis cause worldwide public and ecosystem health concerns. The response of Microcystis growth and toxin production to new and recycled nitrogen (N) inputs, and the impact of heterotrophic bacteria in the Microcystis phycosphere on these processes are not well understood. Here, using microbiome transplant experiments
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Modelling dynamics between free‐living amoebae and bacteria Environ. Microbiol. (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Marwa Ali, Christopher A. Rice, Andrew W. Byrne, Philip E. Paré, Wendy Beauvais
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Macroalgal virosphere assists with host-microbiome equilibrium regulation and affects prokaryotes in surrounding marine environments ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Jiulong Zhao, Shailesh Nair, Zenghu Zhang, Zengmeng Wang, Nianzhi Jiao, Yongyu Zhang
The microbiomes in macroalgal holobionts play vital roles in regulating macroalgal growth and ocean carbon cycling. However, the virospheres in macroalgal holobionts remain largely underexplored, representing a critical knowledge gap. Here we unveil that the holobiont of kelp (Saccharina japonica) harbors highly specific and unique epiphytic/endophytic viral species, with novelty (99.7% unknown) surpassing
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Enantioselective transformation of phytoplankton-derived dihydroxypropanesulfonate by marine bacteria ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Le Liu, Xiang Gao, Changjie Dong, Huanyu Wang, Xiaofeng Chen, Xiaoyi Ma, Shujing Liu, Quanrui Chen, Dan Lin, Nianzhi Jiao, Kai Tang
Chirality, a fundamental property of matter, is often overlooked in the studies of marine organic matter cycles. Dihydroxypropanesulfonate (DHPS), a globally abundant organosulfur compound, serves as an ecologically important currency for nutrient and energy transfer from phytoplankton to bacteria in the ocean. However, the chirality of DHPS in nature and its transformation remain unclear. Here, we
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Redefining the bacteriophage mv4 site‐specific recombination system and the sequence specificity of its attB and core‐attP sites Mol. Microbiol. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Kevin Debatisse, Pierre Lopez, Maryse Poli, Philippe Rousseau, Manuel Campos, Michèle Coddeville, Muriel Cocaign‐Bousquet, Pascal Le Bourgeois
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The immune interactions of gut glycans and microbiota in health and disease Mol. Microbiol. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Mahmut Demirturk, Mukaddes Sena Cinar, Fikri Y. Avci
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Oral bacteria relative abundance in faeces increases due to gut microbiota depletion and is linked with patient outcomes Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Chen Liao, Thierry Rolling, Ana Djukovic, Teng Fei, Vishwas Mishra, Hongbin Liu, Chloe Lindberg, Lei Dai, Bing Zhai, Jonathan U. Peled, Marcel R. M. van den Brink, Tobias M. Hohl, Joao B. Xavier
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An updated list of eumycetoma causative agents and their differences in grain formation and treatment response Clin. Microbiol. Rev. (IF 36.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Wendy W. J. van de Sande, Ahmed H. Fahal
SUMMARYIn 2023, the World Health Organization designated eumycetoma causative agents as high-priority pathogens on its list of fungal priority pathogens. Despite this recognition, a comprehensive understanding of these causative agents is lacking, and ...
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Diverse fates of ancient horizontal gene transfers in extremophilic red algae Environ. Microbiol. (IF 5.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Julia Van Etten, Timothy G. Stephens, Erin Chille, Anna Lipzen, Daniel Peterson, Kerrie Barry, Igor V. Grigoriev, Debashish Bhattacharya
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Ecological and evolutionary mechanisms driving within-patient emergence of antimicrobial resistance Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (IF 88.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Matthew J. Shepherd, Taoran Fu, Niamh E. Harrington, Anastasia Kottara, Kendall Cagney, James D. Chalmers, Steve Paterson, Joanne L. Fothergill, Michael A. Brockhurst
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Author Correction: A dual-targeting antifungal is effective against multidrug-resistant human fungal pathogens Nat. Microbiol. (IF 28.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Min Zhou, Longqiang Liu, Zihao Cong, Weinan Jiang, Ximian Xiao, Jiayang Xie, Zhengjie Luo, Sheng Chen, Yueming Wu, Xinying Xue, Ning Shao, Runhui Liu
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Broadly neutralizing antibodies for HIV prevention: a comprehensive review and future perspectives Clin. Microbiol. Rev. (IF 36.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Sharana Mahomed1Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Graeme N. Forrest
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, Ahead of Print.
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Deazaflavin metabolite produced by endosymbiotic bacteria controls fungal host reproduction ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Ingrid Richter, Mahmudul Hasan, Johannes W Kramer, Philipp Wein, Jana Krabbe, K Philip Woitas, Timothy P Stinear, Sacha J Pidot, Florian Kloss, Christian Hertweck, Gerald Lackner
The endosymbiosis between the pathogenic fungus Rhizopus microsporus and the toxin-producing bacterium Mycetohabitans rhizoxinica represents a unique example of host control by an endosymbiont. Fungal sporulation strictly depends on the presence of endosymbionts as well as bacterially produced secondary metabolites. However, an influence of primary metabolites on host control remained unexplored. Recently
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Depletion of protective microbiota promotes the incidence of fruit disease ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Xue Luo, Kai Sun, Hao-Ran Li, Xiang-Yu Zhang, Yi-Tong Pan, De-Lin Luo, Yi-Bo Wu, Hui-Jun Jiang, Xiao-Han Wu, Chen-Yu Ma, Chuan-Chao Dai, Wei Zhang
Plant-associated microbiomes play important roles in plant health and productivity. However, despite fruits being directly linked to plant productivity, little is known about the microbiomes of fruits and their potential association with fruit health. Here, by integrating 16S rRNA gene, ITS high-throughput sequencing data and microbiological culturable approaches, we reported that roots and fruits
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Distinct life cycle stages of an ectosymbiotic DPANN archaeon ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Vasil A Gaisin, Marleen van Wolferen, Sonja-Verena Albers, Martin Pilhofer
DPANN archaea are a diverse group of microorganisms that are thought to rely on an ectosymbiotic lifestyle; however, the cell biology of these cell–cell interactions remains largely unknown. We applied live-cell imaging and cryo-electron tomography to the DPANN archaeon Nanobdella aerobiophila and its host, revealing two distinct life cycle stages. Free cells possess archaella and are motile. Ectobiotic
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Antibiotic dose and nutrient availability differentially drive the evolution of antibiotic resistance and persistence ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Etthel M Windels, Lloyd Cool, Eline Persy, Janne Swinnen, Paul Matthay, Bram Van den Bergh, Tom Wenseleers, Jan Michiels
Effective treatment of bacterial infections proves increasingly challenging due to the emergence of bacterial variants that endure antibiotic exposure. Antibiotic resistance and persistence have been identified as two major bacterial survival mechanisms, and several studies have shown a rapid and strong selection of resistance or persistence mutants under repeated drug treatment. Yet, little is known
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Mechanisms and implications of bacterial-fungal competition for soil resources ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Chaoqun Wang, Yakov Kuzyakov
Elucidating complex interactions between bacteria and fungi that determine microbial community structure, composition, and functions in soil, as well as regulate carbon (C) and nutrient fluxes, is crucial to understand biogeochemical cycles. Among the various interactions, competition for resources is the main factor determining the adaptation and niche differentiation between these two big microbial
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Emergent antibiotic persistence in a spatially structured synthetic microbial mutualism ISME J. (IF 11.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Xianyi Xiong, Hans G Othmer, William R Harcombe
Antibiotic persistence (heterotolerance) allows a sub-population of bacteria to survive antibiotic-induced killing and contributes to the evolution of antibiotic resistance. Although bacteria typically live in microbial communities with complex ecological interactions, little is known about how microbial ecology affects antibiotic persistence. Here, we demonstrated within a synthetic two-species microbial
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A long journey to the colon: The role of the small intestine microbiota in intestinal disease Mol. Microbiol. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Nicolas G. Shealy, Madi Baltagulov, Mariana X. Byndloss