David Mayo-Muñoz,Huijuan Li,Mario Rodríguez Mestre et al.
David Mayo-Muñoz et al.
The evolutionary arms race between bacteria and phages has driven the development of diverse anti-phage defense mechanisms. Recent studies have identified noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) as key players in bacteria-phage conflicts, including CRISPR-...
Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga,Patrick Müller,Lisa Maier
Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga
The human gut microbiome, a community of microbes that plays a crucial role in our wellbeing, is highly adaptable but also vulnerable to drug treatments. This vulnerability can have serious consequences for the host, for example, increasing...
James P J Hall
James P J Hall
Plasmids are vehicles for horizontal gene transfer between cells, but they also exchange genes with associated chromosomes in a process termed 'intracellular mobility'. I discuss a recent article by Kadibalban et al. mapping such plasmid-ch...
Diverse molecular mechanisms underpinning Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants [0.03%]
金黄色葡萄球菌小菌落变异体的多样分子机制研究
Maryam Mapar,Thomas Rydzak,Josefien W Hommes et al.
Maryam Mapar et al.
Small colony variants (SCVs) of Staphylococcus aureus are a relatively rare but clinically significant growth morphotype. Infections with SCVs are frequently difficult to treat, inherently antibiotic-resistant, and can lead to persistent in...
Transitioning ecosystems: how will permafrost cryophiles respond to a changing climate? [0.03%]
转型的生态系统：永久冻土中的耐冷生物如何应对气候的变化？
Lexi Mollica,Meghan Craughwell,Jackie Goordial
Lexi Mollica
Permafrost harbours a diversity of cryophilic microorganisms that can be metabolically active at sub-zero temperatures and likely play a role in global carbon cycling. This forum article explores possible impacts of permafrost warming on co...
Jennifer M DeBruyn,Sarah W Keenan,Lois S Taylor
Jennifer M DeBruyn
Decomposer microbial communities are gatekeepers in the redistribution of carbon and nutrients from dead animals (carrion) to terrestrial ecosystems. The flush of decomposition products from a carcass creates a hot spot of microbial activit...
Anaïs Hérivaux,Nicolas Papon,Florent Morio
Anaïs Hérivaux
Invasive fungal infections in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HSCT) recipients on antimicrobial prophylaxis is a major cause of infectious mortality, although its underlying pathophysiological mechanisms remain unclear. ...
Martin Strnad,Marie Vancová,Ryan O M Rego
Martin Strnad
Zacharie Morneau,Sylvain Moineau
Zacharie Morneau
Bacteriophages use anti-CRISPR (Acr) proteins to inhibit CRISPR-Cas systems. The expression of Acr is regulated by anti-CRISPR-associated (Aca) proteins, which are helix-turn-helix (HTH) repressors that bind DNA. Recently, Birkholz et al. d...
Marleny García-Lozano,Hassan Salem
Marleny García-Lozano
The ecological radiation of herbivorous beetles is among the most successful in the animal kingdom. It coincided with the rise and diversification of flowering plants, requiring beetles to adapt to a nutritionally imbalanced diet enriched i...