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This Review Article describes how recent advances in viral genome sequencing and phylogenetics have enabled key issues associated with outbreak epidemiology to be more accurately addressed, and highlights the requirements and challenges for generating, sharing and using such data when tackling a viral outbreak.
Mosquitoes are responsible for transmission of important human diseases, including malaria, dengue and Zika. Here, Shaw and Catteruccia discuss how studying insect biology can inform the development of new control strategies against vector-borne disease.
This Review Article discusses the importance of considering known microbial processes to inform our understanding of the role of microbial communities in ecosystem processes, and a move away from approaches based solely on correlation analyses.
This Review Article discusses the role of bacteriophages in the marine environment, including interactions with their bacterial hosts and their impact on biogeochemical cycling, and a hypothesis to explain successional host–phage dynamics in marine systems.
This Review Article details various methods that can be used for phylogeny-aware analyses of microbiome datasets, together with online tutorials, including the considerations and challenges of each method depending on the research question.
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) enable fungi to sense and respond to their environment. The structure and function of fungal GPCRs are discussed, as well as their potential as targets for antifungal drug development.
