Nature Reviews Microbiology
Volume 7, No 11 November 2009
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Structural biology of the chaperone–usher pathway of pilus biogenesis
Gabriel Waksman & Scott J. Hultgren
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Bacterial responses to photo-oxidative stress
Eva C. Ziegelhoffer & Timothy J. Donohue
Photo-oxidative stress caused by singlet oxygen, a type of reactive oxygen species that is generated by energy transfer to molecular oxygen, can damage cellular components, leading to cell death. In this Review, Donohue and Ziegelhoffer describe the recent advances made in characterizing the bacterial response mechanisms to photo-oxidative stress.
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Artemisinin-based combination therapies: a vital tool in efforts to eliminate malaria
Richard T. Eastman & David A. Fidock
The emergence of drug-resistant Plasmodium parasites has made the treatment of malaria difficult in some areas. One of the last drugs to which there is no full resistance is artemisinin. Fidock and Eastman describe artemisinin-based combination therapies that aim to decrease the occurrence of drug resistance and that have raised the possibility of malaria eradication.
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Defining infections in international travellers through the GeoSentinel surveillance network
Joseph Torresi & Karin Leder
Efforts to monitor the range of infectious diseases that affect international travellers and the factors that determine infection rates will provide an evidence base from which more effective preventative measures can be developed. Torresi and Leder review the main findings of one such effort, the GeoSentinel surveillance network.
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Nature Reviews Microbiology invites you to explore the microscopic world of microbial invaders and take an animated tour featuring the lifestyles of three disease-causing bacteria: Listeria monocytogenes, Legionella pneumophila and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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The genome sequence of the psychrophilic archaeon, Methanococcoides burtonii: the role of genome evolution in cold adaptation
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Focus on Symbiosis
Microbial symbioses include beneficial, harmful and neutral relationships and are important in animal and plant health, immunity and disease and in ecology and the environment. This special Focus issue highlights exciting advances in our understanding of partnerships between organisms and their environments.
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To highlight the central role of microbial processes in sustainable development, Nature Reviews Microbiology and The ISME Journal present a specially commissioned set of articles that highlight the importance of microorganisms in climatic processes and research the generation of new energy sources.
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This poster provides an overview of the technology and applications of metagenomics. The poster is freely available thanks to support from the National Academies and the National Science Foundation .
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Series on systems microbiology
Systems microbiology aims to integrate basic biological information with genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, glycomics, proteomics and other data to create an integrated model of how a microbial cell or community functions. This series examines some of the latest developments in this fast–moving field.
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