Research Highlights

In this study, Gül et al. show that usage of different carbon sources by Enterobacteriaceae strains determines their expansion and co-existence in the mouse gut and favours plasmid transfer.

The study reveals how a satellite phage-encoded protein directs the assembly of coat proteins into small capsids.

In this study, Tsuji et al. report the glycolipid 7DW8-5 that exploits the host innate immune system to control SARS-CoV-2, respiratory syncytial virus and influenza virus infections.

The authors developed a refillable, long-acting subcutaneous nanofluidic antiretroviral delivery implant that conferred protection against infection with simian–human immunodeficiency virus in rhesus macaques.

In this study, Douglas et al. examine the role of the staphylococcal TcaA protein in human serum susceptibility during bacteraemia.

In this study, Irazoki et al. show that Vibrio cholerae releases d-amino acids into the environment, which are sensed by a bacterial chemoreceptor to prompt a repellent chemotactic response.

This study provides insights into the mechanism whereby Citrobacter rodentium transitions from the intestinal lumen to its mucosal niche.

This study reports that human BTN3A3 restricts replication of avian influenza A viruses (IAVs) but not human IAVs, and that BTN3A3 evasion promotes spillover into humans.

This study suggests that pre-existing DENV immunity has a negative effect on the pathogenesis of secondary ZIKV infection during pregnancy in marmosets.

This study reveals the conformational changes of the utilisome that facilitate glycan processing and import.

This study reports that an engineered bee symbiont provides protection against Nosema ceranae infection.

In this study, Fidelle et al. show that recolonization of the gut by Enterocloster spp. after antibiotic treatment compromises the anticancer effect of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

In this study, Catchpole et al. identify the first self-transmissible conjugative plasmid in the euryarchaeon Thermococcus sp. 33-3 and use it to genetically modify diverse hyperthermophilic archaea.

In this study, Vidakovic et al. show that during infection Vibrio cholerae forms biofilms on the surface of human immune cells to kill them and then disperses.

This study shows that healthy individuals are reservoirs for genotypically and phenotypically diverse Candida albicans strains that retain their capacity to cause disease.

In this study, Liu et al. demonstrate that the T7SS of the rhizobacterium Bacillus velezensis SQR9 and its effector protein YukE cause iron leakage in plant roots to support root colonization.

This study shows that substrate stiffness has an impact on early microcolony formation.

This study reports a bacterial antiphage protein that contains a NACHT domain, which is also found in metazoan proteins that mediate immunity and inflammation.

This study reports the identification of an inhibitor of a Toxoplasma gondii myosin motor protein that could be exploited to prevent or treat infections with T. gondii and other apicomplexan parasites.

This study reports that the resident panicle microbiota in rice modulates host metabolism to prevent Ustilaginoidea virens infection.