Research Highlights

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.

In this study, Brown et al. show that nutrient deprivation increases Plasmodium falciparum survival and tolerance to the antimalarial drug artemisinin.

In this study, Gencay et al. develop a cocktail of engineered phages to target clinically relevant Escherichia coli strains.

In this study, Tawk et al. explore the impact of infection and inflammation on the adaptations of the commensal population in the mouse gut.

In this study, Carfrae et al. show that inhibition of biotin and fatty acid synthesis restores colistin activity against Gram-negative bacteria and prevents colistin resistance.

A recent study reports that uropathogenic Escherichia coli infection triggers trained immunity in urinary tract tissue, which affects the immune response to subsequent infections.

This study investigated the environmental microbiomes of cities by sampling urban beehives, providing insight into the surrounding metagenomic landscape that is relevant to beehive and human health.

This study reports a mechanism of norovirus-induced cell death that promotes viral egress.

In this study, Fackelmann et al. show that microplastics impair the gastrointestinal microbiome of two seabird species.

In this study, Kreitz et al. examine a bacterial extracellular contractile injection system that can deliver diverse proteins into different target cells.

In this study, Lubin et al. show that an immature microbiome during weaning affects the development of the immune system and increases the risk of enteric infections in mice.

In this study, Stubbendieck et al. show that commensal bacteria Rothia spp. inhibit the growth of the nasal pathobiont Moraxella catarrhalis.

This study shows that SARS-CoV-2 restructures host chromatin.

This study reports that some bacterial species of the Lachnospiraceae family can suppress colorectal cancer progression by modulating CD8⁺ T cell immune surveillance activity.

This study reports that heat treatment can increase the bactericidal activity of aminoglycosides against multi-drug resistant pathogens.

This study reports how fluid flow is linked to changes in gene expression in bacterial pathogens.

This study shows the development of a chimeric dengue virus bivalent vaccine that generated serotype-specific neutralizing antibodies in vivo.