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Our focus issue on communicating microbiology is out now! Read about: 📢importance of communicating microbiology research 👶Bile acids for paediatric sepsis 🦠Drug resistance in Cryptosporidium 💉HIV neutralising antibodies 🌊Ocean metabolomics and more! nature.com/nmicrobiol/volume…
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Bacterial cell division protein FtsZ complexes with a phage protein to activate bacterial immunity dlvr.it/TT16jm #MicroSky

Bacterial cell division protein FtsZ complexes with a phage protein to activate bacterial immunity

Nature Microbiology - The activation of an antiphage defence system relies on host factors targeted by phages, a mechanism analogous to the way that eukaryotic innate immune systems detect...

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Genome-scale metabolic modelling identifies vaginal microbiome members as potential probiotics dlvr.it/TT16Zt #MicroSky

Genome-scale metabolic modelling identifies vaginal microbiome members as potential probiotics

Nature Microbiology - Metabolic modelling and experimental validation reveal that current probiotics lack the functional diversity of native microbes, identifying vaginal species that inhibit...

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Bacteria–phage coevolution drives variation in bacterial wilt disease incidence via resistance–virulence trade-offs dlvr.it/TT16Tf #MicroSky

Bacteria–phage coevolution drives variation in bacterial wilt disease incidence via resistance–vi...

Nature Microbiology - Phage–bacteria coevolution is associated with field-specific anti-phage defence and locally adapted phage populations, resulting in phage-resistant but weakly virulent...

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Host–virus determinants of Ebola virus persistence in a human cerebral organoid model dlvr.it/TT16K8 #MicroSky

Host–virus determinants of Ebola virus persistence in a human cerebral organoid model

Nature Microbiology - In a cerebral organoid model, Ebola virus persists by infecting neurons, astrocytes and microglia, driving local inflammation, cell-specific responses, viral adaptation and...

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Dietary fat alters goblet cell function and microbial bile acid metabolism to promote intestinal lipid absorption in mice dlvr.it/TSz9qJ #MicroSky

Dietary fat alters goblet cell function and microbial bile acid metabolism to promote intestinal...

Nature Microbiology - Higher lipid intake in mice causes damage to goblet cells with depletion of Akkermansia muciniphila and increase in Clostridium scindens abundance, which produces secondary...

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Immunogenicity of poxvirus A16/G9 entry–fusion subcomplex and its restriction by A56/K2 protein informs vaccine design dlvr.it/TSz9g5 #MicroSky

Immunogenicity of poxvirus A16/G9 entry–fusion subcomplex and its restriction by A56/K2 protein...

Nature Microbiology - The poxvirus A16/G9 entry protein is shown to be a potent cross-protective antigen for incorporation into recombinant vaccines, but its immunogenicity in current live vaccines...

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Wall teichoic acids plug nanopores in Bacillus subtilis cell wall and regulate peptidoglycan synthesis dlvr.it/TSy60h #MicroSky

Wall teichoic acids plug nanopores in Bacillus subtilis cell wall and regulate peptidoglycan...

Nature Microbiology - In Bacillus subtilis, wall teichoic acids sustain rod shape by filling nanoscale pores in the cell wall. The presence of wall teichoic acids limits the activity of PBP1, a...

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Communicating microbiology effectively dlvr.it/TStfCm #MicroSky

Communicating microbiology effectively

Nature Microbiology - Effective science communication can help scientists shape impactful research questions, and crucially it can foster curiosity, showcase the importance of research and...

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IL-22 promotes genesis of small intestinal secretory cells that protect against cholera in mice dlvr.it/TSsgPK #MicroSky

IL-22 promotes genesis of small intestinal secretory cells that protect against cholera in mice

Nature Microbiology - Single-cell studies uncovered specialization of epithelial cells in intestinal defence. The epithelial cell-targeting cytokine IL-22 protected mice from cholera by promoting...

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Mapping an ocean metabolite’s path dlvr.it/TSrfWW #MicroSky

Mapping an ocean metabolite’s path

Nature Microbiology - Seawater contains a complex tapestry of metabolites, but for most, the microorganisms and pathways that process them remain unknown. A metabolomics analysis links a particular...

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Functional diversity of phage sponge proteins that sequester host immune signals dlvr.it/TSrfNN #MicroSky

Functional diversity of phage sponge proteins that sequester host immune signals

Nature Microbiology - A functional screen reveals phage sponge proteins that bind Pycsar, Thoeris and CBASS signalling molecules to inhibit bacterial immunity.

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Dysbiosis and succession in the scientific infobiome dlvr.it/TSqWnY #MicroSky

Dysbiosis and succession in the scientific infobiome

Nature Microbiology - The scientific information ecosystem is dysbiotic, but the conditions for ecological succession towards a more diverse, inclusive and resilient ‘infobiome’ are...

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Engineered Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron sense gut inflammation and deliver therapeutic molecules to alleviate colitis in mice dlvr.it/TSqWlY #MicroSky

Engineered Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron sense gut inflammation and deliver therapeutic molecules to...

Nature Microbiology - Engineered Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, Btbots, use a genetic AND circuit to sense nitric oxide and deoxycholic acid as inflammatory signal in the gut to release therapeutic...

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A sulfated bile acid from microbes calms sepsis dlvr.it/TSmGC4 #MicroSky

A sulfated bile acid from microbes calms sepsis

Nature Microbiology - Deoxycholic acid 3-sulfate, a sulfated bile acid primarily produced by a gut commensal bacterium, Enterococcus raffinosus, strengthens the intestinal barrier, dampens...

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Advocating for return-of-results to participants in microbiome research dlvr.it/TSlVyv #MicroSky

Advocating for return-of-results to participants in microbiome research

Nature Microbiology - As population-scale microbiome studies become increasingly common, the need for strategies to actively involve and communicate results to participants effectively are needed...

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Temperate phages enhance bacterial host fitness via RNA-guided flagellar remodelling dlvr.it/TSlVsQ #MicroSky

Temperate phages enhance bacterial host fitness via RNA-guided flagellar remodelling

Nature Microbiology - The prophage of a clinical Enterobacter isolate uses an RNA-guided transcription factor to alter flagellar composition, leading to enhanced bacterial motility and improved gut...

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A deep mutational scanning-informed protein language model predicts SARS-CoV-2 evolution dynamics with spatiotemporal resolution dlvr.it/TSlVkN #MicroSky

A deep mutational scanning-informed protein language model predicts SARS-CoV-2 evolution dynamics...

Nature Microbiology - By integrating DMS profiles, evolutionary trajectories and epidemiological data, a deep-learning framework enables the spatiotemporal prediction of emerging dominant...

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Molecular basis of type VI secretion system effector loading dlvr.it/TSlVdH #MicroSky

Molecular basis of type VI secretion system effector loading

Nature Microbiology - Structural analysis reveals that the type VI secretion system effector cargo is enclosed within hexameric Hcp3 rings that form sequentially to enable effector loading and...

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Coupled or not coupled? Our take on bacterial gene expression is now published. We found that coupling is not a universal default: it depends on translation activity, localization of RNase E, transcript identity, and species-specific strategies. Huge thanks to all co-authors
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Spatial and genetic constraints govern transcription–translation coupling and mRNA degradation in bacteria dlvr.it/TSgFzG #MicroSky
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