Species-function relationships shape ecological properties of the human gut microbiome.

abstract：:Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is the most medically significant tick-borne disease, being widespread in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and parts of Europe 1 . Increasing case numbers, westerly movement and broadly ranging case fatality rates substantiate the concern of CCHF as a public health threat. Ixodid t...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Haddock E,Feldmann F,Hawman DW,Zivcec M,Hanley PW,Saturday G,Scott DP,Thomas T,Korva M,Avšič-Županc T,Safronetz D,Feldmann H

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila, the causative bacterium for Legionnaires' disease, hijacks host membrane trafficking for the maturation of the Legionella-containing vacuole (LCV). The LCV membrane mainly contains PtdIns4P, which is important for anchoring many secreted Legionella effectors onto the LCV. Here, we identify a cr...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Dong N,Niu M,Hu L,Yao Q,Zhou R,Shao F

更新日期：2016-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:For successful infection, bacteriophages must overcome multiple barriers to transport their genome and proteins across the bacterial cell envelope. We use cryo-electron tomography to study the infection initiation of phage P22 in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, revealing how a channel forms to allow genome tr...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Wang C,Tu J,Liu J,Molineux IJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this Letter has been modified in the abstract and main text to better reflect the distribution of Neu5Ac sialoglycans in humans. Additionally, co-author Lingquan Deng's present address has been further clarified. ...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Gao X,Deng L,Stack G,Yu H,Chen X,Naito-Matsui Y,Varki A,Galán JE

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy and interferon (IFN)-mediated innate immunity are critical antiviral defence mechanisms, and recent evidence indicated that tripartite motif (TRIM) proteins are important regulators of both processes. Although the role of TRIM proteins in modulating antiviral cytokine responses has been well established, muc...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Sparrer KMJ,Gableske S,Zurenski MA,Parker ZM,Full F,Baumgart GJ,Kato J,Pacheco-Rodriguez G,Liang C,Pornillos O,Moss J,Vaughan M,Gack MU

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus taxonomy emerged as a discipline in the middle of the twentieth century. Traditionally, classification by virus taxonomists has been focussed on the grouping of relatively closely related viruses. However, during the past few years, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) has recognized that th...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses Executive Committee.

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe Idionectes vortex gen. nov., sp. nov., a unicellular microeukaryote that swims by continuous inversion of its surface, similar to a vortex ring. This previously unreported mode of motility approximates a hypothetical concept called the 'toroidal swimmer', in which a doughnut-shaped object rotates around it...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Hess S,Eme L,Roger AJ,Simpson AGB

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito-borne viruses can cause severe inflammatory diseases and there are limited therapeutic solutions targeted specifically at virus-induced inflammation. Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a re-emerging alphavirus responsible for several outbreaks worldwide in the past decade, causes debilitating joint inflammation and s...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Chen W,Foo SS,Zaid A,Teng TS,Herrero LJ,Wolf S,Tharmarajah K,Vu LD,van Vreden C,Taylor A,Freitas JR,Li RW,Woodruff TM,Gordon R,Ojcius DM,Nakaya HI,Kanneganti TD,O'Neill LAJ,Robertson AAB,King NJ,Suhrbier A,Coope

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of virulence traits is central for the emergence or re-emergence of microbial pathogens and for their adaptation to a specific host 1-5 . Typhoid toxin is an essential virulence factor of the human-adapted bacterial pathogen Salmonella Typhi 6,7 , the cause of typhoid fever in humans 8-12 . Typhoid toxin...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Gao X,Deng L,Stack G,Yu H,Chen X,Naito-Matsui Y,Varki A,Galán JE

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.155. ...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Buffalo CZ,Bahn-Suh AJ,Hirakis SP,Biswas T,Amaro RE,Nizet V,Ghosh P

更新日期：2017-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a common cause of hand, foot and mouth disease-a disease endemic especially in the Asia-Pacific region1. Scavenger receptor class B member 2 (SCARB2) is the major receptor of EV71, as well as several other enteroviruses responsible for hand, foot and mouth disease, and plays a key role in cell...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Zhou D,Zhao Y,Kotecha A,Fry EE,Kelly JT,Wang X,Rao Z,Rowlands DJ,Ren J,Stuart DI

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The core properties of microbial genomes, including GC content and genome size, are known to vary widely among different bacteria and archaea 1,2 . Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain this genomic variability, but the fundamental drivers that shape bacterial and archaeal genomic properties remain uncertai...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Mende DR,Bryant JA,Aylward FO,Eppley JM,Nielsen T,Karl DM,DeLong EF

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral discovery is accelerating at an unprecedented rate due to continuing advances in culture-independent sequence-based analyses. One important facet of this discovery is identification of the hosts of these recently characterized uncultured viruses. To this end, we have adapted the viral tagging approach, which byp...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Džunková M,Low SJ,Daly JN,Deng L,Rinke C,Hugenholtz P

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IncC family of broad-host-range plasmids enables the spread of antibiotic resistance genes among human enteric pathogens1-3. Although aspects of IncC plasmid conjugation have been well studied4-9, many roles of conjugation genes have been assigned based solely on sequence similarity. We applied hypersaturated tran...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Hancock SJ,Phan MD,Luo Z,Lo AW,Peters KM,Nhu NTK,Forde BM,Whitfield J,Yang J,Strugnell RA,Paterson DL,Walsh TR,Kobe B,Beatson SA,Schembri MA

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer arises from the acquisition of multiple genetic and epigenetic changes in host cells over the span of many years, promoting oncogenic traits and carcinogenesis. Most cancers develop following random somatic alterations of key oncogenic genes, which are favoured by a number of risk factors, including lifestyle, ...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Tsilimigras MC,Fodor A,Jobin C

更新日期：2017-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In the version of this Article originally published, author Carolina Falcón Garcia's name was coded wrongly, resulting in it being incorrect when exported to citation databases. This has now been corrected, though no visible changes will be apparent. ...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Dragoš A,Martin M,Garcia CF,Kricks L,Pausch P,Heimerl T,Bálint B,Maróti G,Bange G,López D,Lieleg O,Kovács ÁT

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycans are major nutrients for the human gut microbiota (HGM). Arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) comprise a heterogenous group of plant glycans in which a β1,3-galactan backbone and β1,6-galactan side chains are conserved. Diversity is provided by the variable nature of the sugars that decorate the galactans. The mecha...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Cartmell A,Muñoz-Muñoz J,Briggs JA,Ndeh DA,Lowe EC,Baslé A,Terrapon N,Stott K,Heunis T,Gray J,Yu L,Dupree P,Fernandes PZ,Shah S,Williams SJ,Labourel A,Trost M,Henrissat B,Gilbert HJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine microeukaryotes play a fundamental role in biogeochemical cycling through the transfer of energy to higher trophic levels and vertical carbon transport. Despite their global importance, microeukaryote physiology, nutrient metabolism and contributions to carbon cycling across offshore ecosystems are poorly chara...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Cohen NR,McIlvin MR,Moran DM,Held NA,Saunders JK,Hawco NJ,Brosnahan M,DiTullio GR,Lamborg C,McCrow JP,Dupont CL,Allen AE,Saito MA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most microorganisms live in environments where nutrients are limited and fluctuate over time. Cells respond to nutrient fluctuations by sensing and adapting their physiological state. Recent studies suggest phenotypic heterogeneity(1) in isogenic populations as an alternative strategy in fluctuating environments, wher...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Schreiber F,Littmann S,Lavik G,Escrig S,Meibom A,Kuypers MM,Ackermann M

更新日期：2016-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic and geological evidence supports the hypothesis that life on Earth originated in thermal environments and conserved energy through methanogenesis or sulfur reduction. Here we describe two populations of the deeply rooted archaeal phylum Korarchaeota, which were retrieved from the metagenome of a circumneu...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： McKay LJ,Dlakić M,Fields MW,Delmont TO,Eren AM,Jay ZJ,Klingelsmith KB,Rusch DB,Inskeep WP

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbial environment influences animal physiology. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of such functional interactions are largely undefined. Previously, we showed that during chronic undernutrition, strains of Lactobacillus plantarum, a major commensal partner of Drosophila, promote host juvenile growth...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Matos RC,Schwarzer M,Gervais H,Courtin P,Joncour P,Gillet B,Ma D,Bulteau AL,Martino ME,Hughes S,Chapot-Chartier MP,Leulier F

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A virus is a human pathogen with a genome composed of eight viral RNA segments that replicate in the nucleus. Two viral mRNAs are alternatively spliced. The unspliced M1 mRNA is translated into the matrix M1 protein, while the ion channel M2 protein is generated after alternative splicing. These proteins are...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Mor A,White A,Zhang K,Thompson M,Esparza M,Muñoz-Moreno R,Koide K,Lynch KW,García-Sastre A,Fontoura BM

更新日期：2016-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses and plasmids (invasive mobile genetic elements (iMGEs)) have important roles in shaping microbial communities, but their dynamic interactions with CRISPR-based immunity remain unresolved. We analysed generation-resolved iMGE-host dynamics spanning one and a half years in a microbial consortium from a biologica...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Martínez Arbas S,Narayanasamy S,Herold M,Lebrun LA,Hoopmann MR,Li S,Lam TJ,Kunath BJ,Hicks ND,Liu CM,Price LB,Laczny CC,Gillece JD,Schupp JM,Keim PS,Moritz RL,Faust K,Tang H,Ye Y,Skupin A,May P,Muller EEL,Wilm

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of antibiotic resistance is a major threat to society and has been predicted to lead to 10 million casualties annually by 2050(1). Further aggravating the problem, multidrug tolerance in bacteria not only relies on the build-up of resistance mutations, but also on some cells epigenetically switching to a...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Van den Bergh B,Michiels JE,Wenseleers T,Windels EM,Boer PV,Kestemont D,De Meester L,Verstrepen KJ,Verstraeten N,Fauvart M,Michiels J

更新日期：2016-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:How does knowing the evolutionary history of microorganisms affect our analysis of microbiological datasets? Depending on the research question, the common ancestry of microorganisms can be a source of confounding variation, or a scaffolding used for inference. For example, when performing regression on traits, common...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Washburne AD,Morton JT,Sanders J,McDonald D,Zhu Q,Oliverio AM,Knight R

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesalamine serves as the gold standard in treating ulcerative colitis. However, its precise mechanism(s) of action remains unclear. Here, we show that mesalamine treatment rapidly decreases polyphosphate levels in diverse bacteria, including members of the human gut microbiome. This decrease sensitizes bacteria toward...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Dahl JU,Gray MJ,Bazopoulou D,Beaufay F,Lempart J,Koenigsknecht MJ,Wang Y,Baker JR,Hasler WL,Young VB,Sun D,Jakob U

更新日期：2017-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In the version of this Perspective originally published, the first and last name of co-author Manimozhiyan Arumugam were switched. This has now been corrected in all versions of the Perspective. ...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Costea PI,Hildebrand F,Arumugam M,Bäckhed F,Blaser MJ,Bushman FD,de Vos WM,Ehrlich SD,Fraser CM,Hattori M,Huttenhower C,Jeffery IB,Knights D,Lewis JD,Ley RE,Ochman H,O'Toole PW,Quince C,Relman DA,Shanahan F,Sunaga

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Cartmell A,Muñoz-Muñoz J,Briggs JA,Ndeh DA,Lowe EC,Baslé A,Terrapon N,Stott K,Heunis T,Gray J,Yu L,Dupree P,Fernandes PZ,Shah S,Williams SJ,Labourel A,Trost M,Henrissat B,Gilbert HJ

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is mediated by two major exotoxins, toxin A (TcdA) and toxin B (TcdB), that damage the colonic epithelial barrier and induce inflammatory responses. The function of the colonic vascular barrier during CDI has been relatively understudied. Here we report increased colonic vascular ...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Huang J,Kelly CP,Bakirtzi K,Villafuerte Gálvez JA,Lyras D,Mileto SJ,Larcombe S,Xu H,Yang X,Shields KS,Zhu W,Zhang Y,Goldsmith JD,Patel IJ,Hansen J,Huang M,Yla-Herttuala S,Moss AC,Paredes-Sabja D,Pothoulakis C,Shah

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most Gram-negative pathogens, the hydrolysis of UDP-2,3-diacylglucosamine to generate lipid X in lipid A biosynthesis is catalysed by the membrane-associated enzyme LpxH. We report the crystal structure of LpxH in complex with its product, lipid X, unveiling a unique insertion lid above the conserved architecture o...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Cho J,Lee CJ,Zhao J,Young HE,Zhou P

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00