Structure of the essential Haemophilus influenzae UDP-diacylglucosamine pyrophosphohydrolase LpxH in lipid A biosynthesis.

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：:Surface ocean waters are dominated by planktonic bacterial lineages with highly reduced genomes. The best examples are the cyanobacterial genus Prochlorococcus, the alphaproteobacterial clade SAR11 and the gammaproteobacterial clade SAR86, which together represent over 50% of the cells in surface oceans. Several studi...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Luo H,Huang Y,Stepanauskas R,Tang J

更新日期：2017-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Zika virus is a mosquito-borne pathogen that is rapidly spreading across the Americas. Due to associations between Zika virus infection and a range of fetal maladies(1,2), the epidemic trajectory of this viral infection poses a significant concern for the nearly 15 million children born in the Americas each year. Asce...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Perkins TA,Siraj AS,Ruktanonchai CW,Kraemer MU,Tatem AJ

更新日期：2016-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic bacteria are armed with potent effector proteins that subvert host signalling processes during infection1. The activities of bacterial effectors and their associated roles within the host cell are often poorly understood, particularly for Chlamydia trachomatis2, a World Health Organization designated neglec...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Pruneda JN,Bastidas RJ,Bertsoulaki E,Swatek KN,Santhanam B,Clague MJ,Valdivia RH,Urbé S,Komander D

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:Retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) receptor recognizes 5'-triphosphorylated RNA and triggers a signalling cascade that results in the induction of type-I interferon (IFN)-dependent responses. Its precise regulation represents a pivotal balance between antiviral defences and autoimmunity. To elucidate the cellular ...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Soonthornvacharin S,Rodriguez-Frandsen A,Zhou Y,Galvez F,Huffmaster NJ,Tripathi S,Balasubramaniam VR,Inoue A,de Castro E,Moulton H,Stein DA,Sánchez-Aparicio MT,De Jesus PD,Nguyen Q,König R,Krogan NJ,García-Sastre A,Yoh

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:Immune responses in insects are differentially triggered depending on the infection route used by the pathogen. In most studies involving Drosophila melanogaster and viruses, infection is done by injection, while oral infection, which is probably the most common route of viral entry in nature, remains unexplored. Here...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Mondotte JA,Gausson V,Frangeul L,Blanc H,Lambrechts L,Saleh MC

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral infection involves the reverse transcription of the viral RNA genome into DNA, which is subsequently integrated into the host cell genome. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and other lentiviruses mediate the infection of non-dividing cells through the ability of the capsid protein1 to engage the c...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Dharan A,Bachmann N,Talley S,Zwikelmaier V,Campbell EM

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CRISPR-Cas adaptive immune systems protect bacteria and archaea against their invading genetic parasites, including bacteriophages/viruses and plasmids. In response to this immunity, many phages have anti-CRISPR (Acr) proteins that inhibit CRISPR-Cas targeting. To date, anti-CRISPR genes have primarily been discovered...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Mahendra C,Christie KA,Osuna BA,Pinilla-Redondo R,Kleinstiver BP,Bondy-Denomy J

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus with a high case mortality rate in humans. EEEV is a biodefence concern because of its potential for aerosol spread and the lack of existing countermeasures. Here, we identify a panel of 18 neutralizing murine monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) ag...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Kim AS,Austin SK,Gardner CL,Zuiani A,Reed DS,Trobaugh DW,Sun C,Basore K,Williamson LE,Crowe JE Jr,Slifka MK,Fremont DH,Klimstra WB,Diamond MS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection is a proven carcinogen for gastric cancer. Its virulence factor vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA) promotes more severe disease and gastric colonization. VacA, by an unknown mechanism, usurps lysosomal and autophagy pathways to generate a protected reservoir for H. pylori that confers bacteri...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Capurro MI,Greenfield LK,Prashar A,Xia S,Abdullah M,Wong H,Zhong XZ,Bertaux-Skeirik N,Chakrabarti J,Siddiqui I,O'Brien C,Dong X,Robinson L,Peek RM Jr,Philpott DJ,Zavros Y,Helmrath M,Jones NL

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Francetic O

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：: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：:Host factors that silence provirus transcription in CD4+ memory T cells help HIV-1 escape eradication by the host immune system and by antiviral drugs1. These same factors, however, must be overcome for HIV-1 to propagate. Here we show that Vpx and Vpr encoded by diverse primate immunodeficiency viruses activate provi...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Yurkovetskiy L,Guney MH,Kim K,Goh SL,McCauley S,Dauphin A,Diehl WE,Luban J

更新日期：2018-12-01 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： Petrovic Fabijan A,Lin RCY,Ho J,Maddocks S,Ben Zakour NL,Iredell JR,Westmead Bacteriophage Therapy Team.

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Competition among microorganisms is a key determinant of successful host colonization and persistence. For Streptococcus pneumoniae, lower than predicted rates of co-colonizing strains suggest a competitive advantage for resident bacteria over newcomers. In light of evolutionary theory, we hypothesized that S. pneumon...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Shen P,Lees JA,Bee GCW,Brown SP,Weiser JN

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：: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：:Tigecycline is one of the last-resort antibiotics to treat complicated infections caused by both multidrug-resistant Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria1. Tigecycline resistance has sporadically occurred in recent years, primarily due to chromosome-encoding mechanisms, such as overexpression of efflux pumps and r...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Sun J,Chen C,Cui CY,Zhang Y,Liu X,Cui ZH,Ma XY,Feng Y,Fang LX,Lian XL,Zhang RM,Tang YZ,Zhang KX,Liu HM,Zhuang ZH,Zhou SD,Lv JN,Du H,Huang B,Yu FY,Mathema B,Kreiswirth BN,Liao XP,Chen L,Liu YH

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outbreaks of viral infections are a global health burden. Although type I interferon (IFN-I) exerts broad-spectrum antiviral effects, its antiviral efficacy in host cells is largely restricted by viruses. How the antiviral efficacy of IFN-I can be improved remains to be explored. Here, we identified the ADP-ribosyltra...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Guo T,Zuo Y,Qian L,Liu J,Yuan Y,Xu K,Miao Y,Feng Q,Chen X,Jin L,Zhang L,Dong C,Xiong S,Zheng H

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporal dynamics of phytoplankton growth and activity have large impacts on fluxes of matter and energy, yet obtaining in situ metabolic measurements of sufficient resolution for even dominant microorganisms remains a considerable challenge. We performed Lagrangian diel sampling with synoptic measurements of popu...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Wilson ST,Aylward FO,Ribalet F,Barone B,Casey JR,Connell PE,Eppley JM,Ferrón S,Fitzsimmons JN,Hayes CT,Romano AE,Turk-Kubo KA,Vislova A,Armbrust EV,Caron DA,Church MJ,Zehr JP,Karl DM,DeLong EF

更新日期：2017-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is one of the Earth's most abundant organosulfur molecules, a signalling molecule1, a key nutrient for marine microorganisms2,3 and the major precursor for gaseous dimethyl sulfide (DMS). DMS, another infochemical in signalling pathways4, is important in global sulfur cycling2 and aff...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Curson AR,Liu J,Bermejo Martínez A,Green RT,Chan Y,Carrión O,Williams BT,Zhang SH,Yang GP,Bulman Page PC,Zhang XH,Todd JD

更新日期：2017-02-13 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：:In structured environments, antibiotic-producing microorganisms can gain a selective advantage by inhibiting nearby competing species1. However, despite their genetic potential2,3, natural isolates often make only small amounts of antibiotics, and laboratory evolution can lead to loss rather than enhancement of antibi...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Gerardin Y,Springer M,Kishony R

更新日期：2016-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent progress, the organization and ecological properties of the intestinal microbial ecosystem remain under-investigated. Here, using a manually curated metabolic module framework for (meta-)genomic data analysis, we studied species-function relationships in gut microbial genomes and microbiomes. Half of gu...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Vieira-Silva S,Falony G,Darzi Y,Lima-Mendez G,Garcia Yunta R,Okuda S,Vandeputte D,Valles-Colomer M,Hildebrand F,Chaffron S,Raes J

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii establishes a lifelong chronic infection in humans and animals1. Host cell entry and egress are key steps in the lytic cycle of this obligate intracellular parasite, ensuring its survival and dissemination. Egress is temporally orchestrated, underpinned by the exocytosis of secretory organelles calle...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Bisio H,Lunghi M,Brochet M,Soldati-Favre D

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus epidermidis is a conspicuous member of the human microbiome, widely present on healthy skin. Here we show that S. epidermidis has also evolved to become a formidable nosocomial pathogen. Using genomics, we reveal that three multidrug-resistant, hospital-adapted lineages of S. epidermidis (two ST2 and on...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Lee JYH,Monk IR,Gonçalves da Silva A,Seemann T,Chua KYL,Kearns A,Hill R,Woodford N,Bartels MD,Strommenger B,Laurent F,Dodémont M,Deplano A,Patel R,Larsen AR,Korman TM,Stinear TP,Howden BP

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania are ancient eukaryotes that have retained the exosome pathway through evolution. Leishmania RNA virus 1 (LRV1)-infected Leishmania species are associated with a particularly aggressive mucocutaneous disease triggered in response to the double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus. However, it is unclear how LRV1 is ex...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Atayde VD,da Silva Lira Filho A,Chaparro V,Zimmermann A,Martel C,Jaramillo M,Olivier M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00