Commensal Escherichia coli are a reservoir for the transfer of XDR plasmids into epidemic fluoroquinolone-resistant Shigella sonnei.

abstract：:Rod-shaped bacteria grow by adding material into their cell wall via the action of two spatially distinct enzymatic systems: the Rod complex moves around the cell circumference, whereas class A penicillin-binding proteins (aPBPs) do not. To understand how the combined action of these two systems defines bacterial dime...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Dion MF,Kapoor M,Sun Y,Wilson S,Ryan J,Vigouroux A,van Teeffelen S,Oldenbourg R,Garner EC

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many insects, including mosquitoes, planthoppers, aphids and leafhoppers, are the hosts of bacterial symbionts and the vectors for transmitting viral pathogens1-3. In general, symbiotic bacteria can indirectly affect viral transmission by enhancing immunity and resistance to viruses in insects3-5. Whether symbiotic ba...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Jia D,Mao Q,Chen Y,Liu Y,Chen Q,Wu W,Zhang X,Chen H,Li Y,Wei T

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The Epstein-Barr virus M81 strain, isolated from a nasopharyngeal carcinoma, induces potent spontaneous virus production in infected B cells. We found that the M81 non-coding Epstein-Barr-encoded RNA EBER2, which carries polymorphisms that are mainly restricted to viruses found in endemic nasopharyngeal carcinomas, ma...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Li Z,Tsai MH,Shumilov A,Baccianti F,Tsao SW,Poirey R,Delecluse HJ

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：: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：:CRISPR-Cas systems are adaptive immune systems that protect bacteria from bacteriophage (phage) infection1. To provide immunity, RNA-guided protein surveillance complexes recognize foreign nucleic acids, triggering their destruction by Cas nucleases2. While the essential requirements for immune activity are well under...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Borges AL,Castro B,Govindarajan S,Solvik T,Escalante V,Bondy-Denomy J

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：: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：:As they proliferate, fungi expose antigens at their cell surface that are potent stimulators of the innate immune response, and yet the commensal fungus Candida albicans is able to colonize immuno competent individuals. We show that C. albicans may evade immune detection by presenting a moving immunological target. We...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Ballou ER,Avelar GM,Childers DS,Mackie J,Bain JM,Wagener J,Kastora SL,Panea MD,Hardison SE,Walker LA,Erwig LP,Munro CA,Gow NA,Brown GD,MacCallum DM,Brown AJ

更新日期：2016-12-12 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：: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：: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：: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：: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： Rowe SE,Wagner NJ,Li L,Beam JE,Wilkinson AD,Radlinski LC,Zhang Q,Miao EA,Conlon BP

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：: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：:The molecular processes that determine the outcome of influenza virus infection in humans are multifactorial and involve a complex interplay between host, viral and bacterial factors1. However, it is generally accepted that a strong innate immune dysregulation known as 'cytokine storm' contributes to the pathology of ...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Te Velthuis AJW,Long JC,Bauer DLV,Fan RLY,Yen HL,Sharps J,Siegers JY,Killip MJ,French H,Oliva-Martín MJ,Randall RE,de Wit E,van Riel D,Poon LLM,Fodor E

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：: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：: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

abstract：:Host adaptation is a key factor contributing to the emergence of new bacterial, viral and parasitic pathogens. Many pathogens are considered promiscuous because they cause disease across a range of host species, while others are host-adapted, infecting particular hosts(1). Host adaptation can potentially progress to h...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Klemm EJ,Gkrania-Klotsas E,Hadfield J,Forbester JL,Harris SR,Hale C,Heath JN,Wileman T,Clare S,Kane L,Goulding D,Otto TD,Kay S,Doffinger R,Cooke FJ,Carmichael A,Lever AM,Parkhill J,MacLennan CA,Kumararatne D,Douga

更新日期：2016-01-25 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：: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：: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：: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

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：:Human onchocerciasis is a serious neglected tropical disease caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus that can lead to blindness and chronic disability. Control of the disease relies largely on mass administration of a single drug, and the development of new drugs and vaccines depends on a better knowledge ...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： Cotton JA,Bennuru S,Grote A,Harsha B,Tracey A,Beech R,Doyle SR,Dunn M,Hotopp JC,Holroyd N,Kikuchi T,Lambert O,Mhashilkar A,Mutowo P,Nursimulu N,Ribeiro JM,Rogers MB,Stanley E,Swapna LS,Tsai IJ,Unnasch TR,Voronin

更新日期：2016-11-21 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：:Balancing access to antibiotics with the control of antibiotic resistance is a global public health priority. At present, antibiotic stewardship is informed by a 'use it and lose it' principle, in which antibiotic use by the population is linearly related to resistance rates. However, theoretical and mathematical mode...

journal_title：Nature microbiology

authors： López-Lozano JM,Lawes T,Nebot C,Beyaert A,Bertrand X,Hocquet D,Aldeyab M,Scott M,Conlon-Bingham G,Farren D,Kardos G,Fésűs A,Rodríguez-Baño J,Retamar P,Gonzalo-Jiménez N,Gould IM,THRESHOLDS study group.

更新日期：2019-07-01 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