MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Nature Reviews Microbiology' source. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:35:09 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604533&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FgmyE3SuPQCo%2Fnrmicro2741 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 86 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2741 Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes announcements by the US FDA regarding the use of antibiotics in livestock and a role for UV radiation in preventing the spread of VZV. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604533 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5604533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604532&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FmdY_V_AW2zs%2Fnrmicro2738 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 85 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2738 Author: Alejandro Sanchez-Flores This month's Genome Watch highlights how a population study, in conjunction with a reference genome, can identify the evolutionary features that contribute to drug resistance in a protozoan parasite. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604532 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5604532 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604531&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F4K-XOxFIMNM%2Fnrmicro2735 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 84 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2735 Author: Mary Muers In Bacillus subtilis, the choice between sporulation and competence is dependent on a molecular race between these two genetic programmes. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604531 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5604531 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604530&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F-Tu-yGHmW5E%2Fnrmicro2734 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 84 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2734 Author: Andrew Jermy Isolation and characterization of a novel greigite-producing magnetotactic bacterium. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604530 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5604530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604528&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FjuzR3J6r6xQ%2Fnrmicro2736 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 82 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2736 Author: Sheilagh Molloy Genomic analysis of the abundant marine gammaproteobacterial clade SAR86 reveals metabolic details that shed light on the role of these organisms in the ocean. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604528 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5604528 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604526&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FcNScrkMsxv8%2Fnrmicro2744 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 82 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2744 Author: Sheilagh Molloy The results of a large-scale double-blind, randomized field trial of a glycoprotein D (gD)-based vaccine against herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) have been reported in the New England Journal of Medicine and, to the surprise of many in the field, have proved disappointing. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604526 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5604526 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604525&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FBHv9sKpFx2A%2Fnrmicro2743 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 82 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2743 Author: Sheilagh Molloy Hypochlorous acid (HOCl), or bleach, is one of the reactive oxygen species that is produced by neutrophils in response to bacterial infection and is also widely used as a disinfectant. Although much is known about the mechanisms by which HOCl exerts its bactericidal effects, less (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604525 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5604525 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604524&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FeC6qTloeJlQ%2Fnrmicro2740 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 82 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2740 Author: Sheilagh Molloy Barouch et al. report on the development of a vaccine that protects rhesus macaques against the acquisition of neutralization-resistant simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). Previous studies have reported successful protection against neutralization-sensitive, but not neutralization-resistant, virus. The new study assessed the efficacy of different prime–boost (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604524 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5604524 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604523&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FR7y6LqKvGJM%2Fnrmicro2739 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 81 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2739 Author: Sheilagh Molloy The HIV-1 accessory protein Vif uses the host transcription cofactor CBFβ to tag the restriction factor APOBEC3G for proteasomal destruction. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604523 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5604523 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604522&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F5DCxd2c0KJA%2Fnrmicro2742 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 79 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2742 The decision of an independent oversight committee to recommend the redaction of sensitive information from two influenza research papers highlights the complexities of dual-use research. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604522 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5604522 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604539&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FVtsw2a6r40k%2Fnrmicro2712 Authors: Daniel L. Barber, Bruno B. Andrade, Irini Sereti & Alan Sher Some individuals who are infected with HIV rapidly deteriorate shortly after starting antiretroviral therapy, despite effective viral suppression. This reaction, referred to as immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), is characterized by tissue-destructive inflammation and arises as CD4+ T cells re-emerge. It has been (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604539 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5604539 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604534&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F9zIisnagJLo%2Fnrmicro2714 Authors: Justin D. Radolf, Melissa J. Caimano, Brian Stevenson & Linden T. Hu In little more than 30 years, Lyme disease, which is caused by the spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi, has risen from relative obscurity to become a global public health problem and a prototype of an emerging infection. During this period, there has been an extraordinary accumulation (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604534 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5604534 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604527&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FThEWsc86lBg%2Fnrmicro2732 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 82 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2732 Author: Rachel David Listeria monocytogenes PLCs trigger ROS production, but this is countered by LLO. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604527 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5604527 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604537&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FaLBqtaEEf9U%2Fnrmicro2677 Authors: Athanasios Typas, Manuel Banzhaf, Carol A. Gross & Waldemar Vollmer How bacteria grow and divide while retaining a defined shape is a fundamental question in microbiology, but technological advances are now driving a new understanding of how the shape-maintaining bacterial peptidoglycan sacculus grows. In this Review, we highlight the relationship between peptidoglycan synthesis complexes and (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604537 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5604537 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604529&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FmAhuXrQKyQw%2Fnrmicro2731 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 83 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2731 Author: Andrew Jermy Proof-of-principle for using phages as vehicles for delivering dominant-sensitive genes into bacteria to reverse resistance. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604529 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5604529 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604538&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F74Eghec0uJQ%2Fnrmicro2692 Authors: Peter D. Nagy & Judit Pogany Positive-sense RNA ((+)RNA) viruses such as hepatitis C virus exploit host cells by subverting host proteins, remodelling subcellular membranes, co-opting and modulating protein and ribonucleoprotein complexes, and altering cellular metabolic pathways during infection. To facilitate RNA replication, (+)RNA viruses interact with numerous host molecules through (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604538 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5604538 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604535&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FSVcYfqVA3qE%2Fnrmicro2696 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 100 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2696 Author: Julie Maupin-Furlow Like other energy-dependent proteases, proteasomes, which are found across the three domains of life, are self-compartmentalized and important in the early steps of proteolysis. Proteasomes degrade improperly synthesized, damaged or misfolded proteins and hydrolyse regulatory proteins that must be specifically removed or cleaved for cell (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604535 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5604535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513012&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FlwDxk4bDQHk%2Fnrmicro2727 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 7 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2727 Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes the origin and spread of an amphibian assassin, turning the tide against HIV, and chicken pox-infected lollipops. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513012 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513010&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FoqWm7oiDlgk%2Fnrmicro2722 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 5 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2722 Author: Sheilagh Molloy A new study published in Nature Genetics reveals the parallel adaptive evolution of a bacterial pathogen during infection of humans and identifies new candidate pathogenicity genes. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513010 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513010 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513008&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FxuJkF2Oj5Iw%2Fnrmicro2718 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 4 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2718 Author: Andrew Jermy Sodalis glossinidius has adapted the PhoPQ two-component system to establish and maintain symbiosis with its tsetse fly host. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513008 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513008 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513007&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FHE24oAcET_s%2Fnrmicro2726 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 4 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2726 Author: Rachel David Zn is known to have antibacterial properties, although the mechanism by which it acts was unknown. Here, the authors have found that ZnII competes with MnII for binding to the Streptococcus pneumoniae protein PsaA, a solute-binding protein that transports Mn (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513007 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513006&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FIhlZ10tgwIE%2Fnrmicro2725 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 4 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2725 Author: Rachel David Social species of honey bees and bumble bees carry in their gut a species-poor bacterial community that is absent from solitary bee species. To examine the role of this gut microbiota, the authors raised worker bumble bees in a semisterile environment when they emerged from (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513006 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513006 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513005&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FXjRfjw6-s2Y%2Fnrmicro2724 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 4 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2724 Author: Rachel David Tetherin (also known as BST2) is known to inhibit the release of numerous enveloped viruses. Surprisingly, this study shows that, in the case of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), tetherin has a beneficial role for the virus, enhancing its entry into the host cell. Cells induced to (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513005 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513005 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513004&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FdhCIhDstsmE%2Fnrmicro2723 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 3 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2723 Author: Sheilagh Molloy P. gingivalis can be viewed as a keystone pathogen owing to its disproportionately large impact on a microbial community relative to its abundance. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513004 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513004 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513002&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F04oHu2iFSM8%2Fnrmicro2721 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 2 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2721 Author: Andrew Jermy Two papers provide insight into the roles of the stringent response and H2S in mediating antibiotic tolerance in genetically susceptible bacteria. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513002 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513002 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513001&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FZt1REcBef38%2Fnrmicro2728 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 1 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2728 Reaching the landmark of our one hundredth issue gives us the perfect opportunity to look back at the issues highlighted in our very first Editorial and assess how relevant they are today. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513001 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513001 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604536&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F6gjziddbgYU%2Fnrmicro2711 Authors: Neil A. R. Gow, Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Alistair J. P. Brown & Mihai G. Netea Candida albicans is a common fungal pathogen of humans that colonizes the skin and mucosal surfaces of most healthy individuals. Until recently, little was known about the mechanisms by which mucosal antifungal defences tolerate colonizing C. albicans but react strongly when hyphae of (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604536 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5604536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513020&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F29D8ImUQ_Jc%2Fnrmicro2676-c2 Authors: Mart Krupovic & Virginija Cvirkaite-Krupovic In response to our Comment (Virophages or satellite viruses? Nature Rev. Microbiol.9 762–763 (2011)) regarding the place of the so-called virophages in the viral world, Matthias Fischer puts forth two arguments that, in his opinion, distinguish virophages from classical satellite (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513020 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513019&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FOa6IBsyTKuA%2Fnrmicro2676-c1 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 78 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2676-c1 Author: Matthias G. Fischer In a recent Comment (Virophages or satellite viruses? Nature Rev. Microbiol.9 762–763 (2011)), Krupovic and Cvirkaite-Krupovic discuss the classification of the virophages Sputnik and Mavirus — viral parasites of Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV) and Cafeteria roenbergensis virus (CroV), (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513019 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513019 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513017&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FATGWC3x7cFs%2Fnrmicro2675 Authors: Etienne Decroly, François Ferron, Julien Lescar & Bruno Canard In the eukaryotic cell, capping of mRNA 5′ ends is an essential structural modification that allows efficient mRNA translation, directs pre-mRNA splicing and mRNA export from the nucleus, limits mRNA degradation by cellular 5′–3′ exonucleases and allows recognition of foreign RNAs (including viral transcripts) as (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513017 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513017 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513011&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FQBsXLpFPdpk%2Fnrmicro2716 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 6 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2716 Author: Tim Downing This month's Genome Watch highlights new perspectives on polygenic adaptation and its consequences for fitness in microbial populations. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513011 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513009&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FL5hSIL1Q1UU%2Fnrmicro2719 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 4 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2719 Author: Rachel David Long-chained S. pneumoniae is more susceptible to complement-mediated killing. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513009 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513016&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FHgORIRyXOe4%2Fnrmicro2695 Authors: Diane McDougald, Scott A. Rice, Nicolas Barraud, Peter D. Steinberg & Staffan Kjelleberg In most environments, bacteria reside primarily in biofilms, which are social consortia of cells that are embedded in an extracellular matrix and undergo developmental programmes resulting in a predictable biofilm 'life cycle'. Recent research on many different bacterial species has now shown that the final (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513016 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513016 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513003&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F22Wn-PNQ38g%2Fnrmicro2715 Nature Reviews Microbiology 10, 3 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2715 Author: Christiaan van Ooij The erythrocyte surface protein basigin is identified as the receptor for Rh5 using a large-scale screen, and probably mediates invasion of all Plasmodium falciparum strains. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513003 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513018&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F5OBfNhCROAM%2Fnrmicro2690 Authors: Peter A. Bron, Peter van Baarlen & Michiel Kleerebezem Probiotic bacteria can modulate immune responses in the host gastrointestinal tract to promote health. The genomics era has provided novel opportunities for the discovery and characterization of bacterial probiotic effector molecules that elicit specific responses in the intestinal system. Furthermore, nutrigenomic analyses of the response (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513018 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418566&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Fm51hpqwogOk%2Fnrmicro2702 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 837 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2702 Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes a vaccine against trachoma, a European filovirus and a potential infectious agent for colon cancer. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418566 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418566 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418565&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Fudngoy8X4PQ%2Fnrmicro2694 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 836 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2694 Author: Magdalena Zarowiecki This month's Genome Watch reviews a series of recent papers that describes horizontal gene transfer from microorganisms to nematodes. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418565 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418564&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FWc_5d4qpc6I%2Fnrmicro2707 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 835 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2707 Author: Christiaan van Ooij Fifty years ago, Crick et al. revealed, using elegant microbiological techniques, that the codon consists of three nucleotides. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418564 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418562&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F2glvwx8oCq0%2Fnrmicro2703 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 834 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2703 Author: Sheilagh Molloy A new paper in Molecular Cell provides direct structural evidence for the importance of the parS sites in Caulobacter genome organization. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418562 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418561&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FJIL0OJdxgdc%2Fnrmicro2699 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 833 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2699 Author: Rachel David Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) is a bacterium mediated process that is responsible for the release of dinitrogen gas (N2) into the atmosphere; however, the molecular mechanism underlying this process was unknown. In silico studies of the bacterium 'Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis' (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418561 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418560&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F5i1RKj8-sKU%2Fnrmicro2698 This study reveals the mechanism by which the bacteria achieve this. Using the Wolbachia strain that infects (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418560 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418560 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418559&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Fn8kFapCmxas%2Fnrmicro2697 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 833 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2697 Author: Rachel David During symbiosis with the legume Medicago truncatula, the bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti differentiates into nitrogen-fixing bacteroides in nodules formed on the plant roots. This occurs through a process that requires the bacterial protein BacA and the plant NCR AMPs (nodule-specific Cys-rich antimicrobial peptides), although (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418559 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418559 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418558&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FmYuF8qNj5l4%2Fnrmicro2706 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 832 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2706 Author: Andrew Jermy A specific nuclear PML isoform functions in the host response to infection by sequestering the viral polymerase of an RNA virus for which replication takes place in the cytoplasm. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418558 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418558 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418557&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Fd3gaf6FLdUs%2Fnrmicro2705 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 832 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2705 Author: Sheilagh Molloy Ustilago maydis Cmu1 is a virulence factor that can move through plant cells, redirecting plant metabolic pathways to favour fungal infection. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418557 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418556&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FKqdFXwlF2Uo%2Fnrmicro2710 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 832 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2710 Author: Christiaan Van Ooij Bacterial effectors that are secreted into the host cell cytosol can induce a protective immune response, according to a new study. The authors found that cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1 (Cnf1), a uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) toxin that activates RHO GTPases, induces the production of (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418556 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418556 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418555&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F-nOrviUH-h8%2Fnrmicro2709 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 832 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2709 Author: Christiaan Van Ooij A new study using data from earlier work that had generated conflicting results now reveals that bacteria do indeed age, but aging and rejuvenation occur simultaneously. Aging appears to be related to inheritance of the old pole. When a bacterium divides, each progeny receives an (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418555 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418554&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FuH5Tv6Mghsw%2Fnrmicro2708 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 832 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2708 Author: Sheilagh Molloy The proposal that the Thaumarchaeota should be considered as a separate phylum within the Archaea, rather than a branch of the Crenarchaeota, has gained further support from the first analysis of the thaumarchaeal cell cycle. Pelve et al. used flow cytometry to investigate the (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418554 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418552&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FPzcEQ4BameY%2Fnrmicro2701 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 830 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2701 Microbiological processes have important roles in nearly all stages of food production. Therefore, microbiologists will be key players in making the improvements to food production that are required to feed the growing world population. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418552 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418551&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FYWSCHQGAGZM%2Fnrmicro2700 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 829 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2700 This year has seen some encouraging developments in vaccine research, including the recent early release of data from a Phase III trial of the RTS,S malaria vaccine, which showed modest but potentially valuable efficacy, and the development of IKEPLUS, a new candidate vaccine for tuberculosis. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418551 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418551 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513015&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FceOXv5SWwGI%2Fnrmicro2688 Authors: Kathleen A. McDonough & Ana Rodriguez All organisms must sense and respond to their external environments, and this signal transduction often involves second messengers such as cyclic nucleotides. One such nucleotide is cyclic AMP, a universal second messenger that is used by diverse forms of life, including mammals, fungi, protozoa and (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513015 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513015 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513014&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FPPo6mgsAz0E%2Fnrmicro2670 Authors: John P. McCutcheon & Nancy A. Moran Since 2006, numerous cases of bacterial symbionts with extraordinarily small genomes have been reported. These organisms represent independent lineages from diverse bacterial groups. They have diminutive gene sets that rival some mitochondria and chloroplasts in terms of gene numbers and lack genes that are considered (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513014 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5513014 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418563&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FWfrMwsItAI8%2Fnrmicro2704 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 834 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2704 Author: Andrew Jermy MazF can specifically upregulate the expression of a subset of cellular proteins against a background of protein synthesis shutdown. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418563 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418563 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418572&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FeJnaV08uyPM%2Fnrmicro2693 Authors: Karen Bush, Patrice Courvalin, Gautam Dantas, Julian Davies, Barry Eisenstein, Pentti Huovinen, George A. Jacoby, Roy Kishony, Barry N. Kreiswirth, Elizabeth Kutter, Stephen A. Lerner, Stuart Levy, Kim Lewis, Olga Lomovskaya, Jeffrey H. Miller, Shahriar Mobashery, Laura J. V. Piddock, Steven Projan, Christopher M. Thomas, Alexander Tomasz, Paul M. Tulkens, Timothy R. Walsh, James D. Watson, Jan Witkowski, Wolfgang Witte, Gerry Wright, Pamela Yeh & Helen I. Zgurskaya The development and spread of antibiotic resistance in bacteria is a universal threat to both humans and animals that is generally not preventable but can nevertheless be controlled, and it must be tackled in the most effective ways possible. To explore how the problem of (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418572 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5418572 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418570&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FcMwwEoAkxBo%2Fnrmicro2666 Authors: Adokiye Berepiki, Alexander Lichius & Nick D. Read Growth and morphogenesis of filamentous fungi is underpinned by dynamic reorganization and polarization of the actin cytoskeleton. Actin has crucial roles in exocytosis, endocytosis, organelle movement and cytokinesis in fungi, and these processes are coupled to the production of distinct higher-order structures (actin patches, cables (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418570 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5418570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418553&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FacMlB-XxRLE%2Fnrmicro2691 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 831 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2691 Author: Rachel David The gut microbiota can facilitate viral infection and transmission. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418553 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5418553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5513013&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FpVwD3VULy9M%2Fnrmicro2671 Authors: Ling Juan Wu & Jeff Errington The bacterial cell cycle requires the tight regulation and precise coordination of several sophisticated cellular processes. Prominent among them is the formation of the dividing wall or septum, which has to take place at the right time and place to ensure equality of the progeny (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5513013 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5513013 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418573&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FyTmGE0b4cnI%2Fnrmicro2689 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 896 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2689 Author: Irina S. Druzhinina, Verena Seidl-Seiboth, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella, Benjamin A. Horwitz, Charles M. Kenerley, Enrique Monte, Prasun K. Mukherjee, Susanne Zeilinger, Igor V. Grigoriev & Christian P. Kubicek Nature Reviews Microbiology9, 749–759 (2011)The authors wish to acknowledge that the work of B.A.H., C.M.K. and P.K.M. was supported in part by grant TB-8031-08 from the Texas Department of Agriculture, USA, and the US–Israel Binational Agricultural Research (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418573 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5418573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418567&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FzHwlkEsZ-FA%2Fnrmicro2669 Authors: Eyal Gur, Dvora Biran & Eliora Z. Ron Most bacteria live in a dynamic environment where temperature, availability of nutrients and the presence of various chemicals vary, which requires rapid adaptation. Many of the adaptive changes are determined by changes in the transcription of global regulatory networks, but this response is slow because (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418567 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5418567 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418569&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Ff2LnOgS6uZs%2Fnrmicro2655 Authors: Derek Walsh & Ian Mohr Viruses are fully reliant on the translation machinery of their host cells to produce the polypeptides that are essential for viral replication. Consequently, viruses recruit host ribosomes to translate viral mRNAs, typically using virally encoded functions to seize control of cellular translation factors and the (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418569 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5418569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321957&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F8a1els23MUw%2Fnrmicro2683 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 770 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2683 Our monthly round-up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes the Lasker Award for the discovery of artemisinin, the discovery of a new tick-borne disease and the development of a new tuberculosis vaccine. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321957 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321956&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FI74Ac4Ocrtk%2Fnrmicro2680 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 769 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2680 Author: Alejandro Sanchez-Flores This month's Genome Watch discusses the genome of the free-living amoeboflagellate protist Naegleria gruberi. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321956 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321955&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Faf_vdKrdStE%2Fnrmicro2684 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 768 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2684 Author: Sheilagh Molloy A recent paper identifies a new protein family involved in bacterial cell wall assembly. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321955 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321953&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FK3bkPqddPZg%2Fnrmicro2679 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 767 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2679 Author: Andrew Jermy Targetting virulence mechanisms rather than growth does not prevent resistance in bacterial pathogens. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321953 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321952&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Fl0EBl9mE4dg%2Fnrmicro2682 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 766 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2682 Author: Sheilagh Molloy A new paper reveals that HCMV can escape a neutralizing antibody by incorporating it into assembling virions. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321952 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321950&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F0xuMy7_-RAw%2Fnrmicro2687 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 766 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2687 Author: Andrew Jermy Foldit is a multiplayer online game in which non-specialist participants use three-dimensional problem-solving skills to manipulate protein structures in order to obtain the highest scoring (lowest-energy) model. Khatib et al. report that Foldit has been used to solve the structure of the retroviral protease (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321950 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321949&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F1EdxPF_pI5g%2Fnrmicro2686 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 766 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2686 Author: Andrew Jermy There is growing evidence that the intestinal microbiota interacts with the host central nervous system (CNS) to modify stress responses and anxiety behaviour; this is the so-called gut–brain axis. Bravo et al. now show that chronic treatment of mice with the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321949 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321948&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FEXCcFgJwWdU%2Fnrmicro2681 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 766 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2681 Author: Andrew Jermy RNA interference (RNAi) systems were lost from the ancestors of some species of yeast but not from the ancestors of others. The authors investigated the consequences of restoring a functional RNAi system to Saccharomyces cerevisiae by introducing the genes encoding Argonaute and Dicer. Introducing (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321948 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321947&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FJuDSarf1xEc%2Fnrmicro2678 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 765 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2678 Author: Andrew Jermy Two research groups have now identified NAIP proteins as substrate-specific receptors for the NLRC4 inflammasome. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321947 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321947 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321945&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FegX2KmCyLRc%2Fnrmicro2685 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 761 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2685 Much like researchers, microorganisms suffer from stress, one source of which is the ultraviolet (UV) radiation in sunlight. But, as discussed on page 791 by Gao and Garcia-Pichel, various microorganisms, including bacteria, have developed the means to protect themselves from UV stress through the (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321945 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321945 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418568&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FVyT3wFRl6es%2Fnrmicro2653 Authors: Andrew R. J. Curson, Jonathan D. Todd, Matthew J. Sullivan & Andrew W. B. Johnston The compatible solute dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) has important roles in marine environments. It is an anti-stress compound made by many single-celled plankton, some seaweeds and a few land plants that live by the shore. Furthermore, in the oceans it is a major source of carbon and (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418568 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5418568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321962&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FEMrlwxade_8%2Fnrmicro2667 Authors: J. Christian J. Ray, Jeffrey J. Tabor & Oleg A. Igoshin Information about the extra- or intracellular environment is often captured as biochemical signals that propagate through regulatory networks. These signals eventually drive phenotypic changes, typically by altering gene expression programmes in the cell. Reconstruction of transcriptional regulatory networks has given a compelling picture of bacterial (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321962 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321962 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321946&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FyFpjiwgsY4Q%2Fnrmicro2676 Authors: Mart Krupovic & Virginija Cvirkaite-Krupovic It has been argued that the smaller viruses associated with giant DNA viruses are a new biological entity. However, Mart Krupovic and Virginija Cvirkaite-Krupovic argue here that these smaller viruses should be classified with the satellite viruses. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321946 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321946 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418571&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F5qy1hE0zOdc%2Fnrmicro2668 Authors: Stanley A. Plotkin & Susan L. Plotkin The history of vaccine development has seen many accomplishments, but there are still many diseases that are difficult to target, and new technologies are being brought to bear on them. Past successes have been largely due to elicitation of protective antibodies based on predictions made (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418571 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5418571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321961&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FwDfjhXU0rmU%2Fnrmicro2652 Authors: Georg Fuchs, Matthias Boll & Johann Heider Aromatic compounds are both common growth substrates for microorganisms and prominent environmental pollutants. The crucial step in their degradation is overcoming the resonance energy that stabilizes the ring structure. The classical strategy for degradation comprises an attack by oxygenases that hydroxylate and finally cleave the (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321961 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321960&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FGf8luD-BjkM%2Fnrmicro2649 Authors: Qunjie Gao & Ferran Garcia-Pichel Exposure to the shortest wavelengths in sunlight, ultraviolet light, constitutes a deleterious ecological factor for many microorganisms. The use of secondary metabolites as sunscreens has emerged as an important photoprotective mechanism in certain groups of large-celled microorganisms, such as cyanobacteria, fungi and many protists. In (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321960 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321954&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Fh7khXzgOb_c%2Fnrmicro2672 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 768 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2672 Author: Rachel David Binding of α-haemolysin to ADAM10 leads to epithelial barrier disruption during S. aureus infection. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321954 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321951&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FKs2xk1t1Yvo%2Fnrmicro2674 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 766 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2674 Author: Christiaan van Ooij The genome sequence and subsequent transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of the fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora provide insight into the carnivorous lifestyle of such nematophagous fungi. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321951 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321958&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F9wbTcPwwwIk%2Fnrmicro2650 Authors: David W. Colby & Stanley B. Prusiner Prions are self-replicating proteins that can cause neurodegenerative disorders such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (also known as mad cow disease). Aberrant conformations of prion proteins accumulate in the central nervous system, causing spongiform changes in the brain and eventually death. Since the inception of the (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321958 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5321959&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FjLeFiP3zank%2Fnrmicro2651 Authors: Yoshihiro Yamaguchi & Masayori Inouye Escherichia coli K-12 contains at least 36 toxin genes, the expression of which causes growth inhibition and eventual death. These toxins are usually co-expressed with their cognate antitoxins in operons called toxin–antitoxin (TA) modules. Under normal growth conditions, toxins and antitoxins form stable complexes. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5321959 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5321959 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234298&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FVtjKWmHEedM%2Fnrmicro2637 Authors: Irina S. Druzhinina, Verena Seidl-Seiboth, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella, Benjamin A. Horwitz, Charles M. Kenerley, Enrique Monte, Prasun K. Mukherjee, Susanne Zeilinger, Igor V. Grigoriev & Christian P. Kubicek Trichoderma is a genus of common filamentous fungi that display a remarkable range of lifestyles and interactions with other fungi, animals and plants. Because of their ability to antagonize plant-pathogenic fungi and to stimulate plant growth and defence responses, some Trichoderma strains are (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234298 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234298 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234296&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FY3c_Piv5OM8%2Fnrmicro2648 Authors: Jason N. Cole, Timothy C. Barnett, Victor Nizet & Mark J. Walker Streptococcus pyogenes is also known as group A Streptococcus (GAS) and is an important human pathogen that causes considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. The GAS serotype M1T1 clone is the most frequently isolated serotype from life-threatening invasive (at a sterile site) infections, such (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234296 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234296 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234293&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FrBoW-pYs4h0%2Fnrmicro2658 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 702 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2658 Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes funding for new antimalarial approaches, an infectious trigger for narcolepsy and mapping the spread of cholera. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234293 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234293 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234292&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F7-qnMCfacls%2Fnrmicro2662 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 701 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2662 Author: Lia Chappell This month, Genome Watch describes a new technique for single-cell transcriptomics that will allow the measurement of variations in transcript levels within a population. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234292 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234291&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F6zqchpuIAuI%2Fnrmicro2659 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 700 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2659 Author: Sheilagh Molloy Calprotectin enhances host killing of Staphylococcus aureus by inhibiting the ability of the bacterium to respond to the neutrophil oxidative burst. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234291 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234291 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234288&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F4O8nuwk9Z3s%2Fnrmicro2661 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 698 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2661 Author: Christiaan van Ooij The formation of bacterial communities appears to be driven by the protein functions that are present, not the nature of the bacteria themselves. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234288 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234286&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Fg2iJc6DoAVo%2Fnrmicro2663 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 698 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2663 Microbial ecologyDefining seasonal marine microbial community dynamicsGilbert, J. A.et al. ISME J.18 Aug 2011 (doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.107)The past 5 years have seen an explosion in the amount of data describing the diversity of microbial communities in a (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234286 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234284&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F4nk8Kdi4OWA%2Fnrmicro2665 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 696 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2665 It is time that the tremendous contribution made by Carl Woese to microbiology, medicine and biology as a whole is rewarded by the Nobel committee. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234284 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234283&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FdyIKn_xO4MM%2Fnrmicro2664 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 695 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2664 The contrast between light and dark is a powerful metaphor in art and literature, and this contrast is no less relevant to the field of microbiology. As well as being an energy source, light is a very important signal that can provide valuable information about (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234283 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234283 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234289&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F6QwDGfNQCP0%2Fnrmicro2660 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 699 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2660 Author: Andrew Jermy An engineered Escherichia coli strain that specifically targets Pseudomonas aeruginosa. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234289 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234289 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234294&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FFU3gbDS1XdM%2Fnrmicro2647 Authors: Katrina J. Edwards, C. Geoffrey Wheat & Jason B. Sylvan Exploration of the microbiology in igneous, 'hard rock' oceanic crust represents a major scientific frontier. The igneous crust harbours the largest aquifer system on Earth, most of which is hydrologically active, resulting in a substantial exchange of fluids, chemicals and microorganisms between oceanic basins and (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234294 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234294 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234290&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FZFJE4wJBilM%2Fnrmicro2654 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 700 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2654 Author: Cesar Sanchez The pili of Geobacter sulfurreducens conduct electricity across long distances in a similar way to the synthetic organic polymers that are commonly used in the electronics industry. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234290 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234290 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234287&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FiGMh8T2MOMY%2Fnrmicro2656 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 698 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2656 Author: Joanna E. Huddleston Plants and fungi can detect the most cooperative partners and reward them with more nutrients. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234287 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234285&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FxansGK6Y6qI%2Fnrmicro2657 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 697 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2657 Author: Andrew Jermy Translation of the type III secretion system effector SptP is regulated by the ongoing translation of its cognate chaperone, SicP. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234285 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234297&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FM2POFl6T5-Q%2Fnrmicro2636 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 737 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2636 Author: Peter E. Sudbery The fungus Candida albicans is often a benign member of the mucosal flora; however, it commonly causes mucosal disease with substantial morbidity and in vulnerable patients it causes life-threatening bloodstream infections. A striking feature of its biology is its ability to grow in yeast, (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234297 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234297 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124706&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Fc2iY4Iv1yM0%2Fnrmicro2620 Authors: Marc Güell, Eva Yus, Maria Lluch-Senar & Luis Serrano Over the past 3 years, bacterial transcriptomics has undergone a massive revolution. Increased sequencing capacity and novel tools have made it possible to explore the bacterial transcriptome to an unprecedented depth, which has revealed that the transcriptome is more complex and dynamic than expected. Alternative (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124706 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124706 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124705&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FegfRJT8vjHY%2Fnrmicro2632 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 647 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2632 Author: Sherwood R. Casjens Tailed bacteriophages use nanomotors, or molecular machines that convert chemical energy into physical movement of molecules, to insert their double-stranded DNA genomes into virus particles. These viral nanomotors are powered by ATP hydrolysis and pump the DNA into a preformed protein container called a procapsid. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124705 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124705 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124703&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FTccrL-2LNSQ%2Fnrmicro2646 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 634 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2646 Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes the use of Twitter to track public health, a call to ban tuberculosis blood tests, genetically modified organisms to fight HIV, and the outbreak of Escherichia coli in Germany. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124703 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124702&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FZ8Ep-V0SSR8%2Fnrmicro2638 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 633 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2638 Author: Thomas D. Otto This month's Genome Watch describes the impact of next-generation sequencing on the 'real-time' analysis of pathogen genomes during outbreaks. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124702 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124701&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FjuUBKKV73fw%2Fnrmicro2640 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 632 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2640 Author: Joanna E. Huddleston Tse1 and Tse3 of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type VI secretion system degrade the peptidoglycan of other bacteria. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124701 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124699&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FDNB77PUFVjc%2Fnrmicro2639 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 631 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2639 Author: Andrew Jermy Identification of a highly stable hyperthermophilic archaeal cellulase that can degrade cellulosic material at temperatures above 100 °C (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124699 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124699 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124698&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FzD9spbVROAA%2Fnrmicro2641 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 630 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2641 Author: Cesar Sanchez A 7,000-year record of the population dynamics of a single-celled alga and its viruses has been reconstructed from ancient DNA extracted from marine sediments. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124698 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124698 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124696&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F-1Y5X5WEL9o%2Fnrmicro2643 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 630 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2643 ImmunologyA neutralizing antibody selected from plasma cells that binds to group 1 and group 2 influenza A hemagglutininsCorti, D.et al. Science28 Jul 2011 (10.1126/science.1205669)The influenza virus protein haemagglutinin is responsible for viral adherence to and (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124696 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124695&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FJcAm4HAHbM4%2Fnrmicro2642 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 629 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2642 Author: Christiaan van Ooij Two articles decribe fungal effectors that change the transcriptional response of the host plant to promote the establishment of a symbiotic relationship. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124695 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124694&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FD_M6MDPSySE%2Fnrmicro2644 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 628 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2644 The scale of life in the microbial world is such that amazing numbers become commonplace. These numbers can be sources of inspiration for those in the field and used to inspire awe in the next generation of microbiologists. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124694 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124693&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FroTvtUyQ-nc%2Fnrmicro2645 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 627 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2645 The field of bacterial transcriptomics has been revolutionized in the past few years by the technological advances that have been made in sequencing capacity and by the tools that have become available for analysis. As described by Serrano and colleagues on page 658, these (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124693 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124693 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5234295&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F93MncATm02Q%2Fnrmicro2622 Authors: Julien Herrou & Sean Crosson LOV (light, oxygen or voltage) domains are protein photosensors that are conserved in bacteria, archaea, plants and fungi, and detect blue light via a flavin cofactor. LOV domains are present in both chemotrophic and phototrophic bacterial species, in which they are found amino-terminally of signalling (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5234295 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5234295 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124708&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FBqFkmxhjT24%2Fnrmicro2634 Authors: Jeramie D. Watrous & Pieter C. Dorrestein Imaging mass spectrometry tools allow the two-dimensional visualization of the distribution of trace metals, metabolites, surface lipids, peptides and proteins directly from biological samples without the need for chemical tagging or antibodies, and are becoming increasingly useful for microbiology applications. These tools, comprising different imaging (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124708 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124708 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124707&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FjIJnzahL9Vs%2Fnrmicro2624 Authors: Evelyn M. Molloy, Paul D. Cotter, Colin Hill, Douglas A. Mitchell & R. Paul Ross Streptolysin S (SLS) is a potent cytolytic toxin and virulence factor that is produced by nearly all Streptococcus pyogenes strains. Despite a 100-year history of research on this toxin, it has only recently been established that SLS is just one of an extended family (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124707 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124707 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124700&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FlYu-WaNOEZE%2Fnrmicro2635 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 632 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2635 Author: Lucie Wootton A natural aphid predator is guided to its prey by volatiles produced by a prey-associated bacterium. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124700 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124704&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FsEikr4BWD9M%2Fnrmicro2602 Authors: Hyeilin Ham, Anju Sreelatha & Kim Orth Bacterial pathogens interact with host membranes to trigger a wide range of cellular processes during the course of infection. These processes include alterations to the dynamics between the plasma membrane and the actin cytoskeleton, and subversion of the membrane-associated pathways involved in vesicle trafficking. Such (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124704 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124704 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5124697&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Fber-xFRRvVM%2Fnrmicro2633 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 630 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2633 Author: Cesar Sanchez A class of adhesins is used by several Gram-negative pathogens to mediate the initial interaction with host cells. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5124697 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5124697 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035701&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FwLSEFzarcvA%2Fnrmicro2615 Authors: Jörg Vogel & Ben F. Luisi Hfq is an RNA-binding protein that is common to diverse bacterial lineages and has key roles in the control of gene expression. By facilitating the pairing of small RNAs with their target mRNAs, Hfq affects the translation and turnover rates of specific transcripts and contributes (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035701 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:14:34 +0100 5035701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035700&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Fbcb529RuYkY%2Fnrmicro2612 Authors: Peter Lenz & Lotte Søgaard-Andersen Oscillations pervade biological systems at all scales. In bacteria, oscillations control fundamental processes, including gene expression, cell cycle progression, cell division, DNA segregation and cell polarity. Oscillations are generated by biochemical oscillators that incorporate the periodic variation in a parameter over time to generate an (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035700 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:14:34 +0100 5035700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035699&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FBNwyjwx0EaI%2Fnrmicro2630 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 564 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2630 Our monthly round-up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes bacteria on the beach, good news about the HPV vaccine, copper in intensive care units and a scarlet fever outbreak in Hong Kong. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035699 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:14:34 +0100 5035699 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035696&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F2rMl0RaC45c%2Fnrmicro2627 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 562 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2627 Author: Cesar Sanchez Gaseous ammonia produced by bacteria works as an airborne signal to modulate antibiotic resistance and oxidative stress responses in other bacteria. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035696 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:14:33 +0100 5035696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035694&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FxcHzOX9nmNI%2Fnrmicro2625 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 561 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2625 VirologyA genetically humanized mouse model for hepatitis C virus infectionDorner, M.et al. Nature474, 208–211 (2011)Dorner et al. have developed the first humanized mouse model, with a normal immune system, that can (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035694 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:14:33 +0100 5035694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035693&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FUcXlkiY1f28%2Fnrmicro2626 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 560 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2626 Author: Joanna E. Huddleston The increased virulence of Leishmania amazonsis compared with Leishmania major may result from the ability of L. amazonensis to induce the macrophage inhibitor CD200. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035693 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:14:33 +0100 5035693 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035691&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Flh1Mk3quvGk%2Fnrmicro2628 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 559 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2628 Author: Christiaan van Ooij The antiviral response in macrophages promotes a heightened antibacterial response that can lead to increased mortality. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035691 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:14:33 +0100 5035691 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035690&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FimHDtUVv3aw%2Fnrmicro2631 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 558 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2631 The response from the scientific community to two recent controversies has shown that although scientific progress is not always linear, the right answer will emerge in the end. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035690 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:14:33 +0100 5035690 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035689&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FxO5UT9Ta1LA%2Fnrmicro2629 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 557 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2629 We all know that change is an inevitable part of life, and this applies to microorganisms too. For example, temporal and spatial oscillations control numerous fundamental processes in bacteria, including gene expression, cell cycle progression, cell division, DNA segregation and cell polarity. Lenz and Søgaard-Andersen (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035689 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:14:32 +0100 5035689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035703&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FrHL9nLNze4I%2Fnrmicro2608 Authors: Paul Kaye & Phillip Scott Leishmania is a genus of protozoan parasites that are transmitted by the bite of phlebotomine sandflies and give rise to a range of diseases (collectively known as leishmaniases) that affect over 150 million people worldwide. Cellular immune mechanisms have a major role in the (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035703 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5035703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035702&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FeJH_5sIa3Fk%2Fnrmicro2613 Authors: Rafael A. Medina & Adolfo García-Sastre Influenza A viruses are zoonotic pathogens that continuously circulate and change in several animal hosts, including birds, pigs, horses and humans. The emergence of novel virus strains that are capable of causing human epidemics or pandemics is a serious possibility. Here, we discuss the value (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035702 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5035702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035697&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FX_jNt2CdzbA%2Fnrmicro2623 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 563 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2623 Author: Isheng J. Tsai This month's Genome Watch describes how the large size of the mimiviral genome is a result of the sympatric lifestyle of mimivirus in host amoebae. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035697 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5035697 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035704&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FwFb1lIKxDzs%2Fnrmicro2614 Authors: Etienne Simon-Loriere & Edward C. Holmes Recombination occurs in many RNA viruses and can be of major evolutionary significance. However, rates of recombination vary dramatically among RNA viruses, which can range from clonal to highly recombinogenic. Here, we review the factors that might explain this variation in recombination frequency and show (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035704 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5035704 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035692&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FEYBcuXXqiIs%2Fnrmicro2621 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 560 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2621 Author: Andrew Jermy MreB forms discrete patches that move circumferentially around the cell driven by the peptidoglycan elongation machinery. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035692 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5035692 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035705&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FaUzZdOE1e98%2Fnrmicro2619 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 626 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2619 Author: Elizabeth A. Grice & Julia A. Segre Nature Reviews Microbiology9, 244–253 (2011)It has been brought to our attention that in Fig. 1 of the original article the morphology and localization of the Demodex mites were not accurate. We have corrected the figure to (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035705 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5035705 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035695&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FgXuavHYjs1U%2Fnrmicro2618 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 562 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2618 Author: Cesar Sanchez Some betaproteobacteria form proteinaceous tubular structures for long-distance delivery of outer membrane vesicles. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035695 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5035695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5035698&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FZLUr_UXsgXE%2Fnrmicro2617 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 564 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2617 Nature Reviews Microbiology9, 486 (2011)In this Disease Watch, our statement that the strain responsible for the enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) outbreak "is a rare strain that has never before been found in humans" was incorrect. It was initially (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5035698 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5035698 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932898&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FbnpVLpcRdws%2Fnrmicro2596 Authors: Juan Martin-Serrano & Stuart J. D. Neil The plasma membrane is the final barrier that enveloped viruses must cross during their egress from the infected cell. Here, we review recent insights into the cell biology of retroviral assembly and release; these insights have driven a new understanding of the host proteins, such (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932898 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932898 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932896&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FLi3is3KRrOg%2Fnrmicro2594 Authors: Jill A. Sohm, Eric A. Webb & Douglas G. Capone Biological N2 fixation is an important part of the marine nitrogen cycle as it provides a source of new nitrogen that can support biological carbon export and sequestration. Research in the past decade has focused on determining the patterns of distribution and abundance (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932896 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932896 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932895&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FXSi6B2xJTI4%2Fnrmicro2592 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 487 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2592 Author: Klaus Aktories Many bacterial pathogens produce protein toxins to outmanoeuvre the immune system of the host. Some of these proteins target regulatory GTPases such as those belonging to the RHO family, which control the actin cytoskeleton of the host cell. In this Review, I discuss a diversity (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932895 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932894&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FJcgX-hGuf3Y%2Fnrmicro2607 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 486 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2607 Our monthly round up of infectious diseases news, which this month includes the finding of a canine homologue of hepatitis C virus, new insights into how influenza exacerbates asthma, and an outbreak of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932894 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932893&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FK90mnQqOmaI%2Fnrmicro2603 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 485 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2603 Author: Alan Walker This month's Genome Watch reviews a recent article that demonstrates the use of single-cell genomics as a means of characterizing uncultivated microorganisms. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932893 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932892&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FaB9oEU8ATS4%2Fnrmicro2606 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 484 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2606 Author: Cesar Sanchez Proteins encoded by the clag3 genes of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum participate in nutrient uptake in infected erythrocytes. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932892 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932889&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FrJ293vYHAkQ%2Fnrmicro2601 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 482 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2601 Author: Andrew Jermy The addition of certain metabolites can enhance the killing of both Gram-negative and Gram-positive persisters by aminoglycosides. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932889 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932887&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FvAPMc6wpxVM%2Fnrmicro2610 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 482 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2610 Author: Joanna E. Huddleston Nature Reviews Microbiology9, 397 (2011); doi:10.1038/nrmicro2584In this Research highlight, our statement that this article revealed that “CALK phosphorylation ... is the first example of flagellar length being linked to a post-translational modification” was vague and possibly misleading. What (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932887 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932886&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Fa5_0IBwwOX4%2Fnrmicro2609 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 482 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2609 Author: Andrew Jermy Nature Reviews Microbiology9 398 (2011); doi:10.1038/nrmicro2579In this Research highlight, we omitted to mention an earlier publication that had shown similar results to the article discussed. We have now added the following reference to alert readers to this:We apologize to the authors (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932886 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932885&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FA5aMMM41f0c%2Fnrmicro2604 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 482 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2604 Applied microbiologyMetabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for direct production of 1,4-butanediolYim, H.et al. Nature Chem. Biol.22 May 2011 (doi:10.1038/nchembio.580)1,4-butanediol (BDO) is a commodity chemical used in the production of plastics, polyesters and spandex. BDO (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932885 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932885 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932883&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2F95yyF_aohek%2Fnrmicro2611 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 480 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2611 Microbiology has been a foundation of our investigation into the basic principles of life, but much remains to be discovered. Therefore, the focus on basic microbiology research cannot be lost. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932883 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932882&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FcTQcoBdtw0w%2Fnrmicro2605 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 479 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2605 Growth is a carefully orchestrated process in all organisms, involving many tightly regulated proteins, but it can also be affected by physical phenomena. For instance, in the case of fungi that form hyphae, the internal pressure (turgor) in the hyphal tip contributes to hyphal growth, (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932882 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932900&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FjeKjDvmaZHE%2Fnrmicro2593 We present evidence that prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) are more likely to transfer genetic material with their close relatives than with distantly related lineages. This bias (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932900 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932899&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FNvkzV5arNWE%2Fnrmicro2595 Authors: Nikos Vasilakis, Jane Cardosa, Kathryn A. Hanley, Edward C. Holmes & Scott C. Weaver The four dengue virus (DENV) serotypes that circulate among humans emerged independently from ancestral sylvatic progenitors that were present in non-human primates, following the establishment of human populations that were large and dense enough to support continuous inter-human transmission by mosquitoes. This ancestral sylvatic-DENV transmission (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932899 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932899 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932897&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FhV0lfwCTv40%2Fnrmicro2591 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 509 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2591 Author: Roger R. Lew The mechanisms underlying the growth of fungal hyphae are rooted in the physical property of cell pressure. Internal hydrostatic pressure (turgor) is one of the major forces driving the localized expansion at the hyphal tip which causes the characteristic filamentous shape of the hypha. Calcium (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932897 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932888&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FxCuro23OqNc%2Fnrmicro2600 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 482 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2600 Author: Joanna E. Huddleston Two papers show how small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) that are derived from Y-satellite RNAs can cause disease symptoms in plants. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932888 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932888 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932902&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Ff7qQvHM-wPE%2Fnrmicro2386-c5 Authors: Nianzhi Jiao, Gerhard J. Herndl, Dennis A. Hansell, Ronald Benner, Gerhard Kattner, Steven W. Wilhelm, David L. Kirchman, Markus G. Weinbauer, Tingwei Luo, Feng Chen & Farooq Azam We discuss below the correspondence relating to our Opinion article about the 'microbial carbon pump' (MCP) (Microbial production of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter: long-term carbon storage in the global ocean. Nature Rev. Microbiol.8, 593–599 (2010)), by Chen (Microbial carbon pump: additional (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932902 Mon, 30 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932902 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932901&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FqSnCU4i5Cmo%2Fnrmicro2386-c4 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 555 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2386-c4 Author: Chen-Tung Arthur Chen The framework concept of the microbial carbon pump (MCP) and the idea that it stores recalcitrant dissolved organic matter (RDOM) in deep oceans for millennia was first proposed by Jiao et al. (Microbial production of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter: long-term carbon storage in the (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932901 Mon, 30 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932891&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FqnToohGljD4%2Fnrmicro2597 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 484 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2597 Author: Andrew Jermy Trypanosoma cruzi subverts a membrane repair pathway to invade the host cell. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932891 Mon, 30 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932890&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FX7Np7JZsEi8%2Fnrmicro2598 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 483 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2598 Author: Cesar Sanchez A metabolite from pseudomonads contributes to protection of sugar beet plants against fungal infection in disease-suppressive soils. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932890 Mon, 30 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4932884&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2FrY3idDpRksw%2Fnrmicro2599 Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 481 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2599 Author: Christiaan van Ooij The inflammasome built around NLRP6 mediates an immune response that stabilizes a healthy gut microbiota. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4932884 Mon, 30 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4932884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828322&cid=s_32092_77_f&fid=32092&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.nature.com%2F%7Er%2Fnrmicro%2Frss%2Fcurrent%2F%7E3%2Ff_9xF2aH-Do%2Fnrmicro2575 Authors: Jizhong Zhou, Qiang He, Christopher L. Hemme, Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Kristina Hillesland, Aifen Zhou, Zhili He, Joy D. Van Nostrand, Terry C. Hazen, David A. Stahl, Judy D. Wall & Adam P. Arkin Sulphate-reducing microorganisms (SRMs) are a phylogenetically diverse group of anaerobes encompassing distinct physiologies with a broad ecological distribution. As SRMs have important roles in the biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and various metals, an understanding of how these organisms respond to environmental stresses is (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology) Nature Reviews Microbiology journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828322 Sun, 15 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4828322