Impacts of pollution on the soil microbiome
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Mapping in-cell protein contact sites reveals hijacking of paraspeckles during influenza A virus infection
Immortalized cell lines Human A549 (86012804; ECACC) and HEK293T (CRL-3216; ATCC) cells were cultured in DMEM (11960044; Gibco)…
Genomic and evolutionary basis of parthenogenesis in a disease-vector tick species
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New battery-powered device detects Bundibugyo Ebola virus in thirty minutes
Professor Yasutoshi Kido of the Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU), in collaboration with K.K. DNAFORM…
Voices of microbiome researchers in an artificial intelligence era
Competing interests The Global Grants for Gut Health (GGGH) Colloquium comprises researchers who have been selected as GGGH…
A phage puts a new spin on bacterial flagella
Transposon-encoded TnpB proteins are RNA-guided nucleases that use a transposon-encoded guide RNA to cleave DNA target sequences, promoting…
Infection cycles of viruses of the phylum Nucleocytoviricota
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Next-generation probiotics: an outlook into current applications and future developments
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Nuclease–NTPase antiphage defence systems use conserved molecular features to control bacterial immunity
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Identification of transporter-dependent capsular loci associated with the invasive potential of Escherichia coli
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Phenogenomics reveals the ecology and evolution of Trichoderma fungi for sustainable agriculture
Trichoderma diversification coincides with angiosperm rainforest dynamics We analysed 37 strains spanning taxonomic, ecological and applied diversity of…
Fungal commensal promotes intestinal repair via its secreted peptide in mice
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