Fungal Starship transposons for interspecies gene transfer
This Genome Watch article highlights how giant fungal Starship transposons may facilitate the horizontal transfer of smaller transposable…
Impacts of pollution on the soil microbiome
Rodríguez-Eugenio, N., McLaughlin, M. & Pennock, D. Soil Pollution: A Hidden Reality (FAO, 2018). Montanerella, L. et al.…
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
Dantas-Torres, F., Chomel, B. B.& Otranto, D. Ticks and tick-borne diseases: a One Health perspective. Trends Parasitol. 28,…
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…
Emergence of human pathogenic fungi in a changing climate
Weaver, A. K. et al. Estimating the exposure–response relationship between fine mineral dust concentration and coccidioidomycosis incidence using…
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…
Ciliate hydrogen organelles fuel rumen methanogenesis
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. Ruminants harbour a variety of microorganisms — bacteria,…
Next-generation probiotics: an outlook into current applications and future developments
Hill, C. et al. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and…
Nuclease–NTPase antiphage defence systems use conserved molecular features to control bacterial immunity
Roberts, R. J. et al. A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes. Nucleic…
Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes of HIV infection in pregnant women in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis | BMC Infectious Diseases
Esmaeili ED, Azizi H, Dastgiri S, Kalankesh LR. Does telehealth affect the adherence to ART among patients with…