Nuclease–NTPase antiphage defence systems use conserved molecular features to control bacterial immunity
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Plasmids promote antimicrobial resistance through insertion sequence-mediated gene inactivation
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Large-scale analysis of bacterial genomes reveals thousands of lytic phages
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STREAMS guidelines: standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated microbiome studies
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Structure-guided design of a synthetic bile acid that inhibits Clostridioides difficile TcdB toxin
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Exploring the concept of bacterial memory
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Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers
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Genome sequencing for prevention of health-care-associated bacterial infections
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Current and projected effects of climate change in cryosphere microbial ecosystems
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How nutrient starvation impacts the gut microbiome
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Polymyxin B lethality requires energy-dependent outer membrane disruption
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