BA.3.2 COVID variant detected in 25 U.S. states by CDC – WSB-TV Channel 2
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a new COVID variant had emerged in the U.S. The…
Plasmids promote antimicrobial resistance through insertion sequence-mediated gene inactivation
Ho, C. S. et al. Antimicrobial resistance: a concise update. Lancet Microbe 6, 100947 (2025). Article PubMed Google…
Prediction of eukaryotic cellular complexity in Asgard archaea using structural modelling
Stanier, R. Y., Doudoroff, M. & Adelberg, E. A. The Microbial World (Prentice-Hall, 1963). Vosseberg, J. et al.…
A membrane-bound nuclease directly cleaves phage DNA during genome injection
Growth conditions and strains All the strains, phages, plasmids and oligonucleotides used in this study are listed in…
Newlywed dies from sepsis. What is it?
Sepsis is a life-threatening medical emergency that happens when a person’s body overreacts to an infection. It triggers…
Genome-wide association analyses highlight the role of the intestinal molecular environment in human gut microbiota variation
Ethical considerations The current study has been approved by the Swedish Ethical Review Authority (DNR 2022-06137-01, DNR 2024-01992-02).…
Effector–host interactome map links type III secretion systems in healthy gut microbiomes to immune modulation
Identification of T3SS+ strains and candidate effectors in culture collections and MAGs Reference genomes for Pseudomonadota strains isolated…
Approaches for accelerating microbial gene function discovery using artificial intelligence
Hutchison, C. A. I. et al. Design and synthesis of a minimal bacterial genome. Science 351, aad6253 (2016).…
Large-scale analysis of bacterial genomes reveals thousands of lytic phages
Identification of lytic phages in bacterial assemblies To identify complete lytic bacteriophage genome sequences within bacterial genome assemblies…
‘Fire amoeba’ survives in hotter conditions than any other complex cell
Hot springs at at Lassen Volcanic National Park in California, where the heat-tolerant amoeba was discovered.Credit: Kelly Vandellen/iStock…
STREAMS guidelines: standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated microbiome studies
New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM, USA Julia M. Kelliher Department of Microbiology, Genetics, and Immunology, Michigan State…
Nevada Health Centers and Javara seeking participants for clinical trial | Local News
Nevada Health Centers, a federal Qualified Community Health Center (QCHC), and Javara, a research organization, continue to bring…