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.…
what we do and don’t know
We are 23 of the 27 original members of the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel…
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…
Why is flu so bad this year? Highly mutated variant offers answers
A person is vaccinated against influenza, which is causing high numbers of illnesses and hospitalizations in the United…
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…
virologist whose enzyme discovery transformed understanding of cancer and HIV/AIDS
Credit: Christopher Michel (CC-BY-SA-4.0) The world has lost a giant of virology, molecular biology and science advocacy with…
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…
Industrial and agricultural chemicals exhibit antimicrobial activity against human gut bacteria in vitro
Comprehensive library of chemical contaminants To systematically assess the impact of chemical contaminants, we used a large library…