Microbiology

Stationary-phase Pseudomonas aeruginosa fluoroquinolone persisters mostly avoid DNA double-stranded breaks

1. Patricia J. Hare
2. Juliet R. González
3. Wendy W. K. Mok

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Dark matter of an orchid: metagenome of the microbiome associated with the rhizosphere of Dactylorhiza traunsteineri

1. Gabriel A Vignolle
2. Leopold Zehetner
3. Christian Zimmerman
4. Domenico F Savio
5. Ovidiu Paun
6. Robert L Mach
7. Astrid R Mach-Aigner
8. Julien Charest

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  eLife Assessment

  This study presents a useful overview of the taxonomic composition of the microbiome associated with Dactylorhiza traunsteineri, a widely distributed orchid species in Central Europe. The evidence supporting the claims of the authors is incomplete, especially when it comes to the (secondary) metabolic pathways found in the metagenome assembled genomes, and requires more substantial analysis to be able to claim that these pathways play a key role in microbiome-orchid symbiosis.

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P-body formation is required for yeast proliferation in the phyllosphere

1. Fuka Sekioka
2. Kosuke Shiraishi
3. Miho Akagi
4. Akari Habata
5. Yumi Arima
6. Yasuyoshi Sakai
7. Hiroya Yurimoto

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  eLife Assessment

  This valuable study investigates the role of P-bodies in yeast proliferation and mRNA regulation within the phyllosphere, proposing that P-body assembly contributes to methanol metabolism and stress adaptation. The findings are of interest to researchers studying post-transcriptional gene regulation and microbial ecology in plants. However, the evidence is incomplete, as most experiments were performed under artificial conditions, relied on limited genetic validation, and were supported primarily by qualitative or low-resolution imaging.

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SARS-CoV-2 infection of human pluripotent stem cell-derived vascular cells reveals smooth muscle cells as key mediators of vascular pathology during infection

1. Alexsia Richards
2. Andrew Khalil
3. Max Friesen
4. Troy W. Whitfield
5. Xinlei Gao
6. Tenzin Lungjangwa
7. Roger Kamm
8. Zhengpeng Wan
9. Lee Gehrke
10. David Mooney
11. Rudolf Jaenisch

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Dynamics of the viral community on the surface of a French smear-ripened cheese during maturation and persistence across production years

1. Thomas Paillet
2. Quentin Lamy-Besnier
3. Clarisse Figueroa
4. Marie-Agnès Petit
5. Eric Dugat-Bony

Reviewed by Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases, Arcadia Science

SARS-CoV-2 infects neurons, astrocytes, choroid plexus epithelial cells and pericytes of the human central nervous system

1. Ruth Haverty
2. Janet McCormack
3. Christopher Evans
4. Kevin Purves
5. Sophie O’Reilly
6. Virginie Gautier
7. Keith Rochfort
8. Aurelie Fabre
9. Nicola F. Fletcher

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The Spx stress regulator confers high-level β-lactam resistance and decreases susceptibility to last-line antibiotics in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

1. Tobias Krogh Nielsen
2. Ida Birkjær Petersen
3. Lijuan Xu
4. Maria Disen Barbuti
5. Viktor Mebus
6. Anni Justh
7. Abdulelah Ahmed Alqarzaee
8. Nicolas Jacques
9. Cécile Oury
10. Vinai Thomas
11. Morten Kjos
12. Camilla Henriksen
13. Dorte Frees

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Restriction of Arginine Induces Antibiotic Tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus

1. Jeffrey A. Freiberg
2. Valeria M. Reyes Ruiz
3. Erin R. Green
4. Eric P. Skaar

Reviewed by PREreview, Rapid Reviews Infectious Diseases

Characterization of an EG.5.1 clinical isolate in vitro and in vivo

1. Ryuta Uraki
2. Maki Kiso
3. Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto
4. Seiya Yamayoshi
5. Mutsumi Ito
6. Shiho Chiba
7. Yuko Sakai-Tagawa
8. Masaki Imai
9. Yukie Kashima
10. Michiko Koga
11. Noriko Fuwa
12. Nobumasa Okumura
13. Masayuki Hojo
14. Noriko Iwamoto
15. Hideaki Kato
16. Hideaki Nakajima
17. Norio Ohmagari
18. Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi
19. Yutaka Suzuki
20. Yoshihiro Kawaoka

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