Microbiology

The evolution of colistin resistance increases bacterial resistance to host antimicrobial peptides and virulence

1. Pramod K Jangir
2. Lois Ogunlana
3. Petra Szili
4. Marton Czikkely
5. Liam P Shaw
6. Emily J Stevens
7. Yang Yu
8. Qiue Yang
9. Yang Wang
10. Csaba Pál
11. Timothy R Walsh
12. Craig R MacLean

• Curated by eLife

  eLife assessment

  Antimicrobial peptides (AMP) are a class of antibiotics that are inspired by natural components of innate immunity, which raises the specter of bacteria becoming resistant to both. The author this important study test this idea and find compelling evidence that a plasmid that encodes resistance to the AMP colistin also increases resistance to AMPS produced by humans, pigs, and chickens, enables the bacteria to grow better in low levels of AMP, and increases bacterial virulence in an insect model of infection. The study will be of interest to both evolutionary biologists and microbiologists focused on antimicrobial therapy and suggests that the evolution of resistance to these compounds can have collateral effects on immune evasion as well.

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Cellulosic copper nanoparticles and a hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectant protect Vero E6 cells against infection by viral pseudotyped particles expressing SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV or MERS-CoV Spike protein

1. Ariane Brault
2. Raphael Néré
3. Jérôme Prados
4. Simon Boudreault
5. Martin Bisaillon
6. Patrick Marchand
7. Patrick Couture
8. Simon Labbé

Reviewed by ScreenIT

An Archaea-specific c-type cytochrome maturation machinery is crucial for methanogenesis in Methanosarcina acetivorans

1. Dinesh Gupta
2. Katie E Shalvarjian
3. Dipti D Nayak

• Curated by eLife

  Evaluation Summary:

  This paper will be of interest to scientists interested in archaea and the field of bioenergetics. Using a series of elegant experiments the authors show that that archaea have a streamlined and functional cytochrome c biogenesis machinery.

  (This preprint has been reviewed by eLife. We include the public reviews from the reviewers here; the authors also receive private feedback with suggested changes to the manuscript. Reviewer #1 and Reviewer #2 agreed to share their names with the authors.)

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Metabolic basis for the evolution of a common pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa variant

1. Dallas L Mould
2. Mirjana Stevanovic
3. Alix Ashare
4. Daniel Schultz
5. Deborah A Hogan

• Curated by eLife

  Evaluation Summary:

  This study aimed to identify the genetic foundation favoring selection of lasR mutants in laboratory and clinical isolates from persons with CF. They selected these mutants using a predictable and quantitative framework of evolution experiments and then identified their genetic underpinnings by a a suppressor screen. The role of cbrAB as a key intermediate is important and ties together several reports of nutrient-dependent advantages of lasR like phenylalanine.

  (This preprint has been reviewed by eLife. We include the public reviews from the reviewers here; the authors also receive private feedback with suggested changes to the manuscript. Reviewer #3 agreed to share their name with the authors.)

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Genomic features of Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis isolated from pigs in Japan

1. Tetsuya Komatsu
2. Kenji Ohya
3. Atsushi Ota
4. Yukiko Nishiuchi
5. Hirokazu Yano
6. Kayoko Matsuo
7. Justice Opare Odoi
8. Shota Suganuma
9. Kotaro Sawai
10. Akemi Hasebe
11. Tetsuo Asai
12. Tokuma Yanai
13. Hideto Fukushi
14. Takayuki Wada
15. Shiomi Yoshida
16. Toshihiro Ito
17. Kentaro Arikawa
18. Mikihiko Kawai
19. Manabu Ato
20. Anthony D Baughn
21. Tomotada Iwamoto
22. Fumito Maruyama

Reviewed by GigaByte

Efficient and stable metabarcoding sequencing from DNBSEQ-G400 sequencer examined by large fungal community analysis

1. Xiaohuan Sun
2. Jingjing Wang
3. Chao Fang
4. Jiguang Li
5. Mo Han
6. Xiaofang Wei
7. Haotian Zheng
8. Xiaoqing Luo
9. Meihua Gong
10. Liang Xiao
11. Yuehua Hu
12. Zewei Song

Reviewed by GigaByte

Linking gut microbiome to bone mineral density: a shotgun metagenomic dataset from 361 elderly women

1. Qi Wang
2. Qiang Sun
3. Xiaoping Li
4. Zhefeng Wang
5. Haotian Zheng
6. Yanmei Ju
7. Ruijin Guo
8. Songlin Peng
9. Huijue Jia

Reviewed by GigaByte

The female urinary microbiota in relation to the reproductive tract microbiota

1. Chen Chen
2. Lilan Hao
3. Weixia Wei
4. Fei Li
5. Liju Song
6. Xiaowei Zhang
7. Juanjuan Dai
8. Zhuye Jie
9. Jiandong Li
10. Xiaolei Song
11. Zirong Wang
12. Zhe Zhang
13. Liping Zeng
14. Hui Du
15. Huiru Tang
16. Tao Zhang
17. Huanming Yang
18. Jian Wang
19. Susanne Brix
20. Karsten Kristiansen
21. Xun Xu
22. Ruifang Wu
23. Huijue Jia

Reviewed by GigaByte

A potent SARS-CoV-2 antibody neutralizes Omicron variant by disassembling the spike trimer

1. Lei Sun
2. Wuqiang Zhan
3. Xiaolong Tian
4. Xiang Zhang
5. Shenghui Xing
6. Wenping Song
7. Qianying Liu
8. Aihua Hao
9. Yuxia Hu
10. Meng Zhang
11. Zhenguo Chen
12. Tianlei Ying
13. Fei Lan

Reviewed by ScreenIT

A MademoiseLLE domain binding platform links the key RNA transporter to endosomes

1. Senthil-Kumar Devan
2. Stephan Schott-Verdugo
3. Kira Müntjes
4. Lilli Bismar
5. Jens Reiners
6. Eymen Hachani
7. Lutz Schmitt
8. Astrid Höppner
9. Sander HJ Smits
10. Holger Gohlke
11. Michael Feldbrügge

Reviewed by Review Commons