Microbiology

Phenotypic heterogeneity in a batch culture of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with different light tolerances

1. Gaganpreet K. Gill
2. Dion G. Durnford

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Selenium protects Emiliania huxleyi algae from a bacterial pathogen by modulating oxidative stress

1. Roni Beiralas
2. Shira Ben-Asher
3. Einat Segev

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Systematic identification of Salmonella T6SS effectors uncovers diverse new families and lipid-targeting activities

1. Gianlucca G. Nicastro
2. Stephanie Sibinelli-Sousa
3. Julia T. Hespanhol
4. Thomas W. C. Santos
5. Joseph P. Munoz
6. Rosangela S. Santos
7. Blanca M. Perez-Sepulveda
8. Sayuri Miyamoto
9. L. Aravind
10. Robson F. de Souza
11. Ethel Bayer-Santos

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Genotypic Detection of Antibiotic-Resistant Genes in Emerging Bacterial Pathogens From Neonatal Sepsis Patients in Lagos

1. Helen Opeoluwa Adegboyega
2. Taiwo Abayomi Banjo
3. Anotu Mopelola Deji-Agboola
4. Bamidele Abiodun Iwalokun
5. Wasiu Bamidele Mutiu
6. Olubunmi Adetokunbo Osinupebi
7. Tessie Owolabi Shorunmu
8. Farouk Adedeji Oladoja
9. Oluwabunmi Motunrayo Fatungase
10. Muinat Moronke Adeyanju
11. Raheem Akinwunmi Akindele
12. Ponle Bamidele Fakunle
13. Ayobami Babatunde
14. Olusola Ajayi
15. Olufemi Onadeko
16. Abimbola Adeola Akintunde Oyelekan
17. Solomon Olubodunrin Ariyibi
18. Kolawole Sunday Oritogun
19. Emmanuel Sunday Omirin

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Secreted small RNAs of Naegleria fowleri are biomarkers for diagnosis of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis

1. A Cassiopeia Russell
2. Joseph Dainis
3. Jose Alexander
4. Ibne Karim M Ali
5. Dennis E Kyle

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  eLife Assessment

  The manuscript by Russell et al. investigates an important problem: the current lack of methods for early and accurate N. fowleri diagnosis, which is >95% fatal. The authors provide solid evidence that a small RNA secreted by N. fowleri is detectable in biological fluids like blood and urine in a mouse model, and is present in cerebrospinal fluid and blood for a limited number of patient samples. This could potentially help with earlier diagnosis, which could save lives.

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Structural insights into peptidoglycan hydrolysis by the FtsEX system in Escherichia coli during cell division

1. Jianwei Li
2. Yutong He
3. Xin Xu
4. Martin Alcorlo
5. Jian Shi
6. Souvik Naskar
7. Nicholas S Briggs
8. David I Roper
9. Juan A Hermoso
10. Lok-To Sham
11. Min Luo

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  eLife Assessment

  This is a potentially useful study that provides solid, yet confirmatory structural findings about the complex (FtsEX) that controls peptidoglycan remodeling during bacterial cell division. The authors capitalize on the fact that ATP binding stabilizes the FtsEX complex allowing structural characterization for this system. A model is then developed to explain ATP regulation but there is a gap between the model presented here and in vivo data reported previously.

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