Microbiology

Unraveling the gut microbiota of Tibetan chickens: insights into highland adaptation and ecological advantages

1. Tao Zeng
2. Yongqing Cao
3. Jianmei Yin
4. Peishi Feng
5. Yong Tian
6. Hanxue Sun
7. Tiantian Gu
8. Yibo Zong
9. Xueying Ma
10. Zelong Zhao
11. Li Chen
12. Wenwu Xu
13. Wei Han
14. Lizhi Lu

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Widespread Horizontal Gene Transfer Among Animal Viruses

1. Christopher B. Buck
2. Nicole Welch
3. Anna K. Belford
4. Arvind Varsani
5. Diana V. Pastrana
6. Michael J. Tisza
7. Gabriel J. Starrett

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  eLife assessment

  This study is a computational analysis using publicly available deep sequencing datasets and the findings support the models that propose widespread gene transfer amongst DNA viruses. The evidence supporting the claims of the authors is solid, but reproducing the analysis based only on the information as presented in the Materials and Methods would be difficult as the data are currently presented. A Flow chart that details the process would help. This is an almost entirely computational study without experimental evidence but one that has the potential to become a fundamental resource for virus hunters - an activity of increasing importance.

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Characterization of natural product inhibitors of quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa reveals competitive inhibition of RhlR by ortho -vanillin

1. Kathryn E. Woods
2. Sana Akhter
3. Blanca Rodriguez
4. Kade A. Townsend
5. Nathan Smith
6. Ben Smith
7. Alice Wambua
8. Vaughn Craddock
9. Rhea G. Abisado-Duque
10. Emma E. Santa
11. Daniel E. Manson
12. Berl R. Oakley
13. Lynn E. Hancock
14. Yinglong Miao
15. Helen E. Blackwell
16. Josephine R. Chandler

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Lytic bacteriophages interact with respiratory epithelial cells and induce the secretion of antiviral and proinflammatory cytokines

1. Paula F. Zamora
2. Thomas G. Reidy
3. Catherine R. Armbruster
4. Ming Sun
5. Daria Van Tyne
6. Paul E. Turner
7. Jonathan L. Koff
8. Jennifer M. Bomberger

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