Microbiology

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is more stable than the ancestral strain on various surfaces

1. Alex Wing Hong Chin
2. Alison Man Yuk Lai
3. Malik Peiris
4. Leo Lit Man Poon

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Extensive neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 variants elicited by Omicron-specific subunit vaccine booster

1. Pai Peng
2. Chengqian Feng
3. Jie Hu
4. Chang-long He
5. Hai-jun Deng
6. Qinghong Fan
7. Jin Xiang
8. Guofang Tang
9. Mengling Jiang
10. Fengyu Hu
11. Feng Li
12. Kai Wang
13. Ni Tang
14. Xiaoping Tang
15. Ai-long Huang

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Amoxicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae can be resensitized by targeting the mevalonate pathway as indicated by sCRilecs-seq

1. Liselot Dewachter
2. Julien Dénéréaz
3. Xue Liu
4. Vincent de Bakker
5. Charlotte Costa
6. Mara Baldry
7. Jean-Claude Sirard
8. Jan-Willem Veening

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  Evaluation Summary:

  Three experts in the field reviewed this manuscript from slightly different perspectives. All three reviewers are generally positive about this interesting, well-presented paper and think that it leads to several advances in the field. However, the reviewers also think changes can be made that would considerably strengthen the current version and its impact. Specific modifications have been requested to improve analysis of the screening data, to discuss hits besides the mevalonate pathway that increase Streptococcus pneumoniae cell length and shape, to clarify some issues about how mevalonate depletion changes pneumococcal cell shape and peptidoglycan synthesis, and to provide more context for clomiphene potentiation of amoxicillin killing of Streptococcus pneumoniae in comparison to previously published results in Staphylococcus aureus.

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Geneticin shows selective antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 by interfering with programmed −1 ribosomal frameshifting

1. Carmine Varricchio
2. Gregory Mathez
3. Trestan Pillonel
4. Claire Bertelli
5. Laurent Kaiser
6. Caroline Tapparel
7. Andrea Brancale
8. Valeria Cagno

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SARS-CoV-2 Spike evolution influences GBP and IFITM sensitivity

1. Dejan Mesner
2. Ann-Kathrin Reuschl
3. Matthew V.X Whelan
4. Taylor Bronzovich
5. Tafhima Haider
6. Lucy G. Thorne
7. Greg J. Towers
8. Clare Jolly

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Crippled Coronavirus: 5’-PolyU targeted Oligo prevents development of infectious Virions

1. Hemayet Ullah
2. Saadyah Averick
3. Qiyi Tang

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A mechanistic understanding of the modes of Ca ion binding to the SARS-CoV-1 fusion peptide and their role in the dynamics of host membrane penetration

1. Juliana Debrito Carten
2. George Khelashvili
3. Miya K. Bidon
4. Marco R. Straus
5. Tiffany Tang
6. Javier A. Jaimes
7. Harel Weinstein
8. Gary R. Whittaker
9. Susan Daniel

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Microevolution of Trypanosoma cruzi reveals hybridization and clonal mechanisms driving rapid genome diversification

1. Gabriel Machado Matos
2. Michael D Lewis
3. Carlos Talavera-López
4. Matthew Yeo
5. Edmundo C Grisard
6. Louisa A Messenger
7. Michael A Miles
8. Björn Andersson

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  Evaluation Summary:

  In this paper the authors dissect the across-the-genome consequences of sexual recombination in Trypanosoma cruzi. It summarises an extensive piece of work, which includes a 5-year in vitro growing of parasites and relatively rigorous genome analyses. It will be of interest to microbiologists working on microbes with cryptic or parasexual modes of genetic exchange.

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Impact of a human gut microbe on Vibrio cholerae host colonization through biofilm enhancement

1. Kelsey Barrasso
2. Denise Chac
3. Meti D Debela
4. Catherine Geigel
5. Anjali Steenhaut
6. Abigail Rivera Seda
7. Chelsea N Dunmire
8. Jason B Harris
9. Regina C Larocque
10. Firas S Midani
11. Firdausi Qadri
12. Jing Yan
13. Ana A Weil
14. Wai-Leung Ng

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  Evaluation Summary:

  In this work, the authors study the previously reported positive association between the presence of the gut bacterium Paracoccus aminovorans and Vibrio cholerae during infection. They describe and image dual species-biofilm formed in vitro as well as enhanced V. cholerae gut colonization in the presence of P. aminovorans in a neonatal mouse model. Collectively, the authors conclude that P. aminovorans enhances biofilm formation by Vc, which could explain the increased susceptibility of P. aminovorans-containing humans in cholera endemic areas.

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Determining the Optimal SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Dosing Interval for Maximum Immunogenicity

1. Michael Asamoah-Boaheng
2. David Goldfarb
3. Martin A Prusinkiewicz
4. Liam Golding
5. Mohammad E Karim
6. Vilte Barakauskas
7. Nechelle Wall
8. Agatha N Jassem
9. Ana Citlali Marquez
10. Chris MacDonald
11. Sheila F O’Brien
12. Pascal Lavoie
13. Brian Grunau

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