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1. A thin-film optogenetic visual prosthesis

   This article has 29 authors:

   1. Eric B Knudsen
   2. Kara Zappitelli
   3. Jennifer Brown
   4. Jonathan Reeder
   5. Kevin Sean Smith
   6. Marat Rostov
   7. Jaebin Choi
   8. Amy Rochford
   9. Nate Slager
   10. Satoru K Miura
   11. Kyle Rodgers
   12. Ansel Reed
   13. Yonatan R Lewis Israeli
   14. Seton Shiraga
   15. Kyung Jin Seo
   16. Corey Wolin
   17. Paul Dawson
   18. Mohamed Eltaeb
   19. Arvind Dasgupta
   20. Max Rothman
   21. Eugene Yoon
   22. Paul Chong
   23. Seleipiri Charles
   24. Jay M. Stewart
   25. Ruwan A Silva
   26. Tyson Kim
   27. Yifan Kong
   28. Alan R Mardinly
   29. Max Hodak

   Reviewed by Arcadia Science

2. A fungi hotspot deep down the ocean: explaining the presence of Gjaerumia minor in Equatorial Pacific bathypelagic waters

   This article has 4 authors:

   1. Massimo C. Pernice
   2. Irene Forn
   3. Ramiro Logares
   4. Ramon Massana

   Reviewed by Arcadia Science

3. A treasure trove of 1,034 actinomycete genomes

   This article has 13 authors:

   1. Tue Sparholt Jørgensen
   2. Omkar Mohite
   3. Eva B Sterndorff
   4. Maria Alvarez-Arevalo
   5. Kai Blin
   6. Thomas J Booth
   7. Pep Charusanti
   8. David Faurdal
   9. Troels Ø Hansen
   10. Matin Nuhamunada
   11. Anna-Sophie Mourched
   12. Bernhard Ø Palsson
   13. Tilmann Weber

   Reviewed by Arcadia Science

4. Temporal and spatial dynamics within the fungal microbiome of grape fermentation

   This article has 6 authors:

   1. Cristobal A. Onetto
   2. Chris M. Ward
   3. Steven Van Den Heuvel
   4. Laura Hale
   5. Kathleen Cuijvers
   6. Anthony R. Borneman

   Reviewed by Arcadia Science

5. Mast cell activation disrupts interactions between endothelial cells and pericytes during early life allergic asthma

   This article has 16 authors:

   1. Régis Joulia
   2. Franz Puttur
   3. Helen Stölting
   4. William J. Traves
   5. Lewis J. Entwistle
   6. Anastasia Voitovich
   7. Minerva Garcia Martín
   8. May Al-Sahaf
   9. Katie Bonner
   10. Elizabeth Scotney
   11. Philip L. Molyneaux
   12. Richard J. Hewitt
   13. Simone A. Walker
   14. Laura Yates
   15. Sejal Saglani
   16. Clare M. Lloyd

   Reviewed by Arcadia Science

6. A constraint-based framework to reconstruct interaction networks in microbial communities

   This article has 4 authors:

   1. Omid Oftadeh
   2. Asli Sahin
   3. Evangelia Vayena
   4. Vassily Hatzimanikatis

   Reviewed by Arcadia Science

7. CDK-4 regulates nucleolar size and metabolism at the cost of late-life fitness in C. elegans

   This article has 6 authors:

   1. Rachel Webster
   2. Maria Quintana
   3. Bin Yu
   4. Stacey Fluke
   5. Ran Kafri
   6. W. Brent Derry

   Reviewed by Arcadia Science

8. Evolution of novel sensory organs in fish with legs

   This article has 11 authors:

   1. Corey A.H. Allard
   2. Amy L. Herbert
   3. Stephanie P. Krueger
   4. Qiaoyi Liang
   5. Brittany L. Walsh
   6. Andrew L. Rhyne
   7. Allex N. Gourlay
   8. Agnese Seminara
   9. Maude W. Baldwin
   10. David M. Kingsley
   11. Nicholas W. Bellono

   Reviewed by Arcadia Science

9. We couldn't get details of this article at this time:
   10.1101/2024.01.31.578105

10. Staphylococcus aureus counters organic acid anion-mediated inhibition of peptidoglycan cross-linking through robust alanine racemase activity

    This article has 11 authors:

    1. Sasmita Panda
    2. Yahani P Jayasinghe
    3. Dhananjay D Shinde
    4. Emilio Bueno
    5. Amanda Stastny
    6. Blake P Bertrand
    7. Sujata S Chaudhari
    8. Tammy Kielian
    9. Felipe Cava
    10. Donald R Ronning
    11. Vinai C Thomas

    This article has been curated by 1 group:

    • Curated by eLife

      eLife Assessment

      In this useful study, the authors present convincing evidence linking the enzyme D-alanine-D-alanine ligase (Ddl), crucial for cell wall fortification, to organic acid exposure in Staphylococcus aureus. While it's established that organic acids impede bacterial growth, the researchers reveal a novel coping mechanism where S. aureus maintains elevated levels of D-alanine, the substrate for Ddl, to counteract this inhibition. This discovery illuminates a bacterial strategy for organic acid tolerance, offering new insights for microbiologists and potentially informing future antimicrobial approaches.

    Reviewed by eLife, Arcadia Science