A new view into prokaryotic cell biology from electron cryotomography
Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 128 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.195
Author: Catherine M. Oikonomou & Grant J. Jensen
Nature Reviews Microbiology14, 205–220 (2016)It has recently come to the authors' attention that this Review is the first place in which Figure 1 was published. Yi-Wei Chang, who collected the data for Figure 1 and helped to (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology)
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - December 27, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Catherine M. Oikonomou Grant J. Jensen Tags: Corrigendum Source Type: research
Symbiosis: New horizons for Wolbachia
Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 66 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.194
Author: Ursula Hofer
Two new studies provide insights into the close association between Wolbachia spp. and their hosts; one shows plant-mediated transmission and the other the bacterial origin of a new host sex chromosome. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology)
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - December 27, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ursula Hofer Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research
Microbiome: Rhythm and bacteria
This study shows that circadian changes in the gut microbiota influence host physiology in the intestine and the liver. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology)
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - December 18, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ashley York Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research
Cellulosomes: bacterial nanomachines for dismantling plant polysaccharides
Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 83 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.164
Authors: Lior Artzi, Edward A. Bayer & Sarah Moraïs
Cellulosomes are multienzyme complexes that are produced by anaerobic cellulolytic bacteria for the degradation of lignocellulosic biomass. They comprise a complex of scaffoldin, which is the structural subunit, and various enzymatic subunits. The intersubunit interactions in these multienzyme complexes are mediated by cohesin and dockerin (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology)
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - December 11, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Lior Artzi Edward A. Bayer Sarah Mora ïs Tags: Review Source Type: research
Nuclear landscape of HIV-1 infection and integration
Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 69 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.162
Authors: Marina Lusic & Robert F. Siliciano
To complete its life cycle, HIV-1 enters the nucleus of the host cell as reverse-transcribed viral DNA. The nucleus is a complex environment, in which chromatin is organized to support different structural and functional aspects of cell physiology. As such, it represents a challenge for (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology)
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - December 11, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Marina Lusic Robert F. Siliciano Tags: Review Source Type: research
Last parasite standing
Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 4 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.181
Authors: Gavin G. Rutledge & Thomas D. Otto
This month's Genome Watch describes how whole-genome sequencing used for surveillance purposes has enabled the identification of new drug resistance markers in the malaria parasite. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology)
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - December 8, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Gavin G. Rutledge Thomas D. Otto Tags: News and Analysis Source Type: research
Viral infection: How histones go viral
This study shows that histones are loaded onto unintegrated Moloney murine leukemia virus DNAs shortly after they have entered the nucleus. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology)
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - December 8, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Katharine H. Wrighton Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research
Viral evolution: Uncovering the secrets of the RNA virosphere
This study identifies 1,445 RNA viruses in invertebrate animals, including new virus families, and uncovers unexpected levels of evolutionary flexibility. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology)
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - December 8, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ashley York Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research
Microbiome: Weight loss without the yo-yo effect
Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 2 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.189
Author: Andrea Du Toit
Despite effective weight-reduction strategies, individuals fail to maintain the reduced weight. The mechanisms that underlie the weight-cycling-induced phenomena and the influence of the gut microbiota are not well understood. Thaiss et al. used mouse models of weight loss and recurrent obesity and found that (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology)
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - December 8, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Andrea Du Toit Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research
Marine microbiology: When a relationship turns ugly
Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 2 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.188
Author: Andrea Du Toit
The highly abundant microalga Emiliania huxleyi forms blooms, and although E. huxleyi blooms harbour a rich community of bacteria, these bacteria are not considered to be a factor that influences algal physiology and bloom dynamics. Segev et al. showed that E. huxleyi (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology)
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - December 8, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Andrea Du Toit Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research
Microbiome: More fibre a day keeps the pathogens away
Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 2 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.187
Author: Andrea Du Toit
Although the health benefits of the consumption of dietary fibre have long been implied, the direct effect of fibre polysaccharides on the composition and physiology of the microbiota has remained elusive. Previous studies suggested a link between diet and the status of the colonic mucus (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology)
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - December 8, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Andrea Du Toit Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research
Progress in imaging methods: insights gained into Plasmodium biology
Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 37 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.158
Authors: Mariana De Niz, Paul-Christian Burda, Gesine Kaiser, Hernando A. del Portillo, Tobias Spielmann, Freddy Frischknecht & Volker T. Heussler
Over the past decade, major advances in imaging techniques have enhanced our understanding of Plasmodium spp. parasites and their interplay with mammalian hosts and mosquito vectors. Cryoelectron tomography, cryo-X-ray tomography and super-resolution microscopy have shifted paradigms of sporozoite and gametocyte structure, the process of (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology)
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - November 27, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Mariana De Niz Paul-Christian Burda Gesine Kaiser Hernando A. del Portillo Tobias Spielmann Freddy Frischknecht Volker T. Heussler Tags: Review Source Type: research
Protein export through the bacterial Sec pathway
Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 21 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.161
Authors: Alexandra Tsirigotaki, Jozefien De Geyter, Nikolina Šoštaric´, Anastassios Economou & Spyridoula Karamanou
The general secretory (Sec) pathway comprises an essential, ubiquitous and universal export machinery for most proteins that integrate into, or translocate through, the plasma membrane. Sec exportome polypeptides are synthesized as pre-proteins that have cleavable signal peptides fused to the exported mature domains. Recent advances (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology)
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - November 27, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Alexandra Tsirigotaki Jozefien De Geyter Nikolina Šoštaric´ Anastassios Economou Spyridoula Karamanou Tags: Review Source Type: research
Bacterial Physiology: Quorum sensing controls the cost of CRISPR –Cas
This study finds that quorum sensing, which is induced at high cell density, activates CRISPR–Cas immunity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology)
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - November 27, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ursula Hofer Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research
Candida albicans cell-type switching and functional plasticity in the mammalian host
Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 96 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.157
Authors: Suzanne M. Noble, Brittany A. Gianetti & Jessica N. Witchley
Candida albicans is a ubiquitous commensal of the mammalian microbiome and the most prevalent fungal pathogen of humans. A cell-type transition between yeast and hyphal morphologies in C. albicans was thought to underlie much of the variation in virulence observed in different host (Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology)
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - November 20, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Suzanne M. Noble Brittany A. Gianetti Jessica N. Witchley Tags: Review Source Type: research
