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Microbial Community Dynamics in Natural Drosophila melanogaster Populations Across Seasons Environ. Microbiol. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2025-06-02
Marion Margaux Lemoine, Thomas Wöhner, Martin Kaltenpoth -
Skin microbiota in atopic dermatitis: victim or executioner? Clin. Microbiol. Rev. (IF 19.0) Pub Date : 2025-06-03
Chiara Maria Teresa BoggioFederica VeroneseMarta ArmariElisa ZavattaroElia EspostoPaola SavoiaBarbara Azzimonti1Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Health Sciences (DiSS), Center for Translational Research on Allergic and Autoimmune Diseases (CAAD), School of Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale202516, Novara, Italy2Dermatology Unit, Department of Health Sciences (DiSS), SchoolClinical Microbiology Reviews, Ahead of Print.
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Genetic diversity of H9N2 avian influenza viruses in poultry across China and implications for zoonotic transmission Nat. Microbiol. (IF 20.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-03
Jing Yang, Juan Li, Ju Sun, Jiaming Li, Guanghua Fu, Tian Tian, Yongchun Yang, Xuancheng Lu, Shan Li, Lixia Wang, Jia Dong, Mingjia Wu, Yun Liu, Delong Li, Dongfang Hu, Hui Dong, Ruoyu Shang, Yanqing Wang, Kunpeng Yuan, Lin Ran, Honglei Sun, Wenxia Tian, Yu Huang, Jinhua Liu, Wenjun Liu, Weifeng Shi, George F. Gao, Yuhai Bi -
Herpes simplex virus 1 evades APOBEC1-mediated immunity via its uracil-DNA glycosylase in mice Nat. Microbiol. (IF 20.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-03
Akihisa Kato, Hayato Harima, Yuji Tsunekawa, Manabu Igarashi, Kouichi Kitamura, Kousho Wakae, Tomoaki Nishiyama, Satoru Morimoto, Toru Suzuki, Hiroko Kozuka-Hata, Masaaki Oyama, Daisuke Motooka, Mizuki Watanabe, Kousuke Takeshima, Yuhei Maruzuru, Naoto Koyanagi, Hideyuki Okano, Toshifumi Inada, Takashi Okada, Masamichi Muramatsu, Yasushi Kawaguchi -
Capabilities and Limitations of Air‐Dried Soils in Microbial Biogeography: A Regional‐Scale Comparative Analysis Environ. Microbiol. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2025-06-03
Jianwei Zhang, Zhiying Guo, Jie Liu, Xianzhang Pan, Yanan Huang, Xiaodan Cui, Yuanyuan Wang, Yang Jin, Jing Sheng -
In vitro biofilm formation by a beneficial bacterium partially predicts in planta protection against rhizosphere pathogens ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-06-02
Yang Liu, Alexandra D Gates, Zhexian Liu, Quinn Duque, Sierra S Schmidt, Melissa Y Chen, Corri D Hamilton, George A O’Toole, Cara H HaneyPlant roots form associations with beneficial and pathogenic soil microorganisms. Although members of the rhizosphere microbiome can protect against pathogens, the mechanisms are poorly understood. We hypothesized that the ability to form a biofilm on the root surface is necessary for the exclusion of pathogens; however, it is not known if the same biofilm formation components required in vitro are
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Oxygen isotope fractionation during anaerobic ammonium oxidation by the marine representative Candidatus Scalindua sp. ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-31
Kanae Kobayashi, Kazuya Nishina, Keitaro Fukushima, Yuji Onishi, Akiko Makabe, Mamoru Oshiki, Keisuke Koba, Satoshi OkabeAnalyzing the nitrogen (15ε) and oxygen (18ε) isotope effects of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) is essential for accurately assessing its potential contribution to fixed-N losses in the ocean, yet the 18ε of anammox remains unexplored. Here, we determined the previously unexplored 18ε of anammox using a highly enriched culture of the marine anammox species “Ca. Scalindua sp”. Because Scalindua
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Electroactive ecosystem insights from corrosion microbiomes inform gut microbiome modulation ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-31
Liam M Jones, Sahar El AidyElectroactive microorganisms influence environmental and host-associated ecosystems through their ability to mediate extracellular electron transfer. This review explores parallels between EAM-driven microbiologically influenced corrosion systems and the human gut microbiome. In corrosion, EAMs contribute to biofilm formation, redox cycling, and material degradation through mechanisms such as direct
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Integration of metatranscriptomics data improves the predictive capacity of microbial community metabolic models ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-31
Yunli Eric Hsieh, Kshitij Tandon, Heroen Verbruggen, Zoran NikoloskiMicrobial consortia play pivotal roles in nutrient cycling across diverse ecosystems, where the functionality and composition of microbial communities are shaped by metabolic interactions. Despite the critical importance of understanding these interactions, accurately mapping and manipulating microbial interaction networks to achieve specific outcomes remains challenging. Genome-scale metabolic models
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Dehalogenating Desulfoluna spp. are Ubiquitous in Host-Specific Sponge Microbiomes of the Great Barrier Reef ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-31
Lauren A Hall, Katherine D Scott, Nicole Webster, Lee J Kerkhof, Max M HäggblomMarine sponge holobionts are important contributors to numerous biogeochemical cycles, including the natural organohalogen cycle. Sponges produce diverse brominated secondary metabolites, which select for a population of anaerobic debrominating bacteria within the sponge body. Sponge microbiomes can be host-specific, but the selection and host-specificity of debrominating bacteria are unknown currently
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Single-tooth resolved, whole-mouth prediction of early childhood caries via spatiotemporal variations of plaque microbiota Cell Host Microbe (IF 20.6) Pub Date : 2025-05-30
Fang Yang, Fei Teng, Yufeng Zhang, Yanfei Sun, Jian Xu, Shi Huang -
Bacteroides sphingolipids promote anti-inflammatory responses through the mevalonate pathway Cell Host Microbe (IF 20.6) Pub Date : 2025-05-30
Eric M. Brown, Emily R. Temple, Sarah Jeanfavre, Julian Avila-Pacheco, Noel Taylor, Kai Liu, Phuong N.U. Nguyen, Ahmed M.T. Mohamed, Panhasith Ung, Rebecca A. Walker, Daniel B. Graham, Clary B. Clish, Ramnik J. Xavier -
Measles is resurging in the Americas and the world is watching Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (IF 69.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-30
Amy K. Winter, Spencer J. FoxMeasles vaccination rates fell during the COVID-19 pandemic and have yet to recover, fuelling large and disruptive outbreaks globally. Now, a substantial outbreak in the Americas threatens elimination status in the region. The US response, marked by mixed messaging and a retreat from global health leadership and partnerships, further jeopardizes progress that took decades to achieve.
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Emerging hybrid shigatoxigenic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli serotype O80:H2 in humans and calves Clin. Microbiol. Rev. (IF 19.0) Pub Date : 2025-05-29
Jacques G. MainilKeiji NakamuraRie IkedaFlorence CrombéJacob DiderichMarc SaulmontDenis PiérardDamien ThiryTetsuya Hayashi1Veterinary Bacteriology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Centre for Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals and Health (FARAH), University of Liège (ULiège), Liège, Belgium2Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical SciencesClinical Microbiology Reviews, Ahead of Print.
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Biologic drug development for treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted infections Clin. Microbiol. Rev. (IF 19.0) Pub Date : 2025-05-29
Davinder S. GillSanjay RamPeter A. Rice1StiRx Inc, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA2Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School164186https://ror.org/0464eyp60, Worcester, Massachusetts, USAGraeme N. ForrestJonathan ZenilmanClinical Microbiology Reviews, Ahead of Print.
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Genital cutaneous candidiasis versus chronic recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: distinct diseases, different populations Clin. Microbiol. Rev. (IF 19.0) Pub Date : 2025-05-28
Tania DayJack D. Sobel1Maternity and Gynaecology, John Hunter Hospital37024https://ror.org/0187t0j49, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia2University of Newcastle School of Medicine and Public Health64837, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia3Division of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University2954https://ror.org/01070mq45, Detroit, Michigan, USAFerry HagenTori FordClinical Microbiology Reviews, Ahead of Print.
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Bacteroides fragilis promotes chemoresistance in colorectal cancer, and its elimination by phage VA7 restores chemosensitivity Cell Host Microbe (IF 20.6) Pub Date : 2025-05-29
Xiao Ding, Nick Lung-Ngai Ting, Chi Chun Wong, Pingmei Huang, Lanping Jiang, Chuanfa Liu, Yufeng Lin, Shiyu Li, Yujie Liu, Mingxu Xie, Weixin Liu, Kai Yuan, Luyao Wang, Xinyue Zhang, Yanqiang Ding, Qing Li, Yang Sun, Yinglei Miao, Lanqing Ma, Xiang Gao, Jun Yu -
Drought-induced plant microbiome and metabolic enrichments improve drought resistance Cell Host Microbe (IF 20.6) Pub Date : 2025-05-29
Jiayu Li, Hongwei Liu, Juntao Wang, Catriona A. Macdonald, Pankaj Singh, Vu Thanh Cong, Marcus Klein, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Brajesh K. Singh -
Microorganisms thriving together as communities Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (IF 69.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-29
Eric Olo NdelaThis Genome Watch article discusses the dominance of uncultivated microorganisms in natural ecosystems and how the consequent genome-driven insights could guide the rational design of synthetic microbial communities.
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa: ecology, evolution, pathogenesis and antimicrobial susceptibility Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (IF 69.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-29
Morgana Letizia, Stephen P. Diggle, Marvin Whiteley -
Author Correction: Longitudinal profiling of low-abundance strains in microbiomes with ChronoStrain Nat. Microbiol. (IF 20.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-29
Younhun Kim, Colin J. Worby, Sawal Acharya, Lucas R. van Dijk, Daniel Alfonsetti, Zackary Gromko, Philippe N. Azimzadeh, Karen W. Dodson, Georg K. Gerber, Scott J. Hultgren, Ashlee M. Earl, Bonnie Berger, Travis E. GibsonCorrection to: Nature Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-01983-z, published online 6 May 2025.
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Structural insights into light harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea Nat. Microbiol. (IF 20.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-29
Gali Tzlil, María del Carmen Marín, Yuma Matsuzaki, Probal Nag, Shota Itakura, Yosuke Mizuno, Shunya Murakoshi, Tatsuki Tanaka, Shirley Larom, Masae Konno, Rei Abe-Yoshizumi, Ana Molina-Márquez, Daniela Bárcenas-Pérez, José Cheel, Michal Koblížek, Rosa León, Kota Katayama, Hideki Kandori, Igor Schapiro, Wataru Shihoya, Osamu Nureki, Keiichi Inoue, Andrey Rozenberg, Ariel Chazan, Oded Béjà -
Polyphenol rewiring of the microbiome reduces methane emissions ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-29
Bridget B McGivern, Jared B Ellenbogen, David W Hoyt, John A Bouranis, Brooke P Stemple, Rebecca A Daly, Samantha H Bosman, Matthew B Sullivan, Ann E Hagerman, Jeffrey P Chanton, Malak M Tfaily, Kelly C WrightonMethane mitigation is regarded as a critical strategy to combat the scale of global warming. Currently, about 40% of methane emissions originate from microbial sources, which is causing strategies to suppress methanogens—either through direct toxic effects or by diverting their substrates and energy—to gain traction. Problematically, current microbial methane mitigation knowledge lacks detailed microbiome-centered
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Correction to “Galactomannan Utilization by Cellvibrio japonicus Relies on a Single Essential α‐Galactosidase Encoded by the aga27A Gene” Mol. Microbiol. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2025-05-29
Novak, JK and Gardner, JG. Galactomannan Utilization by Cellvibrio japonicus Relies on a Single Essential α-Galactosidase Encoded by the aga27A Gene. Molecular Microbiology 2023; 119(3):312–325. In Supplemental Figures 3 and 4, the following statement was omitted from the figure legend: “For the linear mannan growth experiments (panel E), the control strains (WT and Δgsp) were used for both Figure
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Targeted inhibition of pathobiont virulence factor mitigates alcohol-associated liver disease Cell Host Microbe (IF 20.6) Pub Date : 2025-05-28
Yongqiang Yang, Yi Duan, Sonja Lang, Marcos F. Fondevila, David Schöler, Aenne Harberts, Noemí Cabré, Sainan Chen, Yan Shao, Kevin Vervier, Yukiko Miyamoto, Xinlian Zhang, Huikuan Chu, Ling Yang, Chen Tan, Lars Eckmann, Francisco Bosques-Padilla, Elizabeth C. Verna, Juan G. Abraldes, Robert S. Brown, Bernd Schnabl -
Microbiota-derived urocanic acid triggered bytyrosine kinase inhibitors potentiates cancer immunotherapy efficacy Cell Host Microbe (IF 20.6) Pub Date : 2025-05-28
Mengying Zhang, Zhonghong Wei, Bin Wei, Changjie Lai, Gangfan Zong, Enxiang Tao, Minmin Fan, Yehua Pan, Bingyan Zhou, Luping Shen, Jingjing Wu, Qingqing Wang, Ying Peng, Le Zhen, Yunhao Wu, Yin Lu, Guangji Wang, Fang Zhou, Yunlong Shan -
Distinct non-canonical translation initiation modes arise for specific host and viral mRNAs during poxvirus-induced shutoff Nat. Microbiol. (IF 20.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-28
Chorong Park, Aaron J. Ferrell, Nathan Meade, Peter S. Shen, Derek Walsh -
A One Health approach to understanding and managing Nipah virus outbreaks Nat. Microbiol. (IF 20.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-28
Pragya D. Yadav, Kaushal Baid, Deepak Y. Patil, Tahmina Shirin, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Alison J. Peel, Jonathan H. Epstein, Joel M. Montgomery, Raina K. Plowright, Henrik Salje, Emily S. Gurley, Syed M. Satter, Arinjay Banerjee -
Third track model for coordination of septal peptidoglycan synthesis and degradation by FtsN in Escherichia coli Nat. Microbiol. (IF 20.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-27
Zhixin Lyu, Xinxing Yang, Atsushi Yahashiri, Stephen Ha, Joshua W. McCausland, Xinlei Chen, Brooke M. Britton, David S. Weiss, Jie Xiao -
Ecology and evolutionary trajectories of morbilliviruses in Neotropical bats Nat. Microbiol. (IF 20.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-27
Wendy K. Jo, Andres Moreira-Soto, Angélica Cristine Almeida Campos, Luiz Gustavo Bentim Góes, Maria Angélica Mares-Guia, Andrea Rasche, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Gabriela Hernández-Mora, Sham Nambulli, Daniel G. Streicker, W. Paul Duprex, Jan Felix Drexler -
Exploring criteria for constructing suprageneric classifications of fungi in the genomic era: a case study of suborders Agaricineae, Pluteineae, and Tricholomatineae (Agaricales) Fungal Divers. (IF 24.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-26
Hua Qu, Qing Cai, Scott A. Redhead, Xuan Chen, Zai-Wei Ge, Zhu L. Yang -
Chemotaxis, growth, and inter-species interactions shape early bacterial community assembly ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-27
Estelle E Clerc, Jeremy E Schreier, Jonasz Słomka, Christa B Smith, He Fu, Justin R Seymour, Jean-Baptiste Raina, Mary Ann Moran, Roman StockerFrom the perspective of a marine copiotrophic bacterium, the surface ocean is a mosaic of exploitable hotspots of organic matter released from living and senescing phytoplankton. Bacterial success in exploiting this patchy microscale environment relies on sensing and swimming towards the hotspots, and upon arrival, growing on available substrates. However, the combined effect of chemotaxis and growth
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Patchy Distribution of Potato Cyst Nematodes Within Single Arable Fields Reveals Local Disease Suppressiveness Mediated by Disparate Microbial Communities Environ. Microbiol. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2025-05-27
Robbert van Himbeeck, Stefan Geisen, Casper van Schaik, Sven van den Elsen, Roeland Berendsen, André Bertran, Egbert Schepel, Johannes HelderDisease suppressiveness is a complex phenomenon that is assumed to be the resultant of the actions of local microbial antagonists. Exploitation of disease suppressiveness as a tool to manage pathogens is hindered by our poor understanding of this phenomenon. Here we investigated soil microbiome‐based suppression of potato cyst nematodes (PCN), and to this end, four apparently homogeneous potato fields
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Assessment of Emerging Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Biofilm of Microplastics Incubated Under a Wastewater Discharge Simulation Environ. Microbiol. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2025-05-27
Stephanie A. Eytcheson, Sarah A. Brown, Huiyun Wu, Christopher T. Nietch, Paul C. Weaver, John A. Darling, Erik M. Pilgrim, S. Thomas Purucker, Marirosa Molina -
The Pxp Complex Detoxifies 5‐Oxoproline and Promotes the Growth of Clostridioides difficile Mol. Microbiol. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2025-05-27
Cheyenne D. Lee, Arshad Rizvi, Zavier A. Carter, Adrianne N. Edwards, Shonna M. McBride -
Gut microbial enzymes and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: Function, mechanism, and therapeutic prospects Cell Host Microbe (IF 20.6) Pub Date : 2025-05-26
Xi Luo, Kai Wang, Changtao JiangMetabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the most prevalent liver disease worldwide. The liver communicates with the intestine, in large part through the gut microbiota. Microbial enzymes are key mediators that affect the progression of MASLD and the more severe metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). These enzymes contribute to the metabolism or biosynthesis
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Risk–reward trade-off during carbon starvation generates dichotomy in motility endurance among marine bacteria Nat. Microbiol. (IF 20.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-26
Johannes M. Keegstra, Zachary C. Landry, Sophie T. Zweifel, Benjamin R. K. Roller, Dieter A. Baumgartner, Francesco Carrara, Clara Martínez-Pérez, Estelle E. Clerc, Martin Ackermann, Roman Stocker -
Mesoscale eddies shape Prochlorococcuscommunity structure and dynamics in the oligotrophic open ocean ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-26
Uri Sheyn, Kirsten E Poff, John M Eppley, Andy O Leu, Jessica A Bryant, Fuyan Li, Anna E Romano, Andy Burger, Benedetto Barone, Edward F DeLongMesoscale eddies, horizontally rotating currents sometimes referred to as “ocean weather,” influence open ocean macronutrient distributions, primary production, and microbial community structure. Such eddies impact ecosystems like the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, where year-round thermal stratification limits the mixing of subsurface macronutrients with surface waters. Populations of the dominant
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Inheriting traits Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (IF 69.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-23
Andrea Du ToitThis study explored the inheritance of bacterial metabolic activity at the single-cell level.
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Metagenomics distilled: new k-mer-based methods Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (IF 69.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-23
Timothy J. RozdayThis Genome Watch highlights the advantages and limitations of k-mer approaches versus standard alignment-based methods for analysing metagenomic data, assisting microbial species identification, microbial abundance estimation and their application in pathogen genomic epidemiology.
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Microbial interactions and ecology in fermented food ecosystems Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (IF 69.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-23
Jennifer M. Auchtung, Heather E. Hallen-Adams, Robert Hutkins -
Secretory IgM regulates gut microbiota homeostasis and metabolism Nat. Microbiol. (IF 20.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-23
Yang Ding, Alvaro Fernández-Montero, Amir Mani, Elisa Casadei, Ryuichiro Miyazawa, Congjin Zhou, Lise Chaumont, Marijan Posavi, Stephen D. Cole, Yasuhiro Shibasaki, Fumio Takizawa, Irene Salinas, J. Oriol Sunyer -
Pathogen-pathogen interactions during co-infections ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-23
Rosana B R Ferreira, L Caetano M Antunes, Neta Sal-ManFor over a century, bacterial infections have been studied through the lens of the one-microbe, one-disease paradigm. However, it is now clear that multi-pathogen infections are common, and many infectious diseases are inherently polymicrobial. These complex infections can involve a variety of pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites, with polyviral and viral-bacterial interactions
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Distinguishing among evolutionary and ecological processes shaping microbiome dynamics ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-23
Tiffany N Batarseh, Britt KoskellaEvolution is defined as the change in allele frequency over time as a result of either neutral processes, such as genetic drift, or as an adaptive process in response to selection. In contrast, ecological dynamics describe changes in population densities, species distributions, species interactions, and/or relative abundances within communities, all of which can also be the result of either stochastic
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E. coli prophages encode an arsenal of defense systems to protect against temperate phages Cell Host Microbe (IF 20.6) Pub Date : 2025-05-22
Lucas R. Brenes, Michael T. Laub -
An engineered Vibrio to remediate ’em all Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (IF 69.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-22
Agustina TaglialegnaIn this study, Su et al. engineered a Vibrio natriegens strain for the remediation of multiple organic pollutants.
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Evolution, spread and impact of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza A viruses Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (IF 69.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-22
Beatriz Bellido-Martín, Willemijn F. Rijnink, Matteo Iervolino, Thijs Kuiken, Mathilde Richard, Ron A. M. Fouchier -
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus induces mitochondrial fission to evade host immune responses and promote viral production Nat. Microbiol. (IF 20.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-22
Qing Zhu, Robert McElroy, Janvhi Suresh Machhar, Joel Cassel, Zihan Zheng, Behzad Mansoori, Hongrui Guo, Sen Guo, Christian Pangilinan, Jinghui Liang, Dongliang Shen, Lu Zhang, Qin Liu, Andrew V. Kossenkov, Dario C. Altieri, Paul M. Lieberman, Shou-Jiang Gao, Pinghui Feng, Maureen E. Murphy, Jikui Song, Joseph M. Salvino, Qiming Liang, Jae U. Jung, Chengyu Liang -
West African–South American pandemic Vibrio cholerae encodes multiple distinct phage defence systems Nat. Microbiol. (IF 20.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-22
David W. Adams, Milena Jaskólska, Alexandre Lemopoulos, Sandrine Stutzmann, Laurie Righi, Loriane Bader, Melanie Blokesch -
Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology Laboratories: Antibody and antigen detection methods for dimorphic fungal infections Clin. Microbiol. Rev. (IF 19.0) Pub Date : 2025-05-21
Elitza S. TheelJulianne V. KusThomas E. GrysNeil M. AmpelIlan S. SchwartzSean X. Zhang1Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic195112, Rochester, Minnesota, USA2Public Health Ontario153300, Toronto, Ontario, Canada3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto233837, Toronto, Ontario, Canada4Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic23386Clinical Microbiology Reviews, Ahead of Print.
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Methanogenesis associated with altered microbial production of short-chain fatty acids and human-host metabolizable energy ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-22
Blake Dirks, Taylor L Davis, Elvis A Carnero, Karen D Corbin, Steven R Smith, Bruce E Rittmann, Rosa Krajmalnik-BrownMethanogens are methane-producing, hydrogen-oxidizing (i.e., hydrogenotrophic) archaea. Numerous studies have associated methanogens with obesity, but these results have been inconsistent. One link to metabolism may be methanogens’ hydrogen-oxidizing ability, thus reducing hydrogen partial pressure and thermodynamically enhancing fermentation of sugars to short-chain fatty acids that the host can absorb
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Sinking particles exporting diatoms and hacrobia predict the magnitude of oceanic POC flux ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-22
Sasha J Kramer, Erin L Jones, Margaret L Estapa, Nicola L Paul, Tatiana A Rynearson, Alyson E Santoro, Sebastian Sudek, Colleen A DurkinCarbon flux to the deep sea can be dictated by surface ocean phytoplankton community composition, but translating surface ocean observations into quantitative predictions of carbon export requires additional consideration of the underlying ecosystem drivers. Here, we used genetic tracers of phytoplankton detected in surface seawater and within sinking particles collected in the mesopelagic ocean to
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Plant and soil biodiversity sustain root mycorrhizal fungal richness under drought stress ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-22
Markus Bittlingmaier, Nathalie Séjalon-Delmas, Kezia Goldmann, David Johnson, Raoul Huys, Grégoire T FreschetMycorrhizal phenotypes arise from interactions among plants, soil biota, and environmental factors, but disentangling these drivers remains a key challenge in ecology. Understanding how these interactions shape mycorrhizal community assembly and stability is essential for predicting and managing these relationships in both natural and agricultural ecosystems. Here, we designed a fully factorial experiment
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Complete xylan utilization pathway and regulation mechanisms involved in marine algae degradation by cosmopolitan marine and human gut microbiota ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-22
Hai-Ning Sun, Xiu-Lan Chen, Yan Wang, Yan-Ping Zhu, Zhao-Jie Teng, Hai-Yan Cao, Ting-Ting Xu, Yin Chen, Yu-Zhong Zhang, Fang Zhaoβ-1,3-xylan, typically found in marine algae as a major cell wall polysaccharide, represents an overlooked pool of organic carbon in global oceans. Whilst our understanding of microbial catabolism of xylans has improved significantly, particularly from biotransformations of terrestrial plant biomass that are typically composed of β-1,4-xylans, knowledge on how microbes utilize β-1,3-xylan remains limited
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Vertical transport and spatiotemporal dynamics of giant viruses in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-22
Md Moinuddin Sheam, Elaine LuoNucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses, or “giant viruses,” are prevalent in marine environments, infecting diverse eukaryotic lineages and influencing the marine carbon cycle. Their genomes harbor wide range of auxiliary metabolic genes that influence biogeochemical processes. This study integrates planktonic (5–4000 m) and particle-associated (4000 m) metagenomic samples in the North Pacific Subtropical
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Rhizosphere microbes mitigate the shade avoidance responses in Arabidopsis Cell Host Microbe (IF 20.6) Pub Date : 2025-05-21
Huanhuan Lu, Caiyi Lu, Sha Huang, Wenbo Liu, Like Wang, Chuanwei Yang, Ertao Wang, Lin Li -
A gut fungus protects the liver Nat. Rev. Microbiol. (IF 69.2) Pub Date : 2025-05-21
Andrea Du ToitThis study reports that that a gut fungus produces a secondary metabolite that protects against metabolic disease in mice.
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Iron at the crossroads of host–microbiome interactions in health and disease Nat. Microbiol. (IF 20.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-21
Garam Choi, Nicholas J. Bessman -
Legume-specific recruitment of rhizobia by hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ISME J. (IF 10.8) Pub Date : 2025-05-21
Jiadong He, Judith Van Dingenen, Sofie Goormachtig, Maryline Calonne-Salmon, Stéphane DeclerckThe legume-rhizobia symbiosis possesses great potential for sustainable agriculture because of its ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen, reducing crop dependence on nitrogen fertilizers. Rhizobia recognize the host legume through flavonoids released by the roots. These signals are detected by bacteria typically over a few millimeters. Recent research has shown that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi extend