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This study shows that a co-culture of Delftia P1 and Microbacterium lacus efficiently removes paracetamol and its toxic metabolite 4-AP by coupling their degradation pathways.

The paper identifies EveD, a rhizobial protein in EVs that affects nodule competitiveness and genotype-specific symbiotic responses in legumes.

The paper describes the genomic and phenotypic characterization of a novel Pannonibacter species isolated from a septic immunocompromised patient, highlighting its distinct features and potential for opportunistic infections.

This study shows that genome polarization is essential for Rickettsia parkeri's fitness, as disrupting polar proteins causes cell division defects and reduced host cell spread.

This study develops a bivalent vaccine approach using BTV VP2 antigens and finds that co-expression of VP2 proteins interferes with neutralizing antibody induction, while monovalent vaccines provide effective protection.

This study reports outbreaks of Newcastle Disease Virus genotype VII.1.1 in vaccinated poultry in Germany in 2026, highlighting the need for improved surveillance.

The paper uses metagenomics to discover ultra-small bacteria and their phages in a sub-arctic permafrost ecosystem, revealing their distribution and metabolic traits.

This study examines how hindlimb suspension and different exercise volumes affect gut microbiome composition and intestinal gene expression in mice, finding reduced microbial richness with suspension and distinct transcriptional responses with exercise.

This paper compares the transcriptomes of rhizobial bacteroids across different host plants, identifying strain-specific and host-common gene responses during symbiosis.

This study develops pseudotype systems for ASFV Ba71v and Georgia 2007 strains to study cell entry mechanisms safely under lower containment.

This study shows that phosphorylation at Y674 in the SARS-CoV-2 spike S1/S2 loop affects spike processing and protease usage, impacting viral replication and pathogenesis.

RAMP-Seq co-amplifies full-length 16S rRNA and antimicrobial resistance genes in a single PCR, enabling integrated taxonomic and resistance profiling across diverse samples.

The paper determines the cryo-EM structure of mycobacteriophage D29, revealing structural adaptations at symmetry-mismatched interfaces and their role in host recognition.

This study develops multi-specific nanobody-Fc fusions targeting TcdB that neutralize diverse C. difficile strains and improve infection outcomes in mice.

This study characterizes bacterial communities in mangrove soils contaminated with chlordecone, identifying genera involved in its degradation and suggesting mangroves have purification potential.