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The paper reconstructs the ancestral flagellar components of the last bacterial common ancestor using phylogenetic analysis and identifies 50 ancestral protein groups, indicating a functionally complete flagellum.

This study shows that mosquito larvae rely on gut microbiota for energy production, nitrogen excretion, and sterol metabolism, with bacterial vitamins and fatty acid degradation playing critical roles in larval development.

The paper investigates the GlyGly-CTERM motif's role in targeting proteins to rhombosortase in V. cholerae, showing it enables membrane association but requires a secondary signal for outer membrane translocation.

This study compares genomes of Dolichospermum circinale strains with different paralytic shellfish toxin profiles to understand PST variability, finding conserved biosynthetic genes but variable regulation.

The paper quantifies the efficiency of different transmission routes for Xanthomonas citri pv. fuscans and other seed-borne bacteria to bean seeds, finding the vascular route most efficient and identifying plant immunity as a bottleneck.

This study isolates and characterizes new lysolipin analogues from Streptomyces sp. P8-2B18, revealing structural diversity and varying bioactivities against bacteria, fungi, and cancer cells.

This study shows that early-life small intestine microbiota prevents adiposity by suppressing PPARα via IL-22, and antibiotic disruption increases adiposity.

This study identifies hypophosphite as a natural inhibitor of syntrophic methanogenesis, offering a potential strategy for methane control in ecosystems.

This paper describes how starvation in Vibrio atlanticus leads to a novel mechanism of attacking and killing the dinoflagellate Alexandrium pacificum.

This study shows that endosomal mRNA transport coordinates mitochondrial bioenergetics in fungal hyphae, with Rrm4 essential for mitochondrial protein import and function.

This study identifies Tavaborole as a potent fungistatic agent against Candida auris using a targeted drug-repurposing strategy and reveals resistance mechanisms through proteomics and electron microscopy.

This study investigates UV-B-induced DNA repair mechanisms in E. coli, finding a dose-dependent trade-off between mutagenesis and culturability.

The study tracks long-term immune responses in healthcare workers after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and infection, finding that repeated exposure boosts antibody levels while anti-N IgG wanes rapidly.

The paper examines the relationship between plasmid copy numbers and size, arguing for two evolutionary strategies rather than a single scaling law.

This paper evaluates three enzyme immunoassays for detecting pathogens in stool samples and assesses their automation on a DS2 system, finding high accuracy and efficiency gains for high-volume labs.

The paper uses full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing to distinguish tick-adapted and environmentally derived bacteria in Ixodes scapularis ticks, showing environmental bacteria are not contaminants.

This study shows that acetyl-CoA inhibits PDEs in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, linking cell envelope biosynthesis to c-di-GMP signaling and biofilm formation.

This paper identifies HNRNPA2B1 as an epigenetic repressor of Epstein-Barr virus reactivation by facilitating histone demethylase recruitment to viral promoters.

The paper identifies persister-like cells in Leishmania that survive antimony treatment and show cross-tolerance to other drugs.

This study shows that temperature during conidiophore development in Aspergillus fumigatus affects conidial transcriptomes, priming them for asexual, parasexual, or sexual development.