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This study identifies PfAlba4 as a key RNA-binding protein in P. falciparum, showing its role in blood stage development and post-transcriptional regulation through proteomic and RIP-seq analyses.

This study shows that NNRTI-induced premature protease activation reduces HIV-1 virion glycoprotein incorporation and infectivity by disrupting Gag lattice and membrane properties.

This study uses Xenopus laevis to model systemic fungal infections, showing that C. albicans is more lethal than nonpathogenic fungi and that antifungal treatments improve survival.

The paper analyzes whole genome data from Plasmodium falciparum isolates in Ethiopia to identify adaptive trajectories of antimalarial resistance evolution.

This study identifies CsrA as a global regulator of carbon preference and gut colonization in Acinetobacter baumannii, revealing its role in repressing arginine/ornithine catabolism and enhancing competitive fitness.

The paper analyzes the fecal microbiome, resistome, and mobilome of beef cattle in Florida, finding differences in ARG abundance between cows and calves and a notable proportion of ARGs on plasmids.

This study uses gene-resolved metagenomics to analyze nitrogen transformation potential in a landfill leachate SBR microbiome, revealing gene distribution across taxa and potential nitrogen retention pathways.

This study characterizes freshwater SAR11 HVR2 sequences, revealing high intra-population diversity and conserved functional configurations across marine and freshwater lineages.

This study characterizes the virome of the West Coast blackfly, identifying novel viruses and revealing geographic structuring in viral communities.

This study compares viral replication and host responses in airway epithelial cells to distinguish pathogenic from seasonal coronaviruses, finding HCoV-229E induces severe epithelial injury despite limited replication.

The paper evaluates a rapid Nanopore-based microbiome profiling workflow for women's health outreach at a music festival, demonstrating its feasibility for fieldable citizen science initiatives.

The paper characterizes microbial communities and metabolic potential in northern palsa and peat ecosystems, finding distinct microbial profiles and highlighting hydrogen and carbon monoxide metabolism as key energy sources.

This study determines the atomic structure of mycobacteriophage SWU1 using cryo-EM, revealing key architectural features critical for virion assembly and infection.

This study evaluates the effects of Lactobacillus postbiotic supplementation on intestinal permeability, nutrient digestibility, and gut microbiome/metabolome profiles in aging cats, finding no effect on permeability but improved nutrient digestibility and sequence-dependent microbiome changes.

This study links polyphosphate metabolism genes to hydroxyapatite biomineralization in Methanobacterium AMB_03, showing that polyphosphate synthesis enables carbonate-substituted hydroxyapatite precipitation under phosphate-enriched conditions.

This study shows MmuPV1 and HPV16 E6 oncoproteins disrupt NF-κB signaling by increasing nuclear IKKα localization, suggesting a shared mechanism in papillomavirus persistence.

The paper shows that some bacteria grow better on mixed carbon sources than on individual ones, and links this to their genetic makeup and metabolic preferences.

This study identifies fss genes that regulate stalked cell morphogenesis and cell cycle progression independently of the flagellum in Caulobacter crescentus.

The paper quantifies T6SS prevalence in Gram-negative bacteria using genome analysis and finds it is present in 41% of well-sampled genera.