Felix Lankester, Tito J Kibona ... Sarah Cleaveland
Livestock abortion surveillance can capture valuable information on important livestock pathogens, including those that are zoonotic and with epidemic potential, revealing importance of timely collection of diagnostic samples for attribution.
Benedikt M Mortzfeld, Shakti K Bhattarai, Vanni Bucci
12 new class IIb microcins have been structurally identified, phylogenetically assessed, and functionally tested for their antimicrobial activity, increasing the total number of these bacteriocins to 17.
Amanda Mixon Blackwell, Yasaman Jami-Alahmadi ... Paul A Sigala
Plasmodium parasites have repurposed the heme oxygenase scaffold from its canonical heme-degrading function to fulfill an essential and adaptive role in gene expression within the apicoplast organelle.
Priya M Christensen, Jonathan Martin ... Kelli L Palmer
A previously unknown lipid modification by a bacterial antibiotic resistance enzyme was identified through the analysis of a family of antibiotic resistance enzyme sequences with a machine learning approach.
Francesca Torelli, Diogo M da Fonseca ... Moritz Treeck
Secreted effector proteins of Toxoplasma gondii parasites create a supportive immune environment in mice, allowing individually less fit mutants to thrive and evade detection by in vivo CRISPR screens.
Clara Bekirian, Isabel Valsecchi ... Thierry Fontaine
β-1,6-Glucan is crucial for Candida albicans cell wall structure and integrity, adapting dynamically to environmental stresses and compensating for mannan deficiencies in cell wall organization.
Zeinab M Chahine, Mohit Gupta ... Karine G Le Roch
The PfMORC protein is proven to play a crucial role in chromatin structure, gene regulation and heterochromatin stability, categorizing PfMORC as a strong potential candidate for novel therapeutic interventions.
