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JMM Editor’s Choice: an in vitro model for Mycobacterium pneumoniae infection
February 22, 2021
This month, Associate Professor Rikke Mayer discusses “Modelling persistent Mycoplasma pneumoniae biofilm infections in a submerged BEAS-2B bronchial epithelial tissue culture model”, which was chosen as Editor’s Choice for the December issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology.
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New microbes discovered in beef, glaciers and a cockroach
February 9, 2021
Each month, the Microbiology Society publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM), which details newly discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists. Here are some of the new species that have been discovered and the places they’ve been found.
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Microbiology Editor’s Choice: how does chronic Staphylococcus aureus infection influence cystic fibrosis?
February 4, 2021
Each month, a manuscript published in our flagship journal Microbiology is chosen by a member of the Editorial Board. This month, the paper is titled ‘An ex vivo cystic fibrosis model recapitulates key clinical aspects of chronic Staphylococcus aureus infection’ and was chosen by Professor David Grainger.
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JMM Editor’s Choice: rapid identification of Treponema pallidum
January 20, 2021
This month Professor Roberto La Ragione discusses “A novel peptide nucleic acid- and loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for the detection of mutations in the 23S rRNA gene of Treponema pallidum” which was chosen as Editor’s Choice for the December issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology.
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New microbes discovered in a beetle, marine plastic and on a beach
January 19, 2021
Each month, the Microbiology Society publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM), which details newly discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists. Here are some of the new species that have been discovered and the places they’ve been found.
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Keeping up with virus taxonomy: viruses that infect other microbes
January 12, 2021
Continuing the ‘Keeping up with virus taxonomy’ blog series, in this post we look at the viruses that infect fungi, bacteria and archaea.
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Microbiology Editor’s Choice: biofilm formation prevents colistin entry in cystic fibrosis
January 6, 2021
Each month, a manuscript published in our flagship journal Microbiology is chosen by a member of the Editorial Board. This month, the paper is titled ‘Effect of host-mimicking medium and biofilm growth on the ability of colistin to kill Pseudomonas aeruginosa’ and was chosen by Dr Jen Cavet.
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JMM Editor’s Choice: using Komodo dragon DNA to create antibiotics
December 11, 2020
This month Dr Marcello Riggio discusses “Komodo-dragon cathelicidin-inspired peptides are antibacterial against carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae” which was chosen as Editor’s Choice for the November issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology.
