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Microbiology Editor’s choice: Bacteria can simultaneously express multiple capsules
September 22, 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 ‘Phase-variable bacteria simultaneously express multiple capsules’ and was chosen by Professor Gail Preston.
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Microbiology Editor’s Choice: mechanisms of phage-induced membrane vesicle release
May 26, 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 ‘Bacteriophage infection of Escherichia coli leads to the formation of membrane vesicles via both explosive cell lysis and membrane blebbing’ and was chosen by Professor Riccardo Manganelli.
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Unravelling a muti-layered molecular arms race
May 25, 2021
In this blog, Professor Michael Brockhurst discusses the exciting research from Alita Burmeister and colleagues. Their article, ‘Sustained coevolution of phage Lambda and Escherichia coli involves inner- as well as outer-membrane defences and counter-defences’ explores the co-evolution of the bacterium E. coli and the phage lambda and was published today in Microbiology.
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Microbiology Editor's Choice: a vital protein in Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation
April 9, 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 ‘A mutagenic screen reveals NspS residues important for regulation of Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation’ and was chosen by Dr Isabelle Martin-Verstraete.
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Understanding Type VII secretion in bacteria
March 22, 2021
In this blog, Kieran Bowran, first year PhD student at Newcastle University discusses his research into the system which allows bacteria to export proteins. Kieran has recently published an article on the type VII secretion system in the journal Microbiology.
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Microbiology Editor’s Choice: the impact of growth media on archaea morphology
March 2, 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 ‘Improved growth and morphological plasticity of Haloferax volcanii’ and was chosen by Professor Tracy Palmer.
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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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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.
