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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 Dr Jen Cavet.
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Microbiology Editor’s Choice: zinc toxicity to marine micro-organisms
August 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 ‘Investigating zinc toxicity responses in marine Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus’ and was chosen by Dr Martin Welch.
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Microbiology Editor’s Choice: defence and counter-defence evolution in E. coli and phage Lambda
June 25, 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 ‘Sustained coevolution of phage Lambda and Escherichia coli involves inner- as well as outer-membrane defences and counter-defences’ and was chosen by Professor Steve Diggle.
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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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Meet the new Microbiology Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Professor Tracy Palmer
March 16, 2021
In this blog, we get to know Professor Tracy Palmer, who was announced as the new Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Microbiology. We asked Tracy some questions about her research interests and her new role on the Microbiology Editorial Board.
