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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.
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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.
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Microbiology Editor’s Choice: Vibrio cholerae; a siderophore pirate
December 1, 2020
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 ‘Siderophore piracy enhances Vibrio cholerae environmental survival and pathogenesis’ and was chosen by Dr Andrew Preston.
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CRISPR and Microbiology
October 12, 2020
Last week, the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Professors Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for their work on the genetic editing tool CRISPR-Cas9. In this blog, Professor David Grainger discusses some of the earliest research on CRISPR-Cas9 published in our flagship journal Microbiology.
