Nature Microbiology

An online-only monthly journal interested in all aspects of microorganisms, be it their evolution, physiology and cell biology; their interactions with each other, with a host or with an environment; or their societal significance.

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Nature Microbiology

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Phage therapy for severe sepsis: where to next?

There is new optimism for phage therapy, an approach that has been with us for 100 years and is now being embraced anew. A rigorous clinical and biological approach will serve us well and effective partnerships between government, industry and the academy are essential.

Jon Iredell

Feb 17, 2020

Nature Microbiology

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Building a sustainable phage biobank – trials and tribulations

In an ideal world, a phage biobank would be a facility that serves as a primary research and therapeutic development resource for researchers studying critical infection, as well as to the wider community of infectious diseases, industry and biotech with an interest in critical infection.

Ruby CY Lin

Feb 17, 2020

Datamining reveals how Clostridium difficile colonizes our gut

Nature Microbiology

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Datamining reveals how Clostridium difficile colonizes our gut

David VanInsberghe

Feb 12, 2020

Awakening of the sleeping σ factor

Nature Microbiology

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Awakening of the sleeping σ factor

Shankar Iyer

Feb 06, 2020

Gut Bugs and Metabolites

Nature Microbiology

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Gut Bugs and Metabolites

Nadine Fornelos

Jan 23, 2020

The old with the new: the importance of combining microbial culture with DNA sequencing for the future of microbiome research.

Nature Microbiology

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The old with the new: the importance of combining microbial culture with DNA sequencing for the future of microbiome research.

Fiona Jane Whelan

Jan 22, 2020

A tale of chase and capture: how FtsZ coordinates the movement of cell division proteins

Nature Microbiology

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A tale of chase and capture: how FtsZ coordinates the movement of cell division proteins

Natalia Baranova

Jan 21, 2020

Sharing is caring

Nature Microbiology

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Sharing is caring

Rita Almeida Oliveira

Jan 20, 2020

Let’s Make the Archaea Swim Again

Nature Microbiology

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Let’s Make the Archaea Swim Again

Chi-Lin Tsai

Jan 12, 2020

Lokiarchaeon with exceptionally high activity

Nature Microbiology

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Lokiarchaeon with exceptionally high activity

Bill Orsi

Dec 23, 2019

Rapid diagnostics of the preterm gut microbiome using MinION Nanopore sequencing

Nature Microbiology

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Rapid diagnostics of the preterm gut microbiome using MinION Nanopore sequencing

Cristina Alcon-Giner

Dec 17, 2019

Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen

Nature Microbiology

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Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen

Jenna E Beam

Dec 13, 2019

Viral treadmills in the ocean—running to stand still

Nature Microbiology

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Viral treadmills in the ocean—running to stand still

Nathan Ahlgren

Dec 11, 2019

Nature Microbiology

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Beyond the DNA sequence of Clostridioides difficile

Winter 2014, I was revising a grant proposal to develop methods for characterizing bacterial methylomes, the collective DNA methylation events beyond the four canonical bases, G, A, T and C.

Gang Fang

Nov 25, 2019

A Blueprint for Implementing the eNTRy Rules

Nature Microbiology

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A Blueprint for Implementing the eNTRy Rules

Erica Parker

Nov 20, 2019

Anatomy of a Toxin Pore

Nature Microbiology

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Anatomy of a Toxin Pore

Jaime L. Jensen

Nov 11, 2019

Understanding how trypanosomes acquire iron whilst avoiding host recognition

Nature Microbiology

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Understanding how trypanosomes acquire iron whilst avoiding host recognition

Camilla Trevor

Nov 08, 2019

Changing food preference as a survival strategy of pathogenic E. coli during gut inflammation

Nature Microbiology

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Changing food preference as a survival strategy of pathogenic E. coli during gut inflammation

Sho Kitamoto

Nov 05, 2019

Nature Microbiology

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Going deep into the jungle to understand urbanization

Behind the Paper: Home chemical and microbial transitions across urbanization

Laura-Isobel McCall

Nov 05, 2019

Bacteria invite their friends to dine together at the human gut buffet

Nature Microbiology

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Bacteria invite their friends to dine together at the human gut buffet

Peter James Turnbaugh

Nov 04, 2019

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