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.
COVID-19 mRNA vaccine-induced memory T cells: strong preserved immune responses to Omicron
We found that COVID-19 RNA vaccine-induced memory T cells exhibit preserved responses to the Omicron variant. These findings suggest that memory T cells will exert effector functions against the Omicron variant during breakthrough infections among individuals immunized with COVID-19 vaccines.
Making bubbles in Veillonella parvula – not child’s play
We analyzed the distribution of outer membrane (OM) attachment mechanisms across the whole tree of Bacteria, and we made a hypothesis on how gram-positives might have emerged. We tested it by perturbing OM tethering in the diderm Firmicute Veillonella. The results surprised us!
To Float Rocks a Microbe Juggles Metabolisms
Addressing a mystery about the dynamic regulation of nitrogen fixation and photosynthesis in the marine nitrogen fixer Trichodesmium.
