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ASM Articles in Spotlight Print E-mail

ASM Articles in the Spotlight. The ASM journals Eukaryotic Cell, Infection and Immunity, and the Journal of Virology highlight current articles of interest in their Spotlight sections:
http://ec.asm.org/current.dtl#SPOTLIGHT
http://iai.asm.org/current.dtl#SPOTLIGHT
http://jvi.asm.org/current.dtl#SPOTLIGHT

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Persister Cells Fingered in Chronic CF Print E-mail

 

The majority of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients succumb to a chronic, untreatable Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of the airways.
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Single RNA Polymerase Mutation Confers Resistance to Vancomycin and Daptomycin Print E-mail
Vancomycin and daptomycin are two of the limited number of effective antibiotics against methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection.
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Synthetic Riboswitches Turn On Bacterial Genes Print E-mail

 

Bacteria regulate their metabolism using riboswitches, sequences of RNA that alter gene expression when they bind a small-molecule metabolite.
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Bdellovibrio Devour Their Prey from the Inside, Breaking Rules as They Go Print E-mail

 

 The predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus eats its prey-larger bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, from the inside, an example of the imaginative lengths to which some prokaryotes will go to make a living.
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Model for Francisella tularensis Found Wanting Print E-mail
Francisella tularensis is considered a select agent by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, due to its low infectious dose—as few as 10 organisms—via the lungs, and its potential as a biological threat agent.
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