Microbiology articles from across Nature Portfolio

Synthesis and characterization of new macrolones — fusions of two antibiotic classes with distinct bacterial targets — reveal the basis for their activity and potential design principles that may help combat development of antimicrobial resistance.

Integrating global and local genomic surveillance into phage therapy cocktail design offers a middle ground between personalized and product-based treatment options.

Viral RNA and protein are found to persist in infected lungs and contribute to post-acute pathology in Sendai virus infection.

This study highlights that IFITM3 deficiency lowers the minimum infectious dose of influenza virus, enhances adaptation of influenza viruses to a new host species, and broadly increases infection of human cells by avian and swine influenza viruses.

Genomic analysis of 2,768 viral species reveals conserved and distinct genome-wide differences in specific oligonucleotide patterns, so-called genomic signatures. These are likely caused by various selection pressures acting on viral genomes.

Synthesis and characterization of new macrolones — fusions of two antibiotic classes with distinct bacterial targets — reveal the basis for their activity and potential design principles that may help combat development of antimicrobial resistance.

Integrating global and local genomic surveillance into phage therapy cocktail design offers a middle ground between personalized and product-based treatment options.

Viral RNA and protein are found to persist in infected lungs and contribute to post-acute pathology in Sendai virus infection.

Widespread sewage contamination of the world’s harbours can be revealed by combined faecal source tracking, but more work is needed to achieve source apportioning.

Giving faecal transplants to children born by caesarian section is promising, early clinical trial results show.

The man with the first known Marburg infection of Rwanda’s outbreak had visited a cave hosting a particular species of bat — one with a history of carrying the deadly pathogen.