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This study shows that microgravity modulates phage–host co-evolution and alters their mutational landscapes, facilitating adaptation to such a distinct environmental niche.

This study shows that co-existence of the four Lactobacillus species in the gut of the honey bee is mainly dependent on the pollen-rich diet of the host, and mediated by the specialization of the gut symbionts towards distinct pollen-derived nutrients.

This study reports the structure, specificity and genotoxic activity of colibactin.

This study reports that the tree bark microbial community actively modulates fluxes of climate-active gases and volatile organic compounds, and may mediate global atmospheric gas cycling.

This study shows that sialokinin, which is a vasodilatory peptide that is expressed in the saliva of female Aedes aegypti, modulates immune responses and mitigates inflammation during chikungunya virus infection in mice.

This study reports the identification of cell-surface low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 8 (LRP8) as the crucial host factor that mediates tick-borne encephalitis virus entry and infection.

This study reports the possible negative effects of warming sea surface temperatures on Prochlorococcus populations.

This study shows that the prototypical crAssphage Carjivirus communis replicates as a low-copy, linear phage–plasmid that has a broad host range.

The data in this study suggest that the detection of EBV nuclear antigen-specific antibodies are potentially an early marker predicting the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.

This study reports that the commensal gut bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron establishes distinct subpopulations in response to two secreted, self-targeting effector proteins.

This study discovers that two distinct cryptic Pseudogymnoascus destructans species cause white-nose disease.

This study explored the inheritance of bacterial metabolic activity at the single-cell level.

This study shows that mechanical pressure induces multicellular development in Haloferax volcanii.

This study reports the biosynthesis and characterization of poly(ester amide)s in Escherichia coli.

This study shows that fungal plant pathogens use hydrolase effectors to induce phosphate starvation signalling in host plants and suppress immune responses to promote disease.

This study describes the bacterial type IV Thoeris defence system, which contains both a Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domain protein and a caspase-like protease.

This study reports two different mechanisms that enable bacterial surface colonization under high flow conditions.

This study reports that bacteria protect plants against filamentous fungal infections via intercellular contacts between the bacterial cells and the conidia of the fungi.

A recent study shows that the commensal bacterium Lactiplantibacillus plantarum recognizes the foregut of the fruit fly as its physical niche via sugar-binding adhesins.

This study shows that high-level resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus involves an alternative mode of cell division.

This study provides insights into how adaptive changes in evolved microbial communities can affect pathogen invasion.

This study shows that the Campylobacter jejuni-derived genotoxin named cytolethal distending toxin promotes colorectal cancer metastasis.

This study describes the discovery of a previously uncharacterized phylogenetically distinct group of viroid-like human microbiome-associated RNAs.

A new study reports sustained HIV remission in an individual who underwent allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation with cells from a donor with wild-type CCR5.

This study shows that the anti-CRISPR protein AcrIF25 inhibits the type I-F CRISPR–Cas system by pulling apart the fully assembled Csy complex.

This study used structure-based drug design and modular synthesis to identify small molecules with antimicrobial activity.

This study shows that accounting for spillover effects increased the cost-effectiveness of combined malaria-elimination interventions.

The US government is halting funding for fetal tissue research conducted by government scientists.

This study shows that archaea produce catalytically active ultraminimal as well as hybrid [FeFe] hydrogenases.

This study shows how two umbravirus-like viruses induce systemic infection in the plant host in the absence of virus-encoded movement proteins.

This study reports the mechanism of plasmid clearance by the DNA defence module DdmDE of the Vibrio cholerae seventh pandemic strain.

This study reports that plectasin uses a supramolecular antimicrobial mode of action, whereby the oligomerized peptide sequesters lipid II.

This study shows that metabolic inactivity confers tolerance against polymyxin antibiotics and proposes a model for polymyxin-mediated killing of metabolically active bacterial cells.

This study describes Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus trimeric fibre proteins with diverse adhesive tips that enable the identification of a broad range of prey.

This study shows that a single-stranded RNA phage binds to the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilus, leading to phage entry into the cell and the detachment of the pilus, which impairs bacterial motility.

This study reports that antibodies that target the fusion peptide on the HIV envelope provide protection to rhesus macaques against mucosal simian-HIV challenge.

This study reports a mechanism whereby Wolbachia bacteriophage proteins modulate macromolecules of developing Drosophila melanogaster.

The study provides insights into how insects and their endosymbionts can manipulate plant defences.

This study shows that hyphae formation is critical for Candida albicans gut colonization in the presence of commensal bacteria owing to the production of a hyphal-associated factor.

This study reports the identification of an archaeal virus Acr protein that blocks the dissociation of the target RNA from the type III-B CRISPR–Cas effector complex, which prevents the recycling of the complex.

The data of the study suggest that bacteria possess a physiological iron memory that persists over multiple generations.

This study reports the identification of the novel Candida auris-specific adhesin Scf1, which, together with the adhesin Iff4109, is a key mediator of surface association, infection and long-term colonization.

This study reports that intracellular cord formation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an important feature of early pathogenesis.

This study shows that intercellular long extensions promote the evasion of antibody neutralization and the efficient intercellular transmission of chikungunya virus in vitro and in vivo.

This study provides evidence for a role of Anopheles stephensi in driving urban malaria outbreaks.

This study reports the identification of two prophage-encoded systems involved in anti-phage defence through Abi.

This study suggests that the valine residue at position 188 of NS1 has a crucial role in antigenaemia, which is essential for the transmission of Zika virus from mammalian hosts to mosquitoes.

The emergence of a new coronavirus in China raises global alarm.

This report shows that glycolysis is important for modulating replication of murine norovirus.