Nature Reviews Microbiology contents August 2012 Volume 10 Number 8 pp 517-588

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August 2012 Volume 10 Number 8
Impact Factor 21.182 *	In this issue Editorial Research Highlights News and Analysis Reviews Perspectives Also this month  Featured article: The Microbial Olympics Merry Youle, Forest Rohwer, Apollo Stacy, Marvin Whiteley, Bradley C. Steel, Nicolas J. Delalez, Ashley L. Nord, Richard M. Berry, Judith P. Armitage, Sophien Kamoun, Saskia Hogenhout, Stephen P. Diggle, James Gurney, Eric J. G. Pollitt, Antje Boetius & S. Craig Cary
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EDITORIAL		Top
The hidden hordes p517 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2849 With funding for the HMP and Meta-HIT consortia now ending, what's next for these large-scale efforts to map the hidden microbial hordes associated with the human body? Abstract | Full Text | PDF
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Top Host response: Salmonella triumphs over autophagy p519 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2835 A new study reveals that intracellular pathogens induce xenophagy by activating an amino acid starvation response in infected cells and that S. Typhimurium can modulate this response to avoid autophagic degradation. PDF Antimicrobials: A killer hybrid p520 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2833 The creation of the first engineered phage lysin that preferentially targets pathogens and is capable of killing Gram-negative bacteria. PDF Fungal evolution: Amphibious selection p520 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2843 A new paper identifies expansion of the CBM18 domain as one of the key events in the evolution of pathogenicity in the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. PDF Fungal pathogenesis: Magnaporthe puts a ring on it p521 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2840 A ring-shaped structure formed by septins, F-actin and other cytoskeletal components at the base of the Magnaporthe oryzae appressorium provides the rigidity and negative membrane curvature needed for protrusion of the penetration peg into the rice leaf. PDF Phage biology: Phages find a backbone p522 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2838 The atypical phage tubulin PhuZ positions phage DNA in the bacterial cell during lytic growth. PDF Archaea: Breaking down the species barrier p522 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2841 Halophilic archaea can form interspecies cell fusions that enable homologous recombination between distinct species PDF IN THE NEWS 4-in-1 solution p522 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2842 PDF IN BRIEF Bacterial transcription: Transcription factor sliding in live bacteria | Bacterial pathogenesis: Sugar-coating Acinetobacter baumannii virulence | Environmental microbiology: Fungi prey on insects to feed plants PDF Microbiology JOBS of the week Research Assistant - Microbiology Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) Postdoctoral Researcher - Microbiology Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) Department of Microbiology & Immunology Faculty Position University of Maryland at Baltimore Professor in Microbiology University of Glasgow Post-doctoral Research Fellow on Immune Cell Signaling & Microbiology Institute for Work and Health, University of Lausanne and Geneva More Science jobs from Microbiology EVENT 1st Swiss International Conference on Industrial Microbiology 16th - 17th October 2012 Riggenbachstrasse 10 , Olten, Switzerland More science events from
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GENOME WATCH Resisting resistance Bernardo J. Foth p524 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2847 This month's Genome Watch describes how knowledge of the malaria parasite genome can be used to better understand and mitigate the emergence of drug resistance. PDF
REVIEWS		Top
Nutritional immunity: transition metals at the pathogen–host interface M. Indriati Hood & Eric P. Skaar p525 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2836 Vertebrates protect against infection through the sequestration of nutrient metals, and bacterial pathogens have evolved sophisticated acquisition strategies to circumvent this host defence. In this Review, Hood and Skaar describe this molecular arms race for nutrients. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
Microbial interactions: from networks to models Karoline Faust & Jeroen Raes p538 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2832 Correlation and co-occurrence patterns found in metagenomic and phylogenetic data sets are increasingly being used to predict species interactions in the environment. Here, Faust and Raes describe the range of approaches for predicting microbial network models, the pitfalls that are associated with each approach and the future for developing ecosystem-wide models. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
Microbial colonization and controls in dryland systems Stephen B. Pointing & Jayne Belnap p551 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2831 Although more than one-third of the Earth's continental surface is permanently or seasonally arid, microbial communities have evolved to cope with the extreme stresses that are imposed by such environments. Here, Pointing and Belnap describe the microbial communities that are found in desert environments and the biogeological processes that they carry out. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
Viroporins: structure and biological functions José Luis Nieva, Vanesa Madan & Luis Carrasco p563 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2820 Viroporins belong to a growing family of virally encoded proteins that form aqueous channels in the membranes of host cells. Here, Carrasco and colleagues review the structure and diverse biological functions of these proteins during the viral life cycle, as well as their potential as antiviral therapeutic targets. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
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OPINION A bacterial driver–passenger model for colorectal cancer: beyond the usual suspects Harold Tjalsma, Annemarie Boleij, Julian R. Marchesi & Bas E. Dutilh p575 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2819 Recent high-throughput sequencing studies have provided a first glimpse of the microbiome associated with late-stage colorectal cancer. In this Opinion article, Tjalsma and colleagues present a driver–passenger model to account for the distinct temporal associations of particular bacteria with the diseased tissue during oncogenesis. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
ESSAY The Microbial Olympics Merry Youle, Forest Rohwer, Apollo Stacy, Marvin Whiteley, Bradley C. Steel, Nicolas J. Delalez, Ashley L. Nord, Richard M. Berry, Judith P. Armitage, Sophien Kamoun, Saskia Hogenhout, Stephen P. Diggle, James Gurney, Eric J. G. Pollitt, Antje Boetius & S. Craig Cary p583 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2837 Competition is fierce in the microbial world, making evolutionary training and fitness essential for a microorganism to survive and thrive. To honour this spirit, in this Essay an expert panel has selected seven special events to make up the inaugural Microbial Olympics. Abstract | Full Text | PDF | Supplementary information
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