Nature Reviews Microbiology contents December 2014 Volume 12 Number 12 pp 789-851

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December 2014 Volume 12 Number 12
Impact Factor 23.317 *	In this issue Comment Research Highlights News and Analysis Reviews Perspectives Correspondence Also this month Article series: Vector-borne diseases  Featured article: The interplay of microbially mediated and abiotic reactions in the biogeochemical Fe cycle Emily D. Melton, Elizabeth D. Swanner, Sebastian Behrens, Caroline Schmidt & Andreas Kappler
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Comment: The importance of sample archiving in microbial ecology S. Craig Cary & Noah Fierer p789 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro3382 For many microbial ecology studies, the samples collected are irreplaceable — microbial ecologists must therefore develop robust strategies for long-term storage and archiving of samples in order to fully develop, and protect, the scientific record. S. Craig Cary and Noah Fierer call on microbial ecologists to develop robust strategies for long-term storage and archiving of samples in order to fully develop, and protect, the scientific record. Full Text | PDF
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Top Antimicrobials: Tailor-made poisons for pathogens p791 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro3381 Two studies report the use of a customizable Cas9 nuclease as an antimicrobial for sequence-specific killing of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. PDF Structural biology: The many faces of the HIV-1 spike p792 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro3383 Two new studies provide insights into the structural rearrangements and dynamic conformational changes of the HIV-1 spike that facilitate viral entry. PDF DISEASE WATCH Ebola Crisis continues p792 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro3392 PDF Bacterial physiology: Chlamydia and the cytoskeleton p792 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro3397 Two new papers look at different ways in which Chlamydia trachomatis interacts with the host cell cytoskeleton. PDF Fungal pathogenesis: Divide and conquer p794 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro3387 Reactive oxygen species induce a 'division of labour' in intracellular Cryptococcus gattii populations, which promotes pathogenesis. PDF IN BRIEF Bacterial physiology: How to keep your plasmids | Archaeal evolution: Acquiring genes from bacteria | Microbiome: Bile provides key to CDI resistance | Parasite biology: Early social behaviour in T. b. brucei | Fungal pathogenicity: Role for TLOs in fungal virulence PDF Microbiology JOBS of the week Four-Five Full Microbiology Professor Positions Nanjing Medical University Research group leader position in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Post-Doctoral Position in Microalgal Biology CEA French Atomic and Alternative Energies Commission Postdoctoral Scientist Seattle Biomedical Research Institute More Science jobs from Microbiology EVENT Pharmaceutical Microbiology 21.01.15 London, UK More science events from
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GENOME WATCH Recombination: genomic mix 'n' match Christine J. Boinett & Amy K. Cain p795 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro3388 This month's Genome Watch explores the effect that recombination can have on the interpretation of outbreak investigations, and the far-reaching consequences for genomic diversity in bacterial species. PDF
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The interplay of microbially mediated and abiotic reactions in the biogeochemical Fe cycle Emily D. Melton, Elizabeth D. Swanner, Sebastian Behrens, Caroline Schmidt & Andreas Kappler p797 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro3347 To understand the network of reactions within the biogeochemical (iron) Fe cycle, it is necessary to determine which abiotic or microbially mediated reactions are dominant under various environmental conditions. Kappler and colleagues review the major biotic and abiotic reactions in the biogeochemical Fe cycle. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
Autotrophy at the thermodynamic limit of life: a model for energy conservation in acetogenic bacteria Kai Schuchmann & Volker Müller p809 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro3365 Acetogenic bacteria rely on the reduction of CO2 to acetate by the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway to couple energy conservation and biomass production. However, how energy is conserved in acetogens has been an enigma. Here, Schuchmann and Muller describe recent insights into the biochemistry and genetics of the energy metabolism of model acetogens, highlight how these bacteria link CO2 fixation to energy conservation and propose a new bioenergetic classification for acetogens. Abstract | Full Text | PDF | Supplementary information
Enabling the 'host jump': structural determinants of receptor-binding specificity in influenza A viruses Yi Shi, Ying Wu, Wei Zhang, Jianxun Qi & George F. Gao p822 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro3362 The shift in the receptor-binding specificity of influenza A viruses is mostly determined by mutations in viral haemagglutinin. In this Review, Gao and colleagues discuss recent crystallographic studies that provide molecular insights into haemagglutinin-host receptor interactions that have enabled several influenza A virus subtypes to 'jump' from avian to human hosts. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
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OPINION Article series: Vector-borne diseases Asymptomatic malaria infections: detectability, transmissibility and public health relevance Teun Bousema, Lucy Okell, Ingrid Felger & Chris Drakeley p833 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro3364 Recent studies have shown that submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections are an important, but often undetected, reservoir of malaria and are major contributors to transmission. In this Opinion article, Bousema and colleagues discuss the epidemiology of these infections and the prospects for intervention strategies, and they argue for the wider deployment of molecular diagnostic tools to understand and quantify infection dynamics. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
OPINION Reductive genome evolution at both ends of the bacterial population size spectrum Bérénice Batut, Carole Knibbe, Gabriel Marais & Vincent Daubin p841 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro3331 The extensive genome reduction that is observed in bacterial endosymbionts is expected for species with small effective population sizes; however, similar reduction is observed in some free-living marine cyanobacteria that have extremely large effective population sizes. In this Opinion article, the authors discuss the different hypotheses that have been proposed to account for this reductive genome evolution at both ends of the bacterial population size spectrum. Abstract | Full Text | PDF
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The fate and biogeochemical cycling of viral elements Rui Zhang, Wei Wei & Lanlan Cai p850 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro3384 Full Text | PDF
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