May 2009 Volume 7 Number 5
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Focus on Microbial Host Cell Subversion
To highlight advances in our understanding of the mechanisms by which
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This month's FEATURED article:
Exoelectrogenic bacteria that power microbial fuel cells
Bruce E. Logan
p375 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2113
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In this issue
p321 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2139
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Editorial: Malaria: health is wealth
p322 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2144
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
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Bacterial physiology: Ahead of the curve
p323 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2135
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Evolution: Good mutations available in all sizes
p324 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2134
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IN BRIEF
Industrial Microbiology | Parasitology | Bacterial physiology
p324 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2138
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Viral immune evasion: Interferon interference
p325 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2140
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Bacterial physiology: OppA's deep pockets
p325 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2141
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Bacterial Pathogenesis: Making a niche
p326 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2132
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Bacterial ecology: Cheaters get eaten
p326 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2142
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Bacterial Chromosomes: Pol III picks up the pieces
p327 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2136
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NEWS AND ANALYSIS
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GENOME WATCH
Genome Watch: Breaking the ICE
Helena Seth-Smith and Nicholas J. Croucher
p328 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2137
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DISEASE WATCH
In the News
p330 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2143
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Focus on: Microbial Host Cell Subversion
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REVIEWS
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Life on the inside: the intracellular lifestyle of cytosolic bacteria
Katrina Ray, Benoit Marteyn, Philippe J. Sansonetti and Christoph M. Tang
p333 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2112
Many bacterial pathogens can invade non-phagocytic cells and survive
within a membrane-bound vacuole. However, few pathogens are able to
escape the vacuoles and proliferate in the host cell cytosol. In this
Review, Tang and colleagues discuss the mechanisms by which these
pathogens enter the cytosol, obtain nutrients and subvert host immune
responses.
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Malaria parasite proteins that remodel the host erythrocyte
Alexander G. Maier, Brian M. Cooke, Alan F. Cowman and Leann Tilley
p341 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2110
The malaria parasite exports an array of proteins while it resides in
the erythrocytes of its host. This Review describes the functions of
parasite proteins that interact with the erythrocyte membrane skeleton
or that promote delivery of the major virulence protein, PfEMP1, to
the erythrocyte membrane.
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Antimicrobial mechanisms of phagocytes and bacterial evasion strategies
Ronald S. Flannagan, Gabriela Cosio and Sergio Grinstein
p355 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2128
The host cell and intracellular pathogens are in a continuous struggle.
Flannagan, Cosio and Grinstein describe the pathway by which the bacteria
are taken up, the antimicrobial mechanisms of the host cell and the
different ways bacteria evade these mechanisms.
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OPINION
Do symbiotic bacteria subvert host immunity?
Lora V. Hooper
p367 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2114
The mammalian intestine is colonized by complex indigenous bacterial
communities that establish beneficial symbiotic relationships with
their host, making important contributions to host metabolism and
digestive efficiency. In this Opinion article, Lora Hooper explores
the roles of immune suppression, evasion and subversion in the
establishment of these important symbiotic relationships.
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Exoelectrogenic bacteria that power microbial fuel cells
Bruce E. Logan
p375 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2113
The use of microbial fuel cells to generate electrical current is
increasingly being seen as a viable source of renewable energy production.
In this Progress article, Bruce Logan highlights recent advances in
our understanding of the mechanisms used by exoelectrogenic bacteria
to generate electrical current and the important factors to consider
in microbial fuel cell design.
Abstract: http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=63&m=32270607&r=MTc2NzM1ODUwNgS2&b=2&j=NDc0MDM3MDES1&mt=1&rt=0
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REVIEWS
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Using movies to analyse gene circuit dynamics in single cells
James C. W. Locke and Michael B. Elowitz
p383 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2056
Movies, made possible by the combination of time-lapse microscopy,
quantitative image analysis and fluorescent protein reporters, are
allowing us to directly observe various cellular components over time
in individual cells. As such, movies are providing powerful insights
into the behaviour of genetic circuit behaviours in diverse microbial
systems.
Abstract: http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=100&m=32270607&r=MTc2NzM1ODUwNgS2&b=2&j=NDc0MDM3MDES1&mt=1&rt=0
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Correlates of protective immunity for Ebola vaccines: implications for
regulatory approval by the animal rule
Nancy J. Sullivan, Julie E. Martin, Barney S. Graham and Gary J. Nabel
p393 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2129
For diseases that are both rare and lethal, it is difficult to test vaccines.
Sullivan and colleagues describe the use of immune correlates and the
animal rule for the licensing of Ebola vaccines.
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