Microbe Magazine

The emerging pathogen and multidrug-resistant fungus Candida auris has at least two different growth forms, concludes a research team from the Mycology Reference Laboratory of Public Health England, located in Bristol, England. First author Andrew Borman and lead sc... More...

A new mBio study used genetic analysis and mouse experiments to identify the genetic regulator of Clostridium difficile Toxin A and Toxin B production. Charles Darkoh, working with Herbert Dupont at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Tex., fou... More...

Gingivitis and periodontitis are not the same disease, and can be differentiated by assessing the microbial communities associated with supragingival plaque, reports a scientific collaboration from University of College London in London, United Kingdom, and the University of Malawi in Malawi. Fir... More...

A team of scientists led by Robert Kozak and Xiangguo Qiu have discovered that ferrets are a superior animal model to mice for studying filoviruses. The scientific team found that Bundibugyo and Zaire Ebola viruses are able to infect ferrets without the need for serial passaging for host adaptati... More...

An mBio study demonstrates that adjuvants can increase a host's immune response during influenza vaccination, but not enough to protect the obese against infection. “Adjuvants increased the antibody responses to levels considered protective, yet obese mice still succumbed to infection,” says... More...

A research team headed by senior scientist Louis Rice of Brown University in Providence, R.I., has identified chromosomal regions where homologous recombination facilitates antimicrobial resistance gene incorporation in the gram-positive bacterium Enterococcus faecium More...

A new mouse model designed by scientists at the University of Buffalo, State University of New York in Buffalo, N.Y., is helping scientists understand how the influenza A virus (IAV) causes asymptomatic Staphylococcus aureus infection to transition to invasive disea... More...

A team of scientists led by first author Diane Schmidt and senior author Saul Tzipori has used recombinant antibody technology to generate a potential therapeutic to neutralize Clostridium difficile toxins. The researchers cloned the VHH variable region of two uniqu... More...

Meticulous drug management programs can have a positive effect on drug-resistant infections, finds a new report published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. A team of clinical scientists led by Larissa Matukas studied the effect of antibiotic stewardship surrounding the use of ciprof... More...

A new study published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy demonstrates the important role played by the public in antibiotic stewardship. First author Roger Zoorob, with senior author Barbara Trautner, surveyed 400 individuals waiting in primary care clinics about their antibiotic use... More...