Microbe Magazine

Cover ImageVaccines are crucial for controlling the spread of influenza, but currently are only effective against a limited mix of strains. A universal vaccine remains elusive, but progress is being made (see p. 433). (Image © James King-Holmes/ Science Source.)
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NIH Builds Substantial Human Microbiome Project
The human genome proved surprisingly skimpy, encoding somewhere in the range of a mere 20,000 proteins, on the same order as the fruit fly genome—a psychologically humbling number. However, humans provide a scaffold upon which microbes build elaborate ecosystems and, by young adulthood, each of u...
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Exploring Host-Microbe Interactions in Hydra
The freshwater polyp Hydra, which belongs to an ancient animal phylum, still must defend itself against pathogens, much like other more complex organisms. Further, microorganisms colonize the epithelial layers of Hydra, much as they colonize other organisms. How do hosts distinguish...
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