How Yersinia pestis Got Its Pathogenic Groove
The Ail protein allows Yersinia pestis to infect humans and cause plague. But flea serum provides a protective niche for the bacterium and promotes the horizontal transfer of virulence factors. #AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.01244-22

The new issue of #AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology is out! Don’t miss my editorial with MRA and mSystems editors in chief @chicaScientifica and Jack Gilbert about our pilot program to publish companion papers with #MRA. A much needed approach to curate data resources and promote open science. https://journals.asm.org/toc/aem/current

On behalf of the editorial team at #AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology , wholehearted congratulations to UC Berkeley Prof. Jillian F. Banfield for receiving the 2023 Van Leeuwenhoek Medal. First woman to receive this award. 🙌 #WomenInScience
https://www.knvm.org/activities/awards-and-grants/van-leeuwenhoek-medal/van-leeuwenhoek-medal-2023

To prey or not to prey?
Bdellovibrio bacteria prey on Pseudomonas, albeit with low efficiency. Replicate Bdellovibrio populations evolving with Pseudomonas adapted to #starvation rather than killing efficiency. They’d rather diet than finish all their food! 🤯
#AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.01776-22

@AppEnvMicro is pleased to join #MicrobialResourceAnnouncements (MRA) and @mSystemsJ in a pilot project to simultaneously publish original research with a companion data resource MRA article.
Learn more about it in our joined editorial, with EiCs @gilbertjacka and @chicaScientific
#AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology #ASM
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.01271-22

The Mysterious Life of “Candidatus Patescibacteria”

A metagenomic survey revealed fermentative traits that make these ultrasmall sediment bacterial symbionts widespread in marine sediments.
#AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology

https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01409-22

Magic Mushrooms, Reexamined

The study of 94 Psilocybe fungarium specimens provided much-needed taxonomic clarity to this genus and revealed novel insights into the production of psychoactive chemicals.
https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01498-22
#AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology

An Unsuspected Ally against Fusarium Wilt Disease

A metabolite in onion root exudates enriches for pseudomonad antagonists of the Fusarium wilt pathogen, reducing disease severity on cucumber (“soil suppressiveness”). #AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology
https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01554-22

On behalf of the editorial team @AppEnvMicro, thank you for your continued support of our journal. We have many initiatives planned for the next year to better serve our community. Stay tuned. Until then, happy holidays! 🎄
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