A two-component system, DbfRS, regulates biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae. Here, Nguyen et al. identify a small periplasmic protein that controls the activity of the system’s receptor, and show th...

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The first two bacterial genomes were sequenced nearly 30 years ago (1, 2). The cost of one of those sequences, that of Haemophilus influenzae, was over 1,000,000 U.S. dollars and took multiple years (...

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A new President-Elect and members of ASM Board of Directors have been elected to ASM leadership. Terms for all new members of ASM’s leadership will begin July 1, 2025.

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Some thoughts about doing the right thing as an academic in an autocracy

The once-great science twitter is, depending on who you talk to, either dying or dead. Once a vibrant place for many discussions related to my fields of marine biology, ocean conservation, and publ…

Historically, bacteria have been thought of as comparatively simple organisms that lack the panache of their eukaryotic, “higher organism,” counterparts. We now know that this is not the case; bac...