16 July 2019

Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus: advances in diagnosis and vaccine development

"Excellent review on diagnosis and vaccine development of IHNV!"

Mohammad Shamsur Rahman, Handling Editor

5 April 2019

HERVs, immunity, and autoimmunity: understanding the connection

"The manuscript gives an up to date and comprehensible overview about the interrelationships between HERVs and immunity."

Fernando Spilki, Handling Editor

13 March 2019

Identification of Austwickia chelonae as cause of cutaneous granuloma in endangered crocodile lizards using metataxonomics

"The paper describes the role of Austwickia chelonae as a cause of skin disease in free-living crocodile lizards."

Fernando Spilki, Handling Editor

26 February 2019

Two membrane-bound transcription factors regulate expression of various type-IV-pili surface structures in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

"This effort shows the relationship of protein regulators ArnR and paralog ArnR1 affecting the expression of archaellum in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius."

Craig Moyer, Handling Editor

8 February 2019

Improved genome of Agrobacterium radiobacter type strain provides new taxonomic insight into Agrobacterium genomospecies 4

"Highlights a serious issue with the previously published genome and presents new insights into Agrobacterium biology"

Siouxsie Wiles, Handling Editor

9 January 2019

Fluoxetine-induced alteration of murine gut microbial community structure: evidence for a microbial endocrinology-based mechanism of action responsible for fluoxetine-induced side effects

"The paper is focused on relevant topic in the field of gut-brain axis and of drug development."

Laura Maggi, Handling Editor

4 January 2019

Long-term effects of straw and straw-derived biochar on soil aggregation and fungal community in a rice–wheat rotation system

"The study, conducted over a span of six years, provides agriculturally relevant information about the effects of field-applied biochar, compared to traditional fertilization management, on soil structure and fugal communities."

Monika Mortimer, Handling Editor

16 October 2018

Analysis of adult damselfly fecal material aids in the estimation of antibiotic-resistant Enterobacterales contamination of the local environment

"This is a really neat study, looking at antibiotic-resistant bacteria in damselfly poo as a potential means of identifying what resistant-bacteria are present in the wider environment. I would love to see them extend the study to look at genomic analyses rather than being limited to what they could grow on selective agar."

Siouxsie Wiles, Handling Editor

22 August 2018

Fine-scale differentiation between Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus group signatures in metagenome shotgun data

"Highlights the need for careful analyses of metagenomic data when looking at closely related bacteria, and proposes a way of dealing with this. Applicable to metagenomic studies across a range of ecological niches."

Lesley Hoyles, Handling Editor

10 August 2018

A meta-analysis reveals the environmental and host factors shaping the structure and function of the shrimp microbiota

"A very good effort on putting together and analysing shrimp gut microbiota."

Konstantinos Kormas, Handling Editor