Nature Microbiology
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Nature Microbiology publishes the latest research and commentary in all areas of microbiology.
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#NewResearch
Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) can cause bacterial prostatitis, a prevalent and recurrent infection with high morbidity in men. Here they show that UPEC invades luminal prostate cells via a bacterial FimH and host PPAP receptor interaction
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Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) can cause bacterial prostatitis, a prevalent and recurrent infection with high morbidity in men. Here they show that UPEC invades luminal prostate cells via a bacterial FimH and host PPAP receptor interaction
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 9, 2026 at 11:29 AM
#NewResearch
Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) can cause bacterial prostatitis, a prevalent and recurrent infection with high morbidity in men. Here they show that UPEC invades luminal prostate cells via a bacterial FimH and host PPAP receptor interaction
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) can cause bacterial prostatitis, a prevalent and recurrent infection with high morbidity in men. Here they show that UPEC invades luminal prostate cells via a bacterial FimH and host PPAP receptor interaction
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#NewResearch
Gut microbes can produce ethanol and contribute to auto-brewery syndrome. FMT can potentially treat individuals with this syndrome and improve symptoms.
#microsky
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Gut microbes can produce ethanol and contribute to auto-brewery syndrome. FMT can potentially treat individuals with this syndrome and improve symptoms.
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 9, 2026 at 11:23 AM
#NewResearch
Gut microbes can produce ethanol and contribute to auto-brewery syndrome. FMT can potentially treat individuals with this syndrome and improve symptoms.
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Gut microbes can produce ethanol and contribute to auto-brewery syndrome. FMT can potentially treat individuals with this syndrome and improve symptoms.
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#NewResearch
Infecting phages co-opt a bacterial protein to potentially faciliate genome degradation of competing phages
#microsky
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Infecting phages co-opt a bacterial protein to potentially faciliate genome degradation of competing phages
#microsky
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January 9, 2026 at 11:18 AM
#NewResearch
Infecting phages co-opt a bacterial protein to potentially faciliate genome degradation of competing phages
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Infecting phages co-opt a bacterial protein to potentially faciliate genome degradation of competing phages
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New Review!
Sang Yup Lee, Bernhard Palsson & Gi Bae Kim discuss how #AI can aid microbial gene function discovery
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#microsky
Sang Yup Lee, Bernhard Palsson & Gi Bae Kim discuss how #AI can aid microbial gene function discovery
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#microsky
January 9, 2026 at 11:13 AM
New Review!
Sang Yup Lee, Bernhard Palsson & Gi Bae Kim discuss how #AI can aid microbial gene function discovery
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#microsky
Sang Yup Lee, Bernhard Palsson & Gi Bae Kim discuss how #AI can aid microbial gene function discovery
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#microsky
New Microbe Matters!
@relenski.bsky.social traces the legacy of Escherichia coli and how science is evolving to use this model organism in new ways
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@relenski.bsky.social traces the legacy of Escherichia coli and how science is evolving to use this model organism in new ways
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 9, 2026 at 11:09 AM
New Microbe Matters!
@relenski.bsky.social traces the legacy of Escherichia coli and how science is evolving to use this model organism in new ways
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@relenski.bsky.social traces the legacy of Escherichia coli and how science is evolving to use this model organism in new ways
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New Perspective!
Navigating the duality of Akkermansia muciniphila
by Erica Grant, Elena Monzel & Mahesh Desai
#microsky #microbiomesky
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Navigating the duality of Akkermansia muciniphila
by Erica Grant, Elena Monzel & Mahesh Desai
#microsky #microbiomesky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 9, 2026 at 11:07 AM
New Perspective!
Navigating the duality of Akkermansia muciniphila
by Erica Grant, Elena Monzel & Mahesh Desai
#microsky #microbiomesky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Navigating the duality of Akkermansia muciniphila
by Erica Grant, Elena Monzel & Mahesh Desai
#microsky #microbiomesky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nature Microbiology turns 10! 🎂
As a special treat, we take you back to the editorial team that started it all and then fast forward to take a peek into the future of microbiology through some brilliant microbiologists.
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
As a special treat, we take you back to the editorial team that started it all and then fast forward to take a peek into the future of microbiology through some brilliant microbiologists.
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
January 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Nature Microbiology turns 10! 🎂
As a special treat, we take you back to the editorial team that started it all and then fast forward to take a peek into the future of microbiology through some brilliant microbiologists.
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
As a special treat, we take you back to the editorial team that started it all and then fast forward to take a peek into the future of microbiology through some brilliant microbiologists.
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
A big thanks to all the authors, reviewers, and readers of Nature Microbiology for their love and support throughout the year.
We are on a break & will be back on Jan 2nd, in what will be a very special year for us!
In the meantime, enjoy a collage made by @francoismayer.bsky.social
#MicroSky 🦠
We are on a break & will be back on Jan 2nd, in what will be a very special year for us!
In the meantime, enjoy a collage made by @francoismayer.bsky.social
#MicroSky 🦠
December 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A big thanks to all the authors, reviewers, and readers of Nature Microbiology for their love and support throughout the year.
We are on a break & will be back on Jan 2nd, in what will be a very special year for us!
In the meantime, enjoy a collage made by @francoismayer.bsky.social
#MicroSky 🦠
We are on a break & will be back on Jan 2nd, in what will be a very special year for us!
In the meantime, enjoy a collage made by @francoismayer.bsky.social
#MicroSky 🦠
Our final issue of 2025 has gone live!
🫁pertussis prevention
🏭pollutants and gut bacteria
🕳️porins and resistance in E. coli
🧬many flavours of CRISPR
🦟fatal fungal attraction
...and more 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🫁pertussis prevention
🏭pollutants and gut bacteria
🕳️porins and resistance in E. coli
🧬many flavours of CRISPR
🦟fatal fungal attraction
...and more 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
December 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Our final issue of 2025 has gone live!
🫁pertussis prevention
🏭pollutants and gut bacteria
🕳️porins and resistance in E. coli
🧬many flavours of CRISPR
🦟fatal fungal attraction
...and more 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🫁pertussis prevention
🏭pollutants and gut bacteria
🕳️porins and resistance in E. coli
🧬many flavours of CRISPR
🦟fatal fungal attraction
...and more 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
News & Views out now - Entomopathogenic fungi bait and kill insects with longifolene
By Thiago Luiz Alves e Silva & Joel Vega-Rodriguez
#microsky #malaria
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By Thiago Luiz Alves e Silva & Joel Vega-Rodriguez
#microsky #malaria
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
News & Views out now - Entomopathogenic fungi bait and kill insects with longifolene
By Thiago Luiz Alves e Silva & Joel Vega-Rodriguez
#microsky #malaria
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By Thiago Luiz Alves e Silva & Joel Vega-Rodriguez
#microsky #malaria
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read our November editorial:
The complex path towards herpesvirus vaccines
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The complex path towards herpesvirus vaccines
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Read our November editorial:
The complex path towards herpesvirus vaccines
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The complex path towards herpesvirus vaccines
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dive into our November issue featuring:
🪆nested archaeal symbioses
🌱microbiota driven drought responses in plants
🏗️ BAM complex in Bacteroidota
💨microbial fermentative growth in the gut
🍸hospital-specific phage therapy cocktail
and much more..!
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🪆nested archaeal symbioses
🌱microbiota driven drought responses in plants
🏗️ BAM complex in Bacteroidota
💨microbial fermentative growth in the gut
🍸hospital-specific phage therapy cocktail
and much more..!
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Dive into our November issue featuring:
🪆nested archaeal symbioses
🌱microbiota driven drought responses in plants
🏗️ BAM complex in Bacteroidota
💨microbial fermentative growth in the gut
🍸hospital-specific phage therapy cocktail
and much more..!
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🪆nested archaeal symbioses
🌱microbiota driven drought responses in plants
🏗️ BAM complex in Bacteroidota
💨microbial fermentative growth in the gut
🍸hospital-specific phage therapy cocktail
and much more..!
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
Meet our virology editor Julie Tai-Schmiedel at the Keystone meeting “Predicting and Responding to Emerging Viral Infections” next week!
@julietai.bsky.social
@julietai.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Meet our virology editor Julie Tai-Schmiedel at the Keystone meeting “Predicting and Responding to Emerging Viral Infections” next week!
@julietai.bsky.social
@julietai.bsky.social
Some keen Observations in Our October issue!
🦠 Cancer microbiome
🌊 Marine microbes in warming oceans
🌐 broad-range phages
🧬 genetically minimised Salmonella
🔧 Viral infection mechanisms
🧪 Oxaloacetate antiviral defence
and more, here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🦠 Cancer microbiome
🌊 Marine microbes in warming oceans
🌐 broad-range phages
🧬 genetically minimised Salmonella
🔧 Viral infection mechanisms
🧪 Oxaloacetate antiviral defence
and more, here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
October 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Some keen Observations in Our October issue!
🦠 Cancer microbiome
🌊 Marine microbes in warming oceans
🌐 broad-range phages
🧬 genetically minimised Salmonella
🔧 Viral infection mechanisms
🧪 Oxaloacetate antiviral defence
and more, here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🦠 Cancer microbiome
🌊 Marine microbes in warming oceans
🌐 broad-range phages
🧬 genetically minimised Salmonella
🔧 Viral infection mechanisms
🧪 Oxaloacetate antiviral defence
and more, here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
Savour the fine flavour of our September issue, featuring...
〰️Bacterial prions in phage defence
💊Antibiotics from archaea
🔺Spike complexes in Sabiá, Junin and Machupo viruses
🛡️Aggresomes and mRNA protection
🤝A call for early-career teams
...and more, here 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
〰️Bacterial prions in phage defence
💊Antibiotics from archaea
🔺Spike complexes in Sabiá, Junin and Machupo viruses
🛡️Aggresomes and mRNA protection
🤝A call for early-career teams
...and more, here 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
September 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Savour the fine flavour of our September issue, featuring...
〰️Bacterial prions in phage defence
💊Antibiotics from archaea
🔺Spike complexes in Sabiá, Junin and Machupo viruses
🛡️Aggresomes and mRNA protection
🤝A call for early-career teams
...and more, here 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
〰️Bacterial prions in phage defence
💊Antibiotics from archaea
🔺Spike complexes in Sabiá, Junin and Machupo viruses
🛡️Aggresomes and mRNA protection
🤝A call for early-career teams
...and more, here 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
Get inspired to scale the challenges with our August issue!
Read about:
🦟Fighting malaria
🕹️Remote controlled probiotics
🍄Antifungal resistance
💉mRNA vaccines against bacteria
⚕️Yellow fever vaccine
🫧Archaeal ribosomes
🦠giardia-host interactions
and more.
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
#MicroSky
Read about:
🦟Fighting malaria
🕹️Remote controlled probiotics
🍄Antifungal resistance
💉mRNA vaccines against bacteria
⚕️Yellow fever vaccine
🫧Archaeal ribosomes
🦠giardia-host interactions
and more.
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
#MicroSky
August 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Get inspired to scale the challenges with our August issue!
Read about:
🦟Fighting malaria
🕹️Remote controlled probiotics
🍄Antifungal resistance
💉mRNA vaccines against bacteria
⚕️Yellow fever vaccine
🫧Archaeal ribosomes
🦠giardia-host interactions
and more.
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
#MicroSky
Read about:
🦟Fighting malaria
🕹️Remote controlled probiotics
🍄Antifungal resistance
💉mRNA vaccines against bacteria
⚕️Yellow fever vaccine
🫧Archaeal ribosomes
🦠giardia-host interactions
and more.
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
#MicroSky
Beat the heat with the polar breeze from our July issue!
Read about:
⏱️Slow-growing aeonophiles
🦠Persistence in bacteria
♻️gut bacteria and forever chemicals
🌀Flagellar motors
🧬plasmodium genome
💉evasive Herpes virus
👩🔬 Reviewer gender diversity
and more
#MicroSky
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
Read about:
⏱️Slow-growing aeonophiles
🦠Persistence in bacteria
♻️gut bacteria and forever chemicals
🌀Flagellar motors
🧬plasmodium genome
💉evasive Herpes virus
👩🔬 Reviewer gender diversity
and more
#MicroSky
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
July 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Beat the heat with the polar breeze from our July issue!
Read about:
⏱️Slow-growing aeonophiles
🦠Persistence in bacteria
♻️gut bacteria and forever chemicals
🌀Flagellar motors
🧬plasmodium genome
💉evasive Herpes virus
👩🔬 Reviewer gender diversity
and more
#MicroSky
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
Read about:
⏱️Slow-growing aeonophiles
🦠Persistence in bacteria
♻️gut bacteria and forever chemicals
🌀Flagellar motors
🧬plasmodium genome
💉evasive Herpes virus
👩🔬 Reviewer gender diversity
and more
#MicroSky
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
Hang in there, our June issue has just flown in! Read about…
🦇Virus evolution in bats
👶Probiotics for neonates
🧠Typhoid toxin targeting the brain
🛡️Phage defense systems in V. cholerae
🍔An anti-obesogenic gut bacterium
…and more👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🦇Virus evolution in bats
👶Probiotics for neonates
🧠Typhoid toxin targeting the brain
🛡️Phage defense systems in V. cholerae
🍔An anti-obesogenic gut bacterium
…and more👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
June 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Hang in there, our June issue has just flown in! Read about…
🦇Virus evolution in bats
👶Probiotics for neonates
🧠Typhoid toxin targeting the brain
🛡️Phage defense systems in V. cholerae
🍔An anti-obesogenic gut bacterium
…and more👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🦇Virus evolution in bats
👶Probiotics for neonates
🧠Typhoid toxin targeting the brain
🛡️Phage defense systems in V. cholerae
🍔An anti-obesogenic gut bacterium
…and more👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
"Phollow" the link to our May issue to read about...
💥lysing bacterial pathogens
⛽microbial alkane oxidation
🌱importance of seed-borne bacteria
🙅♀️protective antibodies for norovirus
🚰E. coli in urban drinking water
...and more!👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
💥lysing bacterial pathogens
⛽microbial alkane oxidation
🌱importance of seed-borne bacteria
🙅♀️protective antibodies for norovirus
🚰E. coli in urban drinking water
...and more!👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
May 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Phollow" the link to our May issue to read about...
💥lysing bacterial pathogens
⛽microbial alkane oxidation
🌱importance of seed-borne bacteria
🙅♀️protective antibodies for norovirus
🚰E. coli in urban drinking water
...and more!👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
💥lysing bacterial pathogens
⛽microbial alkane oxidation
🌱importance of seed-borne bacteria
🙅♀️protective antibodies for norovirus
🚰E. coli in urban drinking water
...and more!👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
This is our April issue, oh yeah...
🐦H5N1 antiviral outcomes
💊Abx against N. gonorrhoeae
🌱P. syringae plant infection
🦟Circadian rhythms in malaria
...and more 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🐦H5N1 antiviral outcomes
💊Abx against N. gonorrhoeae
🌱P. syringae plant infection
🦟Circadian rhythms in malaria
...and more 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
April 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is our April issue, oh yeah...
🐦H5N1 antiviral outcomes
💊Abx against N. gonorrhoeae
🌱P. syringae plant infection
🦟Circadian rhythms in malaria
...and more 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🐦H5N1 antiviral outcomes
💊Abx against N. gonorrhoeae
🌱P. syringae plant infection
🦟Circadian rhythms in malaria
...and more 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
Marching into spring with our March issue!
💡Considering microbes in microplastic research
🌍 Climate change and harmful microbes
🧬 CRISPRi-ART for functional genomics
🦀 Gut microbiota and cancer therapy response
and much more!
#MicroSky
Read here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
💡Considering microbes in microplastic research
🌍 Climate change and harmful microbes
🧬 CRISPRi-ART for functional genomics
🦀 Gut microbiota and cancer therapy response
and much more!
#MicroSky
Read here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
March 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Marching into spring with our March issue!
💡Considering microbes in microplastic research
🌍 Climate change and harmful microbes
🧬 CRISPRi-ART for functional genomics
🦀 Gut microbiota and cancer therapy response
and much more!
#MicroSky
Read here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
💡Considering microbes in microplastic research
🌍 Climate change and harmful microbes
🧬 CRISPRi-ART for functional genomics
🦀 Gut microbiota and cancer therapy response
and much more!
#MicroSky
Read here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
Our February issue has invaded! Featuring...
🍬microbial GLP-1 & sugar preferences
☠️kill switches for M. tuberculosis
🦇a cache of bat RNA viral genomes
🏞️design & release of engineered bacteria
...and more, here👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🍬microbial GLP-1 & sugar preferences
☠️kill switches for M. tuberculosis
🦇a cache of bat RNA viral genomes
🏞️design & release of engineered bacteria
...and more, here👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
February 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Our February issue has invaded! Featuring...
🍬microbial GLP-1 & sugar preferences
☠️kill switches for M. tuberculosis
🦇a cache of bat RNA viral genomes
🏞️design & release of engineered bacteria
...and more, here👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🍬microbial GLP-1 & sugar preferences
☠️kill switches for M. tuberculosis
🦇a cache of bat RNA viral genomes
🏞️design & release of engineered bacteria
...and more, here👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
January 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Our first issue of 2025 has gone live, featuring...
🥗microbial roles in diet and food insecurity
🛶freshwater microbial dynamics
📈SARS-CoV-2 spike evolution
🚨bacterial danger signals
🥔microbiomes forecasting spud vigor
...and more. Check it out here 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🥗microbial roles in diet and food insecurity
🛶freshwater microbial dynamics
📈SARS-CoV-2 spike evolution
🚨bacterial danger signals
🥔microbiomes forecasting spud vigor
...and more. Check it out here 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
January 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Our first issue of 2025 has gone live, featuring...
🥗microbial roles in diet and food insecurity
🛶freshwater microbial dynamics
📈SARS-CoV-2 spike evolution
🚨bacterial danger signals
🥔microbiomes forecasting spud vigor
...and more. Check it out here 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🥗microbial roles in diet and food insecurity
🛶freshwater microbial dynamics
📈SARS-CoV-2 spike evolution
🚨bacterial danger signals
🥔microbiomes forecasting spud vigor
...and more. Check it out here 👇
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
Our final issue of 2024 is out now!
☕Coffee habits shape your gut microbiome
❄️Tracking avian influenza in Antarctica
⚖️Fitness trade-offs in pathogens
🛡️Phage-encoded kinase defense
and much more..!
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
☕Coffee habits shape your gut microbiome
❄️Tracking avian influenza in Antarctica
⚖️Fitness trade-offs in pathogens
🛡️Phage-encoded kinase defense
and much more..!
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
December 2, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Our final issue of 2024 is out now!
☕Coffee habits shape your gut microbiome
❄️Tracking avian influenza in Antarctica
⚖️Fitness trade-offs in pathogens
🛡️Phage-encoded kinase defense
and much more..!
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
☕Coffee habits shape your gut microbiome
❄️Tracking avian influenza in Antarctica
⚖️Fitness trade-offs in pathogens
🛡️Phage-encoded kinase defense
and much more..!
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...