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- Mechanisms of spinach fungal endophyte suppression of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli from Lindsay Gielda (Purdue University Northwest, IN, USA). With spinach and lettuce plants being major sources of E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks, and the bacterium recently being shown to adopt an endophytic lifestyle within the tissue of these plants, the researcher hoped to identify endophytes that hold the potential to suppress growth of E. coli O157:H7 in plantae. Four fungal isolates (PNW-2016-01 through PNW-2016-04) were identified based on DNA sequencing and demonstrated particularly strong bacterial growth suppressive properties.
- First report of the mcr-1 colistin resistance gene in 2 Escherichia coli from clinical samples in the Philippines from John Mark Velasco (USAMD-AFIRMS) describes the drug susceptibility profiles of 2 non-clonal mcr-1 positive Escherichia coli clinical strains from separate patients in Manila, Philippines, which is the first report of mcr-1-postive E. coli from the country. The researchers argue that strengthening of multidrug-resistant microbial pathogen surveillance to include animal and agricultural sectors is needed to better characterize the sources and local prevalence of colistin resistance.
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Edward Topp on the role of the environment in antibiotic resistance: “One consequence of the Anthropocene is that we are potentiating the environmental resistome/mobilome in ways that common sense would suggest are not a good idea.” #ASMicrobe
— Dr. Tara C. Smith (@aetiology) June 23, 2019
Work from @CBLopezLab and others showing that defective viral genomes induce anti-viral immunity. Robust interferon beta expression 6 hrs PI in SeV. At single cell level the content of the defective genomes is crucial for inducing immune response #ASMicrobe #virusSocial
— Sam Diaz-Munoz (@sociovirology) June 23, 2019
Thibault Stalder giving his talk on identifying the natural hosts of #AMR in complex microbial communities using #proximityligation. #ASMicrobe @PhaseGenomics pic.twitter.com/t3fc1zmmlc
— Ivan Liachko (@ivanliachko) June 23, 2019
At the very important “Communicating science in the era of alternative facts” symposium, which kicks off with @MWClimateSci, climate science editor @nature, discussing his experience with climate change denial & strategies on how to counteract it using abstract art #ASMicrobe pic.twitter.com/n0IFI7v7k4
— Nonia Pariente (@npariente) June 23, 2019
