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Risk factors for mortality in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteraemia: a 22-year retrospective study in a Japanese acute care hospital.

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Fig. 1. Flowchart of study enrolment for patients with S. maltophilia bacteraemia.
September 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Preparation of culture plates demonstrating anti-Staphylococcus aureus activity of Penicillium sp. and their use as teaching materials.

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Fig. 1. Preparation of culture plates for the photographs used in student interviews.
July 31, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Type VI secretion system-mediated bacterial antagonism in the classroom.

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Fig. 1. Workflow overview. Shaded in grey are the activities that need to be carried out in silico.
July 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Burden of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae among cancer patients in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Fig. 1. PRISMA flow diagram illustrating identification, screening, eligibility and inclusion of studies assessing ESBL-PE prevalence among cancer patients in Africa (1 January 2010 to 31 December 2024).
July 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Whole-genome sequencing of clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates across hospitals in Mwanza, Tanzania.

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Fig. 3. Circular map of the conjugative plasmid AA083 (37 kbp) identified in an MRSA isolate (TU135) recovered from a urine sample during NAP-AMR.
July 8, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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Secondary syphilis in human immunodeficiency virus coinfection: a case report of an atypical presentation with cutaneous and neurological involvement. Published Open Access and fee-free in ACMI: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.001086.v3

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May 29, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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Student preferences for microbiology laboratory teaching approaches in a problem-based learning curriculum.
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Fig. 1. Heatmap illustrating student preferences (per cent) for each year 2 lab session.
May 21, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Investigating the role of bacterial raw milk community members in chlorate reduction.

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Fig. 1. Overview of study design.
May 15, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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Exploring the lipoproteome of Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius.
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Fig. 1: Lipobox sequence conservation in 86 P. thermoglucosidasius BLPs.
May 6, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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A case of laboratory-acquired Salmonella Typhi infection due to phage typing in Japan: whole-genome sequencing confirms the source of infection. View the full details in ACMI: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.001121.v4 #AccessMicro
Timeline of symptom onset, microbiological confirmation and antimicrobial therapy during the initial and relapsed episodes of typhoid fever.
April 30, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Molecular characterization of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria isolated from pregnant women’s urine at Itojo Hospital, South Western Uganda. Get the details in ACMI: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.001045.v5 #AccessMicro
Agarose gel electrophoresis of PCR products: 1, ladder (base pairs); 2 and 8, positive controls for duplex of TEM and CTX; 7, negative control; 3, sample containing TEM and CTX; 4, SHV alone; 5, TEM alone; 6, CTX alone.
April 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Multidrug-resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella and Escherichia coli in imported poultry products in the Maldives. Published Open Access and fee-free in ACMI using a Publish and Read agreement: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.001114.v3 #PublishandRead #AccessMicro
Resistance to antibiotics in poultry isolates. AMP, CIP, CRO, SXT, TET, Ec, Salm, resistant (red), ciprofloxacin ‘susceptible increased exposure’ (EUCAST) (orange), sensitive (green). AMP, ampicillin; CIP, ciprofloxacin; CRO, ceftriaxone; Ec, E. coli; Salm, non-typhoidal Salmonella; TET, tetracycline.
April 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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April 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Diversity and clinical correlations of SARS-CoV-2 variant during the introduction of the Delta variant in Guatemala. Published Open Access and fee-free in ACMI using a Publish and Read agreement: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000939.v3 #PublishandRead #AccessMicro
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April 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Genome sequences of distinct genotypes of bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas euvesicatoria pv. euvesicatoria from pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in Serbia.
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Genome sequences of distinct genotypes of bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas euvesicatoria pv. euvesicatoria from pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in Serbia
This Technical Resource presents genome sequence data for three strains of the bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas euvesicatoria pv. euvesicatoria (Xeu) collected in Serbia. We isolated these strains from pepper crops showing bacterial spot symptoms in 2016 at the municipality of Irig, in the Srem district. The presented data comprise raw sequencing reads and annotated, contig-level genome assemblies. We checked for the presence of sequences of known type-3 secretion system (T3SS) effector genes and plasmid-like sequences. Phylogenomic reconstruction revealed that the three strains fell in the...
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March 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Human cytomegalovirus strain-specific differences in protein expression of type I IFN pathway proteins do not impact virus replication. View the full article in ACMI: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.001104.v3

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Fig. 1. Expression of type I IFN pathway proteins during HCMV infection.
March 26, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Human cytomegalovirus strain-specific differences in protein expression of type I IFN pathway proteins do not impact virus replication. View the full article in ACMI: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.001104.v3

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Fig. 1. Expression of type I IFN pathway proteins during HCMV infection. (a) HCMV type I IFN antagonists, cellular target protein and the strain that was used to characterize viral protein function. (b) Heat map of known HCMV IFN antagonist protein expression after 96 h infection with Merlin(R1111) or AD169 in HFFF cells. AD169 expression normalized to Merlin(R1111) expression of 1 (data taken from K.Nightingale et al. [22]). (c) Heat map of cellular IFN production and IFN signalling protein expression after 96 h infection with Merlin(R1111) or AD169 in HFFF cells. AD169 expression normalized to Merlin(R1111) expression of 1 (from Nightingale et al. [22]).
March 20, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Genomic screening of eight antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas isolated from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). See more in ACMI: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.001029.v3

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Fig. 3. Arrow map of the plasmid pB2126 found in B21128 and B26140 isolates. Antibiotic resistance and other relevant genes were coloured according to the legend presented in the figure.
March 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Listeriosis – a retrospective study of 5 years on risk factors and clinical outcomes at a tertiary care hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan. Learn more in ACMI: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.001069.v3
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Fig. 1. Age ranges of studied patients (n=97).
March 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Assessing the potential for Crude Oil degradation by Biosurfactant-producing Bacteria isolated from Marine Ecosystems in Nigeria. Available to read in ACMI: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000953.v6 #AccessMicro
Sketch map of Lagos lagoons showing some of the sampling locations (software reference: ArcGIS 12).
February 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Detection of aac(3)IIc, aac(6)Ib and armA gene encoding aminoglycoside resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae in Burkina Faso. Read now in ACMI: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.001115.v3 #AccessMicro
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February 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Lactococcus garvieae prosthetic aortic and mitral valve endocarditis with multiple embolic complications: a case report. Published Open Access and fee-free in ACMI using a Publish and Read agreement: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.001149.v3 #AccessMicro #PublishandRead
Fig. 1: Appearance of L. garvieae isolate on horse blood agar after 24 h incubation at 37 °C in 5% CO2.
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Developing bacterial resistance to antibiotics: a laboratory activity. Published in ACMI as part of the Pedagogy collection: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.001118.v3
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Fig. 1. Illustration of serial dilution technique for MIC testing. Sequential transfer of 2 ml solution creates a concentration gradient across five tubes. Final tubes contain decreasing concentrations labelled as 4x, 2x, 1x, 0.5x and 0 MIC.
February 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Co-transformation of Aspergillus fumigatus: a simple and efficient strategy for gene editing without linking selectable markers. Available to read in ACMI: doi.org/10.1099/acmi...

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Identification of co-transformants. Pyrithiamine-resistant transformants are selected on RM supplemented with pyrithiamine and then purified by streaking for single colonies on AMM supplemented with pyrithiamine. gDNA is then extracted from purified pyrithiamine-resistant transformants and those that have integrated the marker-free construct at the locus of interest are identified by PCR or other genotyping methods. A red circle indicates the expected product size for a co-transformant; on average, 11% of transformants are successfully co-transformed.
January 16, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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Nonculturable Escherichia coli O157 in horticultural compost: a public health concern. Published Open Access and fee-free in ACMI using a Publish and Read agreement: doi.org/10.1099/acmi...

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Representative epifluorescence micrograph of sterilized compost inoculated with 106 c.f.u. E. coli O157/g and incubated to induce cell elongation. Scale bar represents 10 µm.
January 7, 2026 at 12:02 PM