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New in JB: Stackhouse, Beavers et al. link killing of S. aureus by arachidonic acid to energy status, with reduced ATP in a glycolytic cell making this microbe more susceptible to this host host polyunsaturated fatty acid.
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November 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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New in JB: Giuliano, Novak and Downs link the metabolic stress caused by 2-aminoacrylate, which damages the PLP confactor, with the status of RpoS in pathogenic strains of S. enterica.
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November 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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New in JB: Geszvain, Johnson, Peña & Tebo review "rock making bacteria", focusing on the role of pseudomonads in manganese oxidation and biomineralization.
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November 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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New in JB: Suzuki, Ohnishi et al. the ClpP protease of the actinomycete Actinoplanes missouriensis regulates sporangium formation and dehiscence (the sporangium opening to release swimming spores)
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November 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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New in JB: Brave, Straight et al. show that exposing B. subtilis colonies to subinhibitory Cm concentrations induced other resistance genes with differential spatiotemporal patterns of Abx resistance gene expression.
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November 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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New in JB: Janet-Maitre & Feldman review how Acinetobacter baumannii, in the absence of many classical virulence factors, uses “persist and resist” strategy, including genomic and metabolic flexibility, to cause disease.
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November 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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New in JB: Joshi, Fang et al. define key features of S. Typhimurium acid repsonse, and show that S. Typhi Ty2 lacks these factors likely due to genomic decay.
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November 2, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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New in JB: In a single author paper (old school!), Brusilow, working with an ATPase mutant isolated over 50 years ago, shows that E. coli can make ATP from succinate despite no F1 ATPase using an unknown mechanism.
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October 30, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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New in JB: Dureja, McKelvey & Hurdle describe the complex regulation of C. diff toxins, incorporating "carbon and amino acid metabolism, metal ion homeostasis, redox balance, and cellular energy status" as input signals.
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October 29, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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New in JB: Takita, Otsuka establish a role for DNAPol and RNase HI ashost factors for the function of the Hachiman-family anti-phage defense system.
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October 28, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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JB Editor's Choice: Lovering & Sockett review the history of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus as a model bacterial predator.
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Part of our History of Microbial Model Systems Collection
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October 27, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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The October issue of JB is out! Check out minireviews on Bdellos, C. diff, Acinetobacter and biomineralization. Pls a variety of primary research articles.
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October 26, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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New in JB: dos Santos Ferreira, Stephens & Brinsmade show that the acyl-CoA synthetase MbcS, which is restricted to staphylococci and relatives, likely scavenges BCFA precursors under nutrient-limited conditions.
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October 23, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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New in JB: van Wolferen, Albers et al. talk about the history of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, a model for archaeal biology over the past 50+ years. They focus on development of tools and understanding of archaeal biology.
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October 22, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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New in JB: Harrison, Chen et al., using CRISPRi and imaging, describe the "order of operation" of divisome assembly in C. difficile, an organism lacking some of the canonical cell division proteins.
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October 21, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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New in JB: Middleton & Jones propose a dimensional analysis framework as a means to quantify biofilms as well as compare findings across the literature. And they show 3 examples of such an analysis as proof of concept.
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October 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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New in JB: Zhan, Du et al. provide evidence that in the elongasome, MreC alternates between an active and an inactive state and interacts with PBP2 and RodZ, indicating a key regulatory role for RodZ.
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October 19, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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New in JB: Shahid, Sjöberg et al. perform a mutational analysis of the binding site of NrdA, a transcriptional regulator of the essential ribonucleotide reductase, defining a partially palindromic sequence.
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October 16, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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New in JB: Latario and Ross review the role of type VI secretion system (T6SS) associated genes (TAGs) and place these TAGs into six functional groups.
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October 15, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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New in JB: Lei , Wang et al. demonstrate a role for membrane vesicles in Staphylococcus aureus biofilms using a drip flow reactor, protemics and add-back studies.
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October 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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New in JB: Romero-Carpio, Bradd Mendoza-Guido et al. review the role of the subset of characterized toxin-antitoxin systems in pathogenesis by Helicobacter pylori.
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October 13, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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New in JB: Leedom & Keiler explore the mechanism whereby cells rescue transcription-translation blocks, where translating ribosomes can be trapped by blocked RNA pol.
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October 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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New in JB: Allemann, Michener et al. explore horizontal gene transfer in the soil bug Novosphingobium aromaticivorans is capable of extensive gene transfer (up to 10% of the chromosome) mediated by ICEs.
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October 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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JB Editor's Choice: Wu, Yuan et al. review the functions of the dual stators (MotAB, MotCD) for P. aeruginosa. This lab has made some key contributions to our understanding of how these stators function.
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October 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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New in JB: Kullapanich, Salje et al. show the obligate intracellular pathogen O. tsutsugamushi and its highly repetitive genome produces a surprising large number of antisense RNAs with possible roles in pathogenesis.
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October 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM