Microbial Minutes: Gut Microbiomes, TB, and Probiotics Edition
What's hot in the microbial sciences? ASM summarizes microbiology news and reports in Microbial Minutes, a weekly news roundup. Watch the YouTube session for summaries and major findings, and read the reports and news coverage for yourself below. What should we highlight next time? Leave a suggestion in our comments section!
Negatu D.A. et al. Gut Microbiota Metabolite Indole Propionic Acid Targets Tryptophan Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. mBio. March 26 2019.
Crook N. et al. Adaptive Strategies of the Candidate Probiotic E. coli Nissle in the Mammalian Gut. Cell Host & Microbe. March 26 2019.
Negatu D.A. et al. Gut Microbiota Metabolite Indole Propionic Acid Targets Tryptophan Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. mBio. March 26 2019.
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy screen: Whole-Cell Screen of Fragment Library Identifies Gut Microbiota Metabolite Indole Propionic Acid as Antitubercular
- STAT First Opinion: Ending Tuberculosis: We Can Get There with a New Roadmap
- Nature Medicine Editorial: Mechanism Matters
Crook N. et al. Adaptive Strategies of the Candidate Probiotic E. coli Nissle in the Mammalian Gut. Cell Host & Microbe. March 26 2019.
- Dr. Gautam Dantas explains his research findings on YouTube
- Washington University Press Release: Probiotic Bacteria Evolve Inside Mice's GI Tracts
- STAT News: Probiotics Evolve Inside Mice, a Path that Could Affect Humans, too
