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!

Dedrick RM et al. Engineered Bacteriophages for Treatment of a Patient with a Disseminated Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium abscessus. Nature Medicine. May 8 2019.

• Science: Viruses Genetically Engineered to Kill Bacteria Rescue Girl with Antibiotic-Resistant Infection.
• NPR: Genetically Modified Viruses Help Save a Patient with a ‘Superbug’ Infection.
• Microbial Minutes: Do phage influence the immune response​?

Muchowska KB et al. Synthesis and Breakdown of Universal Metabolic Precursors Promoted by Iron. Nature. May 1 2019.

• Phys.org: Life’s Biochemical Networks could have Formed Spontaneously on Earth​.