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This month's Genome Watch looks at how whole genome sequencing (WGS) can be used to track the source ofPseudomonas aeruginosainfection and to investigate its transition and adaptation from the environment to a human host.
A new study shows that, in addition to inhibiting penicillin-binding proteins, β-lactams induce peptidoglycan degradation, which enhances bacterial killing.
Two studies now provide new insights into the positioning and membrane association of two components of theStreptococcus pneumoniaeZ ring, the tubulin-related GTPase FtsZ and the actin-related protein FtsA, respectively.
This month's Genome Watch compares and contrasts two studies that used a common genomic approach to understand different pathogenic forms ofEscherichia coli.
Pseudomonas aeruginosaforms biofilm-like cell aggregates on epithelial cells in a process that requires the pore-forming translocon of the type III secretion system (T3SS) but not the T3SS effectors.