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9 papers, from 3 November 2026 to 5 November 2026: 9 bioRxiv preprints.
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A Staphylococcus phage recombination cassette that enables recombineering across distant bacteria
Modifying bacterial genomes with phage recombinases, a process termed recombineering, has enabled precise genome editing, but its reach is limited by host specificity: each new organism generally…Bayesian phylogenetic inference accounting for recombination in whole bacterial genomes
Recombination is a major evolutionary force in bacteria, and ignoring it distorts phylogenies and can invalidate downstream analyses such as dating.Wild wood mouse gut microbiota are influenced by captivity and cross-fostering
Background Wild and laboratory animals harbour profoundly different gut microbiota, but how microbiomes shift between these states, and the relative roles of captivity, microbial history, and host…Cytomegalovirus Infection in Human Cortical Organoids Induces Unique Developmental and Viral Substates
Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous {beta}-herpesvirus with exposure resulting in a life-long infection.Second-site capsule-locus mutations, not Ade efflux disruption, determine phage susceptibility across an Acinetobacter baumannii transposon mutant panel
Resistance-Nodulation-Division (RND) efflux pumps have been implicated in phage adsorption in several Gram-negative bacteria, suggesting that AdeABC, AdeFGH and AdeIJK, the three characterised RND…Rhizobia transform legume nodules via native T-DNA transfer systems
Agrobacteria can deliver transfer DNA (T-DNA) into plant cells, causing tumorous growth.High-throughput, single-cell-encoded colony imaging reveals infection-linked heterogeneity
Phenotypic heterogeneity within bacterial populations shapes adaptation, antibiotic tolerance, and infection dynamics, yet colony-level quantification remains difficult at scale and on…Gain-of-function mutations in the RodZ juxtamembrane domain promote Rod system activity in Escherichia coli
The peptidoglycan (PG) cell wall protects bacteria from osmotic lysis and determines their shape.Tandem repeats in methanogenic archaea and their viruses reveal a shared potential for rapid genomic diversification
Methanogenic archaea drive global methane emissions, yet the molecular basis of their physiological flexibility is unclear.