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Microbial Minutes: Phage Defense and Bioengineered Drugs Edition

Dec. 19, 2019

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!

Huffman MA et al. Design of an in vitro Biocatalytic Cascade for the Manufacture of Islatravir. .

Mendoza SD et al. A Bacteriophage Nucleus-like Compartment Shields DNA from CRISPR Nucleases. .

  • Malone LM et al. A Jumbo Phage that Forms a Nucleus-like Structure Evades CRISPR-Cas DNA Targeting but is Vulnerable to Type III RNA-based Immunity. .
  • The Atlantic: .
  • GenEngNews: .

Author: Julie Wolf, Ph.D.

Julie Wolf, Ph.D.
Dr. Julie Wolf is in science communications at Indie Bio, and is a former ASM employee.