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Research Article | Host-Microbe BiologyInteractions of Symbiotic Partners Drive the Development of a Complex Biogeography in the Squid-Vibrio SymbiosisThe complexity, inaccessibility, and time scales of initial colonization of most animal microbiomes present challenges for the characterization of how the bacterial symbionts influence the form and function of tissues in the minutes to hours following the initial interaction of the partners. Here, we use the naturally occurring binary squid-vibrio association to explore this phenomenon. Imaging of the spatiotemporal landscape of this...
Minireview | Molecular Biology and PhysiologyScratching the Surface: Bacterial Cell Envelopes at the NanoscaleThe bacterial cell envelope is essential for viability, the environmental gatekeeper and first line of defense against external stresses. For most bacteria, the envelope biosynthesis is also the site of action of some of the most important groups of antibiotics. It is a complex, often multicomponent structure, able to withstand the internally generated turgor pressure. Thus, elucidating the architecture and dynamics of the cell envelope...