bioRxiv Microbiology

Organellar-specific ROS dynamics drive differential cross-compartmental responses between chloroplast and mitochondria in C. reinhardtii https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.07.692803v1

Genomic evidence for atmospheric chemosynthesis as a defining trait of Ktedonobacteria inhabiting subterranean environments https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.07.692797v1

Integrated Detoxification, Bioremoval and Ohmic-Heating Recovery of Lead and Cadmium by Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.06.692726v1

A Pair of DNA Glucosyltransferases Elevate Counter-defense in Bacteriophage T4 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.06.692756v1

Intracellular amorphous calcium carbonate biomineralization in methanotrophic gammaproteobacteria was acquired by horizontal gene transfer from cyanobacteria https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.07.689555v1

Universal single-copy genes and 16S rDNA present incongruent evolutionary histories in Vibrio https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.07.692777v1

Discovery of a new fibronectin-binding surface protein of Streptococcus canis with serum opacification activity through Transposon Directed Insertion-Site Sequencing https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.05.692515v1

Detection and phylogenetic characterization of Jingmen tick virus in Amblyomma mixtum ticks from Costa Rica https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.05.692540v1

Precision-cut liver slices as a model for the evaluation of host-targeting agents against hepatitis B and delta viruses https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.06.692712v1

PIWIL4 regulates gene expression and piRNA levels in RSV-infected airway epithelial cells https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.05.692659v1

Characterisation of SpoT-disruption induced metabolic shift in bacteria https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.06.692721v1

An optimized protocol for Candida albicans infection in Schmidtea mediterranea to study fungal pathogenesis and host defense https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.06.691972v1

Genomic Analyses of Antibiotic-Resistant Escherichia coli From Extensive Beef Cattle and Sheep Farms Identifies Inter-Species and Farm-Farm Sharing as Clonal Dissemination Pathways https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.06.692737v1

Cell surface localization and intercellular transfer of the hantavirus nucleocapsid protein via a viral assembly-independent mechanism https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.05.692699v1

Plasmid copy number affects the DNA methylation-driven expression dynamics of the CfrBI restriction-modification system and impacts phage restriction https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692298v1

micromorph: a Python toolkit for measurement of microbial morphology https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.05.692496v1

Molecular basis of high-torque transmission of the Vibrio polar flagellar motor https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692373v1

Genetic Analysis of F1 Cluster Phages that Infect Mycobacterium smegmatis Identifies Two Distinct Holin-Like Proteins that Regulate the Host Lysis Event https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692442v1

Chemosynthetic Symbioses as Hidden Hubs of DMSP and Organosulfur Cycling in Marine Sediments https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.05.692484v1

Calcium Dependent Protein Kinase 3 is not essential for the asexual replication of Plasmodium falciparum https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692444v1

Protein kinase F regulates the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692467v1

The m6A reader protein YTHDF2 facilitates HTLV-1 infectious and mitotic propagation by stabilizing Tax RNA https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.05.692549v1

Mitophagy-related prohibitin 2 is an orthoflavivirus restriction factor targeted for degradation during infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.05.692556v1

Escherichia-Shigella expansion and metabolite dysregulation in type 3c diabetes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.02.691786v1

Identification of a novel small molecule facilitating HIV elimination by the "Shock-and-Kill" approach https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.03.692014v1

Host and microbial factors influence bacterial colonization of the honey bee gut https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.691542v1

Loss of a major toxin gene cluster defines a metabolic schism and host-specific virulence in Botrytis pseudocinerea https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.691967v1

Challenging the Diffusion Barrier Paradigm: Biofilms Promote Flavin-mediated Electron Shuttling in Shewanella oneidensis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692256v1

Increased Low Molecular Weight Mucins in Muco-Obstructive Airway Disease Limit Staphylococcus aureus Growth https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.03.692258v1

Insights into Aspergillus fumigatus morphogenesis and pathogenesis through the putative lipid transporter ArvA https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692327v1