Diversity of microbial sialic acid metabolism

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Sialic acids are structurally unique nine-carbon keto sugars occupying the interface between the host and commensal or pathogenic microorganisms. A vital function of host sialic acid is to regulate innate immunity, and microbes have evolved various strategies for subverting this process by decorating their surfaces with sialylated oliosaccharides that mimic those of the host.

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Little lambda, who made thee?

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The origin of [lambda] is traced and an effort is made to reconstruct the interactions and the flow of ideas among the lambdologists. The isolation of [lambda] was first reported in 1951 by Esther Lederberg, then a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin, and later was described in detail in a 1953 Genetics paper by Esther and Joshua Lederberg.

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Interspecies interactions within oral microbial communities

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Review uses oral microbial communities as a focal point to describe the new trends in oral microbial communities. Some of the interesting interspecies-interaction scenarios are discussed.

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