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Antibiotic Use and Microbial Resistance in Plant Agriculture p.448
Patricia S. McManus
The question of how agricultural antibiotic use affects resistance needs to be addressed before we can have an accurate picture of the issue
Candidate Antiparasite Treatment Targets Long-Obscure Organelle p.450
CDC Urges Rapid Approval of Pending Rapid HIV Screening Tests p.451
Animal Health Experts Decry Poor Communications with Other Health Professionals p.452
Prying into Yeast Prions p.453
Pen-Like Device Is Mightier than Pathogens p.454
Phage Treatments Yield Healthier Tomato, Pepper Plants p.455
Amy Cheng Vollmer
This personal reflection is one of several dozen presented in Many Faces--Many Microbes
Studying Microbial Genomes with High-Density
Oligonucleotide Arrays p.463 [PDF]
Thomas R. Gingeras and Carsten Rosenow
Monitoring mRNA expression offers new opportunities to understand
genome structure and function in prokaryotes
Yersinia Species
Disrupt Immune Responses To Subdue the Host p.470 [PDF]
Klaus Ruckdeschel
This bacterial pathogen directs complex crosstalk with the macrophage to
act against the host and in favor of the pathogen
President's Forum on Genetically Modified Plants p.445
Antibacterial Urinary Catheters p.446
Cellular Microbiology Books p.446
Strategies for Avoiding Bacterial Infections: Beat Them or Join Them p.446
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