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At the Crossroads between Microbiology and Planetology p.364
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
A proposed iron redox cycle could sustain life in an ocean—and the ocean need not be on Earth

Bioterrorism Preparedness Seen as Complex Puzzle...  p.366

...Emerging Diseases an Important Piece of That Preparedness Puzzle p.366

Some Complex, Difficult-to-Identify Ag Diseases Could Pose Threats  p.367

SV40 DNA Signals Particular Host Proteins, then Recruits Its Own Capsid Building  p.368

Much Ferment on the Probiotics Front  p.369 [PDF]

Insights May Explain High Sensitivity of E. coli Chemoreceptors  p.370

The NIAID Research Agenda on Biodefense  p.375 [PDF]
Tara Palmore, Greg Folkers, Carole Heilman, John R. La Montagne, and Anthony S. Fauci
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases faces new challenges in fighting the war on bioterrorism

Type III Secretion System Inhibitors Are Potential Antimicrobials  p.383 [PDF]
Annick Gauthier and B. Brett Finlay
Present in disease-causing gram-negative bacteria, components of this system might be good targets for novel antimicrobial agents

Phages of Lactic Acid Bacteria: from Genomics to Industrial Applications  p.388 [PDF]
Sylvain Moineau, Denise Tremblay, and Steve Labrie
Dairy microbiologists seek new ways to protect milk-fermenting microorganisms against damaging phages

Teaching Evolution through "Molecular Evidence"  p.363