Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 10 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41579-024-01055-9In this study, Zhang et al. report that a bacterial symbiont residing in the gut of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes protects them from flavivirus infection.

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 10 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41579-024-01045-xIn this Review, Sugrue, Ross and Hill explore recent developments in bacteriocin research, including new discoveries and bioengineering approaches for improved activity, and discuss their application in microbiome modulation and clinical potential.

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41579-024-01041-1In this Review, Shepherd, Brockhurst and colleagues explore the clinical evidence in support of four major ecological and evolutionary mechanisms of within-patient antimicrobial resistance emergence in bacteria, and how host niche, bacterial species and antibiotic...

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41579-024-01052-yIn this study, Carrasco Flores et al. report that the bacterium Mycetocola lacteus protects the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii from the antagonistic activity of Pseudomonas protegens.

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41579-024-01053-xA recent study reports the existence of a nitrogen-fixing organelle called the ‘nitroplast’.

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41579-024-01049-7In this Journal Club, Ricardo Soto-Rifo discusses a study on intron-containing HIV-1 RNA, revealing its role as a pathogen-associated molecular pattern in myeloid cells, which has implications for immune activation, inflammation and clinical outcomes.