In Brief.

The article offers brief information on researches related to microbiology. A study on non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPs) found that NRP module fusions can produce novel enzymes involved in new peptide antibiotics. Researchers used deep sequencing analysis to detect genes that are directly affected by RNA-binding protein Hfq at post-transcription level. A study found that prokaryotes infected by lysogenic virus are common at deep-sea diffuse-flow hydrothermal vents.

MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTIDE synthesis; ANTIBIOTICS; RNA-protein interactions; LYSOGENY; BACTERIOPHAGES; PROKARYOTES

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2008, Vol 6, Issue 10, p712

1740-1526

Academic Journal

10.1038/nrmicro2004