Nature Reviews Microbiology

The curious case of the tumour virus: 50 years of Burkitt's lymphoma
Nature Reviews Microbiology 6, 913 (2008). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2015
Authors: David A. Thorley-Lawson
& Martin J. Allday
Burkitt'...

Super-shedding and the link between human infection and livestock carriage of Escherichia coli O157
Nature Reviews Microbiology 6, 904 (2008). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2029
Authors: Margo Chase-Topping,...

e-Science: relieving bottlenecks in large-scale genome analyses
Nature Reviews Microbiology 6, 948 (2008). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2031
Authors: Tracy Craddock, Colin R. Harwood, Jennifer Hallinan
& An...

Virus evolution: how far does the double β-barrel viral lineage extend?
Nature Reviews Microbiology 6, 941 (2008). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2033
Authors: Mart Krupovi?
& Dennis H. Bamford
During the pas...

Symbiosis: Squid sort the wheat from the chaff...
Nature Reviews Microbiology 6, 875 (2008). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2038
Author: Andrew Jermy
Crypts in the light-emitting organ of the Hawaiian squid E...

Fungal biology: SEX and the parasitic fungi
Nature Reviews Microbiology 6, 873 (2008). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2039
Author: Christopher Surridge
Microsporidia are obligate, intracellular parasites of a...

Viral immunity: Persistent viruses help opportunists
Nature Reviews Microbiology 6, 876 (2008). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2040
Author: Rachel David
Persistent viral infections make the host more suscepti...

Host response: Keeping the lid on herpes simplex virus
Nature Reviews Microbiology 6, 876 (2008). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2041
Author: Christiaan van Ooij
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) establishes a l...

Plaudits for microbiologists in 2008
Nature Reviews Microbiology 6, 872 (2008). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2043
Prizes for scientific endeavour can inspire researchers and the public alike. Nature Reviews...

Does my genome look big in this?
Nature Reviews Microbiology 6, 878 (2008). doi:10.1038/nrmicro2044
Authors: Alan Walker
& Gemma Langridge
This month's Genome Watch discusses selected recent genom...