Microbiology Today October 2022: Protists

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The trojan horse relationship between amoebae and bacteria Ronnie Mooney, Elisa Giammarini, Jackie Parry and Fiona L. Henriquez Exploring how microbial relationships drive antimicrobial resistance. Protists galore for engaging the public James Weiss and Genoveva F. Esteban Revealing the hidden microbial world to the public to improve protistology engagement. Love knows no oxic–anoxic boundaries: anaerobiosis in ciliates provides rich opportunities for microbial symbiosis William H. Lewis and Ross F. Waller A look at anaerobic ciliates and their offering to microbial symbiosis. Gregarine apicomplexans – model organisms to uncover the evolutionary path to obligate intracellular parasitism? Kevin McKinley, Emma Betts, Anastasios D. Tsaousis and Sonja Rueckert Using Gregarine apicomplexans as a tool to understand the evolution of parasitism. Coevolution in the termite–protist symbiosis Gillian H. Gile Insight into the specific relationship protists have with termites allowing them to evolve in parallel with their host. The genetics of prominent plant symbionts: the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Nicolas Corradi Microbial genomics and evolution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

Protists on the spot: opening the field of view on protistology Members of Protistology-UK introduce the importance of protistology.

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Microbiology goes Open Access Gavin Thomas writes about the future of our flagship journal, Microbiology .

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Spotlight on Grants: Education and Outreach Grant A look at Ruth MacLaren’s engagement project, Invisible Worlds, funded by one of our grants. ECM Forum update: reuniting ECMs Rebecca McHugh writes about the first in-person flagship ECM Summer Conference meeting in over two years. Unlocking the potential of our members We’re pleased to announce the first cohort of recipients of the Unlocking Potential Grant.

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Member Q&A Meet Vijay Kothari from the Institute of Science, Nirma University, India.

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