David Mayo-Muñoz, Eugene V. Koonin, Rafael Pinilla-Redondo, Leise Riber
{"title":"Immune safeguarding as a conserved principle of antiviral defence","authors":"David Mayo-Muñoz, Eugene V. Koonin, Rafael Pinilla-Redondo, Leise Riber","doi":"10.1038/s41579-026-01349-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-026-01349-0","url":null,"abstract":"All organisms defend against viral infections through active immunity mechanisms that clear the virus or population-level mechanisms that cause regulated cell death. Recent research increasingly shows that, across all domains of life, these two types of defence systems are coupled such that regulated cell death mechanisms safeguard or back up active immunity.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"24 10","pages":"677-678"},"PeriodicalIF":104.6,"publicationDate":"2026-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148459582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Echoes in the earth: how microbiomes help plants remember and resist","authors":"Bliss M. Kernodle, Yi Zhai","doi":"10.1038/s41579-026-01343-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-026-01343-6","url":null,"abstract":"In this Genome Watch, we explore how the ecological memory of microbiomes shapes transgenerational stress resilience in plants.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"24 9","pages":"608-609"},"PeriodicalIF":104.6,"publicationDate":"2026-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148459583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emergence of human pathogenic fungi in a changing climate","authors":"Jennifer R. Head, Alexandra K. Heaney","doi":"10.1038/s41579-026-01345-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-026-01345-4","url":null,"abstract":"As climate variability intensifies, human-pathogenic fungi are spreading into new regions and causing more disease. Addressing emergence will require stronger surveillance and forecasting; research on fungal dispersal, adaptation and population immunity; and policies that support vaccine development, antifungal stewardship and diagnostic access.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"24 9","pages":"597-599"},"PeriodicalIF":104.6,"publicationDate":"2026-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148432108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Waterborne diseases and climate change","authors":"Karen Levy, Rebecca S. Kann, Elizabeth J. Carlton","doi":"10.1038/s41579-026-01338-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-026-01338-3","url":null,"abstract":"Waterborne diseases are caused by pathogens that are transmitted via ingestion of contaminated water and remain a leading cause of death particularly in young children. Climate change threatens to undermine the progress that has been made in reducing waterborne diseases. In this Review, we explore how meteorological conditions that are influenced by climate change, including temperature, heavy rainfall and flooding, drought, and extreme weather, affect the biology and transmission of waterborne pathogens, with a focus on those that spread via the faecal–oral route. We discuss evidence that these impacts vary across pathogens and consider how such information is used to project disease risks under future climatic conditions, including incorporating social vulnerability and pathogen-specific outcomes to more accurately estimate future disease burden. We also review strategies to blunt climate-related increases in waterborne diseases, including vaccination; water, sanitation and hygiene interventions; and enhanced surveillance. As climate change continues to alter our global environment, understanding its impacts on waterborne diseases can improve our ability to reduce climate harms, identify and protect vulnerable populations, and develop evidence-based approaches to promote population health. In this Review, Levy and colleagues explore the relationships between climate change and waterborne diseases, discussing how the meteorological conditions that are influenced by climate change, including temperature, heavy rainfall and flooding, drought and extreme weather, affect the biology and transmission of waterborne pathogens, with a focus on those that spread via the faecal–oral route.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"24 9","pages":"622-636"},"PeriodicalIF":104.6,"publicationDate":"2026-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148382426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Climate adaptation and biodiversity shape West Nile virus risk in cities","authors":"Andrea Du Toit","doi":"10.1038/s41579-026-01340-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-026-01340-9","url":null,"abstract":"The study suggests that climate adaptation measures that increase urban biodiversity and green infrastructure may help to reduce local West Nile virus transmission in cities.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"24 9","pages":"607-607"},"PeriodicalIF":104.6,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148372661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Climate change boosts Salmonella antimicrobial resistance","authors":"Agustina Taglialegna","doi":"10.1038/s41579-026-01341-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-026-01341-8","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, Zhou, Teng, Geng and colleagues report that warming and changes in precipitation patterns were associated with increased abundance of Salmonella antimicrobial resistance genes.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"24 9","pages":"607-607"},"PeriodicalIF":104.6,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148372660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Climate factors and evolution drive cholera surges in Dhaka","authors":"Andrea Du Toit","doi":"10.1038/s41579-026-01342-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-026-01342-7","url":null,"abstract":"This study suggests that both genomic evolution and climate factors shape the dynamics of cholera transmission and drive case surges in Dhaka city, Bangladesh.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"24 9","pages":"607-607"},"PeriodicalIF":104.6,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148372663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bacterial vesicles protect the membrane during polymyxin stress","authors":"Agustina Taglialegna","doi":"10.1038/s41579-026-01339-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-026-01339-2","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, Bos and colleagues report previously uncharacterized roles for bacterial extracellular vesicles in membrane repair and tolerance to membrane-active antibiotics such as polymyxin B.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"24 8","pages":"513-513"},"PeriodicalIF":104.6,"publicationDate":"2026-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148305477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reframing risk assessment for malaria elimination in a changing climate","authors":"Judy A. Omumbo, James Hassell, Geoffrey H. Siwo","doi":"10.1038/s41579-026-01337-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-026-01337-4","url":null,"abstract":"Current malaria risk stratification approaches that support the global malaria eradication agenda are limited in capturing rapidly shifting pathogen transmission dynamics, unprecedented climate variability, extreme weather events, land use changes (such as urbanization) and population mobility. We propose reframing malaria burden-based metrics into anticipatory risk intelligence systems that leverage artificial intelligence tools. Current malaria risk stratification approaches that support the global malaria eradication agenda are limited in capturing rapidly shifting pathogen transmission dynamics, unprecedented climate variability, extreme weather events, land use changes and population mobility. Omumbo, Hassell and Siwo propose reframing malaria burden-based metrics into anticipatory risk intelligence systems that leverage artificial intelligence tools.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"24 9","pages":"600-601"},"PeriodicalIF":104.6,"publicationDate":"2026-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148313613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}