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Microbial murmurs — decoding hidden conversations between bacteria

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This month’s Genome Watch highlights how a tailor-made search through bacterial genomes revealed the widespread presence of a new class of bacterial signalling peptides that lack conventional characteristics.

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  1. Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Robert F. J. Kullberg & Bastiaan W. Haak

  2. Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK

    Timothy J. Rozday & Bastiaan W. Haak

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Kullberg, R.F.J., Rozday, T.J. & Haak, B.W. Microbial murmurs — decoding hidden conversations between bacteria. Nat Rev Microbiol 22, 3 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-023-00991-2

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