Dr. Siddarth Venkatesh, now at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, previously studied the gut microbiome's impact on childhood undernutrition and the therapeutic potential of microbiota-directed complementary food (MDCF) at Washington University. The culmination of that work was published today in Science, where Dr. Venkatesh and coauthors describe a microbial fatty acid amide hydrolase that may be crucial for health in this context.

Results from a new study led by Drs. Qinqin Zhao and Joseph Mougous et al. uncovers a new modular proteinaceous antimicrobial particle produced by soil bacteria.

A new publication from Drs. Dustin Long and Steve Salipante et al. yields insight into the sources of surgical site infections during major spine surgery.