Microbiology and Immunology is a peer-reviewed journal providing insight into the study of microbes and the host immune, biological, and physiological responses, and therapeutics.

We cover all aspects of the multidisciplinary fields of bacteriology, virology and immunology, including topics such as pathogenic infections in animals and plants, antimicrobial agents and drug resistance, microbe genomics and proteomics, and host defence.

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Comparative Analysis of the Nuclear Egress Complex in Human Herpesvirus 6A and 6B

Aila Gulijiahani, Vuk Isakovic, Yasuko Mori, Jun Arii, 
  •  27 July 2025
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Anti‐Human Endogenous Retrovirus and Anti‐Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Humoral Response in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Case Control Study

Karin C. Garcia, Samuel N. Santos, Bruna R. Flose, Maria A. Juliano, Renan B. Domingues, Lucas M. Neves, Guilherme José Costa Silva, Liã B. Arruda, Augusto C. Penalva-de-Oliveira, Sandro L. de Andrade Matas, Marina T. Shio, Luiz H. da Silva Nali, 
  •  22 July 2025
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Therapeutic Potential of Lactobacillus plantarum ATG-K2 in Bacterial Vaginosis: In Vitro and In Vivo Evidence

Yeon-Hwa Park, Juyi Park, Ye-Won Kang, Jihee Kang, 
  •  18 July 2025
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Functional Rewiring of Three Pneumococcal Proteins Into Plasminogen Binders

Yoshihito Yasui, Satoru Hirayama, Hisanori Domon, Koichi Tabeta, Yutaka Terao, 
  •  13 July 2025
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Circulating Cell‐Free DNA of Bovine Leukemia Virus: A Promising Biomarker for Enzootic Bovine Leukosis

M. Ishrat Jahan, Toshiaki Inenaga, Sakurako Makimoto, Md. Belal Hossain, Yuka Matsuoka, Sharmin Nahar Sithi, Samiul Alam Rajib, Arif Nur Muhammad Ansori, Kenji Sugata, Kazuhiko Imakawa, Tomoko Kobayashi, Yorifumi Satou, 
  •  7 July 2025
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Kazuo Satoh, Koichi Makimura, Yayoi Hasumi, Yayoi Nishiyama, Katsuhisa Uchida, Hideyo Yamaguchi, 
  •  41-44
  •  15 January 2009
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Inflammasome‐associated cell death: Pyroptosis, apoptosis, and physiological implications

Kohsuke Tsuchiya, 
  •  252-269
  •  7 January 2020
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Ai-li Li, Wei-wei Ni, Qi-min Zhang, Ying Li, Xin Zhang, Hong-yan Wu, Peng Du, Jun-cai Hou, Yun Zhang, 
  •  23-32
  •  9 October 2019
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Proposals of Sphingomonas paucimobilis gen. nov. and comb. nov., Sphingomonas parapaucimobilis sp. nov., Sphingomonas yanoikuyae sp. nov., Sphingomonas adhaesiva sp. nov., Sphingomonas capsulata comb, nov., and Two Genospecies of the Genus Sphingomonas

Eiko Yabuuchi, Ikuya Yano, Hiroshi Oyaizu, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Takayuki Ezaki, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, 
  •  99-119
  •  February 1990
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Transfer of Two Burkholderia and An Alcaligenes Species to Ralstonia Gen. Nov.

Eiko Yabuuchi, Yoshimasa Kosako, Ikuya Yano, Hisako Hotta, Yukiko Nishiuchi, 
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  •  November 1995
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