BMC Microbiology recently attended ASM Microbe 2017. This annual meeting attracted almost 12,000 attendees from 104 countries and offered more than 500 sessions spanning the whole spectrum of microbiology! It also featured a fantastic keynote address by NASA astronaut Dr. Kate Rubins. This blog offers a mere glimpse into the meeting’s highlights.

The emergence of carbapenemase producing bacteria, especially New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1) and its variants, worldwide, has raised a major public health concern. This review provides a comprehensive view of structural differences among NDM-1 variants, which are a driving force behind their spread across the globe.