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Thermophiles don’t just survive heat, they thrive in it. 🔥
They provide heat-stable enzymes, insights into early Earth, and tools for biotech.
Our new thematic issue in #FEMSMicrobiolEcol captures how diverse this field is. Explore the collection👉 buff.ly/kD8fmOL
They provide heat-stable enzymes, insights into early Earth, and tools for biotech.
Our new thematic issue in #FEMSMicrobiolEcol captures how diverse this field is. Explore the collection👉 buff.ly/kD8fmOL
Kantnerová, V. and Škaloud, P. determined that the diversity of the photobionts within a lichen thallus can vary significantly, even within a single lichen species. Check-out their results!
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December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Kantnerová, V. and Škaloud, P. determined that the diversity of the photobionts within a lichen thallus can vary significantly, even within a single lichen species. Check-out their results!
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#FEMSMicrobiolEcol #ecology
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on the importance of learned societies, here FEMS in particular 🦠🧫. Join a(ny) society or two, publish in society journals, and let the APC $$$ circulate back to the scientific community ♻️
🎙️ New Microbes and Us Podcast🔬
In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
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In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
on the importance of learned societies, here FEMS in particular 🦠🧫. Join a(ny) society or two, publish in society journals, and let the APC $$$ circulate back to the scientific community ♻️
What can 53 #Monosporozyma_unispora strains reveal about yeast evolution in food ecosystems? 🍞🧀
Read how F. Bigey et al. map genome structure, stress-tolerance traits & clonal reproduction:
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##FEMSYeastRes
Read how F. Bigey et al. map genome structure, stress-tolerance traits & clonal reproduction:
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December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What can 53 #Monosporozyma_unispora strains reveal about yeast evolution in food ecosystems? 🍞🧀
Read how F. Bigey et al. map genome structure, stress-tolerance traits & clonal reproduction:
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Read how F. Bigey et al. map genome structure, stress-tolerance traits & clonal reproduction:
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How does intracellular Chlamydia psittaci hijack mammalian cells? 🦠🔬
Gensch et al. use computational and experimental tools to map host interaction partners and investigate a new Inclusion membrane protein.
#PathogDis
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Gensch et al. use computational and experimental tools to map host interaction partners and investigate a new Inclusion membrane protein.
#PathogDis
Read the full article here 👇
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December 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
How does intracellular Chlamydia psittaci hijack mammalian cells? 🦠🔬
Gensch et al. use computational and experimental tools to map host interaction partners and investigate a new Inclusion membrane protein.
#PathogDis
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Gensch et al. use computational and experimental tools to map host interaction partners and investigate a new Inclusion membrane protein.
#PathogDis
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🦠Insight into the resilient world of prokaryotes! Koch lab – @sfb1381.bsky.social – reveals that E.coli use small membrane proteins (YohP & YncL) to condense their DNA & slow down metabolism, helping them survive to stresses. 🧬
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November 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🦠Insight into the resilient world of prokaryotes! Koch lab – @sfb1381.bsky.social – reveals that E.coli use small membrane proteins (YohP & YncL) to condense their DNA & slow down metabolism, helping them survive to stresses. 🧬
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Transforming science into engaging stories
Commentary in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Letters by @drsarahwettstadt.bsky.social
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Commentary in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Letters by @drsarahwettstadt.bsky.social
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Transforming science into engaging stories
Sarah Wettstadt; Transforming science into engaging stories, FEMS Microbiology Letters, , fnaf129, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnaf129
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November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Transforming science into engaging stories
Commentary in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Letters by @drsarahwettstadt.bsky.social
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Commentary in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Letters by @drsarahwettstadt.bsky.social
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Why do methods for estimating microbial lag phase vary so much? 📈🧪
Read more on how Opalek M. et al. unravel the impact of noise, sampling, and growth rate on lag phase predictions in #Saccharomyces_cerevisiae:
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Read more on how Opalek M. et al. unravel the impact of noise, sampling, and growth rate on lag phase predictions in #Saccharomyces_cerevisiae:
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November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Why do methods for estimating microbial lag phase vary so much? 📈🧪
Read more on how Opalek M. et al. unravel the impact of noise, sampling, and growth rate on lag phase predictions in #Saccharomyces_cerevisiae:
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#FEMSYeastRes
Read more on how Opalek M. et al. unravel the impact of noise, sampling, and growth rate on lag phase predictions in #Saccharomyces_cerevisiae:
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#FEMSYeastRes
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Better late than never... I only now re-post this paper by Daniela Guasconi @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social on microbial communities in a Swedish grassland: summer drought has mild effects, one compost addition can have long-lasting (but small) consequences
Latest at #FEMSMicrobiolLett: 🌱 Compost boosts fungal abundance in grassland soils, even under drought.💧 Microbial communities show resilience to reduced precipitation.📍 Site variation matters more than treatment! 🔗 buff.ly/lG7AK0y #SoilMicrobiology #ClimateResilience #MicrobialEcology
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Better late than never... I only now re-post this paper by Daniela Guasconi @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social on microbial communities in a Swedish grassland: summer drought has mild effects, one compost addition can have long-lasting (but small) consequences
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The mhqPOD gene cluster in lignin-degrading Paenibacillus sp. B2 encodes a pathway for degradation of lignin-derived 5,5’-di(dehydrovanillic acid) (DDVA)
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The mhqPOD gene cluster in lignin-degrading Paenibacillus sp. B2 encodes a pathway for degradation of lignin-derived 5,5’-di(dehydrovanillic acid) (DDVA)
Abstract. Lignin-degrading bacteria Paenibacillus sp. B2, Agrobacterium sp. B1 and Ochrobactrum sp. each contain mhqO genes encoding ring cleavage dioxygen
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November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The mhqPOD gene cluster in lignin-degrading Paenibacillus sp. B2 encodes a pathway for degradation of lignin-derived 5,5’-di(dehydrovanillic acid) (DDVA)
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Check-out FEMS Microbiology Ecology Latest Editor's Choice: Mittmann-Goetsch et al. suggest that while the active microbial community is broadly resistant to warming, subtle compositional shifts may enhance decomposition of recalcitrant soil carbon.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Check-out FEMS Microbiology Ecology Latest Editor's Choice: Mittmann-Goetsch et al. suggest that while the active microbial community is broadly resistant to warming, subtle compositional shifts may enhance decomposition of recalcitrant soil carbon.
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tRNA-derived fragments don’t just mark stress, they reshape translation. ⚡🧫
Read more on how Bąkowska-Żywicka K. & Tyczewska A. introduce tDR-quant, a powerful in vivo method revealing how tDRs selectively bind ribosomes under stress:
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Read more on how Bąkowska-Żywicka K. & Tyczewska A. introduce tDR-quant, a powerful in vivo method revealing how tDRs selectively bind ribosomes under stress:
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November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
tRNA-derived fragments don’t just mark stress, they reshape translation. ⚡🧫
Read more on how Bąkowska-Żywicka K. & Tyczewska A. introduce tDR-quant, a powerful in vivo method revealing how tDRs selectively bind ribosomes under stress:
🔗https://buff.ly/9GTtT5i
#FEMSYeastRes
Read more on how Bąkowska-Żywicka K. & Tyczewska A. introduce tDR-quant, a powerful in vivo method revealing how tDRs selectively bind ribosomes under stress:
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🎙️ New Microbes and Us Podcast🔬
In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
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In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🎙️ New Microbes and Us Podcast🔬
In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
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In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
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Lewis et al. deploy micro-sampling techniques to characterize the thin melt water film inhabited by glacier algae across three high-Arctic glaciers in Svalbard and compare them to classic bulk-sampling techniques. Check-out their results!
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#FEMSMicrobiolEcol #ecology
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November 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Lewis et al. deploy micro-sampling techniques to characterize the thin melt water film inhabited by glacier algae across three high-Arctic glaciers in Svalbard and compare them to classic bulk-sampling techniques. Check-out their results!
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#FEMSMicrobiolEcol #ecology
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Editor-In-Chief for FEMS Microbiology Reviews of @femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org
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November 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Editorial: Society journals matter—supporting science through renewed commitment
Editorial in @femsjournals.bsky.social microLife by @paulbrainey.bsky.social and colleagues
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Editorial: Society journals matter—supporting science through renewed commitment
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November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Editorial: Society journals matter—supporting science through renewed commitment
Editorial in @femsjournals.bsky.social microLife by @paulbrainey.bsky.social and colleagues
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AMR is moving through every ecological niche, including wildlife.
This #FEMSMicrobiolEcol review uncovers how animals act as reservoirs, pathways, and receivers of resistant bacteria and genes, reshaping the AMR landscape.
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#AMRAwarenessWeek
This #FEMSMicrobiolEcol review uncovers how animals act as reservoirs, pathways, and receivers of resistant bacteria and genes, reshaping the AMR landscape.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/86PDZNf
#AMRAwarenessWeek
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
AMR is moving through every ecological niche, including wildlife.
This #FEMSMicrobiolEcol review uncovers how animals act as reservoirs, pathways, and receivers of resistant bacteria and genes, reshaping the AMR landscape.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/86PDZNf
#AMRAwarenessWeek
This #FEMSMicrobiolEcol review uncovers how animals act as reservoirs, pathways, and receivers of resistant bacteria and genes, reshaping the AMR landscape.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/86PDZNf
#AMRAwarenessWeek
A small-scale surveillance study in Kolkata reveals that the healthy gut microbiome is a reservoir of diverse antimicrobial-resistance genes. It's a community level warning that AMR is spreading beyond clinical settings.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A small-scale surveillance study in Kolkata reveals that the healthy gut microbiome is a reservoir of diverse antimicrobial-resistance genes. It's a community level warning that AMR is spreading beyond clinical settings.
🔗 Read the study for #AMRAwarenessWeek: buff.ly/HaDBEwV
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Sewage sludge isn’t just waste, it can be a hotspot for antimicrobial resistance.
This study on @FEMSmicrobes uncovers multidrug-resistant bacteria, high AMR-gene abundance, and metal-tolerant strains in STP sludge. An interesting read for #AMRAwarenessWeek: buff.ly/1nTb9Ji
This study on @FEMSmicrobes uncovers multidrug-resistant bacteria, high AMR-gene abundance, and metal-tolerant strains in STP sludge. An interesting read for #AMRAwarenessWeek: buff.ly/1nTb9Ji
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Sewage sludge isn’t just waste, it can be a hotspot for antimicrobial resistance.
This study on @FEMSmicrobes uncovers multidrug-resistant bacteria, high AMR-gene abundance, and metal-tolerant strains in STP sludge. An interesting read for #AMRAwarenessWeek: buff.ly/1nTb9Ji
This study on @FEMSmicrobes uncovers multidrug-resistant bacteria, high AMR-gene abundance, and metal-tolerant strains in STP sludge. An interesting read for #AMRAwarenessWeek: buff.ly/1nTb9Ji
Antibiotic resistance is rising in our rivers and lakes.
This #FEMSMicrobiolEcol review shows how antibiotics, heavy metals, & microplastics fuel the spread of AMR, & why current safety guidelines aren’t enough.
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This #FEMSMicrobiolEcol review shows how antibiotics, heavy metals, & microplastics fuel the spread of AMR, & why current safety guidelines aren’t enough.
🔗Read for #AMRAwarenessWeek: buff.ly/amzPUsW
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Antibiotic resistance is rising in our rivers and lakes.
This #FEMSMicrobiolEcol review shows how antibiotics, heavy metals, & microplastics fuel the spread of AMR, & why current safety guidelines aren’t enough.
🔗Read for #AMRAwarenessWeek: buff.ly/amzPUsW
This #FEMSMicrobiolEcol review shows how antibiotics, heavy metals, & microplastics fuel the spread of AMR, & why current safety guidelines aren’t enough.
🔗Read for #AMRAwarenessWeek: buff.ly/amzPUsW
Microbial conservation is vital for planetary health, yet its largely overlooked. To change this, The IUCN has established the first global group dedicated to protecting microbial biodiversity, the Microbial Conservation Specialist Group (MCSG) .
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November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Microbial conservation is vital for planetary health, yet its largely overlooked. To change this, The IUCN has established the first global group dedicated to protecting microbial biodiversity, the Microbial Conservation Specialist Group (MCSG) .
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Co-assembly of Azospirillum - Pseudomonas biofilms in the rhizosphere enhances lettuce root colonization, growth and heat-stress resilience
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Co-assembly of Azospirillum – Pseudomonas biofilms in the rhizosphere enhances lettuce root colonization, growth and heat-stress resilience
Abstract. Understanding plant growth-promoting bacteria interaction is essential for developing of effective multi-strain inoculants. Here, we investigated
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November 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Co-assembly of Azospirillum - Pseudomonas biofilms in the rhizosphere enhances lettuce root colonization, growth and heat-stress resilience
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⏰ My new comment article is out in @femsjournals.bsky.social! 🥳
I share a practical step-by-step storytelling approach to transform research into engaging science stories for #ScienceCommunication and my experience from workshops at #FEMSMicro2025 @femsmicro.org
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I share a practical step-by-step storytelling approach to transform research into engaging science stories for #ScienceCommunication and my experience from workshops at #FEMSMicro2025 @femsmicro.org
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November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
⏰ My new comment article is out in @femsjournals.bsky.social! 🥳
I share a practical step-by-step storytelling approach to transform research into engaging science stories for #ScienceCommunication and my experience from workshops at #FEMSMicro2025 @femsmicro.org
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I share a practical step-by-step storytelling approach to transform research into engaging science stories for #ScienceCommunication and my experience from workshops at #FEMSMicro2025 @femsmicro.org
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Even though all life shares the same carbon metabolism, gluconeogenic enzymes are more conserved in archaea and bacteria than glycolytic enzymes.
Read in #FEMSmicroBlog why the metabolic pathway of glycolysis likely arose from gluconeogenesis in autotrophs. #FascinatingMicrobes
Read in #FEMSmicroBlog why the metabolic pathway of glycolysis likely arose from gluconeogenesis in autotrophs. #FascinatingMicrobes
#FEMSmicroBlog: Evolutionary insights into the bacterial carbon metabolism
Read in our #FEMSmicroBlog why it seems likely that the metabolic pathway of glycolysis arose from gluconeogenesis in autotrophs.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Even though all life shares the same carbon metabolism, gluconeogenic enzymes are more conserved in archaea and bacteria than glycolytic enzymes.
Read in #FEMSmicroBlog why the metabolic pathway of glycolysis likely arose from gluconeogenesis in autotrophs. #FascinatingMicrobes
Read in #FEMSmicroBlog why the metabolic pathway of glycolysis likely arose from gluconeogenesis in autotrophs. #FascinatingMicrobes
New insights into #Hpylori’s virulence machinery 🕵️🧪 Josenhans lab & coll. unravel new interactions between CagT4SS surface proteins and outer membrane proteins HopQ & HopZ—key for host interaction and #proinflammatory signaling. 🦠
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November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New insights into #Hpylori’s virulence machinery 🕵️🧪 Josenhans lab & coll. unravel new interactions between CagT4SS surface proteins and outer membrane proteins HopQ & HopZ—key for host interaction and #proinflammatory signaling. 🦠
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Yang et al. improve our understanding of the relationships between the biomass and diversity of plants and belowground microbial communities. Check-out their results!
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November 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Yang et al. improve our understanding of the relationships between the biomass and diversity of plants and belowground microbial communities. Check-out their results!
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#FEMSMicrobiolEcol #ecology
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