Microbial Biotechnology (MBT)
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Official account of Microbial Biotechnology journal. Original research reporting significant advances in any aspect of microbial applications.
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#MicroSky: Hot in MBT 2025: A new genome-editing toolkit and improved chassis for Caldimonas thermodepolymerans accelerate its development as a thermophilic producer of biodegradable plastics. Read Grybcuk-Ieremenko et al in MBT. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
January 14, 2026 at 11:01 AM
#MicroSky: Hot in MBT 2025: A new genome-editing toolkit and improved chassis for Caldimonas thermodepolymerans accelerate its development as a thermophilic producer of biodegradable plastics. Read Grybcuk-Ieremenko et al in MBT. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
#MicroSky: Fungal EVs to fight nematodes? A nematode-trapping fungus is now an RNA delivery platform to shuttle RNAi molecules into root-knot nematodes, slashing their mobility and infectivity. An eco-friendly leap toward sustainable pest control. Read Huang et al. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM
#MicroSky: Fungal EVs to fight nematodes? A nematode-trapping fungus is now an RNA delivery platform to shuttle RNAi molecules into root-knot nematodes, slashing their mobility and infectivity. An eco-friendly leap toward sustainable pest control. Read Huang et al. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
#MicroSky: HOT IN MBT 2025 West Nile virus spread rapidly after its 1999 U.S. introduction, driven by Culex mosquitoes and viral mutations. With cases rising in Europe & warming climates expanding vector ranges, temperature-driven transmission has become a key research focus. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
January 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM
#MicroSky: HOT IN MBT 2025 West Nile virus spread rapidly after its 1999 U.S. introduction, driven by Culex mosquitoes and viral mutations. With cases rising in Europe & warming climates expanding vector ranges, temperature-driven transmission has become a key research focus. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
#MicroSky: Hot in MBT 2025: Key gaps limit microbiome–gut–brain therapies, from unclear probiotic mechanisms to poor translation from animals to humans. Slykerman review maps successes, failures & how mechanistic & in silico insights can guide smarter psychobiotic advances. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
January 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
#MicroSky: Hot in MBT 2025: Key gaps limit microbiome–gut–brain therapies, from unclear probiotic mechanisms to poor translation from animals to humans. Slykerman review maps successes, failures & how mechanistic & in silico insights can guide smarter psychobiotic advances. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
#MicroSky: Recognized contributions in Microbial Biotechnology. Streptomyces secondary metabolites. Streptomyces species yield novel compounds for agri-food and medicine. Explore Gómez-Escribano & Bibb: Microbial biotechnology. doi.org/10.1111/j.17...
January 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM
#MicroSky: Recognized contributions in Microbial Biotechnology. Streptomyces secondary metabolites. Streptomyces species yield novel compounds for agri-food and medicine. Explore Gómez-Escribano & Bibb: Microbial biotechnology. doi.org/10.1111/j.17...
#MicroSky: Hot in MBT 2025: Engineered bacteria are becoming living microrobots for diagnosing and treating disease. Alone or in consortia, they improve precision and therapeutic impact. Challenges in safety, stability and host interactions remain. Find more in Jin et al. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
January 7, 2026 at 11:01 AM
#MicroSky: Hot in MBT 2025: Engineered bacteria are becoming living microrobots for diagnosing and treating disease. Alone or in consortia, they improve precision and therapeutic impact. Challenges in safety, stability and host interactions remain. Find more in Jin et al. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
#MicroSky: Glyco-engineered VLPs show big promise for One Health: Glycosylation of virus–like particles boosts stability, improves immune uptake & strengthens cellular responses. A smart step toward more effective vaccines for livestock. Read Li et al. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
January 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM
#MicroSky: Glyco-engineered VLPs show big promise for One Health: Glycosylation of virus–like particles boosts stability, improves immune uptake & strengthens cellular responses. A smart step toward more effective vaccines for livestock. Read Li et al. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
#MicroSky: HOT in MBT 2025 AI is transforming antimicrobial-peptide discovery—deep learning, large protein language models, graph neural networks and structure-guided design now drive major advances. The challenges and future opportunities are discussed by Brizuela et al. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
#MicroSky: HOT in MBT 2025 AI is transforming antimicrobial-peptide discovery—deep learning, large protein language models, graph neural networks and structure-guided design now drive major advances. The challenges and future opportunities are discussed by Brizuela et al. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
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I love it! DNA strands make the perfect garland. 🧬
#MicroSky: The MBT team wishes everyone a restful holiday season with their loved ones and all the best for the end of the year. 🦠 🎄
December 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love it! DNA strands make the perfect garland. 🧬
#MicroSky: Special Issue on “The Contribution of Microbial Biotechnology to Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages". Submit your manuscript online at: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/microbio. Deadline 📆 20 December 2025. Thanks for RT
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
#MicroSky: Special Issue on “The Contribution of Microbial Biotechnology to Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages". Submit your manuscript online at: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/microbio. Deadline 📆 20 December 2025. Thanks for RT
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Brilliant piece by the brilliant Rachel Armstrong: original, creative, insightful - a microbial roadmap for humans to gain ecological wisdom and become more sustainable
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Microbes as Teachers: Rethinking Knowledge in the Anthropocene
This essay positions microbes as active ‘teachers’ of ecological wisdom. Microbes demonstrate resilience, symbiosis and ecosystem intelligence through their metabolic networks, providing a dialogic l...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Brilliant piece by the brilliant Rachel Armstrong: original, creative, insightful - a microbial roadmap for humans to gain ecological wisdom and become more sustainable
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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After decades of hard-won advances in improving human health, we (yes! we elect the politicians who make decisions) throw them away and propel humankind into a downward spiral of unnecessary suffering. We need to be more vocal in advancing sensible narratives: doi.org/10.1111/1751...
After decades of hard-won advances in improving human health, we (yes! we elect the politicians who make decisions) throw them away and propel humankind into a downward spiral of unnecessary suffering. We need to be more vocal in advancing sensible narratives: doi.org/10.1111/1751...
December 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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After decades of hard-won advances in improving human health, we (yes! we elect the politicians who make decisions) throw them away and propel humankind into a downward spiral of unnecessary suffering. We need to be more vocal in advancing sensible narratives: doi.org/10.1111/1751...
After decades of hard-won advances in improving human health, we (yes! we elect the politicians who make decisions) throw them away and propel humankind into a downward spiral of unnecessary suffering. We need to be more vocal in advancing sensible narratives: doi.org/10.1111/1751...
#MicroSky: Wow: Danchin et al suggest that metabolic guanidine might come from oxygen-oxidized guanine, not the usual urea pathway. A totally unexpected twist, and it might even act as a signal for managing reactive oxygen species. Science keeps surprising us! doi.org/10.1111/1751...
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#MicroSky: Wow: Danchin et al suggest that metabolic guanidine might come from oxygen-oxidized guanine, not the usual urea pathway. A totally unexpected twist, and it might even act as a signal for managing reactive oxygen species. Science keeps surprising us! doi.org/10.1111/1751...
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#MicroSky: PATHOGENS: Developed a highly sensitive, on-site CRISPR/Cas13a + MIRA system for detecting Bacillus anthracis. Detects as low as 250 copies/mL in 30 min with high specificity. Portable CRISPR point-of-care tech for rapid anthrax detection & outbreak response. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#MicroSky: PATHOGENS: Developed a highly sensitive, on-site CRISPR/Cas13a + MIRA system for detecting Bacillus anthracis. Detects as low as 250 copies/mL in 30 min with high specificity. Portable CRISPR point-of-care tech for rapid anthrax detection & outbreak response. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
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#MicroSky: FERMENTATION: In K. phaffii, combining formate induction (PAOX1)+ sorbitol enables methanol-free protein expression. Overexpressing SOR1 boosts sorbitol use but lower PAOX1 induction via lower formate. Oxygen transfer also modulates induction. All in Bustos et al. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
December 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#MicroSky: FERMENTATION: In K. phaffii, combining formate induction (PAOX1)+ sorbitol enables methanol-free protein expression. Overexpressing SOR1 boosts sorbitol use but lower PAOX1 induction via lower formate. Oxygen transfer also modulates induction. All in Bustos et al. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
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#MicroSky: Engineered B. subtilis R31 boosts surfactin yield by 45%, enhancing antimicrobial power while reshaping rhizosphere microbiomes to enrich beneficial Bacillus. A step forward in combating Fusarium wilt via microbial signaling engineering. Explore Chen et al in MBT. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#MicroSky: Engineered B. subtilis R31 boosts surfactin yield by 45%, enhancing antimicrobial power while reshaping rhizosphere microbiomes to enrich beneficial Bacillus. A step forward in combating Fusarium wilt via microbial signaling engineering. Explore Chen et al in MBT. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
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#MicroSky: LACTIC BACTERIA: Fries et al. developed a single-plasmid CRISPRi system using a dCas9 from S. thermophilus for targeted gene repression in Bifidobacterium. This enables functional genomics in diverse, non-model bifidobacterial strains. Explore doi.org/10.1111/1751...
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
#MicroSky: LACTIC BACTERIA: Fries et al. developed a single-plasmid CRISPRi system using a dCas9 from S. thermophilus for targeted gene repression in Bifidobacterium. This enables functional genomics in diverse, non-model bifidobacterial strains. Explore doi.org/10.1111/1751...
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#MicroSky: Rhamnolipids are eco-friendly surfactants, and safe attenuated P. aeruginosa strains show big potential for sustainable, industrial-scale production. Das et al highlights the genetics and biology that make Pseudomonas a powerful biofactory. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#MicroSky: Rhamnolipids are eco-friendly surfactants, and safe attenuated P. aeruginosa strains show big potential for sustainable, industrial-scale production. Das et al highlights the genetics and biology that make Pseudomonas a powerful biofactory. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
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#MicroSky: Sweet sorghum silage spoils easily, but inoculating it with L. buchneri + L. hilgardii boosts aerobic stability. The treatment reshapes microbes, reduces nutrient loss, and delivers long spoilage resistance. Thair et al present a way for improving silage quality. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#MicroSky: Sweet sorghum silage spoils easily, but inoculating it with L. buchneri + L. hilgardii boosts aerobic stability. The treatment reshapes microbes, reduces nutrient loss, and delivers long spoilage resistance. Thair et al present a way for improving silage quality. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
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Happy to post our latest paper:
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Biases accumulate with age, so it is essential to begin teaching critical thinking as early as possible. The problems are HOW, given the complexity of its theory, and IN WHAT EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT? The solutions we propose in this paper are...
doi.org/10.1111/1751...
Biases accumulate with age, so it is essential to begin teaching critical thinking as early as possible. The problems are HOW, given the complexity of its theory, and IN WHAT EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT? The solutions we propose in this paper are...
December 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Happy to post our latest paper:
doi.org/10.1111/1751...
Biases accumulate with age, so it is essential to begin teaching critical thinking as early as possible. The problems are HOW, given the complexity of its theory, and IN WHAT EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT? The solutions we propose in this paper are...
doi.org/10.1111/1751...
Biases accumulate with age, so it is essential to begin teaching critical thinking as early as possible. The problems are HOW, given the complexity of its theory, and IN WHAT EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT? The solutions we propose in this paper are...
#MicroSky: Recognized contributions in Microbial Biotechnology. Volatile esters produced by Saccharomyces. Volatile esters from yeast have wide applications in biotechnology. found multiple applications in Biotechnology. Explore the visionary view by Saerens et al: MBT. doi.org/10.1111/j.17...
December 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#MicroSky: Recognized contributions in Microbial Biotechnology. Volatile esters produced by Saccharomyces. Volatile esters from yeast have wide applications in biotechnology. found multiple applications in Biotechnology. Explore the visionary view by Saerens et al: MBT. doi.org/10.1111/j.17...
#MicroSky: Synthetic biology: First-ever characterization of Ogataea polymorpha centromeres enables highly stable, compatible centromeric plasmids, expanding the genetic toolbox for synthetic biology and building robust microbial cell factories. Read Cheng et al. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
December 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#MicroSky: Synthetic biology: First-ever characterization of Ogataea polymorpha centromeres enables highly stable, compatible centromeric plasmids, expanding the genetic toolbox for synthetic biology and building robust microbial cell factories. Read Cheng et al. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
#MicroSky: Glycerol surplus from biodiesel offers a cheap, abundant feedstock for making 1,3-propanediol. Perez-Bernal et al describe microbial fermentation pathways, inoculum strategies, reactor configurations & key operational parameters to optimize PDO production. MBT doi.org/10.1111/1751...
December 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#MicroSky: Glycerol surplus from biodiesel offers a cheap, abundant feedstock for making 1,3-propanediol. Perez-Bernal et al describe microbial fermentation pathways, inoculum strategies, reactor configurations & key operational parameters to optimize PDO production. MBT doi.org/10.1111/1751...
#MicroSky: Special Issue on “The Contribution of Microbial Biotechnology to Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages". Submit your manuscript online at: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/microbio. Deadline 📆 20 December 2025. Thanks for RT
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#MicroSky: Special Issue on “The Contribution of Microbial Biotechnology to Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages". Submit your manuscript online at: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/microbio. Deadline 📆 20 December 2025. Thanks for RT