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Gemma Reguera 🌎

@microgem.bsky.social

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Professor of Microbiology and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development at Michigan State University. Editor in Chief of Applied and Environmental Microbiology (AEM). Views are my own.

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · Mar 22

Our latest in the ISME Journal‼️
The dominance of Geobacterales in hotspots of nitrate ammonification led us to study this overlooked physiology in the most representative species (T. lovley). Four years of hard work by my student Marcela Tabares with many surprises.

And…

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Adaptive responses of Trichlorobacter lovleyi to nitrite detoxification reveal overlooked contributions of Geobacterales to nitrate ammonification

Abstract. Poorly understood microorganisms “short-circuit” the nitrogen cycle via the dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium to retain the element in

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 4d

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 4d

Grant season would like a word.

Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 4d

PI, senior graduate student, new graduate student

Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 4d

Editor in chief, city editor, features editor

Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 4d

Lost in the many news of last week was this press release about the dissolution of the DOE Office of Science advisory committees and replacement with a new, integrated, single Office of Science Advisory Committee (SCAC): www.energy.gov/science/arti...

DOE Establishes the Office of Science Advisory Committee

The Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the establishment of the Office of Science Advisory Committee (SCAC).

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 7d

That’s right! And you can watch some videos on how to cut it like a pro before the party to make an even bigger impression. A few tips for that and storage here: www.jamon.com/learn-about-...

Jamon.com - How to Slice and Store Spanish Jamon Serrano and Iberico

Directions on how to properly slice and store Serrano Ham or Iberico Ham from Spain. Jamon.com provides in-depth information about Spanish Serrano and Iberico hams as well as artisan cured hams from a...

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 7d

It is decent. It is big though, so you will be eating jamón for a while. The last one I bought from Costco came with a (crappy) knive but a useful holder.

Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 9d

#Microgem #17

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

—Jane Goodall

Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · May 1

#Microgem #16

“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit".

—Oscar Wilde (The picture of Dorian Gray)

Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · Apr 21

#Microgem #15

“We all have the duty to do good.”
— Pope Francis

Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 20d

✅ Kill switches for biocontainment of industrial strains (important industrial tool)

✅ Phage engineering, CRISPR style (staphylococcal diagnostics and therapeutics)

✅ The unexpected impacts of tillage legacy on soil microbiomes (surprising impact of tillage history on carbon-cycling communities)

Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 20d

✅ A hitchhiker’s guide to polyhydroxyalkanoates (indispensable catalog of methods for PHA research)

✅ The stinky aroma of myxobacterial predators in aquaculture (bacterial killers that leave a stinky water trail)

✅ A little acid to protect the gut from infections (featured in the cover)

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 20d

‼️Don’t miss the September issue of @asm.org Journals #ApplEnvMicrobiol (#AEM), with a record number of articles.

A 🧵 about my Spotlight picks

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Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue | Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Polyhydroxyalkanoates are a diverse class of microbially synthesized polymers for applications such as bioplastics. Conners and Bose (e00274-25) review available methods for their quantification and make recommendations for best practices and future directions.

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 23d

BEAUTIFUL

Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 24d

Happy to share that our story on the bacterial archaellum was published today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congrats to the authors: @sshamphavi.bsky.social @loumollat.bsky.social @mariejoest.bsky.social Najwa Taib and @sgribaldo.bsky.social

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · Sep 4

Many women increasingly experience upward bullying as they move through the ranks. Important read 👇

“Upward bullies are not interested in solving issues; they love creating conflict and thrive on being the architect of disharmony in the workplace.“

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Home - The Upward Bully

How to beat the upward bully. Understand and outsmart workers who use intimidation, mobbing and management squeeze to bully the boss.

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · Aug 30

Aw, the mouth pipette technique that some of us were taught early on in our careers.

As a postdoc, my PhD advisor got gingivitis after using that technique to transfer spirochete cultures. That was all I needed to hear to never try it again.

#LabSafety #PhDLife

Brian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · Aug 30

Saw this photo of Adah Elizabeth Verder (1900-1997) in another post, accompanied by comments on mouth pipeting. When I took intro microbiology in 1979, one of the first lessons in lab was mouth pipeting technique. Pay attention, and it was the most accurate, fastest method available.
#MicroSky

Adah Elizabeth Verder (1900-1997) using the mouth pipeting technique

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · Aug 24

✅ Bacillus amicoumacins as biocontrol agents to protect citrus trees 🌳
✅ An expanded view of aerobic methanotrophs
✅ ELISA for rapid detection of fungal aerosols
✅ Bactericidal lipopeptides for crop protection
✅ New method for in situ measurement of pathogen’s growth rates during infections

Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · Aug 24

✅ The squid 🦑 light organ gets a facelift (that is, a new model organism)
✅ A review of the ubiquitous yet understudied Mangrovibacter bacteria, which are key to bioremediation and biodegradation applications
✅ The microbial legacy of mining ⛏️

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · Aug 24

The August issue of Applied and Environmental Microbiology #AEM is out! Another wonderful cover (a squid hatchling!) and fantastic articles.

🧵 Here are the spotlights…

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Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue | Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Imes et al. (e00001-25) report similar phenotypes in the symbiotic light organs of the well-known Hawaiian bobtail squid and the hummingbird variety that is robust to laboratory husbandry and amenable...

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · Aug 15

Community journals support our community. Welcome to my #AEM talk! 😁

Two scientists receive poster prize awards sponsored by Applied and Environmental Microbiology journal

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · Aug 7

If the postdoc had intellectual contribution to the work, they merit authorship. How critical the contribution is to getting the paper published also matters. Quality of the contribution regardless of the number of authors.

Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · Aug 7

Our faculty write a reflective essay that frames accomplishments to show intellectual and scholarly growth. The letter from the chair is also important to provide disciplinary context. The key is a multi-factorial evaluation and a holistic assessment of disciplinary excellence.

Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · Aug 6

What matters is the intellectual contribution of the author to the work. We have many faculty working in large collaborative projects that only have multi-author publications. We look for an explanation of their role to assess intellectual merit and leadership.

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Berniebéu 😂

Green Mountain Bhoys @greenmountainbhoys.bsky.social · Aug 3

Berniebéu forever

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Tom Hanson @hansonlab.bsky.social · Jul 29

Really proud tthat my group's recent #AppEnvMicro paper is a Spotlight article. Great recognition of work by two group members with outstanding support from @udelaware.bsky.social core facilities. 🦠🔬🧪
@asm.org @microgem.bsky.social @stephdagostino.bsky.social
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Chlorobaculum tepidum outer membrane vesicles may transport biogenic elemental sulfur | Applied and Environmental Microbiology

All living cells must exchange material with their environment while maintaining cellular integrity. This is a particular challenge for materials that are not water-soluble; however, many bacteria utilize insoluble materials for energy conservation and as ...

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · Jul 27

Most passengers with their carry-on luggage during their evacuation… 😬

BNO News @bnonews.com · Jul 26

WATCH: Landing gear of American Airlines plane catches fire at Denver airport, passengers evacuated

Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · Jul 24

The July issue of #AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology (#AEM) is out and with it a terrific cover and spotlight articles. See my post in LinkedIn for a description.
www.linkedin.com/posts/gemma-...

Fantastic picture of the Svalbard valley glaciers (Svalbard, High Arctic) in the cover of the July issue of American Society for Microbiology Applied and Environmental (#AEM) journal. | Gemma Reguera

Fantastic picture of the Svalbard valley glaciers (Svalbard, High Arctic) in the cover of the July issue of American Society for Microbiology Applied and Environmental (#AEM) journal. Perfect introd...

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