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Alex Loy @loyteam.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢 New paper in @nature.com

Microbes rock 🎸🤘 with sulfide and iron minerals

I am very excited to share our recent study, which describes a previously unknown microbial energy metabolism ⚡⚡⚡🦠🧫⚡⚡⚡

🆕 Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation - MISO

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation - Nature

Genomic and biochemical analyses of prokaryotic sulfur metabolism identify diverse microorganisms with the capacity to oxidize sulfide using iron(iii).

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Chris Greening @greening.bsky.social · Jul 25

Our article showing energy production from air alone is in PNAS today. This paper provides an ultimate biochemical proof that microbes can survive simply by 'making' energy from air (making two ATP per molecule atmospheric H2 consumed) and has biotech applications. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

ATP synthesis driven by atmospheric hydrogen concentrations | PNAS

All cells require a continuous supply of the universal energy currency, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), to drive countless cellular reactions. The un...

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SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Feb 13

"MIRRI-ERIC fully supports the importance of maintaining physical type strains as NTs, while also recommending genome sequence data that meet SeqCode's quality standards as additional NTs." 👏

#Nomenclature #SeqCode #Taxonomy #genomes

Praveen RAHI @pravrahi.bsky.social · Jan 23

In recent discussions, the rules on prokaryotic nomenclature have sparked debate for various reasons. Our team (MIRRI-ERIC) presents a solution to harmonize ICNP and SeqCode, benefiting microbial ecologists and microbiologists alike. read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #nomenclature

MIRRI-ERIC's position on the recent evolution of the international code of nomenclature of prokaryotes

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Victor de Lorenzo (CNB, Madrid) @vdlorenzo.bsky.social · Mar 12

Convocatoria de Concurso abierto para la contratación de un investigador(a) en el área de la Biotecnología en el Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México www.biomedicas.unam.mx/convocatoria...

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Ramon Rosselló-Móra @ramonix.bsky.social · Feb 14

Yes, having a spirit of reconciliation is a way forward. There is hope to mitigate the aggressiveness of those who have not wanted to understand!
Thanks MIRRI @pravrahi.bsky.social & thanks @seqcode.bsky.social for the against-stream efforts! 💪🏽

SeqCode @seqcode.bsky.social · Feb 13

"MIRRI-ERIC fully supports the importance of maintaining physical type strains as NTs, while also recommending genome sequence data that meet SeqCode's quality standards as additional NTs." 👏

#Nomenclature #SeqCode #Taxonomy #genomes

Praveen RAHI @pravrahi.bsky.social · Jan 23

In recent discussions, the rules on prokaryotic nomenclature have sparked debate for various reasons. Our team (MIRRI-ERIC) presents a solution to harmonize ICNP and SeqCode, benefiting microbial ecologists and microbiologists alike. read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #nomenclature

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Taylor priest @taylorpriest.bsky.social · Jan 30

3000 archaeal MAGs recovered from geothermal springs, with >2000 representing new species - www.nature.com/artic...

Recovery of nearly 3,000 archaeal genomes from 152 terrestrial geothermal spring metagenomes

Scientific Data - Recovery of nearly 3,000 archaeal genomes from 152 terrestrial geothermal spring metagenomes

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Jose Bengoechea @josebengoechea.bsky.social · Jan 30

Last work from the lab in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social !
We review the most recent evidence on the strategies deployed by Klebsiella to counteract host defences. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... The co-evolution with the immune system has taught the bug a couple of tricks!!!

Klebsiella pneumoniae emerging anti-immunology paradigms: from stealth to evasion

Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) is a global threat to human health due to the isolation of multidrug-resistant strains. Despite advancements in understandi…

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Morten Kam Dahl Dueholm @mkddueholm.bsky.social · Dec 6

🚨 New paper from our lab
Diversity and physiology of abundant Rhodoferax species in global wastewater treatment systems - ScienceDirect 🦠🧫
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Diversity and physiology of abundant Rhodoferax species in global wastewater treatment systems

Wastewater treatment plants rely on complex microbial communities for bioconversion and removal of pollutants, but many process-critical species are s…

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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · Dec 6

🚨 PhD opportunity to join my group at UEA investigating genetic markers and mechanisms of CO dehydrogenase regulation in response to atmospheric mercury.

Deadline 1st January 2025.
UK “home” students only (uni rules for this call)

#PleaseRT

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Investigating genetic markers and mechanisms of CO dehydrogenase regulation in response to atmospheric mercury (HERNANDEZM_U25SCI) at University of East Anglia on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Investigating genetic markers and mechanisms of CO dehydrogenase regulation in response to atmospheric mercury (HERNANDEZM_U25SCI) at University of East Anglia, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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César Sánchez @twistedbacteria.bsky.social · Nov 29

Microbial species? OK, but... how?

Ecological cohesiveness, coupled to unbiased horizontal gene flow, may account for the observed species and intraspecies clusters
@ramonix.bsky.social @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social

#microNatComms #microbiology 🦠

Read the paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Microbial species and intraspecies units exist and are maintained by ecological cohesiveness coupled to high homologous recombination - Nature Communications

Microbial communities are predominantly composed of species and intraspecies units, but the mechanisms behind the formation and persistence of these units are unclear. Here, the authors provide experi...

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Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV), CSIC @ibv-csic.bsky.social · Nov 26

SEMINARIOS @ibv-csic.bsky.social
Próximo viernes, Victor de Lorenzo @vdlorenzo.bsky.social del Laboratorio de Microbiología Medioambiental Molecular. @cnb-csic.bsky.social impartirá el seminario:
«Environmental bacteria as authentic (non metaphorical) cell factories»
🗓️29/11
⌚️12:30h
🏛️Sede J. Roig

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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · Sep 10

Long-term ecological #research projects apart from being highly demanding, it deserves extra respect from the scientific community; funding agencies should consider the benefits of such projects

#ecology #science #nature #evolution @ipbes.bsky.social @esci.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

The value of long-term ecological research for evolutionary insights - Nature Ecology & Evolution

This Perspective discusses using long-term ecological research networks to advance our understanding of fundamental evolutionary processes and evolutionary responses to global change.

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