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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 1h

micro-nano = femto ✔️

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 3h

christoph:

what a difference a
d
makes!

youtu.be/upJ3OgMRiUA?...

What A Difference A Day Makes

YouTube video by Dinah Washington - Topic

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 8h

#MicroSky

Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 9h

A Global Deep Terrestrial Biosphere Core Microbiome

#ISMEcommunications

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A Global Deep Terrestrial Biosphere Core Microbiome

Abstract. The deep biosphere encompasses life beneath the Earth’s surface and constitutes a substantial portion of the planet’s microbial biomass. This stu

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 18h

christoph: since long I consider the shape of 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘢 especially schick, but there are so few images around that I'm not really sure about their morphology.
the other day I found 𝘙𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘻𝘢𝘦 YC6860^T, and we can dispute whether they're fusilli or rotini 😋 (🙋‍♂️ pasta addict)

𝘙𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘻𝘢𝘦 YC6860^T
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.29.505124v1

STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 21h

congrats, julie! 👏👏👏

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 21h

christoph: also the toddlers of these critters are gorgeous, as I learned on 𝕏 a couple of years ago.

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Cnidevo Lab on X: "Happy World Jellyfish Day! To celebrate, a video of the first Pelagia ephyrae raised in our new facility in Banyuls-sur-Mer https://t.co/rlGndDLsjx" / X

Happy World Jellyfish Day! To celebrate, a video of the first Pelagia ephyrae raised in our new facility in Banyuls-sur-Mer https://t.co/rlGndDLsjx

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 1d

congrats to julie 👏👏👏

STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 1d

tl;dr

STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 1d

#MicroSky

labnikel.bsky.social @labnikel.bsky.social · Aug 22

🚨 New paper in mBio!
We established strict formatotrophic & methylotrophic growth in engineered Pseudomonas putida via the reductive glycine pathway (rGlyP). journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
Here’s a teaser of how we did it 🧵👇1/5

Synthetic C1 metabolism in Pseudomonas putida enables strict formatotrophy and methylotrophy via the reductive glycine pathway | mBio

Soluble C1 feedstocks, such as formate and methanol, have gained attention as sustainable substrates for biotechnology, with the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on sugar-based resources. Despite their promise, the metabolic ...

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 1d

#MicroSky

Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 1d

Metabolic interplay drives population cycles in a cross-feeding microbial community

@natcomms.nature.com from @oventurelli2.bsky.social

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

Metabolic interplay drives population cycles in a cross-feeding microbial community - Nature Communications

Here the authors leverage a crossfeeding, engineered microbial community to demonstrate that strain abundance cycles are robust across environmental conditions. They pair this with a nonlinear dynamic model to elucidate population cycles.

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 2d

#PhageSky

J.O.K.Emmanuel🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @emmanuelkuffo15.bsky.social · Jan 9

The original plan was to isolate >50 phage-host combos (I naively thought this would be the straightforward bit of the project—it wasn’t). Eventually we got 2 phages tripling the number of genome-sequenced, in vitro characterised Strep. suis phages! Read about Bonnie & Clyde👇🏿

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 2d

#PhageSky

Freya Harrison @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social · 2d

Very nice talk from @emmanuelkuffo15.bsky.social speaking about his hunt for Strep. suis phage at the @microbiologysociety.org young microbiologist of the year finals - and there's a pre-print up! #MicroSky

J.O.K.Emmanuel🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @emmanuelkuffo15.bsky.social · Jan 9

The original plan was to isolate >50 phage-host combos (I naively thought this would be the straightforward bit of the project—it wasn’t). Eventually we got 2 phages tripling the number of genome-sequenced, in vitro characterised Strep. suis phages! Read about Bonnie & Clyde👇🏿

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 2d

#MicroSky

Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s published version of our manuscript using GWAS to investigate tailocin sensitivity in Pseudomonas syringae. TL:DR pretty clear LPS is tailocin receptor but also that P.syringae often completely swaps out its entire O antigen biosynth pathway w/ recombination

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Genomic correlates of tailocin sensitivity in Pseudomonas syringae

Abstract. Phage-derived bacteriocins, also referred to as tailocins, are structures encoded by bacterial genomes and deployed into the extracellular enviro

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 2d

christoph: they're certainly more yummi, but they look like rutherford's atom model 😄

STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 3d

indeed👍

STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 3d

#PhageSky

The Daum Lab @daumlab.bsky.social · 3d

Out in Science Advances: Our #cryoEM structure of HFTV1, a virus infecting the halophile #archaea. *First full atomic structure (containing all structural proteins) of any tailed virus!* Congrats and thanks to all co-authors and our fantastic collaborators! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Cryo-EM resolves the structure of the archaeal dsDNA virus HFTV1 from head to tail

This structure of an archaeal tailed virus (arTV) provides detailed insights into arTV assembly and infection mechanisms.

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 4d

who buys from amazon anyways? 😊

STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 4d

until then, I'll be glad to help you 👍

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 4d

great work, congrats to all involved 👏👏👏

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 4d

#ProtistsOnSky

Thibaut Brunet @thibautbrunet.bsky.social · 4d

Latest from ours: www.cell.com/cell-reports...

This is two stories in one: a case study/cautionary tale on developing genetic tools in new organisms, and the first hint at a gene regulatory network for choanoflagellate multicellular development (which turn out to involve a Hippo/YAP/ECM loop!) A 🧵

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 5d

btw this year, I didn't see any traces of the old METEOR graffiti on the pier wall in horta, faial that I hadn't screened last year (partly visible in the photo).

marina in horta, faial. viw of pico volcano (own photo, sep 2025)

STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 5d

... and it could be fun to see if this is mirrored in the Endozoicomonadaceae or not. just fun, probably not really important as these dual-origins are just a few kb (~25 kb) apart and simultaneous firing is unlikely to mess-up the cell cycle in bugs with genome sizes in the 4 Mbp range

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 5d

christoph: do you think anyone would be interested in me seeing if I can identify 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘊 in these guys' genomes (by prediction)? I would of course also look at 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 😎

I recently found 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘊 in many of the (not-too-distantly) related Halomonadaceae (www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...) ...

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 5d

christoph: this is an animation of RNase II at work from the perspective of its catalytic site. on the left, I can see clearly its CSD domain.

STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 5d

out of pure curiosity: can anyone confirm that nicole @nicoledubilier.bsky.social allegedly referred to 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘻𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 as the "𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪 of the oceans" at an ASM meeting earlier this year?
#MicroSky

Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 6d

A genomic view of the bacterial family Endozoicomonadaceae in marine symbioses
www.nature.com/articles/s42... #jcampubs

A genomic view of the bacterial family Endozoicomonadaceae in marine symbioses - Communications Biology

This review explores the genomic diversity, ecology, and functional potential of the bacterial family Endozoicomonadaceae in marine symbioses, highlighting their mutualistic to parasitic spectrum and key gaps to be addressed in future research.

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