Michael Brockhurst
@brockhurstlab.bsky.social
Microbial evolution / University of Manchester
Reposted by Michael Brockhurst
Microbes weaponizing secondary metabolites to make rivals vulnerable to phage attack 🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Streptomyces secretes a siderophore that sensitizes competitor bacteria to phage infection - Nature Microbiology
A secondary metabolite sensitizes competitor Bacillus subtilis to a wide panel of lytic phages by sequestering iron and preventing the activation of Spo0A.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Microbes weaponizing secondary metabolites to make rivals vulnerable to phage attack 🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thanks Kayla 🙌
December 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Thanks Kayla 🙌
Yeah, they probably should do
December 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Yeah, they probably should do
Definitely not, even the top £prize wasn’t enough to pay a Nature APC
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Definitely not, even the top £prize wasn’t enough to pay a Nature APC
Got to see inside Nature HQ and everything!
December 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Got to see inside Nature HQ and everything!
Thanks Maggie!
December 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Thanks Maggie!
Thanks Vivek!
December 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Thanks Vivek!
Reposted by Michael Brockhurst
so you're going into the piñata business too 😊
A miniature piñata
by Christoph — Can you imagine a children's party in Mexico without a piñata as the main attraction? One of the kids hits the suspended piñata with a stick until it bursts and the entir…
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December 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
so you're going into the piñata business too 😊
We love a bit of endosymbiosis!
December 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We love a bit of endosymbiosis!