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Kevin Hockett
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One Health Microbiome Center @psumbiome.bsky.social · 6d
🌱🧬 Penn State’s @hockettlab.bsky.social and team discovered how tomato leaf microbiomes can suppress bacterial speck disease.

Xanthomonas & Pseudomonas → less disease → possible microbial tools to protect crops.

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New clues in how plant microbiomes protect against bacterial speck disease | Penn State University
Bacterial speck is a common disease affecting tomatoes that can result in lower yields for growers. A new study led by researchers at Penn State gives new clues on how a plant’s microbiome can be used...
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Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu, PhD @hanareiaehau.bsky.social · Jul 2
The final published work from my PhD. Took the team a lot of effort to get over the line, but we did it! #microbiome #plantpathogens #phyllosphere
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Kevin Hockett @hockettlab.bsky.social · Jul 1
Thrilled to see this work published!

We analyzed foliar disease suppressive microbial communities from tomato to identify taxa and functions associated with suppression. Congratulations to lead author @hanareiaehau.bsky.social, and co-authors Javad Sadeghi and Terrence Bell!

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Rapid and sustained differentiation of disease-suppressive phyllosphere microbiomes in tomato following experimental microbiome selection - Environmental Microbiome
Background Microbial-based treatments to protect plants against phytopathogens typically focus on soil-borne disease or the aboveground application of one or a few biocontrol microorganisms. However, ...
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One Health Microbiome Center @psumbiome.bsky.social · Jul 1
Fresh plant microbiome research out! 🌱🦠

@hockettlab.bsky.social shows how tomato phyllosphere microbiomes rapidly differentiate under pathogen pressure, developing disease-suppressive traits.

Check it out 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#Microbiome #PlantHealth #OneHealth
Rapid and sustained differentiation of disease-suppressive phyllosphere microbiomes in tomato following experimental microbiome selection - Environmental Microbiome
Background Microbial-based treatments to protect plants against phytopathogens typically focus on soil-borne disease or the aboveground application of one or a few biocontrol microorganisms. However, ...
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Kevin Hockett @hockettlab.bsky.social · Jul 1
This work follows up on our previous paper describing the development of said disease suppressive communities (tinyurl.com/mvd9xjb8)
Passaging Phyllosphere Microbial Communities Develop Suppression Towards Bacterial Speck Disease in Tomato | Phytobiomes Journal
Microbial community-based disease management approaches have the potential to substitute or combine with currently employed strategies. Suppressive soils are great examples of microbial communities th...
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Kevin Hockett @hockettlab.bsky.social · Jul 1
Thrilled to see this work published!

We analyzed foliar disease suppressive microbial communities from tomato to identify taxa and functions associated with suppression. Congratulations to lead author @hanareiaehau.bsky.social, and co-authors Javad Sadeghi and Terrence Bell!

tinyurl.com/4pnxxuus
Rapid and sustained differentiation of disease-suppressive phyllosphere microbiomes in tomato following experimental microbiome selection - Environmental Microbiome
Background Microbial-based treatments to protect plants against phytopathogens typically focus on soil-borne disease or the aboveground application of one or a few biocontrol microorganisms. However, ...
tinyurl.com
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · Jun 21
Tailocin Tail Fiber Diversity Correlates with rfbD Variation in the Pseudomonas syringae Species Complex

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Tailocin Tail Fiber Diversity Correlates with rfbD Variation in the Pseudomonas syringae Species Complex
Abstract. Community assembly dynamics are in part driven by competition between community members. Diverse bacteria can antagonize competitors through the
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Manuel Lera-Ramirez @manu-lera.bsky.social · May 2
I built a database with mined gateway plasmids from addgene. Maybe it can be helpful.

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Manuel Lera-Ramirez @manu-lera.bsky.social · Feb 18
🧬🔬 Ever wondered if there’s a #GateWay plasmid in @addgene.bsky.social with GFP and the att sites you need? 🤔✨ Wonder no more!

🚀 Visit GateWayMine to search a database of #AddGene plasmids by feature or site type! 🧪🔍

🔗 gatewaymine.netlify.app

More context in the thread! 🧵👇
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Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · May 2
Does anyone know of a gateway compatible tn7 destination vector that has kanamycin resistance in the tn7 instead of gentR?
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Steve Diggle @digglelab.bsky.social · Mar 1
Delighted to be able to share our new review on R-pyocins produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It covers genetics, regulation, killing mechanisms and therapeutic potential amongst other things. #MicroSky www.nature.com/articles/s44...
R-pyocins as targeted antimicrobials against Pseudomonas aeruginosa - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - R-pyocins as targeted antimicrobials against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Kevin Hockett @hockettlab.bsky.social · Feb 25
It was great hosting @michhulin.bsky.social to hear about her lab's work on prophages in Pseudomonas syringae!
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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Feb 25
I had a wonderful visit to Penn State! Thanks for the invitation @hockettlab.bsky.social
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Tiffany Lowe-Power 🌱🦠 @tlowepower.bsky.social · Nov 10
I initiated a plant pathology/plant microbe starter pack, feel free to self-nominate 🥀

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One Health Microbiome Center @psumbiome.bsky.social · Jan 17
🎉 We are kicking off our semester with a seminar from Dr. Alex Vompe! Alex talked about coral microbiome 🪸 work from his PhD and new mushroom-microbe 🍄 interaction projects with @hockettlab.bsky.social and Carolee Bull.
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One Health Microbiome Center @psumbiome.bsky.social · Nov 8
📢 This fascinating PNAS article highlights OHMC’s @hockettlab.bsky.social's research on adapting plant microbiomes to enhance crop resilience 🌾🐛🦠

"Breeding will still have its place in the toolbox, [but] the microbiome approach will likely be far quicker."

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Kevin Hockett @hockettlab.bsky.social · Nov 7
For those interested in this work, I'm currently recruiting a postdoc!

Apply here tinyurl.com/4canz4x4

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Kevin Hockett @hockettlab.bsky.social · Nov 7
Thrilled to have my group's work on disease suppressive microbial communities highlighted in the recent PNAS Front Matter!

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Can microbiome adaptations protect crops from pests and climate change? | PNAS
Can microbiome adaptations protect crops from pests and climate change?
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