Thanks also to
🇳🇬CDC & #AMRsurveillance system, without which we'd not've seen this;
GHRU-GSA consortium & @nihr.bsky.social
for enabling 🇳🇬 to institute genomic surveillance of AMR. Read our #OpenAccess MGen
@microbiologysociety.org
paper & let's know what you think doi.org/10.1099/mgen... END

It's of academic interest - yes - but more than that, if a clinical lab can't figure out it has a string of E. hormaechei, it might not know that an outbreak is in play, placing patients at harm. Big shout out to Faith Oni who
worked really hard on this for several years &../4

Took us a while to get the analysis right bcos we don't (yet) have "Enterobacterate" or even good biochemical ID matrices. Our most common spp. (& most other HAIs) is Ent. hormaechei. Never heard of it? Maybe you need to step up your ID schemes...maybe we all need WGS./3

Enterobacter (E in #ESKAPE). A lot > common than you may think & often #antimicrobialresistant. In🇳🇬, we often miss them bcos they're tricky to identify correctly with limited resources. We found them by #WGS
@GHRUamr
& describe them
@MicrobioSoc
doi.org/10.1099/mgen...

There are common priority pathogens that we all work to culture, sequence & characterize; with user-friendly tools & big databases. Y'know, E. coli, Klebsiellae, MRSA &c. But what about lesser-known (also) priority pathogens? Thread pointing to our newest
@MicrobioSoc
paper

Umm…not Greece, Portugal, South Africa- all places where talented Nigerian students who’ve garnered abstract acceptances & competitive bursaries are denied visas for no clear reason, after we have registered, made travel expenses etc. consider Nigeria, Ghana,Kenya as we have no trouble getting there

🔬 How can scientists get involved in global AMR decision-making?

📣 Join the conversation in a webinar co-hosted by @escmid.bsky.social and the Global Strategy Lab to discuss the Independent Panel for Evidence on Action against #AMR on August 28 at 9AM EDT

Register: amrpolicy.org/events/shapi...

The world has been in a cholera pandemic since 1961.

New technology could help end it.

”Recent scientific progress means we have the tools to eradicate cholera,” writes Professor Iruka Okeke. “But we need to act urgently.”

Learn more in ‘Behind the Research’ ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/pulse/techno...

My grad student experience investigating a cholera outbreak is 1 reason why our research focuses on life-threatening infections. More recently, Alisha Wainwright & I discussed cholera in Africa today. Listen to us @Wellcome ‘When Science Finds a Way’. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct3P...

I'm looking forward to season 2 of 'When Science Finds a Way'. If you are a podcast listener, consider signing up and listening regularly. wellcome.org//news-and-re...

After coffee, Prof Iruka Okeke @iruka-okeke.bsky.social from the College of Medicine at University of Ibadan in Nigeria talking about small-molecule inhibition of bacterial enteric pathogen adherence at our @dmmjournal.bsky.social session on AMR at @biologists.bsky.social #biologists100 #AMR

who doesn't enjoy some beautiful FtsZ rings on a sunday evening? these from 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴, from all angles, by the @jwveening.bsky.social, posted earlier on 𝕏, on may 6, 2021

Movie S2 from journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
#MicroSky

New in: DNA analysis reveals Enterobacter hormaechei as a commonly misidentified bloodstream pathogen in Nigerian hospitals, highlighting diagnostic challenges in resource-limited settings.
rrid.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/azolkhby...

ASM stands firm in its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, as such efforts are critical to advancing the microbial sciences for everyone. Read our statement: asm.org/Press-Releas...

If your lab runs the #BioFire GI Pathogen Panel do you report all the diarrheagenic Escherichia coli targets? If you report Enteroaggregative E. coli #EAEC,
Enteropathogenic E. coli #EPEC, or Enteroinvasive E. coli #EIEC do you include a comment or disclaimer to guide treatment vs not treating?

@koutterson.bsky.social, Javier Guzman and I are thinking about how to create an impactful and inclusive independent #AMR Panel www.cgdev.org/blog/chartin...

📣Our latest paper is out now in mSystems: Not quite as it may seem - investigating #plasmid diversity and evolution in #Klebsiella pneumoniae at a single institution over time. A short thread 🧵 @zaminiqbal.bsky.social

I'm putting together a Microbial Bioinformatics starter pack to help get everyone connected in our community. Let me know if there are any bluesky users to be added and share so that twitter refugees can tune back in to the fantastic world microbes go.bsky.app/3ezLo7e

15/16 Jan: first big 2015 #AMR event!

10 years after #WHO 's 2015 Global Action Plan on #AMR, we are organising a major stocktake of (un)intended consequences of #antimicrobial governance at the British Academy in London.
#antibiotics #socsci

Join virtually:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unintended...

@microbiologysociety.org Microbial Genomics is looking for new Senior Editors and Editors, particularly those with expertise across the breadth of eukaryotic microbiology, viral genomics, and ecological microbiology. Candidates can send their CVs and cover letters by Friday 17 January 2025!

You want to learn about microbiology from a fantastic lineup of speakers on a beautiful Greek island? PhD students apply now for the @EMBO | @FEBSnews Lecture Course The New Microbiology!
Registration: 1 Apr 2025
Course: 03 – 11 Sep 2025 | Spetses, Greece
meetings.embo.org/event/25-new...