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Ph.D., Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
CRISPR-Cas system, defense system, TA system, phage and microbes.
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Microbes weaponizing secondary metabolites to make rivals vulnerable to phage attack 🧪🦠

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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.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Live microscopy to 'phollow' phage outbreaks 🔬✳️

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Phollow reveals in situ phage transmission dynamics in the zebrafish gut microbiome at single-virion resolution - Nature Microbiology
‘Phollow’ is a live imaging-based fluorescence tagging approach that can track phage replication and spread in situ with single-virion resolution.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM