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Sabina Leanti La Rosa
@sabinallarosa.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Microbiology @UniNMBU, Norway. Fond of carb degradation by gut #microbiomes, #multiomics, #CAZymes,#prebiotics. Editorial Board Member @CommsBio. Italian 🇮🇹 via 🇺🇸 to 🇳🇴
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Steven Robbins @stevenjrobbins.bsky.social · 2d
Like here our criteria was that >70% of genes in a an enriched pathway had to be present, including the "key" genes required for proper functioning. One enriched gene says little, but we try to make it as unlikely that we're focusing on statistical accidents.

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A genomic view of the microbiome of coral reef demosponges
AbstractSponges underpin the productivity of coral reefs, yet few of their microbial symbionts have been functionally characterised. Here we present an ana
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Pathogenic Mechanisms Research Group @molecularpathogen.bsky.social · 6d
Lecturership in Microbiolgy @uniofgalway.bsky.social. Application submission deadline coming soon - October 9th. universityvacancies.com/university-g...
Lecturer in Microbiology, Permanent, 1 FTE, Contract Type B, 011296 | University Vacancies Ireland
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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · 7d
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A molecular inventory of the faecal microbiomes of 23 marsupial species
Despite the recent expansion of culture-independent analyses of animal faecal microbiomes, many lineages remain understudied. Marsupials represent one such group, where despite their iconic status, di...
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Tom Hitch @tcahitch.bsky.social · 15d
The main work from my time in Aachen is now out 🎉 if you have wanted to make a SynCom that captures the functional-landscape of microbiota, MiMiC2 makes that possible based on metagenomic data! 1/7 doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Function-Based Selection of Synthetic Communities Enables Mechanistic Microbiome Studies
Abstract. Understanding the complex interactions between microbes and their environment requires robust model systems such as synthetic communities (SynCom
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Evgenii Protasov @evgenii-protasov.bsky.social · 11d
Polysaccharide-degrading archaea dominate acidic hot springs: genomic and cultivation insights into a novel Thermoproteota lineage
Candidatus Marsarchaeota is now isolated and renamed as Tardisphaerales (phylum Thermoproteota) 🤓
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Alex Probst @alexjprobst.bsky.social · 12d
New article on equitable reuse of public sequencing data, published in @natmicrobiol.nature.com!
Led by the Data reuse core team @lhug.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social Cristina Moraru, @geomicrosoares.bsky.social, @folker.bsky.social and with Anke Heyer and The Data Reuse Consotrium!
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Geo Santiago-Martínez @geosantiagom.bsky.social · 12d
The article comes out today! @natmicrobiol.nature.com
A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data by The Data Reuse Consortium.
Link: rdcu.be/eIix7
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Pamela Ferretti @pamferretti.bsky.social · 12d
If you generate or reuse #microbiome data, check out these guidelines for equitable sequence data reuse. Grateful to @alexjprobst.bsky.social and his team for leading this important work and for bringing together 160+ microbiome scientists (myself included) to contribute!

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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 13d
A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data - Nature Microbiology
In this Consensus Statement, a consortium of microbiome scientists discuss current sequencing data sharing policies and propose the use of a Data Reuse Information (DRI) tag to promote equitable and collaborative data sharing.
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Haris Zafeiropoulos @hariszaf.bsky.social · 16d
our software, microbetag, for the annotation of microbial co-occurrence networks with phenotypic traits & metabolic complementarities was just published

A Cytoscape app is also available to make your life easier (and prettier)

#microbiome #metabolic-modeling #networks
microbetag: simplifying microbial network interpretation through annotation, enrichment tests, and metabolic complementarity analysis - Genome Biology
Microbial co-occurrence network inference is often hindered by low accuracy and tool dependency. We introduce microbetag, a comprehensive software ecosystem designed to annotate microbial networks. No...
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Karthik Anantharaman @karthik-a.bsky.social · Aug 27
New paper alert! We suggest caution in the analyses of viral auxiliary metabolic genes and propose a new overarching term - 'auxiliary viral genes' (AVGs) to describe different types of such genes. @simrouxvirus.bsky.social #phagesky #Microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A call for caution in the biological interpretation of viral auxiliary metabolic genes - Nature Microbiology
This Perspective discusses virus-encoded auxiliary metabolic genes and provides a framework for the biological interpretation of these genes.
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Alan Cartmell @acartmell47.bsky.social · 18d
Happy to have this collaborative work out on Biorxiv on how Akkermansia muciniphila deploys it’s carbohydrate sulfatases to metabolise colonic mucin, and that processed glycopeptides/proteins of colonic mucin are a favoured carbon source #glycotime.

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The role of Akkermansia muciniphila sulfatases in colonic mucin utilisation
Akkermansia muciniphila , an obligate mucin degrader, is a major member of the human colonic microbiota and has been associated positive health outcomes. Mucins are complex glycoproteins that contain ...
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Gareth (Gary) Trubl @gtrubl.bsky.social · 19d
New paper alert with @alexjprobst.bsky.social.

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Clarifying Terminology in Microbial Ecology: A Call for Precision in Scientific Communication
The rapid evolution of microbiology as a field of research has led to the introduction of new terminology and the adaptation of existing terms. However, inconsistencies in the use of these terms, inc...
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · Sep 6
Reminder that we are recruiting an Assistant Professor Bacterial Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...

Deadline 24 Sept.
Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics on jobs.ac.uk!
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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · Sep 2
We published a new lane of research today on human gut fungi. Shout out to 1st author @emilyvansyoc.bsky.social sky.social & @erdavenport.bsky.social For 20 years, bacteria received the lion's share of interest in the human gut. Yet we know little about the gut mycobiome. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Gut fungi are associated with human genetic variation and disease risk
In contrast to decades of research on gut bacteria, human genetic determinants of the gut fungal community (mycobiome) remain understudied. This investigation presents the first GWAS on the number and...
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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · Aug 19
Wonderful #ISME20 video. This will be a fantastic conference in Auckland next year.

#MicroSky 🧪

@isme-microbes.bsky.social

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ISME20 Video Part 2
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Maria Elena Martino @memartino.bsky.social · Aug 19
Join us! This is more than a scientific meeting, it's a platform to catalyze collaboration, share knowledge openly and develop solutions for safeguarding marine ecosystems in a changing world. Great line-up of speakers and early bird rate still available!

Please RT!
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Trends in Marine Host-Microbe Symbioses @tmhms.bsky.social · Aug 19
📢#TMHMS25 is just around the corner! 🦠🌊

Join us to dive into the latest discoveries in #marinehostmicrobesymbioses and explore how microbial superpowers can contribute to restoring ocean health!

Please share with fellow marine science and microbiology enthusiasts!
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Emily White @emily-white.bsky.social · Aug 18
One of my favourite papers of 2025 so far and its on chocolate! 🍫

A defined microbial community reproduces attributes of fine flavour chocolate fermentation

🧪 Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔎 The associated news & views here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A defined microbial community reproduces attributes of fine flavour chocolate fermentation - Nature Microbiology
An in-depth microbiological and metagenomic analysis of Colombian farm and fermentation facilities resulted in the design of a defined microbial community that can reproduce the flavour of fine chocol...
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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · Aug 18
Out now!

🍫🦠A defined microbial community reproduces attributes of fine flavour #chocolate fermentation

By Gabriel Castrillo, David Salt & co

#microsky #microbiomesky 🧪

Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A defined microbial community reproduces attributes of fine flavour chocolate fermentation - Nature Microbiology
An in-depth microbiological and metagenomic analysis of Colombian farm and fermentation facilities resulted in the design of a defined microbial community that can reproduce the flavour of fine chocol...
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Hall Lab @halllab.bsky.social · Aug 17
Really pleased to see this study led by @raymondkiu.bsky.social now published in @natcomms.nature.com!

We show that probiotics help modulate the preterm infant 👶#microbiome - to reduce ARGs, lower MDR bacteria 🦠 & increase beneficial Bifido ✨

Huge team effort!

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Matthew Lawrenz @lawrenzlab.bsky.social · Aug 17
My alma mater is hiring a microbiologist! Assistant/Associate Prof. 👇👇
Assistant/Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics - McGovern Medical School in Texas, United States | Faculty & Physicians at UTHealth Houston
Apply for Assistant/Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics - McGovern Medical School job with UTHealth Houston in Texas, United States. Faculty & Physicians at UTHealth Houston
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Michael Kuhn @biocs.bsky.social · Aug 15
We're very happy to release our new database Metalog metalog.embl.de ! It offers manually curated and harmonised contextual data for 110k metagenomics samples across the globe, incl. precomputed taxonomic profiles, for interactive browsing and for download 🧵 1/7

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Metalog
Metalog is a repository of manually annotated metadata (or contextual data) for metagenomic sequencing data from across the globe.
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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · Aug 15
#NewResearch

Use of artificial intelligence to mine proteomes of archaea led to the discovery of archaeasins, antimicrobials that kill drug-resistant bacteria in laboratory and animal models, offering a promising source of future antibiotics.

#MicroSky 🦠💉🤖

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Deep learning reveals antibiotics in the archaeal proteome - Nature Microbiology
Use of artificial intelligence to mine proteomes of archaea led to the discovery of archaeasins, antimicrobials that kill drug-resistant bacteria in laboratory and animal models, offering a promising ...
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Bjo:rn Schro:der @mucubacter.bsky.social · Aug 11
Summer strike #2: Our collaboration work with Arla Foods Ingredients has just been published in Food Research International:

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#microsky #gastrosky #microbiomesky #guthealth
Milk-derived casein glycomacropeptide improves colonic mucus function under Western-style diet feeding in a sialylation-dependent manner
The colonic mucus layer is the primary interface between the host and the gut microbiota. It serves both as an ecological niche for bacteria and a bar…
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Narciso M. Quijada @nmquijada.bsky.social · Jul 31
Check out our latest publication where we performed AMR screening in ~2000 metagenomes from food and production surfaces in Europe. >60% samples carrying ARGs, >70% of all ARG found, and critical role of non-ESKAPEE from surfaces of the latest stages of production over the final products’ resistome!
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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · Jul 30
#NewResearch

'The food-associated resistome is shaped by processing and production environments' by @nmquijada.bsky.social and co-workers.

#MicroSky 🦠

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The food-associated resistome is shaped by processing and production environments - Nature Microbiology
Whole-metagenome sequencing of 1,780 raw-material, end-product and surface samples from 113 food processing facilities reveals the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance determinants in foods and thei...
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