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ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology @isme-microbes.bsky.social · 1d

ISME Communications is expanding its scope to include Taxonomy and Nomenclature, recognizing their essential role in microbial ecology.
Read more: isme-microbes.org/taxonomy-and...
#microbes #taxonomy

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Magda(lena) Wutkowska @wutkowska.bsky.social · 1d

So great to see new research on microbial adaptations to the extreme light regimes in the Arctic! 'Linking extreme light availability to cellular function in algae-dominated communities on the Greenland Ice Sheet' academic.oup.com/femsec/artic... @lianegbenning.bsky.social

Linking extreme light availability to cellular function in algae-dominated communities on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Transcriptomic and proteomic responses of glacier ice algae to extreme changes in light availability on the Greenland Ice Sheet, linked, for example, to ox

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Magda(lena) Wutkowska @wutkowska.bsky.social · 8d

thanks for sharing! 🦠

Magda(lena) Wutkowska @wutkowska.bsky.social · 9d

and a working link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Uncovering hidden phylo- and ecogenomic diversity of the widespread methanotrophic genus Methylobacter

The globally distributed genus Methylobacter plays a crucial role in mitigating methane emissions from diverse ecosystems, including freshwater and marine habitats, wetlands, soils, sediments, groundw...

www.biorxiv.org

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Magda(lena) Wutkowska @wutkowska.bsky.social · 9d

🦠 Among #Methylococcales, the genus #Methylobacter has the most genomes and MAGs deposited in the dbs. We found interesting stuff, e.g., some M. spp. encode all three MMOs: pMMO, pXMO, sMMO! Have a look at our ms: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

with @anne-daebeler.bsky.social, Vojta, Justus&Julius

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Magda(lena) Wutkowska @wutkowska.bsky.social · 9d

Methylobacter, again!

Mike Jetten @msmjetten.bsky.social · 9d

Imprint of #eutrophication on #methane-cycling microbes in freshwater sediment
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

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Arnau Sebé-Pedrós @arnausebe.bsky.social · 14d

Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 12d

Diverse bacteriohemerythrin genes of Methylomonas denitrificans FJG1 provide insight into the survival and activity of methanotrophs in low oxygen ecosystems journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs

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ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology @isme-microbes.bsky.social · 13d

Ten microbiology organizations have come together to develop a global strategy to integrate microbial science into climate solutions. ISME is proud to stand alongside these partners in shaping this roadmap.
Read more: isme-microbes.org/microbes-wit...
#MicrobialEcology #ClimateAction

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FEMS @femsmicro.org · 15d

Microbiology Leaders Launch Global Climate Change Strategy

Published across 6 leading scientific journals, including #FEMSMicrobiolEcol, the strategy charts a path to integrate microbial science into global climate solutions.

Read the Press Release and Editorial here: buff.ly/LwDt0Mw

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Roey Angel @roeyangel.bsky.social · 15d

📢 🦠 🏜️ Meet the first cultured methanogens from oxic soils! Using cultivation and comparative genomics, we descirbe Methanobacterium limanense sp. nov., Methanocella ebodanensis sp. nov., and a strain of Methanosarcina mazei as dwellers of desert biocrusts.
With @anne-daebeler.bsky.social and other

SEM images of the three newly cultured methanogens
from desert biocrusts. Methanobacterium sp. (A) with a long rod shape, Methanosarcina sp. (B)
with aggregated, coccoid cell clusters, and likely Methanocella sp.

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Anne Daebeler @anne-daebeler.bsky.social · 16d

It was wonderful to take some time to think and develop new ideas ideas together on our annual retreat. And: great vegetarian food, amazing weather, and cats!
@roeyangel.bsky.social, @wutkowska.bsky.social

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Anne Daebeler @anne-daebeler.bsky.social · Sep 1

📢 🦠 A new methanotroph from Czech peat! Through an effort led by PhD student in my group Justus Nweze we isolated and describe a new CH4-muncher. Potential for a flexible (annaerobic) metabolisms and cool pH adaptations.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#microbesky #microbiomesky

Genomic and physiological characterization of 'Candidatus Methylocystis sumavensis', a novel acid-tolerant methanotroph from peatland

Methanotrophic bacteria in peatlands mitigate emissions of methane (CH4), a potent greenhouse gas. Yet, the identity, physiology, and adaptive traits of methanotrophs inhabiting acidic peatlands are s...

www.biorxiv.org

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FEMS Journals @femsjournals.bsky.social · Aug 30

🧪Researching microbial C1 metabolism? #FEMSMicrobiolEcol invites submissions for our thematic issue exploring the latest advances in C1 compound transformations and its role in global biogeochemical cycles. One month left to submit: buff.ly/aVfZJoR

#CallForPapers #MicrobiologyResearch #Ecology

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Tominaga K. (tomiken) @pacyc184.bsky.social · Aug 15

Ecophysiology and global dispersal of the freshwater SAR11-IIIb genus Fontibacterium | Nature Microbiology https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02091-8

Ecophysiology and global dispersal of the freshwater SAR11-IIIb genus Fontibacterium - Nature Microbiology

Isolates and metagenome-assembled genomes from a global survey show quasi-endemic and cosmopolitan lineages of SAR11-IIIb, with patterns driven by temperature and latitude.

www.nature.com

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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · Aug 4

🚨3-yr Postdoc Position on #SingleCell Activities in #Marine #N-Cycling🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬

Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social
Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones

Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026!

-> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...

RECLESS_Postdoc_single_cell_UniVie.pdf

u:cloud - Ihre Daten, auf Wolken gebettet.

ucloud.univie.ac.at

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Alberto Canarini @albertocanarini.bsky.social · Jul 8

Postdoc Opportunity – Methanotrophs and Drought Resilience
Are you interested or working on microbial ecology and methane ?
We’re looking for a motivated postdoc or final-year PhD interested in submitting a Marie Skłodowska-Curie or HFSP proposal with us (in Italy and/or Norway).

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Heli Juottonen @helijuottonen.bsky.social · Aug 1

Methane-oxizing Mycobacterium! 😀 Here it is, the answer to the question from years back of what all the mycobacteria we detected in Siikaneva peat are potentially doing. Yet another mystery result explained by new research. 🥳

Hiro Imachi @hiro-imachi.bsky.social · Aug 1

“Isolation of a new methanotroph belonging to Mycobacterium” is now out! Awesome work by my former postdoc Hiromi Kambara, who led this project all the way.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

First isolation of a methanotrophic Mycobacterium reveals ammonia- and pH-tolerant methane oxidation | Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Methane is a significant contributor to climate change (27 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide), and the largest biological sink is methane-oxidizing bacteria: methanotrophs. Alt...

journals.asm.org

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Daan Speth @daanspeth.bsky.social · Jul 15

2y biogeochem postdoc in ERC Synergy project RECLESS, with a focus on microbial nitrogen cycling in oxygen-depleted waters, based in Gothenburg, Sweden

Info & apply here:
web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbial Nitrogen Cycling in Oxygen-Depleted Waters

The Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, (https://www.gu.se/en/marina-vetenskaper The Department of Marine Sciences conducts

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Magda(lena) Wutkowska @wutkowska.bsky.social · Jul 15

Does anybody know if there are platforms/websites dedicated to publishing simplified science announcements for the general public by the scientists? I saw a website like that some time ago, somewhere in the abyss of the internet, but can't find it now. #askingforafriend #sciencecommunication #scicom

a cartoon character says i think that we need to simplify this on a colorful background

ALT: a cartoon character says i think that we need to simplify this on a colorful background

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Beate Kraft @beatekraft.bsky.social · Jun 16

Two Postdoc Opportunities in Environmental Microbiology!

Join us and work on microbial key players exposed to oxygen depletion.

Please share widely!
Deadline: 25 July

More information can be found here:
tinyurl.com/4kwzzt6p

Two postdoc positions on the ecology and physiology of microbial key players exposed to oxygen depletion

Application deadline: 25 July 2025 at 23:59 hours local Danish time

tinyurl.com

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Magda(lena) Wutkowska @wutkowska.bsky.social · Jul 7

Harnessing the potential of microbial methane utilization for chasing sustainability: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Harnessing the potential of microbial methane utilization for chasing sustainability

Microbial methane utilization (known as methanotrophy) serves as a gatekeeper of methane emissions in numerous ecosystems. Methanotrophy became a plat…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Workshops @evomics.bsky.social · Jun 17

Save the date! 🙆🏻‍♀️ The Workshop on Genomics 2026 will take place between the 11th and 24th of January, 2026! In Český Krumlov, Czechia. Regular applications will be oppening mid-July, keep an eye on updates! 🤗 evomics.org/2026-worksho... #evomics2026

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Glen Dsouza @nonresidentdesi.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thrilled to share our new paper in @science.org describing our discovery that bacteria can switch from competitors to bonafide predators when resources run dry—arming nanoscale “spears” (T6SS) to stab & consume neighbours.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#MicroSKy #Microbiology

Antagonism as a foraging strategy in microbial communities

In natural habitats, nutrient availability limits bacterial growth. We discovered that bacteria can overcome this limitation by acquiring nutrients by lysing neighboring cells through contact-dependen...

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Mathilde Borg Dahl @mathildebio.bsky.social · Jun 6

Excited to have this paper out ! In which we explore how to approximate biomass quantities of soil microbiomes using molecular techniques. Give it a read - it's published open access via DEAL.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Quantifying Soil Microbiome Abundance by Metatranscriptomics and Complementary Molecular Techniques—Cross‐Validation and Perspectives

Linking meta-omics and biogeochemistry approaches in soils has remained challenging. This study evaluates the use of an internal RNA extraction standard and its potential for making quantitative esti...

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