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bacteriophile.bsky.social
Bacteria lover. Good, bad, or other wise. Beneficial, commensal, or pathogenic alike. Authorized GMB (Genetically Modified Bacteria) scientist
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This is such a monumental effort by @seth-shipman.bsky.social lab. 🎉 #microsky

Revelation of Pseudomonas kribbensis, Serratia plymuthica and Bacillus rugosus strains from #metal #polluted peri-urban belts for lead reduction potential and growth promotion in plant system » Dr. Harshata Pal (Publication in the image) #Rhizosphere6 🧪 #Soil #bioremediation

Octopuses Use Microbial Signals to Guide Complex Behaviors 🧠🧪 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @nbellono.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social

#MicroSky

Molecular Microbiology | Microbiology Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

STORY ABOUT A BACTERIA GOING VIRAL Genome of 𝘚𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘦 is so stripped down— just 238,000 bp—that it blurs the line between cell and virus Encodes just DNA replication, transcription, and translation—no metabolism, no cellular independence Begs the question: WhAt Is CeLLuLaR LiFe?

Molecular Microbiology | Microbiology Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Molecular Microbiology | Microbiology Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Bacterial ribosome heterogeneity facilitates rapid response to stress | Journal of Bacteriology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Bacterial social interactions in synthetic Bacillus consortia enhance plant growth iMeta @imetascience.bsky.social from Zhihui Xu with collaboration with @polonca32.bsky.social and Ines Mandic Mulec onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Trade-off between resistance and persistence in high cell density cultures | mSystems journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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Not all persister bacteria are dormant! 🦠 Single-cell imaging of over a million #EColi shows that many antibiotic-resistant persisters were actively growing before drug exposure. Persistence appears to be more dynamic than once thought. buff.ly/04T4L1k

Trade-off between resistance and persistence in high cell density cultures | mSystems journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Uptake and leakage rates differentially shape community arrangement and composition of microbial consortia #ISMEJournal from @yschaerli.bsky.social and @simonvanvliet.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

This is how you know when they say "we are monitoring this new variant closely," "followed by we are not seeing evidence of" [insert outcome] - they aren't.

Bacteria poison and eat their neighbors | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

If you have ever wondered what might happen to short chain fatty acids made by the microbiome. Here is a large class of metabolites and how they link to biology. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Bacterial sporulation (endospore formation) is complicated,but it turns out a lot of steps are regulated by classically defined developmental "checkpoints", and not events that are intrinsically required for the next step to occur. Zac Park reviews these in #Bacillus subtilis doi.org/10.1146/annu...

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

#phage #phagesky

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Excellent #glycotime study Nat Comm maps vaginal bacteria interactions with epithelial surface glycans Lactobacillus crispatus, associated with healthy pregnancy, binds key glycans more effectively than pathogens like GBS Microbiome-or glycan-based therapies to prevent infection and preterm birth?

#phagesky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

www.frontiersin.org/journals/bac... Bacterial hypothetical proteins

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LAMP test for sexually transmitted infections… enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New Marinomonas pathway makes rare fimsbactin siderophores, including novel N¹-acetyl-N¹-hydroxycadaverine analogues. Enzyme promiscuity drives diversit, a promising step for industrial biosynthesis enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@felixrl.bsky.social's new review in JBC highlights recent research on how #Staph aureus performs several interrelated processes like peptidoglycan assembly, cell division septum placement, and how the septum is a hub for modifying the PG to decorate the cell surface: www.jbc.org/article/S002...

www.sciencenews.org/article/prob...

link.springer.com/article/10.1... Extracellular peptide production in Escherichia coli by inducible downregulation of lipoprotein Lpp via MicL sRNA

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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 100% of bacteria bounce off surfaces coated with “flea-jumping protein”

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Standardized Quorum Sensing Tools for Gram-Negative Bacteria | ACS Synthetic Biology pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Various classes of riboswitches bind the nitrogen-rich compound guanidine, but its physiological significance remains elusive. In #JBacteriology, discover what we know so far about this important compound and open questions to guide future research: asm.social/2rW

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Streptococcal "alarm" and adaptation

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Deadly bat pathogen is actually 2 different species!

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New in JB: He, Helmann et al. explore links between surfactin export, swarming motility and metalation of the surfactin lipopeptide in Bacillus subtilis. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriology

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Excited to share that my work in the @aaronwhiteley.bsky.social lab describing chaperone-mediated phage sensing by a bacterial NLR-related protein is out in @plosbiology.org!

Even bacteria have a Plan B. When the usual machinery for copying #EColi’s DNA stalls, a protein called PriC jumps in to restart the process, keeping the cell alive under stress. A clever backup system hiding in plain sight.

Thrilled to share our new Forum article in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social We (@charmievang.bsky.social @evanbrenner.bsky.social @jananiravi.bsky.social) explore how #MultiOmics + #MachineLearning/#DeepLearning can transform AMR prediction—spotlighting emerging opportunities and challenges!

🚨 Very excited to finally say… 🚨 The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠 Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025... 1/15 🧵