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ICYMI: New online! The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance

#midweekmicro🔬 Conserved immunomodulation and variation in host association by Xanthomonadales commensals in Arabidopsis root microbiota @natureplants.bsky.social #microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#midweekmicro🔬 Bacteria exploit viral dormancy to establish CRISPR-Cas immunity @cellpress.bsky.social #microsky www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

ICYMI: New online! Settling with the motion

New online! The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance

ICYMI: New online! Self-sacrificing cell death to thwart phage infection

🎉 Our March issue is live! Read it here: nature.com/nrmicro/volumes/23/issues/3 🌍 Human impacts on subsurface microbial communities 🦠 Akkermansia muciniphila 🦟 Next-generation treatment options for P. falciparum malaria 🔍 Examining the healthy human microbiome concept

ICYMI: New online! The intruders that stole the master key

New online! Settling with the motion

ICYMI: New online! RNA evolution shapes SARS-CoV-2 success

ICYMI: New online! A gut microbiome-restoring diet

New online! Self-sacrificing cell death to thwart phage infection

New online! The intruders that stole the master key

OUT NOW: Influenza A Virus rapidly adapts particle shape to environmental pressures Tijana Ivanovic & co www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New online! RNA evolution shapes SARS-CoV-2 success

New online! A gut microbiome-restoring diet

#weekendreading🔬 The essential genome of Plasmodium knowlesi reveals determinants of antimalarial susceptibility @science.org #microsky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#weekendreading🔬 Engineered commensals for targeted nose-to-brain drug delivery @cellpress.bsky.social #microsky www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

#weekendreading 🔬 Limited impact of Salmonella stress and persisters on antibiotic clearance @nature.com #microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Diseases, especially infectious diseases, do not respect borders. If countries genuinely want & value an organization that champions health for all, they must all step up to support WHO (Our editorial this week) #MedSky @nature.com @who.int www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New online! Fungal biofilms in human health and disease

#midweekmicro🔬 Early fusion intermediate of ACE2-using coronavirus spike acting as an antiviral target @cellpress.bsky.social #microsky #coronavirus www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

#midweekmicro🔬 Rare twin cysteine residues in the HIV-1 envelope variable region 1 link to neutralization escape and breadth development @cellpress.bsky.social #Cellhost&microbe #microsky www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

#midweekmicro🔬 A human gut bacterium antagonizes neighboring bacteria by altering their protein-folding ability @cellpress.bsky.social #CellHost&microbe #microsky www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

#midweekmicro🔬 Shigella infection is facilitated by interaction of human enteric α-defensin 5 with colonic epithelial receptor P2Y11 @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social #microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our February issue has invaded! Featuring... 🍬microbial GLP-1 & sugar preferences ☠️kill switches for M. tuberculosis 🦇a cache of bat RNA viral genomes 🏞️design & release of engineered bacteria ...and more, here👇 www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...

EDITORIAL: Ensuring rigour of low-biomass microbiome research Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microsky #microbiomesky 🧪

Did you miss PiM Virtual Coffee Hour last week? Make sure to add future dates and times to your calendar to catch us next time! 🏳️‍🌈 🔬 🏳️‍⚧️ #PrideinMicrobiology #PiM #QueerinScience #CoffeeHour

Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa Low- & middle-income countries, in which approximately 84% of the world’s population lives, are not equitably represented in large-scale gut microbiome research 🧪 @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This months @nature.com Reviews Microbiology cover story is an APC review on The interplay between #diet and the gut #microbiome: implications for health and disease. Congratulations to first author Fiona Ross et al. @researchireland.bsky.social @ucc.ie

New online! Mining microbiomes for microproteins

#midweekmicro🔬 Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter hormaechei uses mucus metabolism to facilitate gastrointestinal colonization #microsky journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

#midweekmicro🔬 Competitive behaviors in Serratia marcescens are coordinately regulated by a lifestyle switch frequently inactivated in the clinical environment @cellpress.bsky.social published in Cell Host & Microbe #microsky www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

All the #NatureReviews journals and Nature Protocols are now on Bluesky, lots of Editors added to the starter pack too if you want to follow us 🧪 go.bsky.app/KcxvQLp

Claire Chewapreecha, the winner of the 2024 Nature Awards for Inspiring Women in Science, shares insights on overcoming research challenges in resource-limited settings, in her case Thailand #WomeninSTEM 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.bsky.social @naturerevmicro.bsky.social

New online! Overcoming research challenges in resource-limited settings: perspectives from Thailand

New online! Bacterial contact killing

New online! A kill switch for tuberculosis

Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai

A map of the rubisco biochemical landscape. Rubisco is the main CO2-fixing enzyme of the biosphere yet its kinetics are slow. This work shows that non-trivial biochemical changes are readily accessible pointing the way to new engineering ways 🧪 @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New online! Stopping Marburg virus in its tracks

#weekendreading🔬 Tolerance to land-use changes through natural modulations of the plant microbiome🌱 @ismeoffice.bsky.social #microsky academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

#weekendreading🔬 Structure-guided discovery of viral proteins that inhibit host immunity @cellpress.bsky.social @soreklab.bsky.social #microsky www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

#weekendreading🔬 Cardiometabolic benefits of a non-industrialized-type diet are linked to gut microbiome modulation @cellpress.bsky.social #microsky #microbiome #diet www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

#weekendreading🔬 The Asgard archaeal origins of Arf family GTPases involved in eukaryotic organelle dynamics @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social #microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fun piece to write for @naturerevmicro.bsky.social Journal Club, going back to a classic of #marine #microbiology literature. The Azam et al., 1983 doesn't get old. #plankton #interactions #protistsonsky #jcampubs #microsky #marinescience (BTW: IF < 3, citations > 7300) tinyurl.com/4z9vy772 1/2

New online! Opposing forces

New online! Microbial interactions lead to ecosystem function

#midweekmicro🔬 Dispersal of influenza virus populations within the respiratory tract shapes their evolutionary potential @pnas.org #microsky www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...