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‘Pharaoh’s curse fungus’ turned into a cure for cancer The deadly fungus, Aspergillus flavus, once denoted as the ‘Pharaoh’s curse fungus’, has now been found to cure leukaemia.

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‘Pharaoh’s curse fungus’ turned into a cure for cancer 🍄

The deadly fungus, Aspergillus flavus, once denoted as the ‘Pharaoh’s curse fungus’, has now been found to cure leukaemia. 👇

Health in space and why bacteria play a role in it Astronauts and their microbiomes are inseparable even in space. But what happens when Streptococcus mutans rebel against peaceful life in the human body?

This week is #WorldSpaceWeek!

Microbes don’t need a ticket to space — they hitch a ride with us!

🦠 In microgravity, bacteria like Streptococcus mutans may behave differently, even increasing risks like tooth decay. Keeping astronauts healthy means understanding the unseen. 🧬

Amoeba and Bacteria, Newfound Friends? How an amoeba can help bacteria resist antimicrobials.

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Amoeba and Bacteria, Newfound Friends? 🦠

How an amoeba can help bacteria resist antimicrobials. 💊

🌍🦠 Happy #InternationalMicroorganismDay!

MicroBites joined the fun at the Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels 🎉

Fermented foods, microalgae, mushroom leather & more 🍄✨

Huge thanks to the Young Belgian Society for Microbiology & all the young scientists sharing their passion! 💡
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Breathless: The Impact of Air Pollution on Microbial Balance The relationship between air pollution, microbiome, & health outcomes, highlighting the lung-gut interactions.

Today is International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies!

What if the smog outside your window isn’t just hurting your lungs—but also rewriting the microbes inside your gut? 🦠💨 The link between air pollution and our microbiome could reshape how we think about clean air.

Breaking the Grass Ceiling: CBD Improves Female Depression A new study shows CBD treatment helped decrease symptoms of depression in mice consuming a high fat diet.

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Breaking the Grass Ceiling: CBD Improves Female Depression 👩

A new study shows CBD treatment helped decrease symptoms of depression in mice consuming a high fat diet. 🐭 🦠

Trust Your Gut, It’s Working Out Newly-discovered links between exercise, the microbiome, and immunotherapy paint a compelling picture in the fight against cancer.

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Trust Your Gut, It’s Working Out 💪

Newly-discovered links between exercise, the microbiome, and immunotherapy paint a compelling picture in the fight against cancer. 🦠

From Therapy to Threat: Antibiotics and the Resistome Antibiotic-induced dysbiosis disrupts gut microbial harmony, fuel resistance gene spread, and triggers inflammation—reshaping immunity, brain health, and future disease risks.

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From Therapy to Threat: Antibiotics and the Resistome 🦠

Antibiotic-induced dysbiosis disrupts gut microbial harmony, fuel resistance gene spread, and triggers inflammation—reshaping immunity, brain health, and future disease risks. 💊

Plastic to Paracetamol: Manufactured by E. coli E. coli bacteria help convert plastic waste into paracetamol, thus addressing the concerns of environmental pollution and extensive fossil fuel usage.

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Plastic to Paracetamol: Manufactured by E. coli 💊

E. coli bacteria help convert plastic waste into paracetamol, thus addressing the concerns of environmental pollution and extensive fossil fuel… 🦠

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Phage discovery gets its groove back with Phage DisCo 🔮

Phage discovery can be long and drawn out, but scientists are ready to get down with this groovy new method… 👇

High-Dose Probiotics Improve Mood in Stress Model Combined treatment with Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium improved stress-related depression and anxiety in mice.

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High-Dose Probiotics Improve Mood in Stress Model 🐭

Combined treatment with Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium improved stress-related depression and anxiety in mice. 🦠

How scientists spy on bacteriophages inside your belly Scientists made glowing phages to track their spread inside the guts, revealing their effects on bacterial communities.

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How scientists spy on bacteriophages inside your belly 🕵️

Scientists made glowing phages to track their spread inside the guts, revealing their effects on bacterial communities. 🦠

Maternal instincts During pregnancy, mothers produce a powerful antibody to protect their newborns from infection

👶 Newborns enter the world with immature immune systems—but they’re not defenseless.

Mothers pass down protective antibodies during pregnancy and through breast milk, shielding babies from harmful infections. 🦠 #WorldBreastfeedingWeek

Phage discovery gets is groove back with Phage DisCo Phage discovery can be long and drawn out, but scientists are ready to get down with this groovy new method that skips the hassle.

Phage discovery can be long and drawn out, but scientists are ready to get down with this groovy new method that skips the hassle.

Had a lot of fun with this one! 🪩 🕺 ✨

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Transmissible microbiomes Can person-to-person interactions define your innermost microbes?

Did you know? More than 50% of a baby’s gut microbes are seeded by the mother at birth and during breastfeeding.

These early microbial allies shape immunity and metabolism for years to come.

🦠 A healthy start begins with mothers.

#WorldBreastfeedingWeek

Transmissible microbiomes Can person-to-person interactions define your innermost microbes?

👶🏽 Today starts #WorldBreastfeedingWeek.

Breastfeeding isn’t just about nourishment— it boosts immunity, brain development, and even seeds the infant's microbiome—setting the stage for lifelong health.

Soil Bacteria: Protozoan Prey or Potential Pathogen? The virulence of environmental microbial populations might hinge on who doesn’t become the protozoans’ lunch.

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Soil Bacteria: Protozoan Prey or Potential Pathogen?🤔

The virulence of environmental microbial populations might hinge on who doesn’t become the protozoans’ lunch. 🦠

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Bacillus megaterium favours CO₂ mineralization into CaCO₃ over the ureolytic pathway - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Bacillus megaterium favours CO₂ mineralization into CaCO₃ over the ureolytic pathway

🧱 Bacteria that build with CO₂?

This study shows Bacillus megaterium prefers turning CO₂ into solid calcite instead of breaking down urea, paving the way for greener, cement-free materials that store carbon.

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#SciComm #CarbonCapture #Microbiology 🧪

The New Biome in Town You’ve heard of the gut microbiome and the skin microbiome. Now introducing the kidney microbiome!

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The New Biome in Town 🦠

You’ve heard of the gut microbiome and the skin microbiome. Now introducing the kidney microbiome! 👇

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Codon Trash? Dengue Calls It Treasure! The Secret Code of Dengue: Using Non-Optimal Codons to Win the Game?

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Codon Trash? Dengue Calls It Treasure! 🦟

The Secret Code of Dengue: Using Non-Optimal Codons to Win the Game? 👇

The infectious viral loops HIV-1 virus infects human immune cells by producing 15 different circular RNAs.

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The infectious viral loops ➰

HIV-1 virus infects human immune cells by producing 15 different circular RNAs. 🦠

Roping in Resistant Microbial Outlaws Howdy! Allow me to introduce you to the new sheriff in town: lariocidin, a potent antimicrobial lasso peptide.

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Roping in Resistant Microbial Outlaws 🤠

Howdy! Allow me to introduce you to the new sheriff in town: lariocidin, a potent antimicrobial lasso peptide. 🦠

The dark side of plastic-degrading bacteria in healthcare While the ability to degrade plastics might seem beneficial, it poses a threat to the integrity of medical devices and increases the risk of infections.

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The dark side of plastic-degrading bacteria in healthcare ⚕️

While the ability to degrade plastics might seem beneficial, it poses a threat to the integrity of medical devices and… 🦠

Beyond oxygen: an electric way to thrive Researchers found E. coli can perform extracellular anaerobic respiration, growing without carbon energy sources.

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Beyond oxygen: an electric way to thrive ⚡

Researchers found E. coli can perform extracellular anaerobic respiration, growing without carbon energy sources. 🦠

Yesterday our co-founder Anaïs discussed with doctoral students their Publithon as part of @comsciconfra.bsky.social 2025 conference 🥳

The students will be publishing their article on our platform in the next few months.

Thanks to the team for inviting MicroBites to take part!

Entacapone- A Promising Therapy for the Brain but a Potential Threat to Gut Health? The drug entacapone disrupts the gut microbiome, leading to implications for host health.

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Entacapone- A Promising Therapy for the Brain but a Potential Threat to Gut Health? 💩

The drug entacapone disrupts the gut microbiome, leading to implications for host health. 🦠

Beating the Heat: How the Fungus Live Among Us Three pathogenic fungus strains offer different methods for enduring the human body’s core temperature.

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Beating the Heat: How the Fungus Live Among Us 🥵

Three pathogenic fungus strains offer different methods for enduring the human body’s core temperature. 🍄 👇

How a Few Mutations Could Reignite a Deadly Virus Just a few mutations could bring back the mosquito-borne Western Equine Encephalitis Virus.

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How a Few Mutations Could Reignite a Deadly Virus 🦠

Just a few mutations could bring back the mosquito-borne Western Equine Encephalitis Virus. 🦟

Reimagining the AMR fight: Exploiting Fitness Costs How exploiting bacterial fitness costs can help us find a way to tackle resistance in bacteria and help us use the existing drugs more effectively.

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Reimagining the AMR fight: Exploiting Fitness Costs 💊

How exploiting bacterial fitness costs can help us find a way to tackle resistance in bacteria and help us use… 🦠

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Microbe with bizarrely tiny genome may be evolving into a virus With DNA focused almost entirely on replication, newly discovered organism blurs the line between cells and viruses

𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀
or maybe not. a 🧵

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