A hierarchical nickel organic framework confers high conductivity over long distances in cable bacteria Multi-cellular cable bacteria have evolved a unique machinery that efficiently transports electrons across centimetre-scale distances. Currents flow through a parallel network of periplasmic fibres, w...

This looks pretty cool and unexpected....

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Archaeal symbioses all the way down - Nature Microbiology Ethiopian salt lakes feature unique microbial communities with nesting layers of symbioses, where haloarchaea and their ultra-small archaeal symbionts are prey to viruses, which are in turn hijacked b...

A nice N&V article by Mike Dyall-Smith on our recent paper
( www.nature.com/articles/s41... ):

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Seed structure and phosphorylation in the fuzzy coat impact tau seeding competency pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41107248/ #cryoEM

Donor strand complementation and calcium ion coordination drive the chaperone-free polymerization of archaeal cannulae pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41083437/ #cryoEM

Cannulae paper published in final form. Thanks to the many collaborators and to the reviewers. @jerryknowsnothing.bsky.social @mikesleutel.bsky.social @vikramalva.bsky.social

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Type IV Pili‐Associated Secretion of a Biofilm Matrix Protein From Clostridium perfringens That Forms Intermolecular Isopeptide Bonds Clostridium perfringens produces and secretes a biofilm matrix protein, BsaA, which is in the same family as the Bacillus subtilis TasA matrix protein. In this report, we show that BsaA monomers, unl....

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

CryoSeek identification of glycofibrils with diverse compositions and structural assemblies www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.30.679562v1 #cryoEM

Absolute hand determination of glycofibrils from natural sources in cryo-EM www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.30.679555v1 #cryoEM

I think that nice TEM images often look better than carefully crafted cover art.

Look at this nice cover: beautiful archaella, image made by @sshamphavi.bsky.social !

Thanks also to Marta Rodeiguez for keeping the EM im shape in @ottlab.bsky.social lab!

At @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social at @uni-freiburg.de @sfb1381.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social

Structural and Functional Versatility of the Amyloidogenic Non‐Amidated Variant of the Antimicrobial Peptide Citropin 1.3 Citropin 1.3 is an antimicrobial peptide derived from amphibians that forms amyloid structures. Here, the structural and functional properties of citropin 1.3 are characterized. Using high-resolution...

I’m thrilled to share my latest published manuscript, which summarizes my work in the exciting fields of structural biology and amyloid research. A huge thank you to @meytallandau.bsky.social and the team at @landaulabcssb.bsky.social for their shared efforts
doi.org/10.1002/advs...

Structural and Functional Versatility of the Amyloidogenic Non-Amidated Variant of the Antimicrobial Peptide Citropin 1.3 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41016026/ #cryoEM

Self‐Assembly of Off‐Target Peptide Sequences: Implications for the Design of Soft Materials For an ionic complementary peptide, both a truncated peptide and an epimerized peptide can still form gels. Mixing these peptides with the parent FEFEFKFK leads to the formation of new, but different...

Self‐Assembly of Off‐Target Peptide Sequences: Implications for the Design of Soft Materials - Wang - Small - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Filamentous structure of the CotVW complex, the crust proteins of the Bacillus subtilis endospore The endospores of Bacillus subtilis are encased in a multilayered protective structure comprising core, cortex, inner and outer coats, and an outermost crust. Among the proteins required for crust for...

Filamentous structure of the CotVW complex, the crust proteins of the Bacillus subtilis endospore - Journal of Biological Chemistry www.jbc.org/article/S002...

Spore protein assemblies are pretty wild. Nice inspiration for biomaterials design.

Structural basis of Pseudomonas biofilm-forming functional amyloid FapC formation The structure of FapC reveals how Pseudomonas forms biofilms via a unique β solenoid amyloid fold and dynamic assembly pathway.

Structural basis of Pseudomonas biofilm-forming functional amyloid FapC formation | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Maybe consider a whole shaker of salt rather than a single grain. Even taking into account the known knowns, the known unknowns will be bountiful.

A family of tubular pili from harmful algal bloom forming cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa Nature Communications - Ricca et al discover a new family of tubular pili in Microcystis aeruginosa, a harmful algal bloom-forming cyanobacterium. These pili are crucial for buoyancy by forming...

I missed the original share on this article since I was locked out of my Bluesky account due to algorithmic impotence. Hate when that happens. Really cool structure from @jerryknowsnothing.bsky.social and co-authors. rdcu.be/eHQ1N

Happy to share that our story on the bacterial archaellum was published today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congrats to the authors: @sshamphavi.bsky.social @loumollat.bsky.social @mariejoest.bsky.social Najwa Taib and @sgribaldo.bsky.social

Wow. Great paper. Somehow I missed the preprint. Too distracted, I guess. Great to read the full story in print.

Thanks for noticing! I think that it's an interesting story but I am biased.