Alberto Orta

Nuevo estudio descubre que los microbios de la corteza forestal absorben metano, hidrógeno y monóxido de carbono, potenciando el papel climático de los bosques Nuevo estudio descubre que los microbios en la corteza de los árboles consumen hasta 50 millones de toneladas de metano al año.

Nuevo estudio descubre que los microbios de la corteza forestal absorben metano, hidrógeno y monóxido de carbono, potenciando el papel climático de los bosques.

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Today's frog is the red-eyed tree frog. And its kid, who just climbed out of the pond.

Beautiful Australian Frog Returns to the Wild with the Help of 'Frog Spas' and 'Frog Saunas' Called the green and golden bell frog, these animals were bred in captivity and will be released in groups of 15 having been immunized

Beautiful Australian Frog Returns to the Wild with the Help of ‘Frog Spas’ and ‘Frog Saunas’

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/beautiful-australian-frog-returns-to-the-wild-with-the-help-of-frog-spas-and-frog-saunas/ #goodnews

Our February issue--now live--is deeply rooted in exciting new microbiology!

On the cover: Microbial communities associated with semi-mature oak trees are remarkably resilient in the face of environmental challenges.
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Charlcombe Lane in Bath closed for six weeks for toad migration Thousands of amphibians will cross over the half-mile (0.8km) stretch to their breeding grounds.

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Relative abundance of the dominant bacterial phyla and fungal class averaged across endophytic and epiphytic niches of plant parts (nectar, leaf, branch, trunk, coarse root, root tip) and soil in different seasons (autumn and spring) in rice growing fields of B. ceiba.

#MicrobiologyMonday: Bacteria and fungi living on and inside Bombax ceiba (a tropical tree) shift dramatically with the seasons and habitat. The findings, published in #JournalSpectrum, have implications for sustainable agriculture and conservation. asm.social/2Nv

Our recent collaborative paper is now published in the latest issue of Cell Reports @cp-cellreports.bsky.social accompanied by a cover image highlighting how Bacillus gathers iron in the biofilm for promoting plant growth
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Spatial proximity dictates bacterial competition and expansion in microbial communities - Nature Communications Here, the authors show that immotile bacteria degrade antibiotics to alter their environment and facilitate nearby motile competitors to expand. As expansion proceeds, the immotile degrader is outcomp...

Spatial proximity dictates bacterial competition and expansion in microbial communities

@natcomms.nature.com by @esimsek.bsky.social et al from @lingchongyou.bsky.social

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Non-conjugative plasmids limit their mobility to persist in nature Sabnis et al. explain why non-conjugative plasmids move at a low rate in nature. While increased mobility can easily evolve by incorporating phage DNA into plasmids, this is disadvantageous because it...

New paper with my (amazing) friend and mentor @jrpenades.bsky.social
Really looking forward to see what plasmid aficionados think of this one!!
With @asantoslopez.bsky.social @wfigueroac3.bsky.social Akshay Sabins and others
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Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria - Nature Reviews Microbiology In this Review, Schüler and colleagues summarize our current knowledge of magnetosome formation and organization within the cell, and they explore their function, diversity and potential applications.

Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Microbial conservation is essential for sustaining ecosystem functions and services | PNAS Microbial conservation is essential for sustaining ecosystem functions and services

Microbial conservation is essential for sustaining ecosystem functions and services www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs

Microbiome data: tell me which metrics and I will tell you which communities Abstract. In microbial community studies, analyzing diversity is crucial for uncovering ecological complexity. However, the intrinsic characteristics of Ne

Microbiome data: tell me which metrics and I will tell you which communities

in #ISMEComms

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Microbial siderophores for One Health One Health is an integrative concept striving for healthy environments, animals, and humans. Microbes play a fundamental role for this concept as they are key drivers of ecosystem stability and host h...

Microbial siderophores for One Health
#Pseudomonas

@cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Opinion by Zhong Wei et al with @rkmicrobes.bsky.social @veraeva.bsky.social

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Ciprofloxacin resistance rapidly declines in nfxB defective clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Nature Communications Antimicrobial resistance can decline due to compensatory mutations or genetic reversions to wild-type alleles. Here, the authors analyse the decline of ciprofloxacin resistance in nfxB-defective Pseud...

I am very happy to share our latest study on ciprofloxacin resistance instability in P. aeruginosa during periods of drug restriction. A fantastic collaboration @pablolaborda.bsky.social, RuggeroLaRosa, JLMartínez, SørenMolin & HelleJohansen 🥳 @cnb-csic.bsky.social
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Origins of the ‘vampire fungus’ that causes white-nose syndrome in bats An emerging fungal infection is endangering bats in America. DNA analysis reveals that the infection first arose in Europe, mediated by two fungal culprits.

Origins of whitenose fungus - we need to keep these other strains out of the USA www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Distinguishing among evolutionary and ecological processes shaping microbiome dynamics Abstract. Evolution is defined as the change in allele frequency over time as a result of either neutral processes, such as genetic drift, or as an adaptiv

Distinguishing among evolutionary and ecological processes shaping microbiome dynamics

#ISMEJournal review by Tiffany N Batarseh and @bkoskella.bsky.social

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Microbial communities can harbor many species that do not coexist in pairs, yet can coexist in the full community. Here we provide the mathematical foundations of emergent coexistence, and explain why it can't be predicted from pairwise tests www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Mixing microbiomes in vitro reveals rules of community assembly | PNAS Mixing microbiomes in vitro reveals rules of community assembly

Our commentary on the elegant in vitro microbiome coalescence experiments from @goldmandoran.bsky.social @ksxue.bsky.social et al is out.

It was a pleasure to write about one of my favorite microbiome papers of the last few years.

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Host-Microbe Symbioses- Our favorite summer school is back! Help us spread the word!

Host ecology and phylogeny shape the temporal dynamics of social bee viromes - Nature Communications Viromes, or viral communities, may evolve host-specificity. Here, the authors use 100 plant and insect viral sequences to find that plant-pollinator interactions and phenology shape the plant virus co...

From Vincent Doublet et al "Host ecology and phylogeny shape the temporal dynamics of social bee viromes" www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🐝🦠

New amphibian paper!! Congrats to PacoMax!! 🐸 (EriaLab)

Residence Time Structures Microbial Communities Through Niche Partitioning Much of life on earth is at the mercy of currents and flow. Residence time (τ) estimates how long organisms and resources remain in a system based on the ratio of volume (V) to flow rate (Q). We test...

Residence Time Structures Microbial Communities Through Niche Partitioning onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #jcampubs

Experimental evolution of evolvability Evolvability—the capacity to generate adaptive variation—is a trait that can itself evolve through natural selection. However, the idea that mutation can become biased toward adaptive outcomes remains...

Experimental evolution of evolvability

@science.org by Michael Barnett, Lena Meister, and paul Rainey at @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social

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Many birds-of-paradise species emit light through their plumage, study finds Researchers found that most birds-of-paradise are biofluorescent – meaning they absorb light through their bodies

So birds-of-paradise literally glow. Kinda. Man, birds are endlessly amazing. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Amphibian Declines Increase Malaria In Costa Rica And Panama New studies quantify how intact ecosystems improve human health

Thanks to @jdrakephd.bsky.social for highlighting the importance of #amphibians in the services they provide to humans www.forbes.com/sites/johndr... #malaria #disease #frogs #tropical 🐸🧪🌎🦟

Gaining insights into the complexity of specialized metabolites and their possible ecological roles These metabolites not only function as antimicrobials, but also as cue molecules among other peculiar functions

-see our paper in microLIFE of @femsjournals.bsky.social on surfactin and subtilosin A

Assembly, network and functional compensation of specialists and generalists in poplar rhizosphere under salt stress - npj Biofilms and Microbiomes npj Biofilms and Microbiomes - Assembly, network and functional compensation of specialists and generalists in poplar rhizosphere under salt stress

Assembly, network and functional compensation of specialists and generalists in poplar rhizosphere under salt stress
[Populus euphratica]

-in NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

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Spatial population dynamics of bacterial colonies with social antibiotic resistance

#PNAS by @marlis.bsky.social and late Kevin B. Wood

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Out now, a comprehensive guide to metagenomics -- from sample collection to data analysis. This primer covers best practices, challenges, and applications in health, agriculture & environment. A roadmap for studying microbial communities 👇

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Strain identity effects contribute more to Pseudomonas community functioning than strain interactions Abstract. Microbial communities can shape key ecological services, but the determinants of their functioning often remain little understood. While traditio

Strain identity effects contribute more to Pseudomonas community functioning than strain interactions

#ISMEJournal by @joskramer.bsky.social et al from @rkmicrobes.bsky.social

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