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Staphylococcus haemolyticus is a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes in the preterm infant gut Staphylococcus haemolyticus is an important cause of sepsis in preterm infants, with gut colonization being recognized as a risk factor for infection. To better understand the diversity of S. haemo...

I am delighted that our manuscript 'Staphylococcus haemolyticus is a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes in the preterm infant gut' is now published.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Big thank you to all co-authors, particularly @lisalamberte.bsky.social and @halllab.bsky.social

Slide shows early pictures of myxobacteria that were published in the first edition of the Microbiology journal

To mark 80 years of championing the voices of microbiologists, we are delving into our journal archives. Check out these myxobacteria images from our first ever issue of Microbiology (then the Journal of General Microbiology) in 1947 – doi.org/10.1099/0022... #MicrobioJ

Promotional graphic for the EMBO | EMBL Symposium titled 'New approaches and concepts in microbiology' scheduled from 27-30 June 2023, both at EMBL Heidelberg and virtually. The image features a stylized graphic of a microbiological form on the right side.

Curious about current concepts and new approaches to #Microbiology research? This @embl.org symposium will review topics in microbiomes, bacterial systems biology, and more. In-person registration open until May 13. Learn more: plos.io/4jtR0zI #EESMicrobiology

Human microbiome pioneer to deliver World Microbiome Day lecture | Penn State University Curtis Huttenhower, professor of computational biology and bioinformatics at the Harvard School of Public Health, will deliver a lecture to the Penn State community in honor of World Microbiome Day. T...

Just one week to go until our #WorldMicrobiomeDay lecture from Curtis Huttenhower @hutlab.bsky.social! Are you registered yet?

Find out more and register here: www.psu.edu/news/huck-in...

Guidelines for preventing and reporting contamination in low-biomass microbiome studies - Nature Microbiology In this Consensus Statement, the authors outline strategies for processing, analysing and interpreting low-biomass microbiome samples, and provide recommendations to minimize contaminants.

Guidelines for preventing and reporting contamination in low-biomass microbiome studies www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Bacterial vaginosis - Nature Reviews Disease Primers Bacterial vaginosis is a vaginal microbiome disorder that is associated with serious obstetric and gynaecologic complications and negative effects on quality of life. In this Primer, Bradshaw et al. review the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of bacterial vaginosis, discuss its effects on quality of life and highlight areas for research.

Our NEW Primer on Bacterial vaginosis is live today! By Bradshaw, Plummer, Muzny, Mitchell, Fredricks, Herbst-Kralovetz & Vodstrcil
@lenkavod.bsky.social‬ 🦠 #microbiome #WomensHealth
Check it out here ⬇️

Microbes in Microbiomes

Spread the news!! I am organizing a new #Microbiome conference organized by @MicrobioSoc in Miami, FL 18-20 Feb, 2026. 'Microbes in Microbiomes' will merge the classic microbiology from the last century and modern microbiome science. Spread the word!! microbiologysociety.org/event/full-e...

Eight Arms to Taste Your Microbiome

This is so cool - octopus can sense microbiomes: sending a gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/s...

Join the Blokesch lab (@EPFL) as a postdoc in Molecular Microbiology 🤩
Study Vibrio cholerae defense systems (phage/plasmid) in a dynamic, collaborative environment in Lausanne close to Lake Geneva in 🇨🇭!
Please visit my lab's webpage for details about the position and how to formally apply.

Two Postdoc Opportunities in Environmental Microbiology!

Join us and work on microbial key players exposed to oxygen depletion.

Please share widely!
Deadline: 25 July

More information can be found here:
tinyurl.com/4kwzzt6p

Bacteria use exogenous peptidoglycan as a danger signal to trigger biofilm formation - Nature Microbiology Peptidoglycan released by neighbouring kin or non-kin cell lysis induces physiological changes that protect from a range of stresses, including phage predation.

Ok this is cool:

Bacteria use exogenous peptidoglycan as a danger signal to trigger biofilm formation www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Base-modified nucleotides mediate immune signaling in bacteria Signaling from pathogen sensing to effector activation is a fundamental principle of cellular immunity. Whereas cyclic (oligo)nucleotides have emerged as key signaling molecules, the existence of othe...

"Immune signaling through nucleotide-based second messengers is a widespread defense mechanism observed across organisms, from bacteria to animals. Zeng et al. discovered a base-modified nucleotide, deoxyinosine 5′-triphosphate (dITP), that acts as an antiviral immune signal in bacteria"
#Immunology

Nature Awards Global Grants for Gut Health Grants for researchers investigating the gut microbiota and its role in human health.

Nature awards and Yakult have announced another round of 'Global Grants for Gut Health'. An excellent opportunity for gut microbiota researchers, at any career stage, to win $100,000 for a year to cover their interesting research!

#MicrobiomeSky #MicroSky

www.nature.com/immersive/gu...

Q&A: Unifying the microbiome sciences for global health and sustainability Even if we can't see them, microorganisms are everywhere, inextricably linked to life on Earth at every level. They range from pathogenic bacteria and viruses that can make us sick to the microbes…

Unifying the #microbiome sciences for global #health and #sustainability ...

| #microbes | #microorganisms | #bacteria | #viruses | #crops | #soils | Via @sciencex.bsky.social‬

To swim or not to swim during starvation During carbon starvation, motility may help bacteria to swim out of trouble, but at great energetic cost. Marine bacteria have developed two strategies in response: keep searching or stay home.

And if you are interested in the "behind the paper" story...
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Risk–reward trade-off during carbon starvation generates dichotomy in motility endurance among marine bacteria - Nature Microbiology Marine bacteria opt for divergent foraging strategies when faced with carbon starvation—either cease motility entirely, or convert biomass to energy to retain motility.

New in Nature Microbiology! Some bacteria sacrifice their own biomass to keep swimming for days during carbon starvation, while others play it safe and conserve resources. Survival strategies in motion! 🚀🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#microbiology #survivalstrategies #motilitymatters

Your microbiome questions answered: part one – podcast Ian Sample is joined by James Kinross, colorectal surgeon and author of the book Dark Matter: The New Science of the Microbiome, to answer all your questions about gut health. In episode one, James explains...

Your microbiome questions answered: part one – podcast #Science #Biology #Microbiology #Microbiome #Podcast #HealthScience

Using museum specimens for microbiome analyses?

We tested it out - and it seems these samples could be an untapped resource for understanding host-microbe interactions! ⬇️

June 20!! One Health World Microbiome Partnership (WMP) Summit. Still few places available for in person participation and many for online attendance! www.linkedin.com/company/worl...
#OneHealth #WMP #microbiome

Contrasting Methane, Sulfide and Nitrogen‐Loading Regimes in Bioreactors Shape Microbial Communities Originating From Methane‐Rich Coastal Sediment of the Stockholm Archipelago In this study, microbial communities are enriched in brackish anoxic bioreactors with methane, sulfide, nitrate and ammonium. Novel diversity is identified and functionally analysed.

Contrasting #Methane, #Sulfide and #Nitrogen-Loading Regimes in Bioreactors Shape Microbial Communities Originating From #Methane -Rich Coastal Sediment of the Stockholm Archipelago by @maider echeveste et al @cuwelte.bsky.social
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Women and their microbes This collection invites research on all aspects of women’s health involving the microbiome from different body sites and its interplay with fertility, ...

Did you know that the female #microbiome is unique in many ways, and antibiotic resistance in the gut microbiome varies between genders? See npj Biofilms and Microbiomes special issue, Women and their microbes, to learn more! www.nature.com/collections/...

NCCR Microbiomes Fellowships - NCCR Since 2023, the NCCR Microbiomes invites applications for short-term research fellowships. These fellowships will support undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs from outside of the NCCR who ...

MSc and PhD students abroad: If you are interested in #microbiomes in #soils (or other systems) and keen on research in #Switzerland, consider applying for these #fellowships with us other other groups of the #NCCR Microbiomes nccr-microbiomes.ch/education/nc.... Interested? DM or Email.

Alterations and mechanistic insights of gut microbiota and its metabolites in type 2 diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease This narrative review uniquely addresses how gut microbiota-derived metabolites mediate overlapping pathologies of insulin resistance, neuroinflammation, and amyloidogenesis in type 2 diabetes mellit...

Alterations and mechanistic insights of gut microbiota and its metabolites in type 2 diabetes mellitus and #Alzheimer's disease #iMetaOmics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#T2DM #T2D #microbiome #guthealth #microbiota #SCFA #TMAO

A universal oral microbiome‐based signature for periodontitis We analyzed eight oral microbiota shotgun metagenomic sequencing cohorts from five countries and three continents, identifying 54 species biomarkers and 26 metabolic biomarkers consistently altered i...

A universal oral #microbiome‐based signature for #periodontitis onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#DentalHealth

🧫 How Do #Probiotics Survive Stomach Acid?
🥼 Read more here 👉 bit.ly/4miNNVs
#Microbiology #GutHealth #Microbiome

Bacteriophage-driven microbial phenotypic heterogeneity: ecological and biogeochemical importance

-in NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Paper just accepted:

Soil microbial responses to multiple global change factors as assessed by metagenomics.

Will share full details of open-access paper after embargo period.

@alvarordr.bsky.social

One patient, two samples

Weeks apart, E. faecium picked up vancomycin resistance

By sequencing vancomycin-susceptible strains on-site, we caught this early & avoided unnecessary, disruptive interventions #Genomics

Proud to share at #nanoporeconf!
@nanoporetech.com

🖥️🧬💻
#AcademicSky
#MicroSky
🧪🧫🦠

New preprint @julkras.bsky.social et al.

We show that degradation of sulfoquinovose, ubiquitous in plants and algae, is a core function of the cow rumen microbiome

and describe novel SQ-metabolizing taxa.

🐄🧫🦠 #microbiomesky #microsky

​The rise of the early cystic fibrosis lung coloniser, Haemophilus influenzae With the increasing availability of modulator therapies for people with cystic fibrosis, end-stage infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is becoming less common. But are we going to see a rise in the ...

Why should microbiologists working on #CysticFibrosis study Haemophilus influenzae? @phoebesilva.bsky.social explains all for @amiposts.bsky.social www.the-microbiologist.com/features/the... #MicroSky