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Lukas Malfertheiner

@lukasmalf.bsky.social

PostDoc in the von Mering lab. Interested in microbial ecology, phages and bioinformatics. www.microbeatlas.org

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Community conservatism is widespread across microbial phyla and environments - Nature Ecology & Evolution This study reveals that closely related microorganisms tend to inhabit similar communities across all major environments and phyla. The authors term this phenomenon β€˜community conservatism’, extending...

In case you missed our recent study out in @natecoevo.nature.com - now with open access PDFs:

Related microbes globally share similar ecological communities, extending classical ecological patterns to the microbial realm 🦠🌎

Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Research Briefing: rdcu.be/e0K14

26.01.2026 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks a lot for the kind words Sebastian!

16.01.2026 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Closely related microbes tend to live in similar communities across Earth’s environments.
We call this pattern community conservatism - extending established ecological patterns to the microbial world.
🧬🌍 #MicrobialEcology #Evolution

Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Habitat filtering more than microbiota origin controls microbiome transplant outcomes in soil Abstract. Human activities cause a global loss of soil microbiome diversity and functionality. One way to reverse this trend is through microbiota transpla

Habitat filtering more than microbiota origin controls microbiome transplant outcomes in soil

#ISMEJournal by Senka Causevic et al from Jan Roelof van der Meer at @dmf-unil.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

04.08.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
microbeAtlas The aggregated analysis of a large set of metagenomic sequenced samples enables the accumulation of information on the typical abundances and environments in which unknown or poorly studied microbial taxa are present. This provides a first line of information on the types of environments unknown microbial taxa are often found in and enables the inference of their abilities.

🌍 Discover the microbial world!
Our new preprint introduces MicrobeAtlas (www.microbeatlas.org), a tool and web-interface to map and visualize global microbial diversity. Explore millions of microbiomes - open, interactive, and designed for discovery.

πŸ”— www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

21.07.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Did you know that some phages can switch genetic codes during infection via the use of suppressor tRNAs? 🧬
One year ago we identified a ribozyme group which appears to be crucial for this process!
Read the original article: rdcu.be/dANOT
Or the press release: shorturl.at/7UPFX

@kienbeck.bsky.social

24.03.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am still too new here to have 20 posts, but the rest applies and I would love to get added! 🦠

19.11.2024 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Would also love to be included 🦠

18.11.2024 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New preprint 🦠
We introduce a new global microbial trend that parallels established ecological concepts in animals/plants. Closely related taxa occur in similar communities- traceable for billions of years in all phyla and environments.
doi.org/10.1101/2024...

#bioinformatics #microbiology #ecology

18.11.2024 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey there, I would also like to be included!

17.11.2024 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Would also love to be added! 🦠

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