Lukas Schwyter

Multiple small, curved, predatory bacteria (Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus) lyse the bacterial prey remnants below. How are they doing this & which predator proteins are involved in this process?

See our newly released research article 📑
=> rdcu.be/eL6gu

🦠 #microsky #bacteria #PredatoryBacteria

Published now @asm.org mSystems! After experimental evolution, we used a multiomics approach to explore how the pathogen 𝘚. 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴 adapts to 𝘗. 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢 secreted metabolites and examined the impact on antibiotic resistance.
journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....

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Very cool work. Looking forward to read the whole manuscript!

Sorry, I was faster than the database upload. We uploaded the manuscript to bioRxiv yesterday and submitted the data to PRIDE. I noticed it might take up to a day for the data to appear in the database.

Rapid and strain-specific resistance evolution of Staphylococcus aureus against inhibitory molecules secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa | mBio Polymicrobial infections are common. In chronic infections, the different pathogens may repeatedly interact, which could spur evolutionary dynamics with pathogens adapting to one another. Here, we exp...

Hi Migle, we have two papers that investigating how S. aureus adapts to P. aeruginosa.
1. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Experimental evolution of SA in PA, followed up using WGS + phenotypic screenings.
2. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
->We followed up on the findings of 1. using proteomics.

Very happy to share our new preprint! We used proteomics and targeted metabolomics to study how 𝘚. 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴 copes with inhibitory compounds secreted by 𝘗. 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢.
Big thanks to the @fgcz-en.bsky.social for this great collaboration!

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

New paper out in ISME Journal. Social interactions between strains shape bacterial communities. However, their impact on community functioning is lower compared to basic strain identity features. @joskramer.bsky.social @alexfig.bsky.social @simonmarech.bsky.social
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🎉Join us at the 5th Swiss Young Microbiologists Symposium (SYMS) – June 13th, 2025 - at the University Hospital Zurich!
💡Interactive keynote interview with Prof. Adrian Egli on "Microbiology and Society"
📃Abstract submission is now open
www.syms.ch

Got myself an early Christmas present 😇cool and cozy socks from @contamclub.bsky.social 🥰

Hi Claudio, thank you for your interest. Please send me an email: lukas.schwyter@uzh.ch

Thank you Filipe!

Yay! The next batch of plates for beta testers is leaving the Kuemmerli Lab! 😃

Are you studying #polymicrobial interactions? #Bacteriophages? Competition/Cooperation of two or more species? Use my new standardized device for your experiments.

If you are interested in testing the plate in your lab send me a message for more info: lukas.schwyter@uzh.ch