Exploring the concept of bacterial memory - Nature Microbiology This Perspective discusses the concept, mechanisms and evidence for memory in bacteria at individual and community levels.

Can bacteria remember? Read our Perspective published today www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Well done to Dr Hiba Shareefdeen on defending her PhD thesis today. Thanks to co-supervisor Paul Ross and examiners Heather Allison and Cormac Gahan. @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

What role does the microbiome play in the action of pre- pro- post- and syn-biotics? Is it an actor or a stage? @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Ciara Tobin (and my co-supervisor ⁦‪@AShkoporov‬⁩) on conducting her PhD viva today. We’re so proud of what she’s done on crAssphage across multiple disciplines. ⁦‪@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

Trillions of Viruses Live in Your Body. A.I. Is Trying to Find Them. The Human Virome Program will analyze samples from thousands of volunteers in an effort to understand how viruses affect health.

Nice to be quoted in this article by Carl Zimmer in the NYT yesterday @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/h...

2024 highlights in biotic science, with ISAPP’s current and past Presidents - International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) In this episode, ISAPP’s current President Prof. Maria Marco PhD and past President Prof. Dan Merenstein join the podcast hosts for a conversation about highlights in biotic science from the past year...

What were the highlights of 2024 in biotic science? Hear ISAPP's current and past Presidents discuss this topic with the ISAPP podcast hosts. They chat about dietary data in biotics studies, progress on probiotics for preterm infants, and more.
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This study by Nati Rios Colombo shows how off-target effects compromise treatment of C. difficile in a bacterial community
Full article: Synergistic and off-target effects of bacteriocins in a simplified human intestinal microbiome: implications for Clostridioides difficile infection control

Dynamic nature of viral and bacterial communities in human faeces Bacteriophages are a major component of the gut microbiome and are believed to play a role in establishment and stabilization of microbial communities…

Feel like this paper slipped under the radar on ‘the other platform’ so giving it another airing here. Phage can significantly remodel the bacteriome in faecal samples - yet another confounder 🙄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

First post on a lovely story from the lab that shows that Faecalibacterium prausnitzii can package its own genome in bite-size segments in phage-like capsids
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