Maria Faticov

Core rumen microbes are functional generalists that sustain host metabolism and gut ecosystem function - Nature Ecology & Evolution This study uses the rumen gut microbiome to show that core microbes exhibit attributes of ecological generalists with broad functional capacity and traits that enable them to be metabolically independ...

This is fascinating work:

www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microbiomes

While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.

Induced endosymbiosis between a fungus and bacterium reveals a shift from antagonism to commensalism - Nature Communications Gassler et al. implant a free-living bacterium into fungal cells to study early steps in the establishment of an endosymbiosis. They observe vertical transmission of the bacteria despite initial host ...

Induced endosymbiosis between a fungus and bacterium reveals a shift from antagonism to commensalism

@natcomms.nature.com by Thomas Gassler et al from Julia Vorholt

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

Ralstonia pickettii in the fungus Rhizopus microsporus

#Endofungal

While the world is watching a fake negotiation process, Russia happily continues the terror and gearing up for longer war/s

Kyiv has been under attack for nearly 10 hours with hundreds of drones. The attack is ongoing

Ukraïner International’s Anastasiia Marushevska speaks with Afghan journalist Shafi Karimi about life in Afghanistan under de facto Taliban rule.

Karimi outlines what the the regime's return means for people, its impact on women, and men's responsibilities.

"How many Russian drones did it take to shut down European skies? About 5.
How many drones are over Ukraine? About 500. Every night."

Great speech by @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org. More decisive action is needed to protect Ukraine, and Europe, from terror.
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?

War of aggression, mass killing of civilians, and settler colonialism

1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025

GlobDB: a comprehensive species-dereplicated microbial genome resource AbstractMotivation. Over the past years, substantial numbers of microbial species’ genomes have been deposited outside of conventional INSDC databases.Resu

Our paper describing the GlobDB is now published in @bioinfoadv.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/bioa...

The GlobDB is the largest species dereplicated genome database currently available, containing 306,260 species representatives.
More information on globdb.org 1/5
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Indeed

Caving to Putin isn’t strength. It’s weakness. And it signals to every dictator watching that aggression pays.

Ancient fossil reveals how plants and fungi first developed on land | Natural History Museum A new fossil fungus discovered in Scotland shows evidence of plants and fungi sharing nutrients to survive on land.

A new fossil fungus discovered in Scotland shows evidence of plants and fungi sharing nutrients to survive on land.

The fossil, more than 400 million years old, offers hints about the origin of one of the greatest partnerships in the history of life on Earth.

www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

How to Negotiate with Russia Account for history, law, and above all Ukraine

We hear that Putin and Trump (or their emissaries) have been secretly consulting about a settlement to the war. Given the inherent traps of allowing an aggressor to decide the outcome of his war, I try here to give a sense of how negotiations might actually work.
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...

Oleksandra has years of experience documenting war crimes in de-occupied Ukrainian territories. She is a strong human rights advocate and consistently emphasizes that occupation is simply another form of war, it never brings peace or freedom to the local population.

🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!

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Bacteria have to adapt rapidly to changes in environment. Can they ‘remember’ those conditions? Another one for my “to read” pile! cc @microberamon.bsky.social @victoriachu.bsky.social @nickyuen.bsky.social @fratorelli.bsky.social #UTISky #MicroSky

When the Past Repeats, Responsibility Disappears

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More exceptions than rules: Variable effects of ectomycorrhizal fungi on leaf litter decomposition in temperate pine forests The results add to a growing body of evidence that the ‘Gadgil effect’ is not universal, even in the N-poor litter of temperate pine forests where it was first described and is often invoked. Further...

"A growing body of evidence that the ‘Gadgil effect’ is not universal, even in the N‐poor litter of temperate pine forests where it was first described"

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Demystifying fungal systematics: A gateway to fungal literacy and societal/ecological relevance through familiar species Fungal systematics can feel overwhelming given the vast species diversity within this kingdom, with numerous subgroups at every taxonomic rank. This often creates a disconnect between the undertsnidn...

We are delighted to let you know that your Plants, People, Planet article 'Demystifying Fungal Systematics: A Gateway to Fungal Literacy and Societal/Ecological Relevance Through Familiar Species' has been published on Early View.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The Stuff that Stuff is Made Of My new book, just published in North America, UK/Ireland and Australasia, is an attempt to inspire young readers to enjoy and be curious about our relationships with plants. Having had such a sustained and positive reaction to Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World in 80 Plants, I wanted

In his new book ‘The Stuff that Stuff is Made of’, Jonathan Drori encourages young readers to be curious about our relationship with plants. 🏡🌍

🧪 Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/stuff-made-jonathan-drori-cbe-qi0ne/?trackingId=2hPjjPZCTrCRUoGuV7IOTQ%3D%3D

Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...

Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Video shows Russian drone killing white flag-waving civilians and dog, Ukraine opens war crimes investigation Russian troops reportedly struck on Nov. 3 two unarmed civilians with an FPV drone near the village of Kruhliakivka in the Kupiansk district, according to the video footage provided by Ukraine's 77th ...

⚡️Video shows Russian drone killing civilians with white flag, Ukraine opens war crimes investigation.

Russian troops struck two unarmed civilians with an FPV drone near the village of Kruhliakivka in the Kupiansk district, according to video footage provided by Ukraine's 77th Airmobile Brigade.

This paper has been a must! Great collaboration with @mkrupovic.bsky.social and @yifanzhou.bsky.social, a N&V by a legend of halophilic archaea tinyurl.com/yc3dcv72, and one picture of one of our expeditions to Dallol making the cover of the November issue of @natmicrobiol.nature.com

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gcMeta 2025: a global repository of metagenome-assembled genomes enabling cross-ecosystem microbial discovery and function research Abstract. The rapid growth of metagenomic sequencing has generated an unprecedented wealth of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), transforming opportuniti

GcMeta - a new global resource of metagenome-assembled genomes and their encoded functions with an easy to use, interactive and searchable website academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...

The evolutionary and ecological consequences of cooperation | The American Naturalist: Vol 0, No ja

The evolutionary and ecological consequences of cooperation

-in American Naturalist by @stuwest.bsky.social, @annadewar.bsky.social, @ryosukeiritani.bsky.social, Laurence Belcher, and @asgriffin.bsky.social

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

Postdoc in Fungal Ecology and Evolution We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher to support the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, and join our project studying obligatory multitrophic interactions. Project Overvi...

📢Available position: Postdoc in Fungal Ecology and Evolution. Application deadline: 20 November 2025. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/384592

Linking nutrient availability and community size to stochasticity in microbial community assembly Abstract. Both deterministic (e.g. species-environment interactions) and stochastic processes (e.g. random birth and death events) shape communities, but i

Linking nutrient availability and community size to stochasticity in microbial community assembly

@femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Ecology by Berenike Bick et al

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#Russia abducts #Ukrainian children to destroy the Ukrainian nation

A podcast episode on how Russia destroys Ukrainian families, kidnaps Ukrainian children, including those who have parents, and changes their identity.
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What Everyone Should Know About Fungi by Age 15

7️⃣ Mycorrhizal fungi help clean polluted soils by breaking down or immobilizing harmful substances. They act as filters, protecting groundwater & supporting healthier ecosystems.

See the top 10 list (buff.ly/33Ov3UD) and follow for new fungal facts.