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Connor Sharp

@magicmicrobe.bsky.social

Lecturer in Microbiology at the University of Reading. Interested in uncovering how bacteria fight it out and using those strategies against them

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Strain displacement in microbiomes via ecological competition - Nature Microbiology Mathematical modelling and experimental tests reveal principles that govern displacement of a resident strain by an invader in microbial communities.

Can we leverage bacterial competition for targeted replacement of harmful strains? Maybe! Our recent piece in @natmicrobiol.nature.com provides a theoretical framework and a set of experiments to show what it might take: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

07.11.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Bacterial warfare is associated with virulence and antimicrobial resistance - Nature Communications Bacteria employ a range of competition systems that deliver toxins to inhibit competing strains. This study shows that these systems are particularly important for the ecology of virulent and antibiot...

So happy to share this! Bacteriocins were first discovered over 100 years ago, but what do they actually do? We look at >1000 bacteriocin plasmids and find links to virulence and antimicrobial resistance, and frequent bacteriocin sharing in Enterobacteriaceae.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

05.11.2025 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Excited to join bsky and share cool research. Hopefully we will have lots of exciting lab updates coming soon!

30.10.2025 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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