Luis Bolaños

Phage-microbe interactions may contribute to the population structure and dynamics of hydrothermal vent symbionts Abstract. Deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems are sustained by chemoautotrophic bacteria that symbiotically provide organic matter to their animal hosts

Excited to share that @michelle-hauer.bsky.social's paper with @katiekliermicrobe.bsky.social @maggielangwig.bsky.social @karthik-a.bsky.social on phage interactions with chemosynthetic symbionts was published today. #NSF and @schmidtocean.bsky.social supported. academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

I'm happy to share our new review with @lau-co89.bsky.social @liigh-unam.bsky.social just published in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social

Recent microbial evolutionary insights from metagenomics
academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

Inspired by the session "Molecular evolution through metagenomics" at #SMBE24

Calling all OrthoFinder users!

We’ve just released GLADE, a tool to infer gene gains, losses, duplications, and ancestral genomes across a phylogeny.

GLADE runs directly on OrthoFinder results.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
github.com/lauriebelch/...

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YouTube video by MicrobeTV Matters Microbial #122: Jumbo Marine Viruses and Nanoscopic Warfare

Also a new Matters Microbial is live on our YouTube channel! @markowenmartin.bsky.social welcomes Dr. Alaina Weinheimer, to the quality quorum to discuss new and intriguing marine viruses, including Jumbo Phages!

LAUNCH DAY🎙️

We're thrilled to share the very first episode of #MVIFconversations w/ Jack Gilbert 💫

Stefanie Malan-Müller & @cpavloud.bsky.social talked with @gilbertjacka.bsky.social about how microbes shape our health and the invisible living world around us.

Give it a listen & spread the word!

Do you have experience in bioinformatics and are looking for a new challenge? To immerse yourself in a group and institute doing highly diverse research?

Then come and join our group !

Cell cycle dysregulation of globally important SAR11 bacteria resulting from environmental perturbation - Nature Microbiology Without key cell cycle control genes, SAR11 cells experience aneuploidy and growth inhibition when exposed to changes in nutrients, carbon sources or temperature stress, a vulnerability that may repre...

Our latest. Led by the very talented @ahoiching.bsky.social

Cell cycle dysregulation of globally important SAR11 bacteria resulting from environmental perturbation www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊

Really cool pre-print by Ellie Tong and my supervisor @btemperton.bsky.social that I'm proud to have a even a little role in! Bacterial resistance to one Pseudomonas phage coneys susceptibility to another!! Super cool stuff, exited to see where this leads!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

New preprint led by Ellie Tong! Using phages targeting the inner core of LPS in PAO1, we found that when bacteria evolved resistance to one phage via genomic deletions, they became vulnerable to another revealing a resistance trade-off. #Microbiology #PhageTherapy
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

📢Join us for the next ECR #Viromics Webinar
"How viral evolution is shaped during long-term infections of immune-compromised hosts"
‍🎙️Jonas Fuchs, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany
🗓️11 Feb 2026, 4 PM CET
📍Online/Zoom (register for login details)
👉 evbc.uni-jena.de/events/ecr-v...

Sorry folks, but unfortunately the super cool study you are promoting here has some sketchy data. 2 of the images were re-colored to represent two distinct experimental conditions. Salt will remain an issue for agriculture & cyanobacteria won't change that... pubpeer.com/publications...

aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/JTCBSX...

Functional Unknomics of the SAR11 clade using bioinformatics approaches www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs

New SAR11 isolate genomes and global marine metagenomes resolve ecologically relevant units within the Pelagibacterales www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Diel study reveals increased nighttime bacterial activity and its connection to organic compounds in the ocean - Communications Biology Diel study revealed fine scale coupling between microbial activity and DOM biogeochemistry in the oligotrophic ocean.

Diel study reveals increased nighttime bacterial activity and its connection to organic compounds in the ocean | Communications Biology https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-09085-6

🌊🦠 Happy to share our new paper led by my dear colleague Shuting Liu. Dive in to explore the bacterial diel cycles we uncovered in the Sargasso Sea. #Microbiology #OceanScience rdcu.be/eR3dd

Single-particle genomics uncovers abundant non-canonical marine viruses from nanolitre volumes - Nature Microbiology Environmental micro-compartment genomics provides efficient and high-throughput single-particle DNA sequencing that captures overlooked members of microbial communities.

#NewResearch

Single-particle genomics uncovers abundant non-canonical marine viruses from nanolitre volumes

@rstepanauskas.bsky.social & co

#microsky

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

Seasonal and developmental stage changes in mucilage carbohydrate content shape the kelp microbiome Abstract. A large amount of a photoautotroph’s fixed carbon is released as dissolved organic matter, from both exudation and solubilized detritus. This dis

Seasonal and developmental stage changes in mucilage carbohydrate content shape the kelp microbiome url: academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

7 basic science discoveries that changed the world Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The value of public R&D

Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...

Carbohydrates, enzyme activities, and microbial communities across depth gradients in the western North Atlantic Ocean Abstract. Heterotrophic bacteria process nearly half of the organic matter produced by phytoplankton in the surface ocean. Much of this organic matter consists of high-molecular-weight (HMW) biopolyme...

Carbohydrates, enzyme activities, and microbial communities across depth gradients in the western North Atlantic Ocean bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/... #jcampubs 🌊

Declining ocean greenness and phytoplankton blooms in low to mid-latitudes under a warming climate Chlorophyll a is declining in low- to mid-latitude oceans, indicating reduced ocean productivity and fewer phytoplankton blooms.

Declining ocean greenness and phytoplankton blooms in low to mid-latitudes under a warming climate | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Habitat-specificity in SAR11 is associated with a few genes under high selection Abstract. The order Pelagibacterales (SAR11) is the most abundant group of heterotrophic bacteria in the global surface ocean, where individual sublineages

I'm delighted our paper is out: doi.org/10.1093/isme...
With new SAR11 isolate genomes and time-series metagenomes, we reveal coastal and offshore SAR11 ecotypes, identify associated metabolic traits, and pinpoint selective gene sweeps as a likely evolutionary driver to niche partitioning. 🌊🦠

Viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized DPANN symbionts reveal intricate nested interactions Nature Microbiology - An exploration of the viromes of haloarchaea and their ultra-small DPANN symbionts reveals plasmid-derived satellites of viruses from both archaeal groups, highlighting the...

Viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized DPANN symbionts reveal intricate nested interactions rdcu.be/eLI6W

Recent and early 20th century destabilization of the subpolar North Atlantic recorded in bivalves Clams reveal North Atlantic destabilization in the early 20th century and at present.

Recent and early 20th century destabilization of the subpolar North Atlantic recorded in bivalves | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🦠 Among #Methylococcales, the genus #Methylobacter has the most genomes and MAGs deposited in the dbs. We found interesting stuff, e.g., some M. spp. encode all three MMOs: pMMO, pXMO, sMMO! Have a look at our ms: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

with @anne-daebeler.bsky.social, Vojta, Justus&Julius

A Roadmap for equitable use of public microbiome data published in Nature Microbiology by The Data Reuse Core team @alexjprobst.bsky.social @lhug.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social Cristina Moraru @geomicrosoares.bsky.social @folker.bsky.social Anke Heyder and a QR code that takes you to the webpage of the manuscript

🧪🦠🖥️🧬🧫🔬 The Roadmap for equitable use of public microbiome data -including the Data Reuse Information Tag (DRI)- by the #DataReuseConsortium.
Must read if you use or produce microbiome data!

Kudos to the Data Reuse Core Team for their hard work!

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Samples from 1917 have helped identify the genetic culprits responsible for the spread of treatment-resistant infections 🔎

By mapping plasmid evolution since the pre-antibiotic era, experts found that a minority of plasmids cause most of the multidrug resistance in the world 🧵

Long-term decline of marine viruses associated with warming and oligotrophication at a NW Mediterranean coastal site Abstract. Viruses play key roles in controlling microbial abundance and community composition, nutrient cycling, and productivity in marine systems. Rising

Long-term decline of marine viruses associated with warming and oligotrophication at a NW Mediterranean coastal site url: academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

Question for the wide marine ecology community. I am teaching a marine ecology (biological oceanography) module for undergraduate at @uniexecec.bsky.social Anyone knows of resources to find papers published by minorities on any subject of relevance? 🌍🧪🌊🦑🦭🐟🦈