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Hippuric acid metabolism by Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum-like bacteria promotes calcium oxalate crystallization.

C. glucuronolyticum‑like bacteria drive calcium oxalate stone formation by degrading hippuric acid.

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(If I ever go back to the bench, I may still use a Bunsen burner for the vibes and to pop bubbles from agar plates.)

Infirmifilum tikiterense sp. nov., a novel free-living hyperthermophilic anaerobic heterotrophic archaeon isolated from a New Zealand hot spring, emendation of the genus Infirmifilum
#microbiology #archaea #NewSpecies #taxonomy #MicroSky
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Postdoc opening in Lyme disease bacteriophage biology! 🔬🦠

The Patrick Secor Lab at Montana State University is hiring a full-time Postdoc to study phage phiBB-1 and horizontal gene transfer in Borrelia burgdorferi.

🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ubg4j16dwb

#PostdocJobs #Microbiology #AcademicJobs

Heavy metals for alcohol consumption 😄
Cobalt starvation affects multiple cellular processes in Desulfofundulus kuznetsovii TPOSR during alcohol oxidation
#microbiology #MicroSky
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#BSPP26 Presidential Address:

Saskia Hogenhout @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social - Building resilience to insect-vectored plant pathogens

#PPATH2026 😎#plantsci #microbiology

#Lyme disease worldwide:

➡️the US reported 89,000 cases in 2023, but the CDC estimates true incidence at ~476,000/year (5x underreporting).

➡️Europe: >85,000 estimated cases/year, steadily rising.

Source (CDC): www.cdc.gov/lyme/data-re...
#IDSky #medicine #microbiology

Coupling of stable isotope probing and metagenomics reveals the diversity of viruses infecting formatotrophs during anaerobic digestion process
#microbiology #metagenomics #methanogens #MicroSky
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Multi-kingdom gut microbiota analyses identify biomarkers of different types of pediatric short bowel syndrome
#microbiology #microbiota #microbiome #MicroSky
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A great overview for anyone interested in Salmonella, this Microbe Profile on Salmonella Typhimurium explores its properties, genome, virulence and the emergence of multidrug-resistance.

Read the Open Access profile in MIC:
https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001521

#MIC #Microbiology

Bunsen burners’ reputation for sterilizing workplaces flames out www.nature.com/articles/d41... #science #microbiology #laboratory #labwork #bacteria #contamination

🏫🦠 Higher levels of #Streptomyces and #Mycobacterium in classroom dust were associated with modest reductions in #children’s #lung function across a large European study.

#Microbiology #Bacteria #AirQuality #PublicHealth #Microsky via @sciencex.bsky.social

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#H5N1 #bird #flu:

➡️ 1,022 human cases since 1997, ~48-50% fatality.

➡️ No confirmed human-to-human transmission.

➡️ The real concern is spread to mammals (cattle, seals).

➡️ Population risk: low (WHO/CDC).

Source: www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitat...
#IDSky #medicine #microbiology

24 P. aeruginosa ST111 genomes. 7 countries. 2004–2023.

OprD loss (63%) and blaVIM-2 (29%) don't co-occur. This lineage picks one carbapenem resistance strategy, not both.

Full analysis on GitHub👇
github.com/devkotapareekshya/PA-ST111-WGS-analysis

#Microbiology #AMR #Genomics #Pseudomonas

Limits and frontiers of microbial phenotype measurements
#microbiology #microbes #MicroSky
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Functional metatranscriptomics of the rhizosphere: Towards an understanding of metabolic processes of the microbial carbon pump
#microbiology #rhizosphere #carbon #MicroSky
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