🦠 189 genes. Almost no metabolism. And no one has ever seen the cell.
Sukunaarchaeum, found in plankton off Japan's Izu Peninsula, has the smallest archaeal genome ever recorded. It's named after a tiny Japanese god.
@oddlytruejp.bsky.social
@oddlytruejp.bsky.social🦠 189 genes. Almost no metabolism. And no one has ever seen the cell.
Sukunaarchaeum, found in plankton off Japan's Izu Peninsula, has the smallest archaeal genome ever recorded. It's named after a tiny Japanese god.
@themolecularbrief.substack.comLearn more about World Food Day 2026 from the FAO: www.fao.org/world-food-d...
#WorldFoodDay #Microbiology #FoodSafety #Microbiome #ScienceCommunication
@guerreroespejo.bsky.socialCulture: Mycobacterium fortuitum
PIERCING-RELATED NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTION
➡️Suspect NTM if a piercing infection fails standard antibiotics
➡️AFB stains may be negative. Improved after 4 months of therapy (B)
doi.org/10.1056/NEJMicm0906854
#Mycobacteria #Microbiology #IDSky #MedSky
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@jcb.orgSingle-cell imaging reveals a key role of Bck2 in #yeast cell size adaptation to nutrient challenges. New study from Yagya Chadha, Kurt M. Schmoller and colleagues @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social:
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#SystemsBiology #ComputationalBiology #CellCycle #CellDivision #Microbiology
@evgenii-protasov.bsky.socialFunctional methylthio-alkane reductases are widely distributed for bacterial organic sulfur acquisition
#microbiology #sulfur #MicroSky
@asm.org
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@evgenii-protasov.bsky.socialHydrogenimesophilus fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic hydrogen-producing bacterium isolated from lacustrine sediment
#microbiology #taxonomy #NewSpecies #MicroSky
@microbiologysociety.org
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
@evgenii-protasov.bsky.socialA One Health perspective on mobile genetic elements and associated antibiotic resistance genes in non-human A. baumannii
#microbiology #OneHealth #AntibioticResistance #MicroSky
@asm.org
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@evgenii-protasov.bsky.socialGenome-based analyses of the genus Frateuria: proposal of the two novel genera Parafrateuria gen. nov., Pseudofrateuria gen. nov...
#microbiology #taxonomy #NewSpecies #MicroSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@gaiker.bsky.social✍ Authors of the article “Role of a Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Dissemination and Control of Antimicrobial Resistance in Wastewater and Receiving Water”, published in the journal Environments.
🔗 cutt.ly/kyEnvoGO
#AntimicrobialResistance #Wastewater #Microbiology
@tenuretracker.bsky.socialUniversity of Notre Dame is hiring:
Assistant Professor in Microbiology
@stefanodibella.it🚪 E. faecalis: the door is usually open.
🏰 E. faecium: expect a fortress.
11 Italian hospitals - 4,858 enterococcal blood isolates.
Ampicillin resistance:
🔹 E. faecalis: 6.8%
🔸 E. faecium: 89.1%
doi.org/10.1089/mdr....
#Enterococcus #AntimicrobialResistance #Microbiology #AntimicrobialStewardship
@pathogensmdpi.bsky.social🔬 Meet MDPI at the 2026 Annual Academic Conference of the Chinese Society for Microbiology!
📍 Nanchang, China
📅 30 Oct–2 Nov 2026
🤝 Visit our booth to meet our team and explore our journals!
@4quazulu.bsky.socialMerlin AI - #Water apparently, allegedly, '' in the right hands'' the deadliest #weapon known to man - some even say you can get fire from water
Please debunk this woowoo ?
theorionblogown.blogspot.com/2025/09/merl...
#Japan #Science #Physics #Chemistry #Biochemistry #STEM #Research
#Microbiology
@gubiology.bsky.socialHappening NOW!
🔬We’re live with Dr. Kristi Frank (Uniformed Services University)! Tune in for cutting-edge bacterial genetics! 🦠✨#Microbiology #ScienceTwitter #Efaecalis #InfectiousDisease
@collllorenc.bsky.socialOur findings revealed an unexpected connection between arginine metabolism and virulence of Adherent-Invasive E. coli (AIEC), associated to Crohn’s disease.
@jkagan1.bsky.social
@uofstirling-bes.bsky.socialFantastic work today from our #microbiology undergraduates, who were learning to write up a protocol and then test the regulation of β-galactosidase activity in #Ecoli! 🥼
📢 Out now!
A new Perspective paper supported by #ESGEM and co-authored by members of our ESGEM-AMR group is now available.
A must-read on npj Antimicrobials & Resistance journal💡
🔗 Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialHiring at APC and UCC:
PhD position in Bifidobacterial Survival and Viability with Prof. van Sinderen & Knol
Roles: buff.ly/W9UxBkC
Linktree: buff.ly/ximvsWt
#PhD #Microbiology #Bifidobacteria #Microbiome #Bioinformatics #ResearchOpportunity #Microsky
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialYour microbiome isn’t just bacteria. 🦠
Microbial communities can include:
🦠 #Bacteria
🍄 #Fungi
🧬 #Viruses
🔬 #Archaea
Together, these different microorganisms form complex microbial ecosystems.
#MicrobiomeMatters #Microbiology #Microsky #Microbiome
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