Fantastic work from Cristina Flors' lab! Really happy about our fruitful collaboration.

🦠 El grupo de Manuel Pazos en el CBM descubre una proteína clave en la división de bacterias peligrosas como E. coli. El hallazgo abre nuevas vías contra infecciones y resistencia a antibióticos. www.cbm.uam.es/index.php/20...

Archaea-on-bacteria action! @romainstrock.bsky.social @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social &co show that many #archaea encode #peptidoglycan hydrolases, which specifically target #bacterial cell walls, experimentally confirming the killing capacity of 2 of these enzymes @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4lrJBBa

Today for the first time in decades, a new oral antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections was approved by the FDA Gepotidacin is a triazaacenaphthylene that inhibits bacterial DNA replication by targeting DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV Trade name? BLUJEPA® !!! www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/...

who doesn't enjoy some beautiful FtsZ rings on a sunday evening? these from 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴, from all angles, by the @jwveening.bsky.social, posted earlier on 𝕏, on may 6, 2021 Movie S2 from journals.plos.org/plospathogen... #MicroSky

Caulobacter crescentus is intrinsically resistant to β-lactams. This study in #mBio indicates that defects in peptidoglycan recycling compromise cell wall biogenesis, leading to antibiotic sensitivity in C. crescentus: asm.social/2kb

Looking for a PhD opportunity in Microbiology? Consider joining one of the strongest clusters of microbiology research in UK at @newcastleuni.bsky.social, Biosciences Institute, and @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social. See thread for BBSRC DTP PhD studentships currently advertised.

How rapidly do oxygen & ROS cross biological membranes and what does this mean for their detoxification? Jim Imlay tackles this question in a new Perspective, which provides a quantitative framework for thinking about how gases interact with cells. #MicroSky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our lab is excited to hire a postdoctoral researcher to study the mechanisms that viruses use to ‘hijack’ TAM receptors in viral spread. We are looking for someone who is excited to learn new techniques and work in a highly collaborative team! Please share! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/298...

'Linear plasmids [in enterococci] can play a key role in the spread of oxazolidinone and glycopeptide resistance with serious consequences for public health.' academic.oup.com/jac/advance-...

"This prompted us to name this family the Bacterial elongated entwined Rail-like protein (BeeR)." yeah right 🍻 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

I’m very happy to share our latest work on the ParABS system. We investigated the dynamic interaction between the ATPase ParA and the CTPase ParB mediating chromosome segregation in Myxococcus xanthus. I would like to thank all the people involved.

Congratulations to Xiaobo @xiaobozhong.bsky.social on his great paper! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Please repost: Postdoc position in antibiotic discovery in a large multidisciplinary project combining high-throughput approaches, microscopy, AI, and hit-to-lead optimization at @umontreal.ca and @mila-quebec.bsky.social. Apply to [email protected]. See lnkd.in/dVVk4N3s. #microsky

A novel peptidoglycan deacetylase modulates daughter cell separation in E. coli https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.18.638797v1