It is "interesting" to see how certain journals work, especially if you can follow review process on ResearchSquare [not my submission] either the system does not properly display dates or it took an editor more than a month to invite reviewers

Engineering wheat rhizoplane microbiomes with niche-conserved bacterial consortia to enhance phosphorus acquisition and plant growth preprint on ResearchSquare (in review in Plant and Soil) www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

We are very much looking forward to the first LED3 Lecture of the academic year on Thursday, September 25th, at 4 p.m. Willem Velema will talk about his research into targeting bacterial #RNA for #antibiotic development. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/science/l... #ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery

Weekend Morning 7.5k with 🐕 - a bit of drizzle

Love this new paper from @gtrubl.bsky.social and @alexjprobst.bsky.social on the importance of accurate use of terminology in microbial ecology. I’ve seen a lot of use of lysogenic instead of temperate recently so it’s nice to see that distinction being made. doi.org/10.1111/1462...

Our latest review is now live! Check out our thoughts on how the filamentous lifestyle of Actinomycetes and their ability to make a diverse array of natural products may be connected 👇: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Mooooorning walk

www.nature.com/articles/s41... #phagesky #phage

🎉ASM is pleased to launch ASM Animal Microbiology🎉 Submit your original research & reviews now! The journal's EiC is José Vázquez-Boland, DVM, Ph.D., Chair of Infectious Diseases at the University of Edinburgh! @edinuni-irr.bsky.social ➡️ Read PR: brnw.ch/21wVUHf ➡️ Submit Now! brnw.ch/21wVUHe

Integrated diversity and network analyses reveal drivers of microbiome dynamics #mSystems by @guan06rui.bsky.social and Ruben Garrido-Oter journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Rootworm resistance to Bt associated with increased injury to corn pyramids combining Bt proteins and RNA interference [Bacillus thuringiensis] -in PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Multilevel regulation of c-di-GMP biosynthesis by cAMP signaling increases Shigella sonnei fitness and pathogenicity in response to bile salts in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Dynamic visualization of extracellular matrix components in S. aureus colony biofilms reveals functional amyloids leading to the formation of cap-like structures @biofilmjournal.bsky.social from Agneta Richter-Dahlfors www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

And here is the published version of the work from @selimlab.bsky.social, @mygalperin.bsky.social, Dubnau labs and @thethormannden.bsky.social labs (superb collaboration) ComFB, a widespread family of c-di-NMP receptor proteins www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Harvesting all samples after last successive cultivation step was a true group effort, including @neftalyl.bsky.social, @xinmingxu.bsky.social, @jiyuxie.bsky.social, Caja and Rune #TheBIEs

New preprint from the lab by Adele Pioppi on her #NNF_INTERACT project Successive cultivation under drought selects for specific microbiome members in the wheat rhizosphere www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Coming up next week: the third Dutch Structural Biology meeting! Now in Delft, on Sept 26. See program here: nvbmb.kncv.nl/biology-2025 with #teamtomo #cryoEM #nmrchat simulations and more (looks like) Organized by the #NVBMB (associated with KNCV)

Longstanding collaboration with Scott Manalis where we have developed technology to measure single cell growth rates of bacteria in native seawater with some very surprising results. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Transient microbial architects: tracing the legacy effects of ephemeral taxa during plant microbiome assembly Current Opinion in Microbiology by @logansuteau.bsky.social et al from @microbialmarie.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Two-step localization driven by peptidoglycan hydrolase in interbacterial predation Lysobacter enzymogenes -in #ISMEJournal academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

Function-Based Selection of Synthetic Communities Enables Mechanistic Microbiome Studies #ISMEJournal from @tclavel.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

Genome evolution of Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 during laboratory domestication: acquired mutations impact competence and metabolism #ApplEnvironMicrobiol from Jeff Barrick journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Volatile organic compounds from Bacillus velezensis FZB42 remodel Arabidopsis root architecture by an auxin-dependent mechanism -in Plant Cell Reports (Springer) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A Multi-Tetracycline Responsive Induction System for Gene Expression in Bacillus subtilis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.676849v1

Fast-growing Bacillus sensu lato rhizosphere populations are constrained by antagonistic Pseudomonadota, Actinomycetota and other Bacillus sensu lato https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.676902v1

Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

Happy to share that our story on the bacterial archaellum was published today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congrats to the authors: @sshamphavi.bsky.social @loumollat.bsky.social @mariejoest.bsky.social Najwa Taib and @sgribaldo.bsky.social

A sucrose transporter from Gongronella butleri w5 mediates plant-fungus-bacteria interaction -in @currentbiology.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biol...

Read this superb thread if you are interested in #microbialevolution #foodmicrobiology #cheeseproduction #naturalproduct #whytoarchivemicrobialsamples or you just want to learn about this cool cheese rind microbiome project published from @benwolfe.bsky.social lab

Almost made it home by the last sunbeams #travelingday #biketohome

Fun time in the committee with @meikewortel.bsky.social, @mayerlab.bsky.social, Hilje Doekes, and Jan Maarten van Dijl Not too often we hear statements like "I do not have experience myself nor doing research on UTI"

Since when is there a real station underground in Groningen to reach the platforms? 😲

Bartje in Groningen for a PhD defence Congratulations to now Dr Lars Zandbergen, and @lizscurious.bsky.social for the first PhD graduate from the group! 🎉 #BartjeAroundTheWorld

#News&Views Phenazines inhibit G+ve bacteria by targeting topoisomerase IV, but Bacillus cohabiting with phenazine-producing Pseudomonas can evolve resistance, enabling synergism for agricultural biocontrol. #MicroSky @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Parallel regulatory circuits orchestrate biofilm formation in response to c-di-GMP levels and growth phase [in Vibrio cholerae] #PLOSgenetics from Fitnat Yildiz with David Grainger journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

Cyclic-di-GMP signalling mutants drive ecological succession and self-generated diversity in experimentally evolved biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Microbiology from @webberma.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Oxford Biology is growing 📢 We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in: 🌱 Plant Sciences 🦉 Animal Behaviour 🔬 Molecular Cell Biology 3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7 Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3

Biking to work with southwest wind feels like riding an electric bike, it will NOT feel like that when biking home with headwind

Morning run with 🐕, within the city this time due to wind warning alert 💨

Amazing real world (well, real cheese makers) evolution of Penicillium over 8 years from @benwolfe.bsky.social. "The most common genetic disruption of the alb1 genomic region was caused by putative transposable element insertions upstream of the gene.". Causes the fungus to grow better in the dark!

Why do some manuscripts get a decision faster than the others? Here is a quick guide to help you bridge the gap and get a faster primary evaluation. #editorome #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky open.substack.com/pub/editorom...

3D imaging-driven assembly of multi-species biofilms with antagonistic activity against undesirable bacteria SynCom biofilms: Bacillus velezensis & Pediococcus spp. enhanced pathogen exclusion #ISMECommunications from @romain-briandet.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

Willing to join us @pasteur.fr for a PhD for a project on how interactions between mobile genetic elements shape bacterial adaptation? Subject to be tailored to candidates with keen interest in evolution, genomics, computational biology, microbiology. Check www.pasteur.fr/en/education...

Long-term monitoring of a North American cheese cave reveals mechanisms and consequences of fungal adaptation Penicillium solitum over 8 years in a cheese cave => green-to-white shift @currentbiology.bsky.social from @benwolfe.bsky.social with @kellerlab.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biol...

Using experimental evolution in host-mimicking media, researchers show that inflammation-like environments limit the loss of quorum sensing—a common adaptation during chronic infections—in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Learn more in #mSystems: asm.social/2vd

Scanning electron microscopy of hyphal ectobiont bacteria within mycelial extracellular matrices Bacillus subtilis on Basidiomycete fungus Hericium erinaceus -in Biophysical Reports doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...

Morning walk with some sunshine

Weekend relax morning run with 🐕 Can you find what Teddy spotted?

Intracellular acidification by bacteria-derived valeric acid is a mechanism of trans-kingdom ecology against Candida parapsilosis colonization https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675697v1

Microgeography of staphyloccoci in human tissue explains antibiotic failure https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675782v1