Not just passengers: Phages as agents of genetic exchange in fecal microbiota transplantation www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

😮 Soil microbial diversity associates with lower prevalence of human bacterial pathogens across global soils: Cell Host & Microbe www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Cancer’s own bacteria inspired a therapy that cuts off the tumor’s power supply: www.earth.com/news/cancers... #microsky

Are gut phages friends or foes? A nice "forum" in Cell Host&Microbe by @naamagz.bsky.social discussing it's all about context. Depending on host inflammation and ecology, phages can shift between stabilizing and destabilizing our microbiome. www.cell.com/cell-host-mi... #phagesky

bbc.com/news/article... Five millions times of real version! #microsky

Enterococcus faecalis not only antagonizes Pseudomonas aeruginosa growth under iron limitation, but also induces a unique transcriptional profile, enhancing P. aeruginosa survival during antibiotic challenge. Learn more in #JBacteriology: asm.social/2Wg

phys.org/news/2026-05... #microsky

Antibiotics look like any other drugs — and that’s a problem www.nature.com/articles/d41... #microsky

Old antibiotics are being revived to fight new threats www.nature.com/articles/d41... #microsky

rdcu.be/fiLv5 #microsky

rdcu.be/fiLvg #microsky

New in JB: How the Pts system impacts carbon metabolism is well known (if not, read this article!). Banerjee, Cabeen & Chandler review nitrogen-related phosphotransferase systems & their role in virulence, physiology, and central metabolism. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriology

rdcu.be/fix7w #microsky

Bacterial−viral conflicts shape cholera evolution www.nature.com/articles/d41... #phagesky #microsky

Fog droplets can host active bacteria that break down pollutants like formaldehyde, suggesting fog acts as a temporary aquatic habitat that helps clean the air. doi.org/hb3rkd

Bacteriophage T1’s resilience in lab settings has been linked to unique proteins, and using the E. coli HS strain offers immediate protection against this persistent contaminant. doi.org/hb3dhv

advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #microsky #synbiosky

Fast and efficient Borrelia chromosome recovery from tick samples using whole-genome amplification Cell Reports Methods www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #MicroSky

🔍Bacterial metallophores are crucial for maintaining metal homeostasis, as well as mediating a wide spectrum of ecological interactions. A new Microbial Primer, published in Microbiology dives into their role, diversity, and applications. Read here🔗 https://microb.io/4vQ6YL6

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www.the-scientist.com/mitochondria... #microsky

Multiplexed CRISPR base editing enables pulse-activated irreversible biocontainment of engineered bacteria academic.oup.com/nar/article/... #microsky

The impact of artificial sweeteners on bacterial physiology and the microbiome: Trends in Microbiology www.cell.com/trends/micro... #microsky #microbiomesky

Molecular Microbiology | Microbiology Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #microsky

Happy to share our latest paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Great collaboration with @ifremer.bsky.social, @cbitoulouse.bsky.social & @pasteur.fr. Studying stress in P. abyssi with near-native, minimally purified ribosomes, we identified HibA, a new hibernation factor widespread in Archaea.

This is a really cool study - Convergent evolution of aerobic fermentation through divergent mechanisms acting on key shared glycolytic genes link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Want to find #prophage in your #bacteria genomes? We built PhiSpy a long time ago, and now we've created a new web page for it: linsalrob.github.io/PhiSpyWeb/ Best of all, the data never leaves your computer! #phage #phagesky

TraN variants mediate conjugation species specificity of IncA/C, IncH, and Acinetobacter baumannii plasmids | Journal of Bacteriology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Mechanism of MutLβ-dependent DNA expansions | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Structural basis of iron piracy by human gut Bacteroides | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #microsky

Long-term climate warming increases antibiotic resistance genes in grassland soils, potentially complicating efforts to manage infections and crop diseases as global temperatures rise. doi.org/hb2bqr

Do you see what I see? 🧐 www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...

Developing spore-forming gut bacteria as model organisms: Trends in Microbiology www.cell.com/trends/micro...

A Streamlined and High-Osmolarity Bacillus subtilis Cell-Free Platform for Rapid Characterization of Genetic Regulatory Elements pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

The tryptophan prenyltransferase ComQ from Bacillus subtilis 168 can prenylate daptomycin at Trp1 @febsj.bsky.social from Oscar Kuipers febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Streptomyces produce a diphtheria toxin-like exotoxin that targets insects #microbiology #streptomyces #insects #MicroSky @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🦠 Can microbes think? 🍄 Can they learn, remember, and react? 🤔 "Cognition without brains? Learning and memory in microorganisms" by @kostchristian.bsky.social lab raises some legit #Points2Ponder. #MicrobeMatters #MicrobialMemory

Frequent occurrence and predicted functions of tRNAs with 4-base-pair anticodon stems in bacteria: extended superwobble hypothesis #microbiology #RNA #MicroSky doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

Large extrachromosomal replicons are widespread across bacterial lineages and show coordinated replication termination and spatial coupling with the chromosome | Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72671-7

😮😮 amazing work from @cresslab.bsky.social