The staphylococcal type VII secretion system impacts daptomycin sensitivity through controlling bacterial cell envelope integrity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.20.567842v1

Letter to the editor "Finding umbrella trees: cultivating inclusion and more than survival in a post-affirmative action academy" by Beronda L. Montgomery/@BerondaM now available in corrected proof stage. Check it out!

Welcome to Day 2 of Black In Microbiology Week 2023. This morning we are amplifying Black In Micro early career researchers! Dr. Ninecia Scott is here to get us started: youtu.be/gR0m18USQak... Thanks to KathASK Films for making this video possible

#BIMRollCall Hello! My name is Kishana Taylor and I am a virologist who studies zoonotic viruses with a special interest in vector-borne (spread by insects) viruses. I’m also @blackinmicro.bsky.social president.

As it’s #BlackinMicro Week let me reintroduce myself: Hi!! 👋🏾 I am Aisha and a 5th year post doc at the NIH and will be transitioning to Assistant Research Professor of Microbiology at Cornell starting Jan. 1st. My research looks at how small proteins help regulate bacterial stress responses.

Available now: UPDATED flyer showing our full #BlackInMicrobiology Week 2023 schedule! We can't wait to kick things off on Monday and celebrate with you, please see our corrected time for the STEM education panel. Register or Learn more today: blackinmicrobiology....

Streptococcus agalactiae and Escherichia coli Induce Distinct Effector γδ T Cell Responses During Neonatal Sepsis and Neuroinflammation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.02.560561v1

On a different note, a cool paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... The hygiene hypothesis has been a major idea floating for a long time. New study shows mice exposed to a more wild microbiome still develop allergies just the same. What does diverse #Microbiome 🦠 actually mean? #Immunology

Iron acquisition by a commensal bacterium modifies host nutritional immunity during Salmonella infection -in Cell Host & Microbe www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Toxin-mediated depletion of nicotinamide dinucleotides drives persister formation in a human pathogen https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.28.559889v1

Reversible conjugation of a CBASS nucleotide cyclase regulates immune response to phage infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.29.560134v1

My lab's first big research paper is now out in mBio! 🎉 We ask: how can Legionella antagonize other microbes with reactive oxygen species without hurting themselves? Answer: several dynamics seem to generate a 'toxic moat' of ROS around producers pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37728338/

Whoo hoo! It’s out!

Microbiologists, as requested we have a feed: MicroSky! Use this form to sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... and then tag posts with #MicroSky (case insensitive) or 🧫 or 🦠 and enjoy! Thanks to @kyt-thatsme.bsky.social and @jmarsh.bsky.social for getting this going

Streptococcus mutans inhibits the growth of Enterococcus via the non-ribosomal cyclic peptide mutanobactin https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.12.557362v1

Diet influences community dynamics following vaginal group B Streptococcus colonization https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.10.556920v1