Why China and Europe should collaborate to ‘defossilize’ the world’s carbon #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #decarbonization @nature.com doi.org/10.1038/d415...

How specific are heritable symbioses? And what can we learn from swapping obligate symbionts across host species? We address this in our latest, led by @inespons.bsky.social & in our collaboration w/ @microbiome.bsky.social 🦠🪲 Out today in @natcomms.nature.com! 1/n www.nature.com/articles/s41...

14 more days left to apply for these two PhD positions in my team. Please share with your network!

14 more days left to apply for these two postdoc positions in my team. Please share with your network!

Characterization and description of plant-growth-promoting methanotrophic bacteria belonging to the genus of Methylocaldum #microbiology #bacteria #MicroSky doi.org/10.1016/j.sy...

Universal paralogs provide a window into evolution before the last universal common ancestor #evolution #microbiology #MicroSky doi.org/10.1016/j.xg...

Exploring the microbial "dark matter" just got easier🦠🔬 Most #protists are uncultivated and tiny making electron microscopy a nightmare. A new, low-cost protocol allows single-cell tracking and field prep. #microbiology #eukaryotes #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky doi.org/10.1111/jeu....

Sporulation: the expensive insurance policy of #bacteria 🦠 Why spend massive #ATP to shut down when starving? Researchers integrated genome, transcriptome & proteome data to map the full energetic "price tag" of a bacterial spore. #microbiology #MicroSky @pnas.org doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Anaeroglomus insulsum gen. nov., sp. nov., anaerobic planctomycete, isolated from a thermal water stream #microbiology #bacteria #taxonomy #NewSpecies #MicroSky doi.org/10.1016/j.sy...

A small polymerase ribozyme that can synthesize itself and its complementary strand #evolution #RNA www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New insights into the #evolution of cooperation Research using a multi-level selection framework reveals that under "relative fitness" conditions, the survival of cooperators positively correlates with the presence of cheaters. @springer.springernature.com doi.org/10.1186/s129...

Straw type governs methane-cycling microbiomes and CH4 emissions in paddy soils via abiotic and biotic interactions #microbiology #methane #methanogens #MicroSky #ArchaeaSky doi.org/10.3389/fmic...

How did Earth’s #geochemistry write the code for life’s enzymes🧬? The "Bio-inorganic Bridge" connects trace metal availability to #evolution. But it’s not just about oxygen, tectonics and nutrient sources played a massive role. #microbiology doi.org/10.1146/annu...

The second isolate from the bacterial phylum Caldisericota (formerly candidate phylum OP5, first detected in Yellowstone's Obsidian Pool) has been found in a thermal spring on Sakhalin Island: Caldisericum insulae sp. nov. 🦠🌋 #microbiology #taxonomy #bacteria #MicroSky doi.org/10.1007/s007...

Detection and quantification of rumen methanogens using F420 autofluorescence profiling with spectral flow cytometry #microbiology #methanogens #methane #ArchaeaSky #MicroSky @asm.org doi.org/10.1128/aem....

Now published in @isme-microbes.bsky.social Communications: academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

The ISME20 abstract submission deadline has been extended to 22 February. Microbial ecologists worldwide are invited to submit abstracts for oral, short talk, or poster presentations and contribute to the ISME20 programme. isme-microbes.org/isme20-abstr... #ISME20 #MicrobialEcology

Two more weeks to apply - come join us () in The Netherlands as a postdoctoral researcher on large-scale metagenomic exploration of new lineages!

📢 DSMZ is hiring! We are looking for a Scientific Lead for the SILVA Database, a key tool for understanding microbes and biodiversity. Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/y973v547 #HiringNow #ScienceJobs #Microbiology #ResearchCareers @dsmzd3.bsky.social

In addition to the 2 postdoc jobs posted yesterday, we’re recruiting 2 PhD students (environmental microbiology/ molecular ecology) to join us from April. The projects will map microbial populations across niches in bioelectrochemical systems relevant to biomethanation & link them to performance.

I’m looking for two postdoctoral scientists in experimental evolution to join my team from April 2026 (or soon after). Please share! fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

SeqCode recognizes strains and their value for experimental work. However, type material in #SeqCode consists of genome sequence that unambiguously defines a species. The request suggests using strains as paratypes of genomic type material. doi.org/10.1093/isme...

Linking carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycles: Electron transfer model for nitrate and sulfate dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane #microbiology #carbon #nitrogen #sulfur #methane #MicroSky #ArchaeaSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Competition between Methanothrix and Methanosarcina species isolated from a butyrate-fed anaerobic digester #microbiology #methanogens #methane #archaea #MicroSky #ArchaeaSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reassessing viral origins and evolutionary placement in the tree of life #OriginofLife #TreeofLife #Evolution #virus #phage #MicroSky doi.org/10.1007/s104...

Four novel Planctomicrobium species isolated from sewage sludge or leakage water of a compost heap in Northern Germany #microbiology #taxonomy #bacteria #NewSpecies #MicroSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Elucidating the mechanism of thiosulfate oxidation by a novel two-component system SulRS in deep-sea Campylobacterota #microbiology #sulfur #MicroSky www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Effect of Dry–Wet Cycling on Methanotrophs in Wetland Soils #microbiology #methane #methanotrophs #wetlands #MicroSky doi.org/10.3390/biol...

Archaeal G-quadruplexes: a novel model for understanding unusual DNA/RNA structures across the tree of life #microbiology #archaea #Haloferax #Thermococcus #MicroSky #ArchaeaSky doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

Perennial redox potential dynamics in Alaskan degraded and non-degraded permafrost soils #methane #soil doi.org/10.1038/s432...

Anaerobic oxidation of petroleum hydrocarbons by microbial communities in bottom sediments of oil-methane seep “Zelenseep” (Lake Baikal) under thermophilic conditions #microbiology #LakeBaikal #Baikal #oil #methane #MicroSky doi.org/10.1016/j.jg...

Desulfurivibrio nitratireducens sp. nov. and Desulfurivibrio modestus sp. nov., two novel alkaliphilic anaerobes isolated from terrestrial mud volcanoes #microbiology #bacteria #taxonomy #systematics #NewSpecies #MicroSky doi.org/10.1016/j.sy...

Cattle manure suppresses methane consumption and enhances denitrification-associated nitrous oxide production in farm dams #methane #methanogens #archaea #CutMethane #MicroSky #ArchaeaSky @microbiomej.bsky.social doi.org/10.1186/s401...

Extremophile alert! Registration is OPEN for the 2026 EMBO Archaeal workshop in Cambridge. Spaces are limited, so register soon with an abstract if you’d like to give a talk. If you can’t come in person, we are welcoming virtual attendees. So join us online where all talks will be screened!

Passioned by #bioenergetics? Do not miss our new article on the evolutionary history of oxidoreductases with G. Borrel and @sgribaldo.bsky.social @archaeal.bsky.social @valdeanda.bsky.social @pasteur.fr @cnrs.fr @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @natecoevo.nature.com (www.nature.com/articles/s41...).

#ProtistsOnSky no 'swimming' by 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...

We finally have the pre-industrial baseline for #Hydrogen in the atmopshere! Because H2 is so small, it usually leaks right through ice. But new polar core measurements have successfully reconstructed a millennium of H2 data for the first time. #ClimateChange #EnergyTransition

Do microbes get more food by swimming or staying still? Turns out both work, and cilia help them pull in nutrients no matter the strategy. buff.ly/vK3GmK5

DAY 242 SPECIES 242 - Prometheoarchaeum syntrophicum STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor. Sakura pen NOTES: I was unaware of asgard archaea last year, now they are one of my favorite creatures. Excited to learn more about them. #sciart #watercolor #archaea #art #paint

Customizing CRISPR–Cas PAM specificity with protein language models - @thisismadani.bsky.social go.nature.com/4a4G9Zy

Thought I would share an SEM image of a Meringosphaera I picked at Klubban (West Coast of Sweden) for my first post on Bluesky :) #protistsonsky

Out now in Environmental Microbiome! 🧬 By re-analyzing microbialite sequencing data, we show that chromerid algae (the closest photosynthetic relatives of apicomplexans) are consistent and widespread associates of microbialites across diverse marine and freshwater environments worldwide 🌎

The first paper from my PhD is out now! doi.org/10.1111/jeu.... We describe a new photosynthetic #Paulinella species from a brackish beach in British Columbia 🇨🇦 Big thanks to the co-authors Maia Palka and @alive-in-the-ocean.bsky.social, and my supervisor @fburki.bsky.social #protistsonsky

An ancient lysozyme in placozoans participates in acidic extracellular digestion @commsbio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Cave microorganisms: hidden players in global greenhouse gas cycling and climate regulation #microbiology #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #MicroSky doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...

Establishment of an efficient one-step enzymatic synthesis of cyclic-2,3-diphosphoglycerate #microbiology #biotechnology #methanogens doi.org/10.3389/fmic...

The Romantic Discovery of Radiolaria in the Ocean #microbiology #Radiolaria #protists #MicroSky doi.org/10.1111/jeu....

A web-based atlas for exploring post-transcriptional regulation in the archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius #microbiology #archaea #MicroSky #ArchaeaSky @asm.org journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Studying the long-term adaptation of Haloferax volcanii to low salt conditions: transcriptomic and genetic analyses #microbiology #archaea #MicroSky doi.org/10.3389/fmic...

Seasons and vertical dynamics influence community composition in a flooded and abandoned mica mine #microbiology #MicroSky @femsmicro.org @femsjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/fems...