Premature transcription termination modulates stochastic gene expression in bacteria trp operon in E.coli vs B.subtilis -in Science Advances from Christoph Engl www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Mfd interacts with RNA polymerase to modulate flagellum-dependent motility, chemotaxis, and population heterogeneity in the stationary phase of Bacillus subtilis in J Bacteriol journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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

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

New in JB: García-Reyes, González-Pedrajo et al. review Role of PsrA, a TetR-family transcriptional regulator, in physiology and virulence regulation in P. aeruginosa. PsrA links long-chain fatty acids to the control of gene expression. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriology

(p)ppGpp: the magic goes on -in Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews of @asm.org by Katarzyna Potrykus et al journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

New in JB: Bauer, Rudel & Beier explore the mechanisms of riboregulation via 4 sRNAs in Neisseria gonorrhoeae C1 metabolism. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriol

New in JB: Robinson, Gebhardt & Goldberg explore links between between temperature and growth phase in modulating transcription in P. aeruginosa. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... This article is part of our growing collection on pseudomonads: journals.asm.org/journal/jb/p... @asm.org #JBacteriology

RNA chaperone Hfq assembles into #condensates in response to stress in #Ecoli, but what leads to Hfq’s #PhaseSeparation? This study shows that #polyphosphate scaffolds the formation of Hfq condensates, which then stabilize polyA transcripts critical for recovery @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4tI0xby

🚨Microbial genomics researchers🚨 Terrific FREE web apps from @midauthorbio.bsky.social midauthorbio.com/#freetools No coding or command line required ✅ breseq, A+ microbial variant calling ✅ SprayNPray, taxonomic profiling of metagenomes ✅ Pseudofinder 🔎 pseudogenes ✅ GToTree, phylogenomic trees

Identification of bacterial signals that modulate enteric sensory neurons to influence behavior in C. elegans -in @currentbiology.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biol...

Epistatic interaction between ribosome-associated Era GTPase and stringent response regulator RelA modulates bacterial cell growth and dormancy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.21.719802v1

Microbial Primer: Bacterial energy metabolism www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... #jcampubs

New preprint from the Vecchiarelli Lab! 🧵 Congratulations to first author Dr. Claire Dudley! @claire-dudley.bsky.social Claire uncovered a critical player in the organization for the photosynthetic cytoplasm of cyanobacteria - polyphosphate! #polyP www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

New in JB: In the CF airway, P. aeruginosa transitions from an acute to chronic pathogen. Roxana Flores-Vega, Roberto Rosales-Reyes et al. review the role of 2-component systems in this crucial adaptation. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriology

@suvamroy.bsky.social @elibbyscience.bsky.social & @peteralind.bsky.social modeled gene expression in P. aeruginosa efflux systems, analysing how the complex regulatory networks associated with efflux pumps might evolve under antibiotic treatments. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag065 #evobio #molbio

Not all #Salmonella equal in terms of infection risk! By combining population #genomics & global datasets, we identify lineage-specific markers linked to human infection - including a conserved prophage in S. Agona🦠 This highlights the potential for genomics-informed risk prediction in food safety

Now out in its final form, our investigation of how Pseudomonas aeruginosa manages resources to permit ongoing adaptations to environment during starvation: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... Congrats to first author @findunmun1.bsky.social, and co-authors Claudia Hemsley and Elize Ambulte.

Happy to have contributed a very small part to this study #microsky 🧪

During microbial warfare, #bacteria deploy toxins to inhibit or kill competitors. @ebayersantos.bsky.social &co reveal lipid-targeting #antibacterial #toxins & novel toxin domains within #Salmonella T6SS effectors, broadening known toxin enzymatic diversity @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/40zTyEP

New review out! Bacterial pathogens diversify to survive during infection - using bet-hedging and division of labor to generate specialized subpopulations. We explore how host signal actively drive this process www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How do bacteria and fungi communicate? In #mBio, researchers we examine the intricate quorum sensing-based dialog between these 2 types of microbes, focusing on its role in microbial network assembly and ecosystem function. Read the review: asm.social/2QX

A small polymerase ribozyme that can synthesize itself and its complementary strand | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New in JB: Kang, Hwang et al. identify a two-component system for sensing and neutralizing toxic environmental ammonia. This system is likely imprtant in environments where amino acids are catabolized, leading to ammonia production. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriology

#microsky #synbiosky www.cell.com/cell-systems...

Online now! Online now! Intracellular cyclization-coupled peptide library screening yields potent transcription factor antagonists #chembiol

🔔Collaborator Advert🔔 I am looking to get my hands on some Lactobacillus spp. from the urogenital tract for work on UTIs and AMR. Does anyone have any that they would be willing to share? I had a contact, but the MTA has been a nightmare to sort from their end, so struggling.

Are you a post-doctoral microbiologist interested in characterising bacterial resistance evolution and want to apply your knowledge and expertise to developing new therapeutics for Klebsiella (and other Enterobacterales) infections? Then we need you! Apply now bit.ly/3MX39Ce close date March 13th 👀

Out Now! Gasdermins against intracellular bacterial pathogens #MicroSky

Fluid flow and environmental geometry guide the journey of swimming bacteria @cellcellpress.bsky.social Preview by Eleonora Secchi on Tao et al 2026 Newton paper www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

The newest issue of JB is out! Topics include carboxysomes, Helicobacter & cancer, Tad pili, sulfite stress, norepinephrine & Fur, & more. journals.asm.org/toc/jb/208/2 @asm.org #JBacteriology

Congrats Ruby, Bob, Liz, and team! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Most microbes don't live in shaking flasks; spatial structure shapes how microbes interact and evolve at every scale, as we discuss in our recent review @jeroenmeijer.bsky.social @simonvanvliet.bsky.social @bedutilh.bsky.social @bramvandijk.bsky.social and others academic.oup.com/femsre/artic... 🧵👇

New in JB: Wang, Liu et al. review the role and regulation of type VI secretion system of the marine V. parahaemolyticus during pathogenesis. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriology

1/2 "All T6SS-inducing regulators are equal, but some regulators are more equal than others". Preprint 🚨: We use #Vibrio to show that #T6SS activation by regulator manipulation may result in the expression of different effector repertoires, affecting toxicity 🦠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Unveiling hidden variables in stressed bacteria @cp-cellreports.bsky.social Review by @divyach.bsky.social and @maxencevincent.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...

New in JB: Jackson, Kearns et al. describe a role for ClpX-dependent proteolysis of a global regulator controlling expression of the flagellar genes and thus motility. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriology

phys.org/news/2026-02... #MicroSky

New online! Massively parallel reporter assays: from barcodes to biology

Epitranscriptomic control of stress adaptations in Escherichia coli @narjournal.bsky.social by Sebastián Riquelme-Barrios et al from @kirstenjunglab.bsky.social academic.oup.com/nar/article/... #MicroSky

New in JB: Latimer, Agbavor & Cahoon discuss the HtrA protein, which serves double duty as a protease and chaperone and plays key roles in maintaining envelope integrity, stress resistance, and virulence in Gram-positive organisms. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriology

www.growkudos.com/publications... New work with @ckarakoc.bsky.social and @shoestrapped.bsky.social in @pnas.org

#NatMicroPicks More than just pumps? 🦠💊 Bacterial efflux pumps not only block drug entry but also disrupt intracellular drug–target interactions by preventing repeated drug rebinding #MicroSky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

In our most recent work David Forrest has discovered a widespread mechanisms linking transcription initiation to DNA supercoiling... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

FRED: a universal tool to generate FAIR metadata for omics experiments www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs

What does competition for iron look like for pathogens in different environments? We had the chance to contribute to this great paper looking at Salmonella in the gut with the Cunrath Lab (UoStrasbourg). Salmonella relies on siderophore exploitation at low pH url: academic.oup.com/microlife/ar...

New in JB: Bange, Dornes, et al. review the molecular basis for flagellar patterns and numbers across bacterial species. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriology