A diet enriched in microbiome-fermentable substrates (more fruits and veggies) was shown to be associated with lower frailty and lower mortality risk in an older cohort (N>6000; 65+ y/o), with inflammation markers significantly mediating the dietary effect. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Fresh from our group, a new role for oxygen production in ammonia-oxidizing archaea: Oxygen production as an electron overflow pathway in ammonia-oxidizing archaea Congrats to Thomas Pribasnig for this great work! Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Respiratory endosymbionts, that allow their ciliate hosts to breathe nitrate instead of (or in addition to) oxygen are frequent members of the wastewater microbiome. 🦠 🖥️🧬 Great to see this work by @louison-nicolas.bsky.social published in ISME coummuncations! doi.org/10.1093/isme...

Cosmopolitan marine bacteria facilitate a vast phytoplankton-derived sulfonate-based carbon flow through sulfoquinovosidases www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊

Microflora Danica: What can you learn from collecting and sequencing 10,000+ samples from a single country? Check out our new paper in @nature.com to find out. Incredible work led by Caitlin Singleton, Thomas B. N. Jensen, and Mads Albertsen from @aau.dk. 🦠🧫🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This nice summary by @michiwagner4.bsky.social makes it easy to fit my post in a few characters. Amplicon sequencing is still an affordable and quick way to get good insights into who lives in your samples. Our new primers make sure your vision is 20/20. Try em, and contact me if you have questions!

Organizer Thilo Hofmann @cemess.bsky.social, contributions from 30+ @univie.ac.at scientists, incl @michiwagner4.bsky.social, @christinakaiser.bsky.social, Stephan Krämer, @jillianmpetersen.bsky.social, @ppjevac.bsky.social, @andreasrichter.bsky.social, and @loutsi.bsky.social from our cluster.

Distinct Microbial Communities Within and On Seep Carbonates Support Long-term Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane and Divergent pMMO Diversity academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs

Metabolic biochemical models of N2 fixation for sulfide oxidizers, methanogens, and methanotrophs journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs

Struc­tures of meth­ane-ac­tiv­at­ing en­zyme in elu­sive ar­chaea @mariecmueller.bsky.social @cuwelte.bsky.social @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social #methane #ANME #archaea #MCR #microbiology #biochemistry #StructuralBiology mpi-bremen.de/en/Structure...

✈️ Calling all grad students & postdocs in microbial ecology! Want to work, train, or collaborate abroad? ISME’s Scholar Mobility Fund can help you get there. 📅 Apply by 1 October 🌍 Open to applicants worldwide (esp. outside NA & Europe!) Details: isme-microbes.org/isme-scholar... #MicrobialEcology

One week to go! Apply by Sept 17 for the Full Professor position in Soil Ecosystems and Global Change at #CeMESS at the University of Vienna. More info: 🔗 ter.univie.ac.at/news-talks/n... @univie.ac.at #SoilEcosystems #WeAreHiring

Deadline approaching on Sept 17! We are hiring a Full Professor of Environmental Biogeochemistry of Metals at #CeMESS at the University of Vienna. Learn more: 🔗 edge.univie.ac.at/news-talks/n... @edge-vienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at #EnvironmentalBiochemistry

Trans rights are, in fact, human rights. Pass it on. 🏳️‍⚧️🫂

Biofilm lifestyle across different lineages of ammonia-oxidizing archaea academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs

Holy cow - hyperspectral detection of bacteria at long distance.... "The bacteria were detectable outdoors under ambient light from up to 90 m in a single 4,000-m2 hyperspectral image taken using fixed and unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted cameras." 🤯 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

For our antimicrobial drug development efforts at the University of Vienna we are looking for input from physicians/clinicians who are familiar with treatment, diagnostics, infection control, etc. Your insights would be highly valuable! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Congrats to Nils Ganzwohl and Carolin Otersen for winning the Poster prizes at the 28th European Nitrogen Cycle meeting #ENC28

Our new preprint on mixotrophy of sponge-associated AOA via the uptake of branched-chain amino acids is online. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Jan Erisman closed the 28th European Nitrogen Cycle Meeting with a raw reminder: the nitrogen cycle is out of sync! Still, the meeting was full of inspiring research on all things N and some promising paths to reduce our impact! Big questions remain… #ENC28 univie.eventsair.com/enc2025/

See our new study examining how P additions in tropical rainforests affect tree growth and feedback to AMF and EMF communities. Very interesting links to EMF biomass production strategies. Great work led by Qingshui Yu 🍄‍🟫🍄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Open postdoc position combining all the good things: #Ocean, #Nitrogen-cycling, #OxygenMinimumZones, #Biogeochemistry🧪🌊🔬 Check out this postdoc opening with my great colleague and friend #LauraBristow at #Uni #Gothenburg - part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

2y biogeochem postdoc in ERC Synergy project RECLESS, with a focus on microbial nitrogen cycling in oxygen-depleted waters, based in Gothenburg, Sweden Info & apply here: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

CeMESS is hiring! Join us at the Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research (@ter-cemess.bsky.social) as Full Professor of SOIL ECOSYSTEMS AND GLOBAL CHANGE. Collaborate across a leading institution in microbiome science and environmental research. 🔗 Learn more: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

CeMESS is hiring! Join us at the Division of Environmental Geosciences (@edge-vienna.bsky.social) as Full Professor of ENVIRONMENTAL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF METALS. Collaborate across a leading institution in microbiome science and environmental research. 🔗 Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/47bev45k

Key numbers in cell biology Having a sense of scale helps to think more rigorously and realistically about biological systems.

Exciting new research by Petra Pjevac (@ppjevac.bsky.social) explores the salinization of Lake Vrana and its ecological impacts. Dive into the findings here: 🔗 dome.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

EcoFoldDB: Protein structure-guided functional profiling of ecologically relevant microbial traits at the metagenome scale | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...