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  1. #FermeScholen on tour! Pre-conference walk to #Auckland #Maungawhau . The #ISME20 conference is at the needle in the background.
    And now for a fun week of #microbiology , #MicrobialEcology and #microbialLiteracy
    Looking forward to it!

  2. Auckland #ISME20 day -3: got to our flat. Clean but funny smell. We tracked to the stovetop hood. After some initial #decontamination (peanut butter / caramelly substance came off, took us 2 of 4 toilet rolls provided), I dared my fingers deep enough inside to feel for an opening mechanism.
    Grills in the dish washer, inside hood clean again. We'll leave a flow chart for the owner to help with avoiding this kind of hazmat situation in the future.
    #MicrobialEcology is what we came for - owner is lucky to have rented his flat to three #labrats and a hazmat advisor ☣️⚠️✨

  3. A fecal microbiota transplant's efficacy relies on whether specific bacterial strains can successfully colonize the gut and replace existing bacteria, rather than the overall dose or species diversity introduced. The human gut acts as a highly selective biological filter that only accepts particular bacterial strains on a permanent basis.
    #Microbiology #Gastroenterology #GenomicMedicine #MicrobialEcology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/08/mcb08032602

  4. As climate-driven sea level rise increases the salinity of freshwater environments, aquatic microbial communities lose biodiversity but maintain their overall growth rate and biomass production.
    #MicrobialEcology #EvolutionaryBiology #EnvironmentalMicrobiology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/07/eco07172601

  5. The saprotrophic-symbiotic continuum in fungi
    and the loss of rare microbiota through agricultural intensification

    Saprotrophy-to-symbiosis continuum in fungi. Francis Martin, Hao Tan, Current Biology : 2025 >>
    sciencedirect.com/science/arti

    Banerjee, S., Dasgupta, D. & van der Heijden, M.G.A. Agricultural intensification, microbial homogenization and loss of rare microbiota. Nat Rev Microbiol (2026)
    nature.com/articles/s41579-026 >>
    #soil #agriculture #microbiota #microbes #mycorrhizae #mutualism #symbiosis #saprotrophy #ecology #taxonomy #EcologicalSpectrum #organisms #LeafLitter #PlantMicrobeInteractions #MicrobialEcology

    Image: #Fungi, Bellingen, NSW

  6. Microbes adapt to entirely new habitats—such as migrating from soil to freshwater lakes—by utilizing two divergent evolutionary pathways: expanding their genome to acquire new functional traits, or drastically reducing their genome to minimize resource dependency.
    #EvolutionaryBiology #MicrobialEcology #Genomics #Limnology #Bioinformatics #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/04/ebio0414260

  7. Drought amplifies warming-induced soil carbon loss in a decade-long experiment

    García-Palacios, P. et al. Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming. Nat. Rev. Earth…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #Biogeochemistry #ClimateChange #ClimateChange/ClimateChangeImpacts #Climate-changeimpacts #environment #EnvironmentalLaw/Policy/Ecojustice #general #Microbialecology #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/474731/

  8. Hot spring bathing behaviors in Japanese #macaques actively reshape the host "holobiont," specifically modifying lice distribution and gut #microbiota composition beyond simple thermoregulation or stress relief.
    #Zoology #Ecology #BehavioralScience #Primatology #Ethology #MicrobialEcology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/01/zoo01202601

  9. CW: Post-doctoral researcher in soil microbial ecology at the University of Girona

    The Post-doc will join the local and international team of the project “Microbial
    biodiversity and Carbon Use Efficiency as Nature-based solution (NBS) for soil carbon
    stabilization (BIOCUE)”. BIOCUE investigates how NBS affect soil carbon balance by
    studying their impact on microbial diversity, function, and Carbon Use Efficiency (CUE)
    (biodiversa.eu/2025/04/08/50695/). The successful candidate will contribute
    to the experimental work, data analysis, preparing manuscripts, and publishing them in scientific journals, presenting the research outputs at local and international conferences and engaging with stakeholders. The post-doc will also collaborate to analysis and publication of experimental data from a previous Biodiversa+ project from the same team
    (GradCatch, www1.bio.ku.dk/gradcatch/ ).
    Post-doc starting 01.03.2026 for a period of 2 years (starting can be delayed some
    months if required by the selected candidate).

    - Requirements: PhD in biology or environmental sciences, with a strong background in ecology and microbiology.
    - Solid knowledge of data analysis and excellent writing skills.
    - A collaborative mindset.

    To apply for this position, you will need to submit your CV including names and contact of two referees. The call will appear and be open from 19 to 31st of January 2026 in this link: udg.edu/en/coneix/treballa-a-l

    UdG is committed to diversity and inclusion as core values. We actively promote
    gender equality and foster an open, inclusive work environment

    #SoilMicrobiology #PostDoc #EnvironmentalMicrobiology #Microbiology #MicrobialEcology #Girona #PostDocPositions #PostDocOffer

  10. 🦠 Are tiny gut protists rewriting what we know about “good” and “bad” microbes?

    🔗 Structure analysis of human gut microbiota associated with single-celled gut protists using Next-Generation Sequencing of 16S and 18S rRNA genes. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.06

    📚 CSBJ: csbj.org/

    #Microbiome #GutHealth #Metagenomics #Protists #Blastocystis #Giardia #NGS #Microbiota #MicrobialEcology #NGS #ComputationalBiology #MolecularBiology

  11. Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Microbial Genomics
    Trent University

    Excited about microbial genomics, environmental change, and single-cell analysis? Join us as a postdoc @ecochangegroup!

    See the full job description on jobRxiv: jobrxiv.org/job/trent-universi

    #microbialecology #microbiology #...
    jobrxiv.org/job/trent-universi

  12. Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Microbial Genomics
    Trent University

    Excited about microbial genomics, environmental change, and single-cell analysis? Join us as a postdoc @ecochangegroup!

    See the full job description on jobRxiv: jobrxiv.org/job/trent-universi

    #microbialecology #microbiology #...
    jobrxiv.org/job/trent-universi

  13. Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Microbial Genomics
    Trent University

    Excited about microbial genomics, environmental change, and single-cell analysis? Join us as a postdoc @ecochangegroup!

    See the full job description on jobRxiv: jobrxiv.org/job/trent-universi

    #microbialecology #microbiology #mi...
    jobrxiv.org/job/trent-universi

  14. Functional regimes define soil microbiome response to environmental change

    Sample collection, site description and soil characterization Twenty topsoils were sampled across a range of pH values (4.7–8.32)…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #Biophysics #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #Microbialecology #Microbiome #multidisciplinary #Science
    newsbeep.com/au/4166/

  15. 🎉 New pipeline day 🎉

    🦠 A big question for #metagenomics #MicrobialEcology or #microbiome researchers is: which tool and database to use for taxonomic classification?

    🤔 For both often the answer changes on a case-by-case basis, but we can help people make their databases.

    🚀 The open-source nf-core/createtaxdb pipeline (nf-co.re/createtaxdb) automates building of custom databases for 9 classification tools - all in parallel!

    🗪 Interested? DM me or join the nf-core slack!

  16. 17-Oct-2024
    #Bacteria thrive by playing nice before going their own way
    Dartmouth study tackles question of how multiple bacterial species coexist in #biofilms

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1 #science #ecology #MicrobialEcology

  17. 17-Oct-2024
    Identifying the genes that #viruses ‘steal’ from ocean #microbes
    Study suggests viruses reprogram at least 1/3 of metabolic processes

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1 #science #ecology #MicrobialEcology #genome

  18. 🦠 Interested in #nextflow & anything 'meta-' ?(#metagenomics, #metabarcoding, #metatranscriptomics, #metaproteomics, #microbes #MicrobialEcology & more!)

    📆 Join us next Tuesday 13:00 CEST (3rd September) for an nf-core #bytesize for the #metaomics #nfcore special interest group! (Also on YouTube after!)

    🤝 We will introduce how we want the community to work together with #users and #bioinformatics developers to make the best pipelines for anything 'meta-'

    ℹ️ Zoom: nf-co.re/events/2024/bytesize_