#microbiology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #microbiology, aggregated by home.social.
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Hippuric acid metabolism by Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum-like bacteria promotes calcium oxalate crystallization.
C. glucuronolyticum‑like bacteria drive calcium oxalate stone formation by degrading hippuric acid.
#microbiology #kidney #kidneystone
https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/09/corynebacteriumdriven-hippuric-acid.html
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My latest for The Scientist:
https://www.the-scientist.com/a-bunsen-burner-s-effectiveness-depends-on-how-dirty-the-air-is-74958(If I ever go back to the bench, I may still use a Bunsen burner for the vibes and to pop bubbles from agar plates.)
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Flushing the toilet can release a ‘plume’ of breathable pathogens – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/flushing-the-toilet-releases-pathogens-inhaled #AustraliaNews #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases #Science #Health #Hygiene
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Flushing the toilet can release a ‘plume’ of breathable pathogens – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/flushing-the-toilet-releases-pathogens-inhaled #AustraliaNews #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases #Science #Health #Hygiene
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Flushing the toilet can release a ‘plume’ of breathable pathogens – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/flushing-the-toilet-releases-pathogens-inhaled #AustraliaNews #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases #Science #Health #Hygiene
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Flushing the toilet can release a ‘plume’ of breathable pathogens – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/flushing-the-toilet-releases-pathogens-inhaled #AustraliaNews #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases #Science #Health #Hygiene
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Flushing the toilet can release a ‘plume’ of breathable pathogens – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape
By Tory ShepherdNew research shows turbulent flushes create toilet-generated aerosols that can transmit legionella, influenza and norovirus
#Australianews #Microbiology #Infectiousdiseases #Science #Health #Hygiene #TheGuardian #ToryShepherd
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Flushing the toilet can release a ‘plume’ of breathable pathogens – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape
By Tory ShepherdNew research shows turbulent flushes create toilet-generated aerosols that can transmit legionella, influenza and norovirus
#Australianews #Microbiology #Infectiousdiseases #Science #Health #Hygiene #TheGuardian #ToryShepherd
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Flushing the toilet can release a ‘plume’ of breathable pathogens – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape
By Tory ShepherdNew research shows turbulent flushes create toilet-generated aerosols that can transmit legionella, influenza and norovirus
#Australianews #Microbiology #Infectiousdiseases #Science #Health #Hygiene #TheGuardian #ToryShepherd
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Flushing the toilet can release a ‘plume’ of breathable pathogens – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape
By Tory ShepherdNew research shows turbulent flushes create toilet-generated aerosols that can transmit legionella, influenza and norovirus
#Australianews #Microbiology #Infectiousdiseases #Science #Health #Hygiene #TheGuardian #ToryShepherd
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Bunsen burners’ reputation for sterilizing workplaces flames out https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02758-0 #science #microbiology #laboratory #labwork #bacteria #contamination
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Bunsen burners’ reputation for sterilizing workplaces flames out https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02758-0 #science #microbiology #laboratory #labwork #bacteria #contamination
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Bunsen burners’ reputation for sterilizing workplaces flames out https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02758-0 #science #microbiology #laboratory #labwork #bacteria #contamination
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Bunsen burners’ reputation for sterilizing workplaces flames out https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02758-0 #science #microbiology #laboratory #labwork #bacteria #contamination
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Bunsen burners’ reputation for sterilizing workplaces flames out https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02758-0 #science #microbiology #laboratory #labwork #bacteria #contamination
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I really enjoyed revisiting my favorite organism from grad school for the next "Meet a Microbe" on my blog.
Meet Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that can be found in the stomach of half the world's population. It's considered a carcinogen, but only causes cancer in a small fraction of people infected.
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I really enjoyed revisiting my favorite organism from grad school for the next "Meet a Microbe" on my blog.
Meet Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that can be found in the stomach of half the world's population. It's considered a carcinogen, but only causes cancer in a small fraction of people infected.
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I really enjoyed revisiting my favorite organism from grad school for the next "Meet a Microbe" on my blog.
Meet Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that can be found in the stomach of half the world's population. It's considered a carcinogen, but only causes cancer in a small fraction of people infected.
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I really enjoyed revisiting my favorite organism from grad school for the next "Meet a Microbe" on my blog.
Meet Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that can be found in the stomach of half the world's population. It's considered a carcinogen, but only causes cancer in a small fraction of people infected.
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I really enjoyed revisiting my favorite organism from grad school for the next "Meet a Microbe" on my blog.
Meet Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that can be found in the stomach of half the world's population. It's considered a carcinogen, but only causes cancer in a small fraction of people infected.
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#Bacteroides acidifaciens enriched by KRAS mutation promotes #colorectal tumorigenesis.
KRAS‑mutant #colorectalcancer selects B. acidifaciens, whose SusF stabilizes ARHGEF2 to amplify KRAS–ERK signaling and drive tumorigenesis.
#cancer #microbiology #oncology
https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/09/kras-mutations-enrich-bacteroides.html
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4-Sep-2026
#Bacteria can make #testosterone. What could that mean for #prostate #cancer?
Auburn physicists help reveal how a #urinary microbe carries out #hormone #chemistry, one atom at a time. -
🐛 Mixotricha paradoxa — the protist that swims using 250,000 living bacteria as outboard motors
When first described in 1933, Mixotricha paradoxa appeared to swim using thousands of hair-like cilia. Electron microscopy in the 1960s revealed the truth: those "cilia" were actually ~250,000 individual spirochete bacteria anchored to its outer membrane, beating in synchrony to propel the host cell.
This single-celled organism lives exclusively in the hindgut of Australia's primitive giant termite (Mastotermes darwiniensis). It has no mitochondria and no independent mobility — its four flagella act only as rudders, while the bacterial swarm does all the work. Evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis called it "the beast with five genomes" because it is a composite of host, two species of propulsion spirochetes, surface rod bacteria, and internal wood-digesting endosymbionts.
Mixotricha dies within minutes of oxygen exposure and has never been cultured in a lab. It is considered a living snapshot of symbiogenesis — the theory that complex eukaryotic cells arose when ancient prokaryotes merged into single functioning entities, frozen mid-transition.
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Multiobjective learning and design of #bacteriophage specificity.
Deep learning maps and engineers T7’s multifunctional targeting, enabling tailored infectivity and specificity across strains.
https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/09/deep-learning-enables-multiobjective.html
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Bacteriófagos con satélites, elementos genéticos móviles similares a un virus que necesitan su ayuda para infectar bacterias, en este caso del género Streptomyces. 📷Tagide deCarvalho et al., 2023 #virus #microbiologia #microbiology
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🎉 Grab a coffee and join our virtual Paper Party!
We’re celebrating two exciting publications—and the outstanding early-career researchers behind them.
Join us online to discover the stories behind these remarkable scientific achievements!
📆 Date: 7 September, 2026
🕒 Time: 2:00–3:00 PM CEST/CET (Berlin time)
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This could give so much hope to so many: Scientists invent a gel that creates Alzheimers-treating neurons from other cells
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Welcome to September everyone
As the new academic year approaches I wanted to take a moment to plug my book in order to raise awareness it exists
If you or any of those you mentor/supervise/teach are entering a phase where they are thinking about further study, or if you have any new PhD students starting, I wrote this book to try and help
It takes you all the way through from deciding where to study, to how to improve your confidence around outreach and public speaking. Even if you aren't aiming for a PhD I hope it might offer some tips and guidance you'll find useful
There are a lot of 'how to' books out there, but I wanted to start with why, and move on from there
#PhD #healthcarescience #infectionstudies #microbiology #postgrad
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Bacteria growing within an aligned liquid crystal fluid—environments mimicking specific biological settings like biofilm matrices or mucus linings—organize into single-cell-wide chains that gradually lengthen before experiencing localized buckling, ultimately forming a tangled, serpentine network.
#Biophysics #Microbiology #AppliedMathematics #FluidDynamics #sflorg
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🧬 Thiomargarita magnifica: the first bacterium visible to the naked eye
In the mangroves of Guadeloupe, thin white strands cling to decaying leaves. They look like fungi or tiny worms — but each strand is a single bacterial cell, reaching up to 2 centimeters long. That makes it 5,000 times larger than a typical bacterium, and the first one you can see without a microscope.
Standard biology says bacteria must be microscopic because they rely on simple diffusion to move nutrients around. Thiomargarita bypasses this with a massive central vacuole that fills 65-80% of its volume, pushing the active cytoplasm into a paper-thin layer along the cell wall. It also packs its DNA into thousands of membrane-bound compartments called "pepins" — effectively primitive nuclei that blur the line between simple bacterial cells and complex eukaryotes. A single cell can carry over 500,000 copies of its own genome.
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Widespread genomic islands are hotspots of genome variations and mosaicism in giant viruses
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A mathematical modeling approach used to optimize the composition, diversity, and timing of bacteriophage cocktails for treating drug-resistant bacterial infections.
#ComputationalBiology #MathematicalBiology #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases #sflorg
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A geroprotective #probiotic & its functional metabolite counteract #inflammaging to extend healthspan.
Microbiome #aging study identifies #Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum & its metabolite 5‑AVAB as key geroprotective factors.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43587-026-01181-4 #inflammation #microbiology #probiotics #microbiota
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Human Clostridia consortia reverse colitis via dual effects of tryptophan metabolites on #microbiota & immunity.
Live biotherapeutic products ease #colitis by suppressing pathobionts & activating AhR anti‑inflammatory pathways independently of SCFAs & IL‑10.
#microbiome #immunity #microbiology #openaccess
https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/08/clostridia-consortia-reverse-colitis.html
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🤖 Can artificial intelligence reveal how bacterial strains differ beneath the surface?
🔗 Predicting Strain-Specific Metabolic Capabilities in the Genus Pseudomonas with a Flux-to-AI Approach Reveals Hidden Cell Envelope Properties. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0190
📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj
#Microbiology #ComputationalBiology #SystemsBiology #ArtificialIntelligence #Biotechnology #SyntheticBiology
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CW: socialmedia
Buyer beware: Those mummified remains might carry toxic spores
Mummified remains sold online exhibit signs of biodeterioration, yet sellers provide no safety guidance.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/mkvof
#archaeology #egyptian-mummies #microbiology #science
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Ich freue mich sehr, dass wir unsere Arbeit und unser #Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) Projekt #PREWAPHARM auf den NRW Tagen in #Münster vorstellen dürfen. Kommt am Sonntag (30.08.) zwischen 14.30 und 20.00 Uhr im EFRE/JTF Zelt in der Stubengasse vorbei, wenn ihr mehr über unsere Aktivitäten zur Vermeidung und Entfernung von Medikamentenrückständen und für sauberes Wasser erfahren wollt.
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70 percent of cases of community-acquired acute sinusitis in adults and children are caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae.
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Mpox is back – and in new countries. How this outbreak can be contained https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/26/global-health-mpox-outbreak-explainer-children #GlobalHealth #Mpox #Guineabissau #InfectiousDiseases #WorldHealthOrganization #Health #GlobalDevelopment #WorldNews #Society #Science #Microbiology #Biology #Africa #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo #VaccinesAndImmunisation #ChildrensHealth #Guinea #SierraLeone
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Mpox is back – and in new countries. How this outbreak can be contained
By Kat Lay, Global health correspondentThe public health emergencies in 2022 and 2024 saw the virus reported in 145 countries, but in the new cases children appear particularly affected
#Globalhealth #Mpox #GuineaBissau #Infectiousdiseases #WorldHealthOrganization #Health #Globaldevelopment #Worldnews #Society #Science #Microbiology #Biology #Africa #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Vaccinesandimmunisation #Childrenshealth #Guinea #SierraLeone #TheGuardian #KatLay #Globalhealthcorrespondent
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As a writer, it's always such a joy to be able to come back to my science homebase, microbiology. This week I'm working on two microbiology stories for clients and also an article for my blog (planning to release it on International Microorganism Day on Sep 17).
What are you working on this week?
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Bacterial endosymbionts enhance fungal virulence by disrupting the disease-suppressive #rhizobiome
Fungal pathogen’s bacterial endosymbiont suppresses protective rhizosphere microbes to boost virulence.
#microbiome #mycology #microbiology
https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/08/how-bacterial-endosymbionts-boost.html
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This was a fun read - there's good summary over on bsky too https://bsky.app/profile/tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social
Does anyone know if people tried knocking out archaeal chromatin as well?
Chromatin is dispensable for bacterial life | bioRxiv
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.21.744486v1
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Structural microbiology is a specialized discipline dedicated to determining the three-dimensional architecture of microbial macromolecules and cellular assemblies at the atomic and near-atomic levels.
#StructuralMicrobiology #Microbiology #Biology #sflorg
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🔬🌸 Japanese #nature photographer Pendora (ぺんどら) captures tiny globular #springtails measuring around 0.3 mm in length.
These wetland micro-arthropods display face-to-face courtship interactions and use a spring-loaded tail organ called a furcula to execute high-speed jumps that look like #teleportation.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/odoriko-tobimushi-sminthurides-springtails-video
#animals #arthropods #biology #cute #hexapod #macro #mating #microscopy #physics #science #wetlands #insects #macrophotography #japan #microbiology #wildlife #entomology #photography #zoology #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🔬🌸 Japanese #nature photographer Pendora (ぺんどら) captures tiny globular #springtails measuring around 0.3 mm in length.
These wetland micro-arthropods display face-to-face courtship interactions and use a spring-loaded tail organ called a furcula to execute high-speed jumps that look like #teleportation.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/odoriko-tobimushi-sminthurides-springtails-video
#animals #arthropods #biology #cute #hexapod #macro #mating #microscopy #physics #science #wetlands #insects #macrophotography #japan #microbiology #wildlife #entomology #photography #zoology #tksst #video
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The Fauci hearing was painful to watch. But we need answers on Covid-19’s origin| David Relman
By David RelmanDespite the recent hearings in Congress, we seem to be even further from the goal of understanding Covid-19’s origin’s than we have ever been
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/15/covid-19-origins
#Coronavirus #AnthonyFauci #Infectiousdiseases #Medicalresearch #Biosciences #Microbiology #Science #USpolitics #USnews #China #AsiaPacific #Worldnews #TheGuardian #DavidRelman
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The Fauci hearing was painful to watch. But we need answers on Covid-19’s origin| David Relman https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/15/covid-19-origins #Coronavirus #AnthonyFauci #InfectiousDiseases #MedicalResearch #Biosciences #Microbiology #Science #UsPolitics #UsNews #China #AsiaPacific #WorldNews
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🔬🌸 Japanese #nature photographer Pendora (ぺんどら) captures tiny globular #springtails measuring around 0.3 mm in length.
These wetland micro-arthropods display face-to-face courtship interactions and use a spring-loaded tail organ called a furcula to execute high-speed jumps that look like #teleportation.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/odoriko-tobimushi-sminthurides-springtails-video
#animals #arthropods #biology #cute #hexapod #macro #mating #microscopy #physics #science #wetlands #insects #macrophotography #japan #microbiology #wildlife #entomology #photography #zoology #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🔬🌸 Japanese #nature photographer Pendora (ぺんどら) captures tiny globular #springtails measuring around 0.3 mm in length.
These wetland micro-arthropods display face-to-face courtship interactions and use a spring-loaded tail organ called a furcula to execute high-speed jumps that look like #teleportation.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/odoriko-tobimushi-sminthurides-springtails-video
#animals #arthropods #biology #cute #hexapod #macro #mating #microscopy #physics #science #wetlands #insects #macrophotography #japan #microbiology #wildlife #entomology #photography #zoology #tksst #video