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  1. Did you know flushing a toilet can send tiny airborne particles into the air?

    Some may carry pathogens that can be inhaled. 😳

    Read more: theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Science #Microbiology #Health #Hygiene

  2. The rice #circadian clock orchestrates the #rhizosphere #microbiome to synchronize nitrogen supply with plant demand.

    #rice clock gene Nhd1 times root exudates to sync microbial N cycling with plant demand.

    #microbiota #microbiology #Ag #agriculture

    davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/

  3. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria possess a critical vulnerability within their cell wall transport systems that, when disrupted, drastically reduces their resistance. This discovery reveals an evolutionary trade-off where the genetic mechanisms bacteria use to survive antibiotic exposure can simultaneously be exploited to make them susceptible to existing treatments.
    #MolecularBiology #Microbiology #Bacteriology #EvolutionaryBiology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/09/mbio0910260

  4. 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

    davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/

  5. 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

    davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/

  6. 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

    davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/

  7. 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

    davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/

  8. 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

    davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/

  9. My latest for The Scientist:
    the-scientist.com/a-bunsen-bur

    (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.)

    #Microbiology

  10. Flushing the toilet can release a ‘plume’ of breathable pathogens – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape
    By Tory Shepherd

    New research shows turbulent flushes create toilet-generated aerosols that can transmit legionella, influenza and norovirus

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Australianews #Microbiology #Infectiousdiseases #Science #Health #Hygiene #TheGuardian #ToryShepherd

  11. Flushing the toilet can release a ‘plume’ of breathable pathogens – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape
    By Tory Shepherd

    New research shows turbulent flushes create toilet-generated aerosols that can transmit legionella, influenza and norovirus

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Australianews #Microbiology #Infectiousdiseases #Science #Health #Hygiene #TheGuardian #ToryShepherd

  12. Flushing the toilet can release a ‘plume’ of breathable pathogens – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape
    By Tory Shepherd

    New research shows turbulent flushes create toilet-generated aerosols that can transmit legionella, influenza and norovirus

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Australianews #Microbiology #Infectiousdiseases #Science #Health #Hygiene #TheGuardian #ToryShepherd

  13. Flushing the toilet can release a ‘plume’ of breathable pathogens – and closing the lid won’t stop their escape
    By Tory Shepherd

    New research shows turbulent flushes create toilet-generated aerosols that can transmit legionella, influenza and norovirus

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Australianews #Microbiology #Infectiousdiseases #Science #Health #Hygiene #TheGuardian #ToryShepherd

  14. 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.

    microbialmenagerie.com/meet-he

    #Microbiology #SciComm

  15. 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.

    microbialmenagerie.com/meet-he

    #Microbiology #SciComm

  16. 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.

    microbialmenagerie.com/meet-he

    #Microbiology #SciComm

  17. 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.

    microbialmenagerie.com/meet-he

    #Microbiology #SciComm

  18. 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.

    microbialmenagerie.com/meet-he

    #Microbiology #SciComm

  19. #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

    davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/

  20. 🐛 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.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixotric

    #Symbiogenesis #Microbiology #NatureIsWeird

  21. Multiobjective learning and design of #bacteriophage specificity.

    Deep learning maps and engineers T7’s multifunctional targeting, enabling tailored infectivity and specificity across strains.

    #phage #microbiology

    davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/

  22. 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

  23. 🎉 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)
    🔗 More information: nfdi4microbiota.de/community/c

    #microbiome #metagenomics #microbiology

  24. 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

    amzn.eu/d/0gGK1rcw

  25. 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
    sflorg.com/2026/08/biph0831260

  26. 🧬 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.

    doi.org/10.1126/science.abb3634

    #microbiology #bacteria #science

  27. Widespread genomic islands are hotspots of genome variations and mosaicism in giant viruses

    nature.com/articles/s41467-026

    #viruses #microbiology

  28. 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
    sflorg.com/2026/08/cobi0829260

  29. 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.

    nature.com/articles/s43587-026 #inflammation #microbiology #probiotics #microbiota

  30. 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

    davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/

  31. 🤖 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: doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0190

    📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: spj.science.org/journal/csbj

    #Microbiology #ComputationalBiology #SystemsBiology #ArtificialIntelligence #Biotechnology #SyntheticBiology

  32. 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: s.faithcollapsing.com/mkvof

    #archaeology #egyptian-mummies #microbiology #science

    arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

  33. 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.

    #NRWTag #UniMünster #microbiology #Mikrobiologie

  34. 70 percent of cases of community-acquired acute sinusitis in adults and children are caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae.

    #sinusitis
    #pulmonology
    #microbiology
    #bacteria

  35. 💁🏻‍♀️ 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: seethis.tv/post/odoriko-tobimu

    #animals #arthropods #biology #cute #hexapod #macro #mating #microscopy #physics #science #wetlands #insects #macrophotography #japan #microbiology #wildlife #entomology #photography #zoology #tksst #video

  36. 💁🏻‍♀️ 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: seethis.tv/post/odoriko-tobimu

    #animals #arthropods #biology #cute #hexapod #macro #mating #microscopy #physics #science #wetlands #insects #macrophotography #japan #microbiology #wildlife #entomology #photography #zoology #tksst #video