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  1. #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/

  2. #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/

  3. #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/

  4. #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/

  5. #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/

  6. 🐛 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

  7. 🐛 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

  8. 🐛 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

  9. 🐛 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

  10. 🐛 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

  11. 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/

  12. 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/

  13. 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/

  14. 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/

  15. 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/

  16. RE: mastodon.social/@coreyspowell/

    The international team included scientists from the Universities of #Canterbury (#NewZealand), #Rostock, #Constance, #Ottawa (#Canada), #Strasbourg and #Tübingen, the Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial #Microbiology in #Marburg and the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in #Mülheim/Ruhr plus the IMDEA Materials Institute in #Madrid (#Spain).

    #HistoryOfLife #science #biology

  17. 💁🏻‍♀️ 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

  18. 💁🏻‍♀️ 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

  19. 💁🏻‍♀️ 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

  20. 💁🏻‍♀️ 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: 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

  21. Metabolomics of single-strain & co-cultures of 7 Fusarium strains causing #metabolome head blight reveals metabolic modifications induced by strain co-occurrence.

    FHB #metabolomics reveals species‑specific biomarkers & interaction‑driven shifts in co‑cultures

    #microbiology #agriculture #metabolome #Ag

    davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/

  22. _Этология, етологія, Ethology
    #Этология, #етологія, #Ethology
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/494

    _Энтомология, Entomology, Ентомологія
    #Энтомология, #Entomology, #Ентомологія
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/493

    Эмбрио, Ембріо, Embryo
    эмбриология биология развития Embryology developmental biology
    #Эмбрио, #Ембріо, #Embryo
    #эмбриология #биологияразвития #Embryology #developmental biology
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/492

    _Экология, Ecology, Екологія
    эко окружающая среда энвайронментализм, экосистемы, популяции,
    #Экология, #Ecology, #Екологія
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/491

    _эволюция, еволюція, evolution
    теория эволюции, эволюционная теория
    #эволюция, #еволюція, #evolution
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/490

    _Флора и фауна Украины
    Flora and fauna of Ukraine
    Флора і фауна України
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/489

    _систематика, taxonomy
    #систематика, #taxonomy
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/488

    _Палеонтология, Paleontology, Палеонтологія
    #Палеонтология, #Paleontology, #Палеонтологія
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/487

    _Орнитология, Орнітологія, Ornithology
    #Орнитология, #Орнітологія, #Ornithology
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/486

    B Biology, Біологія, Биология
    #Biology, #Біологія, #Биология
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/485

    _нейро, neuro
    Нейробиология, нейрология, Нейробіологія, нейрологія, Neurobiology, neurology,
    #нейро, #neuro
    #Нейробиология, #нейрология, #Нейробіологія, #нейрологія, #Neurobiology, #neurology
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/483

    _Нематология, Nematology
    #Нематология, #Nematology
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/482

    Определители растений, лишайников, грибов
    Визначники рослин, лишайників, грибів
    #Определители
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/481

    _Микробиология и Вирусология
    Мікробіологія та вірусологія
    Microbiology and Virology
    #Микробиология и #Вирусология
    #Мікробіологія та #вірусологія
    #Microbiology and #Virology
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/480

    _Микология, Mycology, Мікологія
    #Микология, #Mycology, #Мікологія
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/479

    _Макология
    #Макология
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/478

    _Microscopy, Мікроскопія, Микроскопия
    #Microscopy, #Мікроскопія, #Микроскопия
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/476

    Cell
    Cell biology, Клітина, клітинна біологія, біологія клітини, Клетка, клеточная биология, биология клетки
    #Cell
    #Cell biology, #Клітина, #клітиннабіологія, #біологіяклітини, #Клетка, #клеточнаябиология, #биология клетки
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/475

    Клетка, клеточная биология
    #Клетка, #клеточнаябиология
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/474

    _Красная книга
    Червона книга, the Red Book,
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/473

    История биологии
    History of biology
    Історія біології
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/472

    Иммунология, Імунологія, Immunology
    #Иммунология, #Імунологія, #Immunology
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/471

    Гистология, Histology, Гістологія
    #Гистология, #Histology, #Гістологія
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/469

    _Грибы
    mushrooms, Мікологія, Микология, Mycology
    #Грибы
    #mushrooms, #Мікологія, #Микология, #Mycology
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/470

    Зоология, Зоологія, Zoology
    #Зоология, #Зоологія, #Zoology
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/468

    Genome, Геном,
    геномика, Genomics, геноміка
    #Genome, #Геном,
    #геномика, #Genomics, #геноміка
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/466

    Genetics, генетика
    #Genetics, #генетика
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/465

    Вода, Water
    #Вода, #Water
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/464

    Владивосток, Vladivostok, Приморье, Приморский край
    природа, наука, в основном биология, ДВГУ, дипломные работы
    #Владивосток, #Vladivostok, #Приморье, #Приморскийкрай
    #природа, #наука, в основном #биология, #ДВГУ, #дипломные
    работы
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/463

    Анатомия и морфология растений
    Анатомія і морфологія рослин
    Anatomy and morphology of plants
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/462

    Сосудистые растения,
    Судинні рослини
    Vascular plants
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/460

    Низшие растения
    Lower plants
    Нижчі рослини
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/459

    Геоботаника, Геоботаніка, Geobotany
    #Геоботаника, #Геоботаніка, #Geobotany
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/458

    Биоэтика, Біоетика, Bioethics
    #Биоэтика, #Біоетика, #Bioethics
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/456

    Биохимия, молекулярная биология
    Biochemistry, molecular biology
    Біохімія, молекулярна біологія
    #Биохимия, #молекулярнаябиология
    #Biochemistry, #molecular biology
    #Біохімія, #молекулярна
    біологія
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/455

    Биология моря, морская биология
    Marine biology, Біологія моря, морська Біологія
    #Биологияморя, #морскаябиология
    #Marine biology, #Біологіяморя, #морськаБіологія
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/453

    Альгология, Альгологія, Algology
    #Альгология, #Альгологія, #Algology
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/452

    Bioinformatics, Биоинформатика, Біоінформатика
    #Bioinformatics, #Биоинформатика, #Біоінформатика
    t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/450

  23. Metaproteomics is the comprehensive study of the entire protein complement produced by complex microbial communities and their hosts, revealing the active physiological functions and interactions within ecosystems like the gut microbiome.
    #Metaproteomics #Microbiology #SystemsBiology #AnalyticalChemistry #Pharmacology #Toxicology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/08/mcb08032601

  24. Bacteriophages are the most abundant and diverse viral entities on Earth, functioning as microscopic apex predators that exist exclusively to infect, replicate within, and ultimately lyse bacterial populations.
    #WhatIs #Virology #Microbiology #EvolutionaryBiology #MolecularBiology #Biophysics #Biogeochemistry #ClinicalImmunology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/07/wi07312601.

  25. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🩸🧊 Iron rich #saltwater trapped beneath Taylor #Glacier for over a million years seeps out in red pulses that look like bleeding.

    A 2026 study from #Louisiana State University caught an outflow in action using #GPS, #cameras, and temperature #sensors. #Sulfate breathing #bacteria thrive in the dark brine, making Blood Falls a model for life on icy worlds.

    👉 sciencealert.com/there-s-a-wat

    #antarctica #bloodfalls #taylorglacier #subglacial #brine #extremophiles #microbiology #bacteria #astrobiology #mars #ice #earthscience #glaciology #hiddenworld #science

  26. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is a natural chemical compound produced by microscopic marine organisms in polar ice that functions as a critical regulator of the Earth's climate.
    #MarineBiology #Biogeochemistry #Climatology #Microbiology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/06/mb06252601.

  27. What I'm also doing is assessing 3rd party sequencing vendor ONT output quality using some variations of these tools. Feel free to get in touch if you have a sequencing vendor you want to either recommend or have assessed!

    #sequencing #microbiology #archaea #ONT #nanopore #bioinformatics

  28. 🐨🍼 Scientists at the University of the #SunshineCoast in #Queensland, #Australia, are milking #koalas to analyze their milk.

    They found the liquid contains unique proteins that kill harmful #bacteria and #fungi. The #research helps explain how joeys survive in their mothers’ pouches and offers clues for better koala #conservation.

    👉 discoverwildlife.com/animal-fa

    #koala #biology #marsupials #mammals #wildlife #science #evolution #zoology #biochemistry #nature #microbiology

  29. A light-driven optical condensation technique that rapidly aggregates thousands of microparticles and bacteria into a single, microscopic focal point. This fiber-based method drastically increases detection speed and sensitivity for trace samples in liquids.
    #Biophysics #Optics #AppliedPhysics #Microbiology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/05/biph0518260

  30. A light-driven optical condensation technique that rapidly aggregates thousands of microparticles and bacteria into a single, microscopic focal point. This fiber-based method drastically increases detection speed and sensitivity for trace samples in liquids.
    #Biophysics #Optics #AppliedPhysics #Microbiology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/05/biph0518260

  31. A light-driven optical condensation technique that rapidly aggregates thousands of microparticles and bacteria into a single, microscopic focal point. This fiber-based method drastically increases detection speed and sensitivity for trace samples in liquids.
    #Biophysics #Optics #AppliedPhysics #Microbiology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/05/biph0518260

  32. A light-driven optical condensation technique that rapidly aggregates thousands of microparticles and bacteria into a single, microscopic focal point. This fiber-based method drastically increases detection speed and sensitivity for trace samples in liquids.
    #Biophysics #Optics #AppliedPhysics #Microbiology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/05/biph0518260

  33. A light-driven optical condensation technique that rapidly aggregates thousands of microparticles and bacteria into a single, microscopic focal point. This fiber-based method drastically increases detection speed and sensitivity for trace samples in liquids.
    #Biophysics #Optics #AppliedPhysics #Microbiology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/05/biph0518260

  34. In this comprehensive research report, we undertake an extensive examination of one of the most transformative biological discoveries of the modern scientific era. For centuries, the foundational dogma of terrestrial ecology was absolute: the sun was the ultimate and singular source of energy capable of sustaining complex life.
    #WhatIs #MarineBiology #Geochemistry #Microbiology #Biogeochemistry #Astrobiology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/05/wi05052601.

  35. Performance test of QNome nanopore sequencer. Looks very interesting - I'm always on the lookout for alternate platforms for Binomica. More reason for us to build platform agnostic squiggle/QC tools for the future!

    biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2

    #bioinformatics #ONT #nanopore #microbiology

  36. Systemic candidiasis is a severe, opportunistic #fungal infection caused by Candida albicans. Recent research demonstrates that reprogramming the metabolic pathways of a host's immune cells offers a viable strategy to clear the infection, circumventing the need for traditional #antifungal medications.
    #Immunology #Microbiology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/04/imgy0403260