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Bacteriophages: meet the viruses that hunt superbugs
#Health #Science #Biotechnology #Antibiotics #Superbugs #Microbiome #Innovation #Agriculture #FoodSafety #Viruses #Medical #Environment #Tech #Sustainability #Phages #Bacteriophage #AnimalHealth
https://the-14.com/bacteriophages-meet-the-viruses-that-hunt-superbugs/

Bacteriophages: meet the viruses that hunt superbugs
#Health #Science #Biotechnology #Antibiotics #Superbugs #Microbiome #Innovation #Agriculture #FoodSafety #Viruses #Medical #Environment #Tech #Sustainability #Phages #Bacteriophage #AnimalHealth
https://the-14.com/bacteriophages-meet-the-viruses-that-hunt-superbugs/

Bacteriophages: meet the viruses that hunt superbugs
#Health #Science #Biotechnology #Antibiotics #Superbugs #Microbiome #Innovation #Agriculture #FoodSafety #Viruses #Medical #Environment #Tech #Sustainability #Phages #Bacteriophage #AnimalHealth
https://the-14.com/bacteriophages-meet-the-viruses-that-hunt-superbugs/

Bacteriophages: meet the viruses that hunt superbugs
#Health #Science #Biotechnology #Antibiotics #Superbugs #Microbiome #Innovation #Agriculture #FoodSafety #Viruses #Medical #Environment #Tech #Sustainability #Phages #Bacteriophage #AnimalHealth
https://the-14.com/bacteriophages-meet-the-viruses-that-hunt-superbugs/

Bacteriophages: meet the viruses that hunt superbugs
#Health #Science #Biotechnology #Antibiotics #Superbugs #Microbiome #Innovation #Agriculture #FoodSafety #Viruses #Medical #Environment #Tech #Sustainability #Phages #Bacteriophage #AnimalHealth
https://the-14.com/bacteriophages-meet-the-viruses-that-hunt-superbugs/

Microbiology in space aboard the International Space Station!!! Surely astronauts contributed enough to get authorship?! #science #MicroSky #ClinMicro #phages #UTISky

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5522ztebtekoor5efelihqhb/post/3mcfm5qyhep2c

#space #viruses #phages #mutation

"Scientists Watched Viruses Attack Bacteria in Space. Things Got Weird

'Microbes continue to evolve under microgravity, and they do so in ways that are not always predictable.

The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most unique environments where life has ever existed, out in the low orbit of Earth. And research out today finds that bacteriophages—the viruses that prey on bacteria—can behave quite peculiarly in space.

Scientists studied how phages interacted with Escherichia coli bacteria aboard the ISS and compared them to pairs grown on Earth. The space-dwelling phages took longer to infect their hosts, while both the bacteria and viruses developed unusual mutations in response to each other and the microgravity conditions of the ISS, they found. The findings also suggest that phages in space could develop mutations useful to humans back home."

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-watched-viruses-attack-bacteria-in-space-things-got-weird-2000709619

-> #moustique tropical
-> #alimentation #ferrero

#sante #espoir #science #virus #zoonoses #anthropocene #climat #microbes #epidemie #pasteur #cancer #vaccin #louispasteur #soigner #prevention #phages #phagotherapie

#biology #medicine #phages #EscherichiaColi

An article published in the journal "Microbiology Spectrum" reports the results of experiments based on the use of genetically modified #bacteriophage #viruses to combat strains of Escherichia coli #bacteria that developed resistance to various antibiotics. These findings offer a way to neutralize these bacteria and new insights into the interactions between bacteriophages and bacteria.

https://english.netmassimo.com/2025/11/12/a-technique-based-on-the-use-of-genetically-modified-bacteriophage-viruses-to-fight-strains-of-bacteria-that-developed-resistance-to-antibiotics/

One step closer to manufacturing #pandemics. The first successful AI-design of E. coli #phages with new properties. Applied by zealots to human pathogenic viruses ... and we have a solution to Fermi's paradox. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03055-y

Yesterday session on #Clostridia #phages and surfaces was brilliant, with personal highlights being Dr Anna Barwinska-Sendra's work on diversification of #Cdiff #S-layers, Louis-Charles Fortier's talk on how phage/S-layer specificity and Lea Huet's work in PSII S-layer anchoring. #clostpath14

How ancient viruses could help fight antibiotic resistance
#Health #Bacteria #Antibiotics #PhageTherapy #Phages #AntibioticResistance #AMR #Microbiology #Superbugs #InfectiousDiseases #BacteriaVsVirus #MedicalResearch #PublicHealth
https://the-14.com/how-ancient-viruses-could-help-fight-antibiotic-resistance/

Viromics approaches for the study of viral diversity and ecology in microbiomes.

#Virology #Viromics #Phages #GenomeResolvedMetagenomics

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41576-025-00871-w

#Phages (viruses that kill bacteria) are considered a potential approach to combat multidrug-resistant pathogens. However, they don't always deliver the desired results on their own. A research team at #CharitéBerlin has now demonstrated that combining phages with an antibiotic is much more effective, at least in the lab, against a form of #pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria 💪👩‍🔬.

👉 https://www.charite.de/en/research/paper_spotlight/new_findings_on_phage_antibiotic_combination_therapy

#CharitéPaper #medicine #science #research #MedMastodon #AMR #antibiotics

Exciting work from the Hsu lab at Virginia Tech! They developed a cool way too knock down phage abundances to examine their role in the gut.

"A bacteriophage-conditional mouse model reveals the impact of phages within a conventionally colonized gut microbiota"

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312825001350?dgcid=coauthor

#microbiome #microbiology #phages

The BASEL collection of E. coli #phages is limited by its host strain. @aharms485 &co use a modified host to add 36 new phages, revealing roles of O-antigen in host recognition & R-M systems in immunity @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4jirGvX

Apply now 👉 Master thesis “Evaluating Bacteriophage-Antibiotic Combinations and Protocols for the Eradication of Enterococcus faecium in the Gut”

This project aims to identify the most effective in vitro approach to reducing and ideally eliminating E. faecium bacterial load.
More information 👉 https://www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/masterarbeit-bacteriophage

#masterthesis #braunschweig #phages #bacteria #gut #antibiotics

The biology and ecological impact of #phages in the mammalian gut are poorly understood. This Primer explores a @PLOSBiology study that provides a glimpse into the disruptive biology of the #Hankyphages, parasites of the ubiquitous Bacteroidaceae. Primer: https://plos.io/3RukgtJ Paper: https://plos.io/41Rr22S

Bacteria pass down their memories to fight viruses

https://www.earth.com/news/bacteria-pass-down-their-memories-to-fight-viruses/

#science #biology #microbiology #bacteria #genetics #viruses #bacteriophages #phages #crispr

#Virus vs. #bacteria: #Phages prove effective at killing #pathogens in milk.

#foodborne_illness #Listeria #Shiga_toxin #E_coli #Salmonella #food_safety #food_security

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-virus-bacteria-phages-effective-pathogens.html

#Virus vs. #bacteria: #Phages prove effective at killing #pathogens in milk.

#foodborne_illness #Listeria #Shiga_toxin #E_coli #Salmonella #food_safety #food_security

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-virus-bacteria-phages-effective-pathogens.html

Sustained in situ protein production and release in the mammalian gut by an engineered bacteriophage

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-025-02570-7

#phages #viruses

Jumbo #phages love to kill #bacteria—could they be used as #antibiotics?

#Pseudomonas #handshake #Imp1

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-jumbo-phages-bacteria-antibiotics.html

Gram-neg bacteria can resist #phages by modifying their LPS, also affecting #antibiotic susceptibility. @lavishaparab &co show that antibiotic concentrations influence evolution of E. coli phage resistance, leading to enhanced phage-antibiotic synergy #plosbiology https://plos.io/4hPmO0X

#AntimicrobialResistance
and #phages: article is more informative and nuanced than the shrill title suggests. #klebsiella https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jan/13/bacteriophage-deadliest-being-on-planet-earth-antimicrobial-resistance-superbugs

During her research at the #mpitm, Sanika found that #V_cholerae forms biofilms directly after treated with #phages.

@mattotcha
Thanks, Matt (you total science-posting fanatic), for the great article on multiple types of phages living communally on one type of bacteria:
https://scitechdaily.com/viruses-learn-to-share-the-breakthrough

that led me to articles about immortal hydra:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_(genus)

That led to another, about the social life of viruses.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/viruses-finally-reveal-their-complex-social-life-20240411/

Food now, before nothing's left of me but reading eyes, and typing fingertips!

#SocioVirology #Virology #Immortal #Hydra #Phages #Bacteria

We have a new preprint describing a method for #bacteriophage phylogenetics and comparative genomics.

Maybe useful for those interested in all the amazing #phages out there and their bizarre mosaic genomes

Towards a unifying phylogenomic framework for tailed phages

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.21.619452v1.abstract

#viruses #microbiology

✂️ Phage editing technology could lead to alternative treatments for antibiotic-resistant bacteria

https://phys.org/news/2024-09-phage-technology-alternative-treatments-antibiotic.html

#healthcare #medicine #diseases #bacteria #phages #biotech #molbio #biology

Coinfecting #viruses obstruct each other's cell invasion https://phys.org/news/2024-08-coinfecting-viruses-obstruct-cell-invasion.html Paper: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(24)00675-4

When there were more #phages attached to the surface of the cell, relatively fewer of them were able to enter... the first stage of infection, #phage entry, is an important step that was previously underappreciated... the coinfecting phages were impeding each other's entry by perturbing the #electrophysiology of the cell.

🚨 The Helmholtz Institute Würzburg is looking for a #postdoc to join the research group of Jens Hör. #HIRI's Hör lab focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of #RNA #phages during infection, host takeover and anti-phage defense. More information: https://www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-talents/working-at-hiri/

11-JUL-2024
Researchers develop a way to make lifesaving #phages accessible, transportable and much easier to use
When #antibiotics fail, #bacteriophages can often save lives, but determining which ones will work and sourcing them is haphazard

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1051090
#science #PhageTherapy #bacteria #MicrobialEcology #medicine