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  1. Discovery of human gut #phage -encoded anti-CRISPR proteins unveils diverse mechanisms for phages to evade type II #CRISPR immunity.

    Gut #phages encode diverse Acrs; 651 candidates found, including some with dual regulatory & CRISPR‑inhibitory roles.

    davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/

    #microbioloy

  2. #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."

    gizmodo.com/scientists-watched

  3. #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.

    english.netmassimo.com/2025/11

  4. #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.

    english.netmassimo.com/2025/11

  5. #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.

    english.netmassimo.com/2025/11

  6. #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.

    english.netmassimo.com/2025/11

  7. #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.

    english.netmassimo.com/2025/11

  8. 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. nature.com/articles/d41586-025

  9. 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

  10. #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 💪👩‍🔬.

    👉 charite.de/en/research/paper_s

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

  11. 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"

    sciencedirect.com/science/arti

    #microbiome #microbiology #phages

  12. 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 plos.io/4jirGvX

  13. 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 👉 dsmz.de/dsmz/career/masterarbe

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

  14. 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: plos.io/3RukgtJ Paper: plos.io/41Rr22S

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

    nature.com/articles/s41587-025

    #phages #viruses