#MicroSky is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 77 people shared 477 posts with it — around 16 a day. Activity is up 21% versus the previous week, peaking on Sep 9 with 25 posts.
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Shuttling, swapping, and mixing: the rapid modular evolution of antiviral repertoires in temperate phages and their satellites
Abstract. Interactions between bacteria, bacteriophages, and their satellites are shaped by a myriad of defence and counter-defence mechanisms. Here, we id
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The Limitations of LB Medium
by Hiroshi Nikaido — LB medium, also known incorrectly as Luria-Bertani medium, is widely used to grow bacterial cultures, mainly because it is easy to prepare and provides a broad base of nutrien…
Kumaran Ramamurthi @ramamurthilab.bsky.social
Folks have known for years that adding magnesium to media rescues the lethality of deleting many 'essential' genes, but why? @eswaralab.bsky.social and @subtisilly.bsky.social say that free iron builds up in these mutants. Mg2+ mitigates this by redirecting metabolism towards limiting ROS production
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Cross-feeding enables robust coexistence between four bacterial species | PNAS
Resource supply is generally considered a dominant driver of microbial diversity. Here, using a four-species bacterial consortium, we asked whether...
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A new conceptual framework for host-microbe symbiosis
Abstract. Host-microbe relationships are studied across biological disciplines, with unique but overlapping conceptual frameworks arising from each of them
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Bacterial growth rate in populations and single cells
Nature Microbiology, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02449-6In this Perspective, Levin and Wang give a brief history of bacterial growth rate and discuss how it is connected to nutrient availability and macromolecule synthesis, with a focus on (p)ppGpp as a central hub regulating resource allocation and, indirectly, growth rate at the single-cell level.
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Out Now! Bacterial growth rate in populations and single cells #MicroSky
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Pathogenic Bacteria 1
Starter pack by Matt Barber
A collection of scientists, clinicians, journalists, and others studying pathogenic bacteria and bacterial infections.
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Essential roles of lytic transglycosylases in l,d-transpeptidase-mediated peptidoglycan cross-linking in Escherichia coli | Microbiology Spectrum
The role of lytic transglycosylases has been extensively studied in bacteria that rely on conventional D,D-transpeptidases (PBPs) for PG cross-linking. In contrast, little is known about the contribut...
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What's going on with COVID? The latest on strains, cases, symptoms.
With the "summer surge" drawing to a close, another uptick in cases is expected come fall. Here's what to know right now.
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Environmental temperature is a strong driver of subspecies competition in the Drosophila microbiome
Changes in abiotic factors, such as temperature, can affect the host fitness indirectly by modulating subspecies dynamics of key taxa, which are usually overlooked in microbiome research.
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Patterns of Anaerobic Glycerol Utilization in Redox Reactions - Microbiology
Abstract For the first time, this study describes a bacterial redox process of anaerobic degradation that simultaneously involves two key organic osmoprotectants: glycerol as an electron donor and bet...
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Thermophilic Acetogenic Bacteria from Hot Springs of the Uzon Caldera - Microbiology
Abstract Analysis of microbial community composition from five hot springs of the Uzon Caldera (Kamchatka, Russia) using molecular and classical microbiological methods revealed that these thermal eco...
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Automated Mini-Bioreactors Reveal the Temporal Dynamics and Multi-Omics Responses of CRISPRi Knockdowns in Pseudomonas putida
Abstract. Characterizing CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) phenotypes presents a fundamental temporal challenge: pre-existing overabundance of target proteins
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California warns of measles exposure in six counties from unvaccinated train passenger
Health authorities work to notify people who were exposed to person who traveled through at least six counties
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AI experts race to tame biosecurity threat
What can AI do that we can't do already?
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Does my kid have COVID-19 or just a cold? A pediatric nurse explains how to tell – and why it matters
Keeping children home from school if they have COVID-19 protects family and school community members at high risk of serious illness.
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These bizarre, much-coveted microbes are revealing the origins of complex life
Researchers are racing to culture a menagerie of exotic organisms and finding lots of surprises along the way.
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