The #virome is not a #microbiome footnote. A new paper in 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 by @colinhillucc.bsky.social argues that #phage should sit within microbiome analysis, with roles in bacterial behaviour & gene flow. 📰 Read: buff.ly/DSMEzuu #Bacteriophages #GutMicrobiome #ScienceCommunication

A 10-amino-acid peptide can act in several ways against microbes. A new paper in 𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐒 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 reviews Killer Peptide, including β-glucan recognition & self-assembly. @colinhillucc.bsky.social @femsjournals.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social 📰 buff.ly/HUyAA3r #AMR #Microbiome

Check out the mBio cover image (Vol 17, Issue 3 - buff.ly/Pqe1IoA) related to our joint publication with the Dept of Life Sciences at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social 📰 buff.ly/bcoN2X8 #phage #microbiome #ucc #phagesky #microsky @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social @colinhillucc.bsky.social @asm.org

A new study in @nature.com reveals how changes in gut microbes during ageing can disrupt communication between the gut and brain, contributing to cognitive decline. Huge congrats to APC collaborators Adrián Cortés-Martín and Colin Hill Read the paper: buff.ly/EYAjYgE #Microbiome #BrainHealth

Bacterial memory could help understand microbial and microbiome function and comes in biochemical, epigenetic and ecological forms Read more via @natmicrobiol.nature.com https://loom.ly/gUoniis

Exploring the concept of bacterial memory - Nature Microbiology

This Perspective discusses the concept, mechanisms and evidence for memory in bacteria at individual and community levels.

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Can bacteria remember? Read our Perspective published today www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Exploring the concept of bacterial memory - Nature Microbiology

This Perspective discusses the concept, mechanisms and evidence for memory in bacteria at individual and community levels.

nature.com

Well done to Dr Hiba Shareefdeen on defending her PhD thesis today. Thanks to co-supervisor Paul Ross and examiners Heather Allison and Cormac Gahan. @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

What role does the microbiome play in the action of pre- pro- post- and syn-biotics? Is it an actor or a stage? @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...

Congratulations to Ciara Tobin (and my co-supervisor ⁦‪@AShkoporov‬⁩) on conducting her PhD viva today. We’re so proud of what she’s done on crAssphage across multiple disciplines. ⁦‪@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

Nice to be quoted in this article by Carl Zimmer in the NYT yesterday @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/h...

Trillions of Viruses Live in Your Body. A.I. Is Trying to Find Them.

The Human Virome Program will analyze samples from thousands of volunteers in an effort to understand how viruses affect health.

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What were the highlights of 2024 in biotic science? Hear ISAPP's current and past Presidents discuss this topic with the ISAPP podcast hosts. They chat about dietary data in biotics studies, progress on probiotics for preterm infants, and more. isappscience.org/episode-48-2...

2024 highlights in biotic science, with ISAPP’s current and past Presidents - International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP)

In this episode, ISAPP’s current President Prof. Maria Marco PhD and past President Prof. Dan Merenstein join the podcast hosts for a conversation about highlights in biotic science from the past year...

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This study by Nati Rios Colombo shows how off-target effects compromise treatment of C. difficile in a bacterial community Full article: Synergistic and off-target effects of bacteriocins in a simplified human intestinal microbiome: implications for Clostridioides difficile infection control

Feel like this paper slipped under the radar on ‘the other platform’ so giving it another airing here. Phage can significantly remodel the bacteriome in faecal samples - yet another confounder 🙄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dynamic nature of viral and bacterial communities in human faeces

Bacteriophages are a major component of the gut microbiome and are believed to play a role in establishment and stabilization of microbial communities…

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First post on a lovely story from the lab that shows that Faecalibacterium prausnitzii can package its own genome in bite-size segments in phage-like capsids www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...