Virulent strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are more disruptive during invasion of a microbial model community #THoR #SynCom FEMS Microbiology Letter by Emil Burman, Mikkel Anbo, @larsjelsbak.bsky.social and Johan Bengtsson-Palme academic.oup.com/femsle/advan...

Virulent strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are more disruptive during invasion of a microbial model community

Abstract. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a major opportunistic pathogen involved in cystic fibrosis and many nosocomial infections, exhibits strong competitive ab

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Decoding dark septate endophyte symbiosis: A functional and ecological perspective academic.oup.com/femsre/advan...

Decoding dark septate endophyte symbiosis: A functional and ecological perspective

Abstract. Plant root microbial symbioses influence plant performance and ecosystem processes. Among these, dark septate endophyte (DSE) fungi are ubiquitou

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From Disturbance to Resilience: Early Microbial Community Establishment in Landslide Soils of New Zealand academic.oup.com/femsec/advan... #jcampubs

Bacterial sulfoquinovose cycling across aquatic ecosystems | FEMS Microbiology Reviews | Oxford Academic academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...

🦠 Outsmarting Staphylococcus aureus requires thinking beyond antibiotics. Could nanomedicine be the next frontier? Yedavally et al. explore how nanoscale therapies can target intracellular infections, disrupt biofilms, and help tackle antimicrobial resistance. #FEMSMicrobiolRev buff.ly/xNdo1GS

Pseudomonas has become a cornerstone model organism for studying environmental adaptation, host interactions, antimicrobial resistance, biofilm formation, and biotechnology. Explore our new curated collection in #FEMSMicrobiolRev: buff.ly/bTrkYie

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How does epithelial polarity shape Chlamydia trachomatis infection? 🦠 🧫 In this review, Hovhannisyan & Rudel @uni-wuerzburg.de highlight this overlooked aspect of host–pathogen interactions and its impact on disease. 👉️ buff.ly/lyElCoY

How does epithelial polarity shape Chlamydia trachomatis infection? 🦠 🧫 In this review, Hovhannisyan & Rudel @uni-wuerzburg.de highlight this overlooked aspect of host–pathogen interactions and its impact on disease. 👉️ buff.ly/lyElCoY

Phages play a fundamental role in shaping microbial communities, influencing ecosystem processes, and driving microbial evolution.This curated reading list brings together recent research from the FEMS Journals highlighting the ways phages shape our world. All open access: buff.ly/YAbMjzV

Once overlooked, small proteins are now recognized as widespread and functionally important players in prokaryotic biology. This reading list highlights recent discoveries in the field and offers a preview of an upcoming microLife thematic issue on the same topic: buff.ly/jmUbusn

🌟 Editor's Choice Closing the loop with green methanol 🌱🧪 Read how A. Mauri et al. optimize and scale up L-malic acid production in #Ogataea_polymorpha, advancing sustainable biomanufacturing from one-carbon feedstocks: 🔗 buff.ly/GKzIxkw #FEMSYeastRes

🔬 Looking to reach the global microbiology community? Exhibit at #FEMSMICRO2027 and connect with researchers, industry leaders, and innovators. Know an organisation that would be interested? Share this opportunity! 👉 buff.ly/oO8d1Eh

A small molecule but a big regulatory network! From virulence regulation to biofilm formation, Vondrova et al. review the diverse c-di-GMP signalling networks that drive #Bordetella pathogenesis. @fbsisti buff.ly/gwyjps1 #FEMSMicrobiolRev

Congratulations to Charlotte Sprason on publishing "C. elegans as an experimental model for resilience-boosting microbiota interventions in non-model ectotherms" in FEMS Microbiology Reviews! Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1093/fems...

Microbial chitinases in the plant holobiont: ecological roles and structural determinants academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...

Microbial chitinases in the plant holobiont: ecological roles and structural determinants

Microbial chitinases act as versatile effector proteins in the plant holobiont, shaping microbiota composition, fungal competition, and plant immune evasio

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📢 Session proposal submissions are now open for #FEMSMICRO2027! Join us in Ljubljana, Slovenia (5–8 July 2027) under the theme Growing Microbial Futures and help shape the scientific programme. ⏰ Submit by 30 Sept 2026 (23:59 CEST) buff.ly/iXYOjPp #FEMSMICRO

From Photosynthetic Electron Flow to Gene Regulation: Redox Signal Transduction in Cyanobacteria academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...

From Photosynthetic Electron Flow to Gene Regulation: Redox Signal Transduction in Cyanobacteria

Abstract. In cyanobacteria, the free-living ancestors of chloroplasts, photosynthesis simultaneously sustains growth and generates reactive oxygen species

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New insights into the role of Ltv1 in cellular homeostasis 🧬 Read how M. Remines et al. reveal that loss of Ltv1 increases oxidative stress and uncovers a key role for this protein in protecting yeast cells from damage: 🔗 buff.ly/h9VrcmE #FEMSYeastRes

Bacterial sulfoquinovose cycling across aquatic ecosystems #microbiology #bacteria #MicroSky @femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org doi.org/10.1093/fems...

Less waste, more value - discover how authors optimized food‑grade Propionibacteriaceae transformation of simple substrates into essential amino acids and bioactive compounds. Read more: buff.ly/LpqvqKe

🐝 Tiny gut. Big discoveries. This review by Hai et al. on the #honeybee gut #microbiome is revealing new insights into host–microbe interactions, antimicrobial resistance, and One Health. #AMR buff.ly/q1eSsfs #FEMSMicrobiolRev

How do commensal bacteria protect against pathogens? @jmghigolab.bsky.social lab identified CSAP-1, a pore-forming protein that mediates bacterial competition and enhances infected zebrafish survival —a promising lead for aquaculture antimicrobial strategies. 👉️ buff.ly/HSn0tLP @pasteur.fr

Microbial chitinases perform functions beyond antagonism, including facilitating host colonization by interfering with chitin-triggered immunity. We review evidence that their diversification reflects adaptation to distinct host-associated ecological niches. academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...

Next up will be @alerecalde.bsky.social "Gene knock-down using type I-D CRISPR targeting in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius" She is also working on other papers like pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39949789/

New components of the community-based DNA-repair mechanism in Sulfolobales - PubMed

After exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, <i>Sulfolobus acidocaldarius</i> cells aggregate in a species-specific manner to exchange DNA and repair double-strand breaks via homologous recombination. Th...

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Genetic engineering of #Rhodotorula_toruloides just got easier🧪 Explore how X. Chen & V. Siewers optimize protoplast transformation to support research and industrial biotechnology: 🔗 buff.ly/udzLfCZ #FEMSYeastRes

How do bacteria survive sudden acid stress? This study shows TolC reinforces the outer membrane to maintain pH balance and prevent cell death in Enterobacter cloacae. Read more: buff.ly/xnZJ2Va

Ghost-rock karst systems remain one of the least explored microbial habitats. This first genome-resolved comparison of ghost-rock & groundwater microbiomes in #FEMSMicrobiolEco sheds light on the potential role of these hidden ecosystems in global biogeochemical processes: buff.ly/WLGGQRN

Our review on the role of fungal G protein-coupled receptor (GPCRs) in interspecies cell-cell communication is finally out.  academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...

The role of fungal G protein-coupled receptors in interspecies cell–cell communication

The review covers recent advances on fungal GPCRs, including their molecular interactions and physiological roles. Illustration created with BioRender.com.

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Este trabajo es muy chulo: Isolation of luminescent symbiont bacteria from marine cephalopods: a practical activity for the study of bacterial quorum sensing academic.oup.com/femsle/artic... @SEMicrobiologia @JISEM_SEM

Isolation of luminescent symbiont bacteria from marine cephalopods: a practical activity for the study of bacterial quorum sensing

A hands-on lab activity uses glowing symbiotic bacteria to visually demonstrate quorum sensing, engaging undergraduate students while building microbiology

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Genetic basis of R-phase H:z27 antigen expression and phylogenetic relationships of Salmonella enterica serovar Senftenberg https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42397167/