We have published a protocol for the high-throughput chemical phenotyping of bacteria. 🧫 🧪 I began working with the this system over a decade ago and it has already driven key discoveries how maize root bacteria adapt to plant specialized metabolites. Thanks to all collaborators! 🙌

Klaus Schlaeppi@kschlaeppi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Customizable High-Throughput Chemical Phenotyping of Root Bacteria bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?... We describe a flexible, scalable, robust, and affordable method for the chemical phenotyping of bacteria.

Great to see this work published in New Phytologist! 🎉 It’s exciting to see the benzoxazinoid-conditioned soil microbiome in action. 🦠 This study represents an important step forward in understanding how plants shape their growth performance in response to soil microbiomes🌱

Klaus Schlaeppi@kschlaeppi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New study: Benzoxazinoid‐mediated microbiome feedbacks enhance Arabidopsis growth and defence - Stengele - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🧫✨ Excited to share my first publication in microbiological food safety! We investigated 🔍 ready-to-eat meat products in Switzerland for the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A step toward improving food safety. Thanks to Elisabet Marti and the team! 🔬 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...

Frontiers | Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from Swiss ready-to-eat meat products

Antimicrobial resistance is a global health concern, which is partly driven by rising meat consumption, which has led to the intensive farming of livestock t...

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Happy that my 3rd PhD paper is finally out 🎉 We show how maize root bacteria team up to degrade plant host toxins 🌱🦠🤝 Many thanks for the good teamwork to unravel this story!

Klaus Schlaeppi@kschlaeppi.bsky.social · 12mo ago

SynCom of maize root bacteria: in team work, they detox differently. Interacting they redirect the metabolisation to an alternative degradation product. Credits: @lisathoenen.bsky.social, Dr. Christine Pestalozzi & teams @unibas.ch and @unibe.ch. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

A community of microorganisms that can reproduce the flavour attributes of premium chocolate, by fermenting cocoa beans, are reported in Nature Microbiology. go.nature.com/4mH9uOo 🧪

Finallly, the last chapter of my PhD thesis made it out as a preprint 🌽🧫🎉 In a community maize bacteria convert benzoxazinoids to different metabolites than when grown alone www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Synthetic communities of maize root bacteria interact and redirect benzoxazinoid metabolization

Plant roots are colonised by diverse microbial communities. These communities are shaped by root exudates including plant specialized metabolites. Benzoxazinoids are such secreted compounds of maize. ...

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Nice article about our work 🧫🌽🌾

University of Basel@unibas.ch · last yr.

Pesticides and excessive fertilizers harm crops and the environment. As an alternative, farmers can already buy “biologicals” - bacteria, fungi or mixes thereof. But recent research by @kschlaeppi.bsky.social and his team reveals why these often fall short and offers insights on improving them.