Metabolomics of single-strain & co-cultures of 7 Fusarium strains causing Fusarium head blight reveals metabolic modifications induced by strain co-occurrence. FHB metabolomics reveals species‑specific biomarkers & interaction‑driven shifts in co‑cultures www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Unveiling active microbial processes in Earth’s deepest seawater. Hadal microbes show distinct in situ activity, using refractory substrates & diverse electron acceptors to drive unique deep‑ocean biogeochemistry. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #microbiome #ecosystem #MicroSky

Mighty mitochondria: Scientists uncover an unexpected role for fighting bacterial infections, including drug-resistant superbugs. These tiny energy-producing constituents of cells boost the immune response. By Delthia Ricks medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07...

Mighty mitochondria: Scientists uncover new role for fighting bacterial infections, including drug-resistant superbugs

Beyond the nucleus, no other organelle in eukaryotic cells captures the public's imagination quite like mitochondria: They are the engines of cellular energy production; they possess their own DNA, an...

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Microbial community transition & carbon metabolism plasticity under continuous evaporative salinization in hypersaline brines. Microbial communities shift with salinity & K⁺, altering succession & C‑use strategies across evaporation stages www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #MicroSky

Ecosystem Settings & Urbanization Shape Microbial Communities & #AntibioticResistance Genes on Coastal #microplastics Plastispheres differ by habitat & urbanization, with urban mangroves showing the highest #ARG diversity. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #microbiome

Now that you've heard of Cyclospora, what other parasites can you catch from food? Cyclospora cayetanensis & the 3 listed below are protozoa👇 Cryptosporidium Giardia intestinalis Toxoplasma gondii In addition to the above, there are worm infections👇 Trichinella Anisakis Diphyllobothrium Taenia

You've Heard of Cyclospora. What Other Parasites Can You Catch From Food?

Experts describe some of the most common protozoa and worms

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A family of lanthipeptides with anti- #phage function. Lanthivirin gene clusters in Actinobacteria yield matured peptides that block phage DNA replication, revealing new anti‑phage natural products. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #bacteriophage #MicroSky

The #Legionella pneumophila effector SidL is an adenylyltransferase that modifies the glycolytic intermediate 3-phosphoglycerate www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #microbiology #metabolism #OpenAccess #glycolysis #MicroSky

Gut Microbial Diversity & Candidate Keystone Taxa in Indian Tribes: Insights Across Lifestyle-Ecological Continuum & Health Associations. Gut #microbiome of acculturating Indian tribes shows keystone taxa shifts, conserved functions & diversity loss. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #MicroSky

🧵 GETCampy Stories #3 Campylobacter is the leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. Yet we still don't have a licensed human vaccine, and reducing infections remains surprisingly difficult. Why? 👇 #MicroSky #OneHealth #Campylobacter

2026 has become the worst year for measles since 1991. So far there have been 2318 cases nationwide, surpassing the record-breaking tally for 2025. And with five more months of 2026 to go, the measles situation will worsen. Imagine this: 25 years ago, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S.👇

U.S. Measles Case Count Breaks Record

2026 has become the worst year for measles since 1991

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A new cyclosporiasis outbreak—not linked to lettuce—is under investigation. 72 cases counted so far. Health officials did not identify the location of the outbreak, or what they believed was causing it. Welcome Trump's America www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/w...

F.D.A. Announces New Cyclosporiasis Outbreak With 72 Cases (Gift Article)

Health officials did not identify the location of the outbreak, or what they believed was causing it.

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www.pbs.org/newshour/hea... this is a great piece, not least because it shows you how massive breakthroughs often come down to a handful of contingencies, intuitions, and ridiculous tolerance for failure at just the right point in time

The real story behind penicillin

The discovery of penicillin, one of the world's first antibiotics, marks a true turning point in human history -- when doctors finally had a tool that could completely cure their patients of deadly in...

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Bacterial Neurotoxins: The Snake Venoms of the Microbial World -- A Clinical & Bioengineering Approach. #Neurotoxins act as precise probes of neural signaling, influencing synapses, immunity & neurodegeneration. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #neurotoxin #toxin #MicroSky

Maternal vitamin B12 deprivation exacerbates offspring #obesity by reducing early-life colonization with #Bifidobacterium pseudolongum www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #diet #nutrition #MicroSky

Cyclospora spreads via human feces. How did it get into the food supply? The large number of cases suggests excrement entered the food system on a “surprising scale” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/w... Meanwhile, Michigan has a whopping number of cyclosporiasis cases, having already supassed 6100 cases

Cyclospora Spreads Through Human Feces. How Did It Get Into Our Food Supply? (Gift Article)

The large number of cases suggests that excrement entered the food system on a “surprising scale.”

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Researchers: Women have worse signs and symptoms of neurologic long COVID than men. Both previously hospitalized and nonhospitalized women more often cited numbness/tingling, dizziness, headache, and pain than men. Read more: https://bit.ly/45gRwLR

How Viral Proteases Trigger Lytic Cell Death for Universal mRNA Therapy www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #pyroptosis #virology #MicroSky

How to Disentangle Specific vs Non-Specific Transcriptomic Responses in #Yeast www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #transcriptomics #mycology #Saccharomyces #MicroSky

Out @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social, natural products meet bacterial immunity! We used genomics to identify lanthivirins: a family of >2,000 lanthipeptide BGCs that protect Actinobacteria against phages. Led by @hshomar.bsky.social & @mariegllm.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A family of lanthipeptides with anti-phage function

Bacteria produce natural products to adapt to their environments, with phage interactions as major ecological and evolutionary drivers. While some nat…

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Starting with the DNA sequence of a #phage genome, #PholdAPhage will create a 3D reconstruction of the complete phage, almost like you did cryoEM on it! Check out Renee's awesome software github.com/reneegreen81... to assemble unknown phage particles one protein at a time

How Seed Bacterial #Microbiota Shapes Community Assembly and Crop Engineering www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #microbiome #SeedMicrobiome #microbiology #endophyte #MicroSky

Studies are documenting devastating side effects in the ongoing measles epidemic that have ranged fro brain swelling to sepsis. Those most likely to end up hospitalized live in South Carolina and Utah 👇

Studies Document Brain Swelling, Sepsis in U.S. Measles Outbreaks

Kids and the unvaccinated were most likely to end up hospitalized in South Carolina and Utah

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New: Late last night, Taylor Farms quietly posted an official recall notice We now know that the parasite-linked iceberg lettuce was shipped to Walmart & food distributors in 27 (!) states It was for some reason still being sent out up until Thursday July 16 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

Parasite-Linked Lettuce Was Sent to Walmart Stores and Food Distributors in 27 States - Consumer Reports

Taylor Farms' recalled the parasite-linked lettuce it said was sent to Walmart stores, Sysco, and other food distributors in 27 states.

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Current advances in the development of #NipahVirus vaccines www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #NiV #zoonosis #Nipah #microbiology #virology #MicroSky #MedSky

Fish gut-water interface as a hotspot for the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes across natural and #aquaculture systems www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #virulence #AntibioticResistance #MicroSky

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Microbial foods as scalable platforms toward a circular protein economy for sustainable nutrition

Protein is essential to human health, but current supply remains dominated by animal-based sources, with substantial environmental and social costs. S…

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Taylor Farms has pulled iceberg lettuce linked to the cyclosporiasis outbreak out of the supply chain. The company added it's "voluntarily removing" iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico after it was linked to one of the largest outbreaks of the parasitic illness in the US in recent years👇

Taylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce linked to cyclosporiasis outbreak

Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.

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#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #publichealth These findings in a limited Phase 1B clinical study suggest that gut microbiome diversity prior to #immunotherapy may influence host response. These results provide a basis for further investigation into microbiome-based strategies to improve efforts to manage #HIV.

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Pre-treatment Gut Microbiome Diversity and Function Linked to Cytotoxic and Natural Killer Cell Immune Responses after N-803 Treatment in People with HIV ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 https://bit.ly/4fCk2NW

Getting vaccinated saves lives. New data shows that global immunization coverage has moved forward in 2025. 85% or 110 million infants were immunized in 2025—nearly 1 million more infants than the previous year. Let’s make sure children don’t miss out living healthy & joyful lives: bit.ly/4pvS1uX