📢 New MicroBites! Introduction to food leaves a lasting immune imprint 🍲 The move from milk to solid food doesn’t go unnoticed: taste, microbiota, and, strikingly, immune responses shift. 🦠 micro-bites.org/2026/06/22/i...

Introduction to food leaves a lasting immune imprint

The move from milk to solid food doesn’t go unnoticed: taste, microbiota, and, strikingly, immune responses shift.

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This #WorldBreastfeedingWeek, we celebrate more than nutrition 🤱🦠 Research shows mothers help shape their babies’ microbiomes through birth, breastfeeding, and close contact, laying foundations for lifelong health. Every feed helps nurture a thriving microbial community. #WBW2026

Transmissible microbiomes

Can person-to-person interactions define your innermost microbes?

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This #WorldHepatitisDay, innovation is bringing diagnosis closer to patients. New research shows a simple fingerprick test can accurately measure Hepatitis B viral load in just 90 minutes, helping expand access to life-saving care in remote and resource-limited communities. 🩺🌍

HBV Diagnosis through a Fingerprick

Evaluation of a platform for diagnosis of hepatitis B virus through just a fingerstick blood sample.

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📢 New MicroBites! Toxoplasma gondii Parasites Do Not Just Hide in the Brain 🧠 Toxoplasma gondii’s ability to form cysts may protect the host from extensive brain damage 🦠

Toxoplasma gondii Parasites Do Not Just Hide in the Brain

Toxoplasma gondii’s ability to form cysts may protect the host from extensive brain damage.

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📢 New MicroBites! Uncultured and Understudied 🦠 Bacterial genus CAG-170 linked to healthy gut microbiomes worldwide has been uncovered using data analysis and computational tools 👇️

Uncultured and Understudied

Bacterial genus CAG-170 linked to healthy gut microbiomes worldwide has been uncovered using data analysis and computational tools

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📢 New MicroBites! New molecule combats antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus bacteria 💊 Novel ‘TriPcides’ shatter bacterial defense and kill dormant cells 🦠

New molecule combats antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus bacteria

Novel ‘TriPcides’ shatter bacterial defense and kill dormant cells

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📢 New MicroBites! An ancient anti-viral defense system 🥊 Human anti-viral defense system finds ancestry in bacteria 🦠

An ancient anti-viral defense system

Human anti-viral defense system finds ancestry in bacteria

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From plants 🌿 to plankton 🦐, microbes shape life in ways we’re only beginning to understand. 🦠 This World Microbiome Day, celebrate the hidden networks that keep our world alive 🔬🌎 Read more 👇 buff.ly/zoGi6JM

📢 New MicroBites! HBV Diagnosis through a Fingerprick 👆️ Evaluation of a platform for diagnosis of hepatitis B virus through just a fingerstick blood sample. 🦠

HBV Diagnosis through a Fingerprick

Evaluation of a platform for diagnosis of hepatitis B virus through just a fingerstick blood sample.

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Today is #DesertificationAndDroughtDay Dust storms don't just move soil - they transport resilient bacterial communities across the globe. New research shows how biofilm-forming microbes survive extreme heat and drought while traveling on dust particles. 🌍💨🔬

Bacterial nomads

Dust particles are far from inert. Instead, they harbor complex microbial communities, which we are only beginning to understand.

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📢 New MicroBites! Bacterial Personality Uncovered With Single-Cells 🦠 The Secret Lives of Single-Cells: Why it is essential we start discovering bacterial behavior at the level of the individual.

Bacterial Personality Uncovered With Single-Cells

The Secret Lives of Single-Cells: Why it is essential we start discovering bacterial behavior at the level of the individual.

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📣 New MicroBites! How Testosterone Tips the Balance of Infection 🦠 Testosterone secreted on the skin can inadvertently signal bacteria to turn virulent, linking host hormones to increased infection severity. 👇

How Testosterone Tips the Balance of Infection

Testosterone secreted on the skin can inadvertently signal bacteria to turn virulent, linking host hormones to increased infection severity.

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This #WorldOceansDay, let’s reimagine our relationship with the ocean by understanding the hidden forces shaping marine ecosystems. New research reveals how bacteria use toxin-filled “molecular syringes” to impact marine life - interactions that may intensify as oceans warm. 🌊🔬

Microscopic Warfare: T6SS in our Oceans

A study shows Vibrio bacteria use T6SS to inject deadly toxins into shrimp.

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Today is #WorldFoodSafetyDay 🌍🍲 Unsafe food causes 600M illnesses and 420,000 deaths each year. Scientists are now exploring probiotics, plant compounds, and bio-based antifungal solutions to fight deadly toxins in our food chain. 🦠 buff.ly/N9NP8qP

Probiotics: future of food safety?

Aflatoxin, a toxic fungi, can lurk in foods. Researchers are exploring a natural solution: probiotic bacteria found in yoghurt. Can these friendly microbes help to make our food safe?

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Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay, let’s #BeatPlasticPollution 🌍♻️ Only 9% of plastic waste is recycled, while millions of tonnes pollute our oceans each year. Innovative solutions like plastic-eating bacteria and biofilms could help turn waste into sustainable bioplastics. 🦠

Enzymes degrading plastic – an eco-friendly solution to plastic pollution

Novel enzymes can break down plastics into biodegradable compounds. This process can be accelerated by adding biofilms to the mix.

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📣 New MicroBites! Wolbachia hacks the mating game 🦠 How does a tiny bacterium rewire mating decisions? 🦟

Wolbachia hacks the mating game

How does a tiny bacterium rewire mating decisions?

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📣 New MicroBites! Space Wars: The Phage Strikes Back 👾 Bacteria and their viral predators fought an unexpected battle in microgravity that might one day help us combat antibiotic-resistant infections.… 💊 🦠

Space Wars: The Phage Strikes Back

Bacteria and their viral predators fought an unexpected battle in microgravity that might one day help us combat antibiotic-resistant infections.

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Biodiversity isn’t just what we see - it’s what we don’t 🦠 Beneath our feet, hundreds of thousands of soil viruses shape ecosystems, recycle nutrients, and keep our planet running. 🌍️ #InternationalDayforBiologicalDiversity

Unveiling the Hidden World: The Global Atlas of Soil Viruses

Opening a new window into the diverse and ecological roles of viruses living in our soils.

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Bees don’t just work together - they micro-manage 🐝 Their gut bacteria help shape behavior, social roles, and even brain chemistry. No microbes = less teamwork.🦠 Protecting pollinators means protecting their invisible partners too. 👇 #WorldBeeDay

Social dynamics within a beehive are rooted in the gut

Bees got buzz on the brain thanks to their gut microbiome!

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🌱🌍 On the International Day of Plant Health, remember: plants sustain 80% of our food & 98% of our oxygen. Protecting plant health supports One Health - humans, animals & ecosystems. Discover how plants interact with microbes 🦠

How do plants perceive their microbiome?

In this interview, researcher Andreas Keppler explains how plants determine whether to fight or welcome the microbes that colonize them.

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📣 New MicroBites! Socializing promotes gut microbe diversity in babies 👶 Long before sharing toys, children share microbes among each other. An unexpected networking event, happening in nurseries! 🦠 micro-bites.org/2026/04/15/s...

Socializing promotes gut microbe diversity in babies

Long before sharing toys, children share microbes among each other. An unexpected networking event, happening in nurseries!

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🌍💉 World Immunization Week ends today, but the mission continues: protect more people from preventable diseases. Vaccines evolve with viruses, like SARS-CoV-2, driving global protection. 🦠 👉

The Evolution of Vaccines in SARS-CoV-2 Viral Chase

Scientists have recently developed adaptable “train model” vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 variants, showing promising animal trial results with robust antibody responses and reduced viral loads, aim…

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🦟🌍 On World Malaria Day 2026, we’re closer than ever to ending malaria. From vaccines to innovative mosquito research, science is advancing fast. Microbial insights reveal new ways to fight transmission.🔬

Microbial collectibles from mosquitos

A collection of mosquito microbiome

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💉🌍 Today marks World Immunization Week! Vaccines protect all ages & save lives. From mRNA breakthroughs to needle-free innovations, science keeps evolving. 🔬 What if vaccines didn’t need needles? 👉

What If Vaccines Didn’t Need Needles?

Scientists turn dental floss into a potential vaccine tool, targeting a hidden immune hotspot along the gum line.

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📣 New MicroBites! Bacterial nomads 🦠 Dust particles are far from inert. Instead, they harbor complex microbial communities, which we are only beginning to understand. 👇

Bacterial nomads

Dust particles are far from inert. Instead, they harbor complex microbial communities, which we are only beginning to understand.

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📣 New MicroBites! Inside the Viral Workshop 👷 A giant, amoeba-infecting virus survives by spatially reorganizing translation to overcome genetic mismatches with its host. 🦠

Inside the Viral Workshop

A giant, amoeba-infecting virus survives by spatially reorganizing translation to overcome genetic mismatches with its host.

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Space travel isn’t just about rockets - it’s about microbes too 🚀 Fungi like Cryptococcus can become more resilient, and even more dangerous, in microgravity.🍄 As we plan life beyond Earth, understanding these invisible passengers is mission-critical. 🦠

Fungi in Space

How microgravity can help fungi’s pathogenicity

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Science doesn’t just solve problems - it reveals hidden risks. 🧪 Plastic-degrading bacteria could help fight pollution, but in healthcare they may also damage medical materials and impact patient safety. #StandWithScience #WorldHealthDay

The dark side of plastic-degrading bacteria in healthcare

While the ability to degrade plastics might seem beneficial, it poses a threat to the integrity of medical devices and increases the risk of infections.

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📣 New MicroBites! What If Vaccines Didn’t Need Needles? 💉 Scientists turn dental floss into a potential vaccine tool, targeting a hidden immune hotspot along the gum line. 👇

What If Vaccines Didn’t Need Needles?

Scientists turn dental floss into a potential vaccine tool, targeting a hidden immune hotspot along the gum line.

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Today is #InternationalDayofZeroWaste Zero waste can start with microbes 🍽️ Up to 1 billion tonnes of food is wasted yearly - but fungi like Neurospora intermedia can turn food scraps into nutritious, sustainable meals. Rethinking waste = rethinking food systems. Read more 👇

Waste Food into novel cuisine: courtesy Neurospora intermedia

N. intermedia fungus is converting waste food into appetizing, healthier, and sustainable food alternatives.

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