Happy to share our latest review on @isme-microbes.bsky.social. We discussed how (intra- or interpopulation) cell-cell distances shape microbial interactions and enable community-level outcomes. Several hypotheses are proposed and we are testing them! doi.org/10.1093/isme...

Influence of cell-cell distance on the ecology and evolution of microbial communities

Abstract. Microorganisms assemble into spatially structured communities in which neighboring cells are separated by highly heterogeneous cell-cell distance

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New in #mLife How do protists respond to multiple chemical stressors in wastewater microbiomes? Ding et al. show that protists remain highly resilient—and can even thrive—under combined exposure to ciprofloxacin, triclosan, and Cu²⁺. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/mlf2...

Ancient soils may lose biodiversity, but do they lose function? Using a 400,000-year ecosystem chronosequence, @deuterioh.bsky.social et al. found that microbial communities become more stable and increase genetic potential for N and P cycling despite nutrient depletion. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/mlf2...

Ancient soils may lose biodiversity, but do they lose function? Using a 400,000-year ecosystem chronosequence, @deuterioh.bsky.social et al. found that microbial communities become more stable and increase genetic potential for N and P cycling despite nutrient depletion. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/mlf2...

mLife Volume 5, Issue 3 is now online! This issue features reviews, original research, methods, news & views, and correspondence across microbial ecology, virology, bacterial physiology, AMR, phage therapy, and environmental microbiology. Read the issue: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/2770100x...

mLife Volume 5, Issue 3 is now online! This issue features reviews, original research, methods, news & views, and correspondence across microbial ecology, virology, bacterial physiology, AMR, phage therapy, and environmental microbiology. Read the issue: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/2770100x...

New in #mLife: How do bacteria reverse toxin-imposed protein modifications? Chen and Guo et al. reveal that the Fic-1–AntF toxin–antitoxin complex from Pseudomonas bijieensis functions as a deAMPylase to regulate DNA gyrase activity. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/mlf2...

Cell-to-cell cooperation through membrane vesicles enhances antibiotic persistence @science.org @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New in #mLife: How do plant-pathogenic bacteria become resistant to streptomycin? Xu, Qian et al. identify a novel plasmid, pCM3, in Clavibacter michiganensis, revealing a phosphorylation-driven mechanism of streptomycin resistance. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/mlf2...

Exciting news! mLife’s 2025 JCR Impact Factor has reached 6.7, with a 5-year IF of 6.8, ranking Q1 in Microbiology (23/167). We thank our authors, reviewers, editors, and readers for their trust and support. Submit your next discovery to #mLife👉🏻https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2770100x

A new #mLife review explores a hidden carbon frontier: where land meets the sea. It shows how microbes transform, release, or preserve organic carbon, and proposes a land–sea MCP framework linking marine, soil, and mineral carbon pumps. Read more: doi.org/10.1002/mlf2...

Phage therapy is promising to kill drug-resistant bacteria—but finding the right phage is slow. A new ramanome-based phage susceptibility test (RPST) identifies efficient phages within ~1 h. Faster answers, better treatments! Paper: doi.org/10.1002/mlf2... Try RPST: github.com/qibebt-bioin...

🦠Mycobacteria include major human and animal pathogens, environmental species, and key models for studying bacterial cell envelopes, drug resistance, host adaptation, and phage defense. Six #mLife papers highlights recent advances in Mycobacteria research. ⬇️

A major opportunistic pathogen, 🦠Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes hard-to-treat infections due to biofilms, virulence regulation and multidrug resistance. Explore 6 #mLife papers on its signaling, phages, motility, metabolism & therapy. ⬇️

Infection Control in focus — #mLife highlights! From pathogen genomics and AMR surveillance to antimicrobial peptides, adjuvants, antibodies, nanomaterials and antivirulence strategies, these studies explore new ways to fight infectious disease. 🧵11 papers below ⬇️

🧪 Microbial Techniques in focus — #mLife Collection II! From CRISPR tools and RNA editing to microfluidics, machine learning, antimicrobial nanomaterials and protein redesign, these papers showcase new methods powering microbiology. 🧵7 highlights below ⬇️

Cell motility enhances metabolic coupling in spatially structured microbial communities (Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1-based experiments + modelling) bioRxiv by @miaoxiaor.bsky.social (Roy), Olga Schubert, and Martin Ackermann (@micsysecolab.bsky.social) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

📢 mLife Volume 5, Issue 2 is now online: doi.org/10.1002/mlf2... This issue features advances in anti-CRISPR biology, mNGS diagnostics, microbial stress tolerance, antibiotic persistence, gut repair, fungal epigenomics, rapid bacterial ID & more. 🧵Highlights below ⬇️

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New preprint from my postdoc work! We resolve a problem identified by Alma (doi.org/10.1038/s415...) : How can metabolic interactions persist despite clonal clustering separating partners? We show that cell motility disrupts clustering and enhances interactions. doi.org/10.64898/202...

🎉Exciting news! We ( #mLife and #mBio @asm.org ) launch a joint award to recognize outstanding early-career researchers in microbiology. If you’re driving innovation, this is your chance to be recognized by leading journals! Apply or nominate by July 31 : 🔗 journals.asm.org/mbio/mlife-j...

🎉Exciting news! We ( #mLife and #mBio @asm.org ) launch a joint award to recognize outstanding early-career researchers in microbiology. If you’re driving innovation, this is your chance to be recognized by leading journals! Apply or nominate by July 31 : 🔗 journals.asm.org/mbio/mlife-j...

Microbial Ecology Collection II — continued new insights from #mLife! From forests to oceans, from deep biosphere to Mars analogs, these studies reveal how microbes shape ecosystems, evolve, and adapt to extreme environments. 10 highlights below ⬇️

Bacterial Pathogenesis in focus — #mLife highlights! From host–pathogen interactions to signaling, metabolism, and immune evasion, these studies reveal how bacteria sense, adapt, and cause disease across hosts. 12 key papers below ⬇️

New #mLife article! How do desert cyanobacteria survive extreme desiccation? This study shows that osmotic signaling controls “sunscreen” biosynthesis (MAAs), enabling protection against dehydration stress and environmental extremes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/mlf2...

Osmotic signaling governs sunscreen biosynthesis to safeguard desert cyanobacteria against desiccation

Mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) are natural sunscreens synthesized by a wide range of organisms. Although the induction of MAA production by ultraviolet radiation is well established, the signali...

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Our new work is out in @natwater.nature.com Bacteria release nano-sized membrane particles called Extracellular vesicles (EVs). We show that EVs enable protected delivery for nutrients and enzymes, reshaping metabolic interactions and biogeochemical cycling. doi.org/10.1038/s442...

Cutting-edge microbial techniques you should know— #mLife Collection I! 🔥From AI-driven protein design to single-cell analysis, genome editing, and environmental monitoring, these mLife papers are redefining how we study and engineer microbes. 11 highlights below ⬇️

Bacteriophages are evolving clever ways to outsmart CRISPR-Cas immunity! A latest review in #mLife highlights recent discoveries of noncanonical anti-CRISPR (Acr) mechanisms that go beyond simple steric blockade. Read more: doi.org/10.1002/mlf2...

Bacteriophages are evolving clever ways to outsmart CRISPR-Cas immunity! A latest review in #mLife highlights recent discoveries of noncanonical anti-CRISPR (Acr) mechanisms that go beyond simple steric blockade. Read more: doi.org/10.1002/mlf2...

#iDOM is a R package designed to move beyond descriptive #FT-ICR-MS analyses by integrating statistical tools for #DOM composition, diversity, and environmental responses. Code & tutorials: github.com/jianjunwang/...

GitHub - jianjunwang/iDOM: Statistical analysis of dissolved organic matter based on high-resolution mass spectrometry

Statistical analysis of dissolved organic matter based on high-resolution mass spectrometry - jianjunwang/iDOM

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7. iDOM for dissolved organic matter analysis A statistical framework for analyzing high-resolution mass spectrometry data, advancing our understanding of dissolved organic matter in ecosystems. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/mlf2...

Microbial Ecology in focus — #mLife Collection I From single-cell heterogeneity to global biogeography, and from uncultured microbes to ecosystem functioning, these studies reveal how microbial communities are structured, function, and evolve. ⬇️10 papers in the Collection I