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See-Yeun Ting 陳詩允

@seeyeunting.bsky.social

PI in the Institute of Molecular Biology at Academia Sinica. Studying polymicrobial interaction in bacterial community. http://www.thetinglab.com

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Benjamin Coltman@bcoltman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In a series of workshops last year, we discussed the term ‘synthetic community’ and its usage. It’s so loosely defined and is regularly used to define something which in my eyes isn’t a SynCom. The discussion was also touching on whether the term itself is appropriate.

Nature Reviews Microbiology@natrevmicro.nature.com · 3mo ago

New online! Revisiting the life cycle of temperate phages

Revisiting the life cycle of temperate phages

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41579-026-01318-7The life cycle of temperate bacteriophages involves lytic or lysogenic cycles and has historically served as a model for studying genetic regulation. This Review provides an updated overview of these cycles and highlights their complexities, supporting a greater appreciation of the ecological roles of temperate phages.

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Patricia Bernal@pbernalt6ss.eurosky.social · 5mo ago

Still not in the final format but couldn't wait to share it with you, after a long jpurney to get here. Our latest work (with @davidalbesa.bsky.social lab) on Tke5 T6SS toxin from my favourite bug P. putida KT2440. 🧵 1/5 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Tke5 is a Pseudomonas putida toxin that kills plant pathogens by depolarising membranes - Communications Biology

Physiological and biophysical studies of Tke5 reveal is a pore-forming toxin that kills resilient phytopathogens via ion-selective membrane depolarisation. Neutralised by Tki5, Tke5 offers a targeted ...

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Dor Salomon@drdorsalomon.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It is widely accepted that #T6SS -mediated intoxication occurs only on solid surfaces, where prolonged cell-cell interactions are forced, and not in liquid environments. But is this generalization true? Our new preprint says it isn't. A 🧵 ... biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🦠

Aeromonas adhesins facilitate kin and non-kin attachment to enable T6SS-mediated antagonism in liquid

Bacterial ability to deploy the type VI secretion system (T6SS) against rivals requires prolonged cell-cell interactions. Such interactions are facilitated on solid surfaces but are assumed to be absent in liquid, leading to the conventional dismissal of T6SS-mediated competition in liquid environments. Here, we find that Aeromonas jandaei employs its T6SS to eliminate diverse bacterial competitors in liquid media. Using a workflow that monitors interbacterial competition via prey luminescence, we demonstrate that auto-aggregation and co-aggregation, facilitated by distinct adhesins, enable kin and non-kin recognition and intoxication in a T6SS-dependent manner. Furthermore, we show that another marine bacterium, Vibrio coralliilyticus , employs T6SS to intoxicate rivals in liquid media. Collectively, our results indicate that T6SS-mediated competition in liquid is more common in marine bacteria than previously anticipated, and can be facilitated by diverse molecular mechanisms that govern cell aggregation. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. Israel Science Foundation, https://ror.org/04sazxf24, 1362/21, 2174/22 Swiss National Science Foundation, 51NF40_180541

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See-Yeun Ting 陳詩允@seeyeunting.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Be our IMB colleague! Join us for cool science! [open faculty position at the institute of molecular biology, academia sinica in taiwan] www.nature.com/naturecareer...

OPEN FACULTY POSITION, INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, ACADEMIA SINICA, TAIWAN - 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan job with Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan ...

One tenure-track faculty position is open for a qualified individual to establish an active research program at the IMB.

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Uli Klümper@ulikluemper.bsky.social · last yr.

Always love a good bacterial warfare study: "Horizontal gene transfer of molecular weapons can reshape bacterial competition" by @prokaryota.bsky.social, @jdpal.bsky.social, et al. in @plosbiology.org journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Horizontal gene transfer of molecular weapons can reshape bacterial competition

Bacteria use molecular weapons such as toxins to outcompete rivals, but their horizontal gene transfer can undermine this advantage. This study shows that horizontal gene transfer of toxin plasmids is...

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Nature Microbiology@natmicrobiol.nature.com · last yr.

OUT NOW: Inducible transposon mutagenesis identifies bacterial fitness determinants during infection in mice #microsky 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Inducible transposon mutagenesis identifies bacterial fitness determinants during infection in mice - Nature Microbiology

InducTn-seq, a method for inducible mutagenesis followed by transposon insertion site sequencing, enables temporal control of transposition to bypass population bottlenecks and enable the quantificati...

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Erik van Nimwegen@erikvannimwegen.bsky.social · 2y ago

What do bacterial cells do when they run out of nutrients? Although most bacterial studies focus on cells in exponentially growing states, in the wild bacteria likely spend most of their time slowly starving to death. 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

E. coli prepares for starvation by dramatically remodeling its proteome in the first hours after loss of nutrients

It is widely believed that due to nutrient limitations in natural environments, bacteria spend most of their life in non-growing states. However, very little is known about how bacteria change their p...

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