New online! Predation in microbial communities: gradients of nutritive killing

Predation in microbial communities: gradients of nutritive killing

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 08 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41579-026-01299-7In this Review, Vasse and Velicer explore the phylogenetic and functional diversity of predators of microorganisms, conceptualizing the forms of microbial predation along gradients, including gradients of evolutionary adaptedness for predation and privatization of prey-derived nutrients.

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ICYMI: New online! Predation in microbial communities: gradients of nutritive killing

Predation in microbial communities: gradients of nutritive killing

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 08 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41579-026-01299-7In this Review, Vasse and Velicer explore the phylogenetic and functional diversity of predators of microorganisms, conceptualizing the forms of microbial predation along gradients, including gradients of evolutionary adaptedness for predation and privatization of prey-derived nutrients.

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Studies have shown that sleep deprivation can be equal to the effects of drinking alcohol for reaction time & attentiveness. For multiple nights now, many Basel residents won't have slept well in extreme heat - but may still be driving or operating machines. Be safe in this extreme heat everyone!

What’s holding back clinical use of phage therapy in the UK? Our workshop last year brought together international experts, biotech and regulators to find out Meeting Report out now in Nature Microbiology with our take on the challenges and opportunities facing the UK phage therapy sector

Nature Microbiology@natmicrobiol.nature.com · 6mo ago

Out Now! Realizing phage therapy in the UK #MicroSky

Application deadline for this postdoc position in my group closing next week 🦠 thank you all who have shared so far!

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UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   The Faculty of Biology and Pre-Clinical Medicine invites applications for a   Professurship (W2) in Microbiology   To be...

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The Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH) and the Faculty of Biosciences invite applications for a   Tenure Track Professors...

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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

We are happy to share the presentation about the "Partner Search Tool" from the recent #EUPOHAMR webinar: 2026 Joint Transnational Call, "Treatments and adherence to treatment protocols". Watch the presentation by Alicja Dylag at @ncn.gov.pl, Poland. youtu.be/KDhKQeIEZ1U?... #AMR

EUP OHAMR: Presentation for Call Applicants

YouTube video by The European Partnership on One Health AMR

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Ever wondered what happens if 💊antibiotics are not effective anymore? In this online article I summarize the efforts in the field using 🦁🦠predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus as ‘living antibiotic’: tinyurl.com/4dmt9dps #AntimicrobialResistance #AMR

Combatting AMR: The potential of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus as a ‘living antibiotic’

Simona Huwiler discusses the potential of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, a predatory bacterium, to address the growing concern of AMR.

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🚨Preprint alert - this is a big one! We transfer the revolutionary power of TnSeq to bacteriophages. Our HIDEN-SEQ links the "dark matter" genes of your favorite phage to any selectable phenotype, guiding the path from fun observations to molecular mechanisms. A thread 1/8

🚀New preprint from our lab! I am very excited to finally share what has been the main focus of my PhD for the past almost 3 years! It is about viral dark matter and a powerful tool we built to shed light on it. 🧬💡 Continue reading (🧵)

When you met your other half in a lab working on molybdenum cofactor (Moco), somehow this museum selfie seems appropriate

✨Opportunity to join the 🦁🦠 Predatory Bacteria lab! My lab will move to University of Bern (CH) in April 2026 based on my #ERCStG. Therefore, we are looking for: -a PhD student (shorturl.at/mt0LR) -a 50% Technical Assistant/Lab manager (shorturl.at/0IIKe) 🙏Thanks for sharing. #MicroSky

We're hiring! Clinical Assistant Professor in Infectious Diseases. Great group of physicians and great community!

Join us in Colorado next spring for the Keystone Symposia “Beyond #Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating #BacterialInfection”. Registrations are now open! Details below ⬇️

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Registration is now open for @keystonesymposia.bsky.social "Beyond #Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating #BacterialInfection." Deadline for scholarships and abstract selected short talks is Jan 7! Join us this May for an amazing meeting! keysym.us/KSBeyondAntibiotics26 #KSBeyondAntibiotics26

This #WAAW Don’t forget to get your awesome AMR abstracts submitted to join us in Hinxton to discuss AMR genomics, innovations in diagnostics, therapeutics, and data analytics, and novel mechanisms of antimicrobial survival! #AMR2026

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Registration is now open for @keystonesymposia.bsky.social "Beyond #Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating #BacterialInfection." Deadline for scholarships and abstract selected short talks is Jan 7! Join us this May for an amazing meeting! keysym.us/KSBeyondAntibiotics26 #KSBeyondAntibiotics26

Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection | Keystone Symposia

Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies for Combating Bacterial Infection, May 2026, in Breckenridge, with field leaders!

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Mycorrhizal networks transfer jasmonic acid to recruit pathogen-suppressors @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Spotlight from @dromius.bsky.social on @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social paper from Zhong Wei/Xingang Zhou with @mrillig.bsky.social @mvanderheijden.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/micro...

Mycorrhizal networks transfer jasmonic acid to recruit pathogen-suppressors

Common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) formed by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi interconnect neighbouring plants. New evidence from Zhang et al. demonstrates that CMNs transfer jasmonic acid from necrotroph...

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Our article on a 🛠️ molecular toolbox 🛠️ in predatory bacterium 🦁🦠 Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is published in PLOS Genetics (=> tiny.cc/6wuu001). 🎉 This supports the research on this bacterial predator-prey system & future bioengineering efforts. #MicroSky #SyntheticBiology #PredatoryBacteria

Working in the field of Microbial Sensing, Signaling, and Regulation? Apply for the upcoming STIM GRC soon to be considered for a short talk! See you in sunny Ventura www.grc.org/sensory-tran...

Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe! We are uniting two research powerhouses. For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more. Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.

One of nature’s tiniest predators 🦁 is Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus which kills, invades & eats up other bacteria 🦠. Studying predator protein abundances we found a bacterial prey-degradation enzyme. Read full blog article in Springer Nature Research Community here: tiny.cc/zmju001 #Microsky

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Oded Rechavi@odedrechavi.bsky.social · 10mo ago

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)

📢 Join the Microbiology Society at Innovations Against AMR 2025! We’ll be leading a Policy Workshop exploring how science, regulation and innovation come together to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). 👉 Register for free here: www.medilinkmidlands.com/event/in-per... #AMR

IN PERSON Event: Innovations Against AMR 2025 - Medilink Midlands

The 4th annual Innovations Against AMR summit, co-organised by Medilink Midlands and Cytecom, will convene experts […]

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Pls share: A postdoctoral research position is available in the group of Prof. Dr. Kirsten Jung at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany focusing on SRBs (www.bio.lmu.de/en/research/...)

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Information about research topics and publications about the group around Kirsten Jung

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Multiple small, curved, predatory bacteria (Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus) lyse the bacterial prey remnants below. How are they doing this & which predator proteins are involved in this process? See our newly released research article 📑 => rdcu.be/eL6gu 🦠 #microsky #bacteria #PredatoryBacteria