It was a pleasure to be involved in this work. Thanks to all involved!

This brought isolates from regular water tests together with genomic analysis: we found the same strain circulating over the whole period, and looked at the substitution rates and larger genome changes over time. The strain has not been found elsewhere, and was not associated with any infections.

Have you ever considered what is lurking in our water pipes, where it comes from, whether you can get rid of it, or if you even need to? Just published: our study on Legionella pneumophila, isolated over 25 years from a large building in Basel. doi.org/10.1099/mgen...

Living my best #ESCMIDGlobal :-)

Thanks! I agree! We have syphilis (Treponema pallidum) in the panel 😁

A slightly different aspect today: my blog post on our recent papers microbiologysociety.org/blog/sexuall....

and I'll @ my wonderful collaborators when they join Bluesky ;-)

I am so grateful to the Institute of Medical Microbiology at the University of Zurich, and the funders from the Bangerter-Rhyner Stiftung.

Using a target enrichment approach across a panel of bacterial STIs doi.org/10.1099/mgen... , we have identified a new lineage of LGV Chlamydia trachomatis doi.org/10.1099/mgen... .

With love in the air, there is no better time to talk about STIs ;-). I am incredibly proud to present back-to-back papers from my lab, published today in Microbial Genomics.

I'm very excited to announce my research group. Our focus is on obtaining genomes from clinical samples without culture. For more information on Enriching Microbiology, be sure to check my website: enrichingmicrobiology.net