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the unculturables: exploratory research & beyond. EMBO-YIP 2003, EAM 2012, adERC 2013, EMBO 2024. https://beja.net.technion.ac.il/
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BejaLab @bejalab.bsky.social · 15d
Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
this project was led by @omernadel.bsky.social and is a joint work between the labs of @bejalab.bsky.social, Debbie Lindell and Oded Kleifeld from @biologytechnion.bsky.social
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📢 New preprint on bioRxiv!

We introduce V4-EXT, a revised 16S rRNA V4 primer set that dramatically improves detection of Patescibacteria and other undersampled lineages

✅ 938 samples
✅ More novel ASVs

Primer choice matters 👀

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

@ppjevac.bsky.social #HuifengHu
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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kostchristian.bsky.social
I am very excited to announce that a fully funded PhD position is available in my group.

Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia

Please RT or forward this information to interested candidates.

Deadline: 11.01.26

More info:

shorturl.at/f1TuF
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
bejalab.bsky.social
Industrial and agricultural chemicals exhibit antimicrobial activity against human gut bacteria in vitro www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Industrial and agricultural chemicals exhibit antimicrobial activity against human gut bacteria in vitro - Nature Microbiology
Screening of 1,076 compounds reveals 168 chemical pollutants with inhibitory effects on gut bacteria and genetic screens indicate commonality between pollutant and antibiotic resistance.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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archaeal.bsky.social
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The Origins of Complex Life | Searching for the Asgards
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
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November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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linsalrob.bsky.social
Long read Metagenomics, #phage and #prophage in the gut by Ami Bhatt's group. Beautiful data showing changes in phages over two years

#phagesky

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long-read metagenomics reveals phage dynamics in the human gut microbiome - Nature
Complex prophage integration dynamics, including low-level induction, cross-family host range and transposase-mediated mobilization, challenge existing paradigms and deepen our understanding of phage–...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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ettema.bsky.social
Come join us! Soon I will be advertising a postdoc vacancy in my group as part of my @erc.europa.eu AdG project 'DARK ROOTS'. Focus of the project will be on phylo- and metagenomic mining of novel prokaryotic lineages. I will soon post a link here - stay tuned, and please repost! #asgardarchaea
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November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Five years ago, researchers at Google DeepMind unveiled AlphaFold2

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AlphaFold is five years old — these charts show how it revolutionized science
Since it was unveiled in 2020, Google DeepMind's game-changing AI tool has helped researchers all over the world to predict the 3D structures of hundreds of millions of proteins.
go.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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selimlab.bsky.social
We discovered a new family of c-di-NMP receptors, widespread in bacteria & regulating🦠motility @pnas.org

A great collab. w/ @mygalperin.bsky.social @vikramalva.bsky.social @thethormannden.bsky.social

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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September 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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archaeal.bsky.social
Diving deep today, 2,700m.

Live stream here youtube.com/@schmidtocea...

#Asgardarchaea
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November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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christophstc.bsky.social
I like the term "intercellular biodiversity" (much more than the old trope of "parasitism") #MicroSky
quantamagazine.bsky.social Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.bsky.social · 2d
According to the microbial ecologist Puri López-García, pictured here at a salt flat in the Chilean Andes, some 25% to 50% of all bacterial cells may be parasites of other cells.
A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life | Quanta Magazine
The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by genome sequencing.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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twenseleers.bsky.social
Harmony in the hive? Think again! 🐝⚔️

Insect societies are famous for cooperation, but beneath the surface lies a brutal conflict over who gets to wear the crown!

Our new review in Biological Reviews explores the evolutionary battleground caused by such caste fate conflict. 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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linsalrob.bsky.social
8.1% success= 91.9% of applicants will hear bad news this arvo 😱
alforrest.bsky.social Alistair Forrest @alforrest.bsky.social · 1d
Be kind to each other.. bad news for most coming in under embargo. We need more funding in the system...
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
bejalab.bsky.social
Microsecond Time-Resolved Cryo-EM Based on Jet Vitrification www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #rhodopsins
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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hbrappap.bsky.social
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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sciencex.bsky.social
Marine viruses can hijack bacterial genes to dismantle cyanobacterial energy systems, redirecting resources for viral replication and potentially impacting global carbon and oxygen cycles. doi.org/hbcnrp
Marine viruses hijack bacterial genes to dismantle and exploit energy systems
Marine viruses deploy a sophisticated Trojan horse maneuver that enables them to dismantle the energy systems of ocean bacteria and use the breakdown products for self-replication.
phys.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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cyanoney.bsky.social
אני מעדיף את השיטות שלך, כמו שהשתמשתם בשביל למצוא הליורודופסין. מטאגנומיקה פונקצונלית. זה הפרוייקט הבא שלי. אבל לא בציאנו.
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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fburki.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#protistsonsky
Single-cell genomics reveals complex microbial and viral associations in ciliates and testate amoebae - Nature Communications
Protist microbiomes are poorly understood. Here, the authors analysed single protist cells to profile their microbiomes and viromes showing that these tiny eukaryotes serve as environmental hubs for h...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
bejalab.bsky.social
Bacteriophage genome-wide transposon mutagenesis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
bejalab.bsky.social
Systematic mapping of bacteriophage gene essentiality with HIDEN-SEQ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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mkddueholm.bsky.social
High-throughput cultivation and isolation of environmental anaerobes using selectively permeable hydrogel capsules. academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
High-throughput cultivation and isolation of environmental anaerobes using selectively permeable hydrogel capsules
Abstract. Over the past two decades, metagenomics has greatly expanded our understanding of microbial phylogenetic and metabolic diversity. However, most m
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November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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micromaresca.bsky.social
One of my absolute favorite studies.
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
bejalab.bsky.social
Faraday effects emerging from the optical magnetic field www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Faraday effects emerging from the optical magnetic field - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Faraday effects emerging from the optical magnetic field
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November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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selimlab.bsky.social
A small contribution from us & Edi Gerhardt @febsj.bsky.social

Highlighting the recent findings: Structure of the NifL-NifA complex controlling nitrogen fixation gene expression in Azotobacter

febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The urgent need for sustainable agriculture places biological nitrogen fixation at the forefront of current biotechnological research. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria play crucial roles in agric...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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hassansalem.bsky.social
Some news 🎉
After five incredible years in Tübingen, it’s time to say goodbye.

Starting February, the Mutualisms Lab will relocate to the John Innes Centre, right next door to @berasymbionts.bsky.social and her group at The Sainsbury Laboratory 🪲🦠
Hassan, Aileen, and a local resident by the Norwich Cathedral.
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
bejalab.bsky.social
Arbitrium systems control lysis/lysogeny through the regulation of small antirepressor proteins www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM