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Elena Buelow
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Mother. PhD. Interested in:microbiology; antibiotic resistance; microbiota research; life.
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Elena Buelow @elenabuelow.bsky.social · Jun 2
Very excited to share our study published in Water Research: " The hospital sink drain biofilm resistome is independent of the corresponding microbiota, the environment and disinfection measures." Great collaborative effort @TIMC @chugrenoblealpes.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The hospital sink drain biofilm resistome is independent of the corresponding microbiota, the environment and disinfection measures
In hospitals, the transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) may occur via biofilms present in sink drains, which can lead to infections. Des…
www.sciencedirect.com
Reposted by Elena Buelow
alexjprobst.bsky.social
New article on equitable reuse of public sequencing data, published in @natmicrobiol.nature.com!
Led by the Data reuse core team @lhug.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social Cristina Moraru, @geomicrosoares.bsky.social, @folker.bsky.social and with Anke Heyer and The Data Reuse Consotrium!
September 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social
The role of mobile genetic elements in adaptation of the microbiota to the dynamic human gut ecosystem

#CurrOpinMicrobiol from @lgbacteria.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Reposted by Elena Buelow
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#Fungi in the gut #microbiome ( #mycobiome) are somewhat neglected. This study of gut fungal profiles across natural populations of humans & non-human primates, by @symbionticism.bsky.social &co, reveals significant fungal cospeciation patterns in #hominids @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/46LX4zD
Phylosymbiosis between primates and their gut mycobiomes. Top left: Sample-wise mycobiome composition for each host species. The most abundant fungal genera and classes (Sordariomycetes, Saccharomycetes, and Dothiomycetes) are shown in colored bars, where the lightest color in the gradient designates the sum of all other genera in that fungal class. Light gray shows all other less abundant fungal genera. Top right: Primate phylogeny (left; scale bar shows MYA) and fungal Bray–Curtis beta diversity relationships based on 99% OTUs and aggregated by host species (right; shown with bootstrap support for branch placement and scale bar for relative branch lengths). Bottom: Cophylogenetic fungi with time-calibrated sequence divergences match hominid divergence times. Nucleotide sequence divergence of cophylogenetic fungi was calibrated to the Homo-Pan split (6 Ma), which was then used to estimate the Homo/Pan-G. gorilla split (7.1–9.2 Ma), shown with fungal icons. Estimated speciation times fall within the expected 7.1–9.2 Ma (dark orange) or 6–10 Ma (light orange)
September 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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ulikluemper.bsky.social
🐟💊🦠Our new study in @natwater.nature.com 🐟💊🦠

"Microbial risks triggered by oral administration of antibiotics in fish aquaculture persist long after the legally mandated antibiotic withdrawal time"

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

#microsky #amr
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Microbial risks triggered by oral administration of antibiotics in fish aquaculture persist long after the legally mandated antibiotic withdrawal time - Nature Water
Florfenicol treatment substantially increased the abundance and mobility of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the common carp gut microbiome. The resistome and mobilome profiles failed to return t...
www.nature.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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amazeld.bsky.social
I am so proud to be part of this work, that we initiated Fernando de la Cruz and I, when he was on sabbatical in my lab in 2009... it took so much time for this achievement, 1000 thanks to Raúl Fernández-López! this brought me back to my PhD on cyanobacteria genetics. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Mutations in the circadian cycle drive adaptive plasticity in cyanobacteria | PNAS
Circadian clocks allow organisms to anticipate daily fluctuations in light and temperature, but how this anticipatory role promotes adaptation to d...
www.pnas.org
September 19, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Reposted by Elena Buelow
mmarbout.bsky.social
You like phages ? In this publication, we use metaHiC and our new version of the MetaTOR pipeline to challenge the traditional view of phages with a narrow host range.
@rkoszul.bsky.social @natmicrobiol.nature.com @cnrs.fr @institutpasteur.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Phages with a broad host range are common across ecosystems - Nature Microbiology
Proximity-ligation-based sequencing from 111 samples and 5 environments reveals that a substantial proportion of phages infect multiple species.
www.nature.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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agathe-couturier.bsky.social
Exclusion systems, far from slowing down plasmid spread, are in fact essential to preserve host cell viability and thereby ensure the successful dissemination of conjugative plasmids and antibiotic resistance genes.

@nfrk92.bsky.social
@narjournal.bsky.social

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Exclusion systems preserve host cell homeostasis and fitness, ensuring successful dissemination of conjugative plasmids and associated resistance genes
Abstract. Plasmid conjugation is a major driver of antibiotic resistance dissemination in bacteria. In addition to genes required for transfer and maintena
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September 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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ulikluemper.bsky.social
Excited to share our new Perspective in npj Antimicrobials & Resistance:

"Towards the integration of antibiotic resistance gene mobility into environmental surveillance and risk assessment.”

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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#AMR #microsky
Towards the integration of antibiotic resistance gene mobility into environmental surveillance and risk assessment - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Towards the integration of antibiotic resistance gene mobility into environmental surveillance and risk assessment
www.nature.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Reposted by Elena Buelow
loyteam.bsky.social
Nice summary from Songcan & Marc 🙏 on our discovery of a new microbial energy metabolism 🦠 🧫 ⚡ 🔌

Microbial Iron oxide respiration coupled to Sulfide Oxidation (MISO)

@nature.com Research Briefing 😍 doi.org/10.1038/d415...

📰 Original paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#microsky #microbiomesky
Iron-respiring microbes could have a role in sulfur cycling
A species of bacteria grows when both ferrihydrite and sulfide are present, but not when either is absent.
doi.org
September 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Reposted by Elena Buelow
zaminiqbal.bsky.social
Sometimes you meet absolutely incredible bioinfo-magicians.
It was a huge privilege when @shenwei356.bsky.social
joined our group for a year on an @embl.org sabbatical.
While here, he developed a new way of aligning to
millions of bacteria, called LexicMap 1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Efficient sequence alignment against millions of prokaryotic genomes with LexicMap - Nature Biotechnology
LexicMap uses a fixed set of probes to efficiently query gene sequences for fast and low-memory alignment.
www.nature.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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gemccallum.bsky.social
Delighted to have this review out with @jpjhall.bsky.social!

We discuss the risk of transmission of antimicrobial resistance in the hospital sink drain microbiome, highlight studies providing evidence of transfer, and consider strategies to mitigate these risks 🪠🦠

doi.org/10.1038/s442...
The hospital sink drain microbiome as a melting pot for AMR transmission to nosocomial pathogens - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - The hospital sink drain microbiome as a melting pot for AMR transmission to nosocomial pathogens
doi.org
July 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
elenabuelow.bsky.social
Very excited to share our study published in Water Research: " The hospital sink drain biofilm resistome is independent of the corresponding microbiota, the environment and disinfection measures." Great collaborative effort @TIMC @chugrenoblealpes.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The hospital sink drain biofilm resistome is independent of the corresponding microbiota, the environment and disinfection measures
In hospitals, the transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) may occur via biofilms present in sink drains, which can lead to infections. Des…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Reposted by Elena Buelow
ulfdahle.bsky.social
Climate change is projected to worsen #AMR in LMICs, due to poor healthcare infrastructure and environmental vulnerability. Development strategies (improving sanitation, healthcare access, immunization) are more effective combating AMR than reducing antibiotic use.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Changing climate and socioeconomic factors contribute to global antimicrobial resistance - Nature Medicine
Forecast models of bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance records from 101 countries reveal that the global burden of AMR is associated with the impact of climate change intertwined wit...
www.nature.com
May 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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epcrocha.bsky.social
Our paper on how integrons are biobanks of novel minimal defense systems is now out www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Two main conclusions on this excellent work led by @eloilittner.bsky.social @baptistedarracq.bsky.social 1/n
May 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
elenabuelow.bsky.social
I am very proud to have played an important role in this exciting collaboration: I am very excited to share this fantastic Preprint from Pelican Health about their revolutionary ingestible sampling device to collect samples from the human luminal small intestine.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Profiling the human luminal small intestinal microbiome using a novel ingestible medical device
The invasive nature of sample collection for studying the small intestinal (SI) microbiome often results in its poor characterization. This study evaluated a novel ingestible medical device (MD) for S...
www.medrxiv.org
May 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Profiling the human luminal small intestinal microbiome using a novel… | Elena Buelow
I am very excited to share this fantastic Preprint from Pelican Health about their revolutionary ingestible sampling device to collect samples from the human luminal small intestine. I invite you to ...
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April 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
elenabuelow.bsky.social
Very much needed and relevant!
April 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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wvschaik.bsky.social
Interesting paper

Genomic epidemiology and phylodynamics of Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream isolates in China

'A. baumannii is evolving from a low-virulence, multidrug-resistant pathogen to a more virulent one'

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genomic epidemiology and phylodynamics of Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream isolates in China - Nature Communications
The genomic epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii, which is rising in virulence and multidrug resistance, was explored. This study examined bloodstream infection isolates from Chinese patients in 20...
www.nature.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Reposted by Elena Buelow
ulikluemper.bsky.social
Our new paper out in STOTEN:

Plastic-mediated transformation: A new route to navigate plasmid-borne antibiotic resistance genes

led by Ifra Ferheen & Roberto Spurio

doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
#amr
Redirecting
doi.org
April 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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kateduncan.bsky.social
Just got my tickets 🎦
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OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | OFFICIAL TRAILER | GLOBAL CINEMA EVENT FROM MAY 8 | Altitude Films
YouTube video by Altitude Films
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April 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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ulikluemper.bsky.social
We are hiring! - Please share

We have an open postdoc or PhD position in aquatic ecology with a research focus on fish ecology and the application of molecular tools in ecological research.

Join us at @tudresden.bsky.social Institute for Hydrobiology

www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste...
Vacancy ID 12068
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April 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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wvschaik.bsky.social
New paper from Gerry Wright and colleagues just landed.
March 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Reposted by Elena Buelow
kateduncan.bsky.social
New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria discovered in technician’s garden www.nature.com/articles/d41...
New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria discovered in technician’s garden
The molecule targets bacteria in a way that other drugs don’t.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Reposted by Elena Buelow
evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social
Release of extracellular DNA by Pseudomonas sp. as a major determinant for biofilm switching and an early indicator for cell population control

@cp-iscience.bsky.social from Frank Delvigne

www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Release of extracellular DNA by Pseudomonas sp. as a major determinant for biofilm switching and an early indicator for cell population control
Biological sciences; Microbiology; Microbiofilms
www.cell.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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alicele.bsky.social
... and finally the paper is out on microbial genomics!

www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Plasmid conjugation drives within–patient plasmid diversity
Plasmids are well-known vehicles of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) gene dissemination. Through conjugation, plasmid-encoded AMR genes are spread among neighbouring bacteria, irrespective of their stra...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
March 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM