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Eva Stukenbrock @estukenbrock.bsky.social · 6h

Professorship in plant genetics.
The Botanical Institute at Kiel University is advertising a W2 professorship. Great opportunity to do plant research in the north of Germany. See:
www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...

www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 7h

Relaxed weekend morning walk with mushrooms, birds, and cows
- before a long travel begins today with busy weeks ahead
#MorningWalkWithDog

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 1d

Extracellular ATP is an environmental cue in bacteria

@cp-cellreports.bsky.social

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Extracellular ATP is an environmental cue in bacteria

Extracellular ATP acts as a signal regulating physiology and immunity in eukaryotes and is elevated during intestinal infection or damage. Tronnet et al. show that extracellular ATP reprograms the tra...

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 1d

A Lyt at the end of the tunnel? Unraveling the complex interactions of the N-acetylglucosaminidase LytG in cell wall metabolism

RSC Chemical Biology

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A Lyt at the end of the tunnel? Unraveling the complex interactions of the N-acetylglucosaminidase LytG in cell wall metabolism

The growth and division of the Gram-positive cell requires the coordinated action of enzymes involved in the synthesis and degradation of the heteropolymer peptidoglycan. Herein, we present the use of...

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SPP2389 - Emergent Functions of Bacterial Multicellularity @spp2389.bsky.social · 1d

Our head of #SPP2389 Thorsten Mascher also put the spotlight on the multicellular microbial communities of water kefir - thanks again @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social !
@embo.org #Multicellverse

Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 1d

Thorsten Mascher, speaker of @spp2389.bsky.social at #Multicellverse 👇🏼

Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 3d

Thorsten Mascher talking about amazing water kefir grains. #Multicellverse

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SPP2389 - Emergent Functions of Bacterial Multicellularity @spp2389.bsky.social · 1d

Lena brought her research on cannibalism in Bacillus biofilms to the @embo.org multicellularity workshop! Thanks @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social for the picture! #Multicellverse

Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 1d

@spp2389.bsky.social at #Multicellverse 👇🏼

Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 2d

Lena Friebel is now talking about cannibalism in bacteria! #Multicellverse

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 1d

Thorsten Mascher, speaker of @spp2389.bsky.social at #Multicellverse 👇🏼

Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 3d

Thorsten Mascher talking about amazing water kefir grains. #Multicellverse

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 1d

@spp2389.bsky.social at #Multicellverse 👇🏼

Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 2d

Lena Friebel is now talking about cannibalism in bacteria! #Multicellverse

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 1d

Danny Rozen on experimental evolution of Streptomyces multicellularity - #LeidenBiology @leidenscience.bsky.social

Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 2d

Daniel Rozen is now talking about experimental evolution in Streptomyces. #Multicellverse

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 2d

Co-cultivation rescues suicidal Paenibacillus amylolyticus swarms

#ISMEJournal by Dana Ronin, Mads Frederik Hansen, and Mette Burmølle

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 2d

Binding of Bacillus subtilis dynamin-like protein DynA to the bacterial membrane is essential for effective phage defense

@febsj.bsky.social from @bramkamplab.bsky.social

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FEBS Press

The bacterial dynamin-like protein DynA from Bacillus subtilis plays a key role in phage defense. It binds the plasma membrane through a unique paddle domain in its D1 subunit. This membrane associat....

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 2d

Moved office this week… covers are already on the wall + my publication table needed some update as two manuscripts were accepted during the last week #collaborations

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 2d

Calm morning bike to work with autumn colours
#BikeToWork

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 2d

Single nucleotide switches confer bacteriophage resistance to Pseudomonas protegens

micrLIFE from Christoph Keel
with @dgarrs.bsky.social

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Single nucleotide switches confer bacteriophage resistance to Pseudomonas protegens

Abstract. Phage therapy offers a promising strategy against bacterial pathogens in medicine and agriculture, but the rise of phage-resistant bacteria prese

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 3d

See connected press release at #LeidenBiology @leidenscience.bsky.social

www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 3d

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: László Krasznahorkai
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Nobel Prize in Literature 2025

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 was awarded to László Krasznahorkai, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 3d

Nice photo from #NIME2025 with the acknowledgement slide of Marijan Vidic from our group 🤗

Daniel Tamarit @danieltamarit.bsky.social · 4d

Yesterday the @biosb.bsky.social and Netherlands Integrative Microbial Ecology initiative organised a symposium on #MicrobialEcology. We hosted 80+ researchers, with 10 talks and 10 posters at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. A beautiful chance to hear more about exciting research across the country!

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 3d

A Global Deep Terrestrial Biosphere Core Microbiome

#ISMEcommunications

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A Global Deep Terrestrial Biosphere Core Microbiome

Abstract. The deep biosphere encompasses life beneath the Earth’s surface and constitutes a substantial portion of the planet’s microbial biomass. This stu

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 3d

Carbon source diversity shapes bacterial interspecies interactions

#ISMEJournal

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Carbon source diversity shapes bacterial interspecies interactions

Abstract. Bacterial communities exhibit various classes of interspecies interactions, ranging from synergistic to competitive. As these interaction classes

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 3d

Glad to share a collaboration with Yicen Lin's group at Kunming University of Science and Technology published in ISME Journal

Synergistic biodegradation of polyethylene by experimentally evolved bacterial biofilms
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#MicrobiomeEcology at #LeidenBiology

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 3d

Nice to see our paper made it to the top 5 most cited publications of ISMEJournal...

published in the January issue of 2022 and 347 citations so far

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#MicrobiomeEcology #Bacillus #PlantGrowthPromotion

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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 3d

Check out this great opportunity to metabolically model microbial communities 👇

Christoph Kaleta @kaletalab.bsky.social · 3d

1/4 🌍 We are looking for a passionate #PhD student in #Metabolic #Microbiome #Modeling in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network MenoBrain. Join us at one of Europe’s microbiome research hubs and push the boundaries of microbiome science! @uni-kiel.de
🔗 www.uniklinikum-jena.de/menobrain/en...

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 3d

We present our approach to experimentally evolved a synergistic microbial consortia for polyethylene degradation. We demonstrate how this multi-species biofilm engage in a division of tasks: certain consortia members produce PE degrading enzymes, while others secrete EPS, improving the biofilm

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 3d

Glad to share a collaboration with Yicen Lin's group at Kunming University of Science and Technology published in ISME Journal

Synergistic biodegradation of polyethylene by experimentally evolved bacterial biofilms
academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

#MicrobiomeEcology at #LeidenBiology

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Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CSIC) @cib-csic.bsky.social · 5d

#CIBpapers

The group of Jorge Barriuso at @cib-csic.bsky.social has developed an innovative method to produce bioplastics from agro-industrial waste using a synthetic microbial consortium. The work has been published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

More info 🔗t.ly/jBN6L

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