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A blog that aims to share appreciation for the width & depth of microbial activities. Posts by Christoph, not necessarily the opinion of all team members of Small Things Considered (STC) https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 26m

isn't this slip not quite common among mycologists? 😎

STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 29m

christoph: just popped up in my memory that the above video wasn't in the supplement of their paper but could be downloaded from the website of the lab www.k2.phys.waseda.ac.jp and the download links of the movies are still there 🙂 www.k2.phys.waseda.ac.jp/Movies.html

kinosita lab homepage, screen capture
http://www.k2.phys.waseda.ac.jp/

STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 2h

christoph: me too. can't get the elegant (schick) shape of 𝘙𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘻𝘢𝘦 out of my mind...
but lacking stock of fusilli/rotini, I resorted to ravioli instead 😋

STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 3h

christoph: 👇😜

banksy's shredded painting
source: https://news.sky.com/story/banksys-part-destroyed-painting-on-display-with-shredder-disabled-11628443

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 3h

can you imagine any similarity to the (E. coli) SecYEG translocon + SRP pathway?

figure from: Draycheva Thesis
Source: Georg-August Universität Göttingen https://share.google/RpVtnNz3qhFLldYwz

STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 5h

...this video, the link to STC is presently not possible (changing our platform)

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 5h

christoph: great paper! blew my mind when I first read it. one of the first occasions when I realized that videos genuinly belong in scientific publications. (we had it in 2014 in STC in the 'Pictures Considered' series.)

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 6h

ribosomologists take note 👇

archaeal ribosome hibernation factors aRDF, Dri, ...and now: Hib (see ALT)
#Archaea #ArchaeaSky

c. Hib 3D structure. The N-terminal domain of Hib (1-269) is made up of four CBS domains. Two CBS domains
interacts through their beta-sheets to form a bateman module. Two bateman modules interact to form a disk-like
structure defined as parallel CBS module in51. Each CBS domain consists of three-standed (two parallel and one
anti-parallel) b-sheet with two a-helices52. In domains 2,3 and four the first beta strand is less well defined and
extended, as already mentionned in other CBS-domain containing structures. One long loop is inserted between
a8 and b10 of the third CBS domain. The C-terminal domain (272-387) has the babbba topology found in all
bacterial HPF/RaiA-like structures. The five last residues are not visible in the cryo-EM map.

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 1d

christoph: this 👇 is how I like to prepare gnocchi al gorgonzola: with lots of prezzemolo, panna da cucina in 1:2 ratio with gorgonzola, parmigiano grattugiato (more details in the cookbook I wrote for my son)

STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 1d

christoph: my personal favourite is gorgonzola, gorgonzola dolce 👇 to be precise. this cheese – also made by 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 spp. – usually comes with a "blond" rind

gorgonzola dolce
source: https://www.deliziefoods.com/cheeses/p/gorgonzola-ambrosi

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 1d

see more > youtu.be/zJ_eHwGFczo

Spanish women preserving the world’s most expensive cheese | REUTERS

YouTube video by Reuters

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 1d

christoph: the cabrales cheese they make in asturias, spain, has when ripe a phenotype described as:

"Soft, thin, creamy rind of gray color with yellow-reddish areas." (ref. in ALT)

apparently, the 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 spp. responsible has been with the cheesemakers for quite a while...

#FungiFriends

cabrales cheese
source: https://spanishclub.blog/foods/cabrales-the-prince-cheese-of-spain.html

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 1d

...don't tell me we're all nothing but 'tagliatelle ai funghi porcini' 😜

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Microbetv @microbetv.bsky.social · 2d

Today Dr. Jeff Gralnick, Professor of the Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences at the University of Minnesota joins the #QualityQuorum to tell us a shocking story about how his research group studies the relationship between electrons, microbes, and metals
@markowenmartin.bsky.social

Matters Microbial #111: Shocking Tales of Metal-Loving Microbes

YouTube video by MicrobeTV

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Mark O. Martin @markowenmartin.bsky.social · 2d

New episode of #MattersMicrobial! The superlative Dr. Jeff Gralnick chats with the #QualityQuorum about bacteria that breathe metal! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord! @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv

youtu.be/rh-TK2Bvxj8?...

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 2d

christoph: nothing wrong with 'aqualung', but they got me with 'bourée' from their 1st album (from '69 👀)

STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 2d

#SymbioSky #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky
the plot thickens 👇 as we all suspected and feared(?), organellogenesis is not straightforward, but rather, well,... a thicket ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Figure 7. Graphical representation of the key events that lead to plastid organellogenesis. Novel features identified in Sinophysis are highlighted below the well-studied features.
source: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680570v1

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The EMBO Journal @embojournal.org · 3d

Type IV secretion systems: from structures to mechanisms
Kévin Macé and colleagues summarize recent structural insights into the assembly and function of bacterial type IV secretion systems
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 3d

𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 fans take note 👇

"𝘗. 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢 senses EPS trails using type IV pili and adhesins during biofilm formation"

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MicroSky

figure from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02087-4

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 3d

#SymbioSky #ProtistsOnSky

𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘴 & Company (Alphaproteobacteria: Holosporales)

Bodo saltans
source: https://www.gbif.org/ru/species/7761641

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 3d

micro-nano = femto ✔️

STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 3d

christoph:

what a difference a
d
makes!

youtu.be/upJ3OgMRiUA?...

What A Difference A Day Makes

YouTube video by Dinah Washington - Topic

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 3d

#MicroSky

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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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 4d

christoph: since long I consider the shape of 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘢 especially schick, but there are so few images around that I'm not really sure about their morphology.
the other day I found 𝘙𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘻𝘢𝘦 YC6860^T, and we can dispute whether they're fusilli or rotini 😋 (🙋‍♂️ pasta addict)

𝘙𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘻𝘢𝘦 YC6860^T
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.29.505124v1

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 4d

congrats, julie! 👏👏👏