XTREAM project
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EU-funded project (101182278), we aim to unlock the industrial potential of extremophilic organisms to develop sustainable #bioprocesses
🦠 Keep your distance from boron! This element is present in small amounts in some organisms but becomes toxic at higher concentrations. At least at the levels Bacillus boroniphilus needs to survive, which can be dozens of times higher than what a human could tolerate.
🤔 But how does it manage?
🤔 But how does it manage?
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🦠 Keep your distance from boron! This element is present in small amounts in some organisms but becomes toxic at higher concentrations. At least at the levels Bacillus boroniphilus needs to survive, which can be dozens of times higher than what a human could tolerate.
🤔 But how does it manage?
🤔 But how does it manage?
🌱🦠 Extremophiles for a better digestion? Not for humans (for now), but for carnivorous plants!
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🌱🦠 Extremophiles for a better digestion? Not for humans (for now), but for carnivorous plants!
⚡Fight poison with poison
This is how this extremophile worm thrives in the hottest hydrothermal vents of the western Pacific, where toxic arsenic and hydrogen sulphide abound. It transforms these toxic elements into harmless minerals.
Full news here👉 www.science.org/content/arti...
This is how this extremophile worm thrives in the hottest hydrothermal vents of the western Pacific, where toxic arsenic and hydrogen sulphide abound. It transforms these toxic elements into harmless minerals.
Full news here👉 www.science.org/content/arti...
Deep-sea worms fight poison with poison to survive in hydrothermal vents
Combining arsenic and sulfide in skin cells forms a less toxic mineral—and turns the animals bright yellow
www.science.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
⚡Fight poison with poison
This is how this extremophile worm thrives in the hottest hydrothermal vents of the western Pacific, where toxic arsenic and hydrogen sulphide abound. It transforms these toxic elements into harmless minerals.
Full news here👉 www.science.org/content/arti...
This is how this extremophile worm thrives in the hottest hydrothermal vents of the western Pacific, where toxic arsenic and hydrogen sulphide abound. It transforms these toxic elements into harmless minerals.
Full news here👉 www.science.org/content/arti...
✨Our newsletter is live!✨ Have you seen our first issue yet? Discover this shared space and get the latest updates on our work.📬Don’t forget to subscribe and stay tuned for more new content to come! 👉 eepurl.com/jpH-_M
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
✨Our newsletter is live!✨ Have you seen our first issue yet? Discover this shared space and get the latest updates on our work.📬Don’t forget to subscribe and stay tuned for more new content to come! 👉 eepurl.com/jpH-_M
😯Deception Island, don’t let its name fool you!
This little island in the South Shetland archipelago is an important research site in the Antarctic continent, especially for its micro-biodiversity. An extreme environment full of surprises. 👀
This little island in the South Shetland archipelago is an important research site in the Antarctic continent, especially for its micro-biodiversity. An extreme environment full of surprises. 👀
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
😯Deception Island, don’t let its name fool you!
This little island in the South Shetland archipelago is an important research site in the Antarctic continent, especially for its micro-biodiversity. An extreme environment full of surprises. 👀
This little island in the South Shetland archipelago is an important research site in the Antarctic continent, especially for its micro-biodiversity. An extreme environment full of surprises. 👀
👏Our collaborator Erik Borchert from @geomarkiel.bsky.social has recently published a new article on salt-tolerant bacterial enzymes from the marine Halopseudomonas lineage, leading further research on sustainable plastics recycling. ♻️
👉Read the full story doi.org/10.1002/pro.70305
👉Read the full story doi.org/10.1002/pro.70305
A third type of PETase from the marine Halopseudomonas lineage
The enzymatic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) offers a sustainable solution for PET recycling. Over the past two decades, more than 100 PETases have been characterized, primarily exhi....
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November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
👏Our collaborator Erik Borchert from @geomarkiel.bsky.social has recently published a new article on salt-tolerant bacterial enzymes from the marine Halopseudomonas lineage, leading further research on sustainable plastics recycling. ♻️
👉Read the full story doi.org/10.1002/pro.70305
👉Read the full story doi.org/10.1002/pro.70305
🧬 Extremophiles against antimicrobial resistance? This study from the University of Pennsylvania identified extremophiles like Methanocaldococcus and Thermococcus as prolific producers of antimicrobial peptides.
Are we looking at the future of antibiotics? 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Are we looking at the future of antibiotics? 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Deep learning reveals antibiotics in the archaeal proteome
Use of artificial intelligence to mine proteomes of archaea led to the discovery of archaeasins, antimicrobials that kill drug-resistant bacteria in laboratory and animal models, offering a promising...
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🧬 Extremophiles against antimicrobial resistance? This study from the University of Pennsylvania identified extremophiles like Methanocaldococcus and Thermococcus as prolific producers of antimicrobial peptides.
Are we looking at the future of antibiotics? 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Are we looking at the future of antibiotics? 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌊✨ Something big is coming! We join forces with EXPLORA, XTREMOLIFE and NEXTMARINE to launch our first newsletter packed with discoveries, news and behind-the-scenes insights. 📬 First issue coming soon, subscribe today! 👉 eepurl.com/jpH-_M
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🌊✨ Something big is coming! We join forces with EXPLORA, XTREMOLIFE and NEXTMARINE to launch our first newsletter packed with discoveries, news and behind-the-scenes insights. 📬 First issue coming soon, subscribe today! 👉 eepurl.com/jpH-_M
📣Check our last blog entry to discover our team’s expedition to Río Tinto (Huelva, Spain). An opportunity to explore this extreme ecosystem, and to exchange ideas with colleagues and researchers at the XIX Meeting of the Spanish Network of Extremophiles (REDEX).
xtream-project.eu/latests-news/
xtream-project.eu/latests-news/
October 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
📣Check our last blog entry to discover our team’s expedition to Río Tinto (Huelva, Spain). An opportunity to explore this extreme ecosystem, and to exchange ideas with colleagues and researchers at the XIX Meeting of the Spanish Network of Extremophiles (REDEX).
xtream-project.eu/latests-news/
xtream-project.eu/latests-news/
🌍 Meet @erinninnovation.bsky.social, our XTREAM partner from Ireland. Their mission: turn research into real impact for a sustainable future.
From EU funding support to communication & knowledge transfer, they ensure discoveries go beyond the lab to society, policy & industry. 👉 erinn.eu
From EU funding support to communication & knowledge transfer, they ensure discoveries go beyond the lab to society, policy & industry. 👉 erinn.eu
October 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🌍 Meet @erinninnovation.bsky.social, our XTREAM partner from Ireland. Their mission: turn research into real impact for a sustainable future.
From EU funding support to communication & knowledge transfer, they ensure discoveries go beyond the lab to society, policy & industry. 👉 erinn.eu
From EU funding support to communication & knowledge transfer, they ensure discoveries go beyond the lab to society, policy & industry. 👉 erinn.eu
🧬 Poetry stored in an extremophile
Scientists and a poet encoded verses inside Deinococcus radiodurans —the bacterium known as “Conan the Bacterium,” able to withstand radiation and drought.
👉 Read how microorganisms could become ‘living’ archives: phys.org/news/2025-08...
Scientists and a poet encoded verses inside Deinococcus radiodurans —the bacterium known as “Conan the Bacterium,” able to withstand radiation and drought.
👉 Read how microorganisms could become ‘living’ archives: phys.org/news/2025-08...
Engineer teams up with renowned poet to encode poetry into a 'deathless bacterium'
Greek doctor and philosopher Hippocrates once said (loosely translated), "life is short, and art is long." History is littered with quotes from great thinkers with the same idea: art endures. But…
phys.org
October 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🧬 Poetry stored in an extremophile
Scientists and a poet encoded verses inside Deinococcus radiodurans —the bacterium known as “Conan the Bacterium,” able to withstand radiation and drought.
👉 Read how microorganisms could become ‘living’ archives: phys.org/news/2025-08...
Scientists and a poet encoded verses inside Deinococcus radiodurans —the bacterium known as “Conan the Bacterium,” able to withstand radiation and drought.
👉 Read how microorganisms could become ‘living’ archives: phys.org/news/2025-08...
🤔When thinking about an anti-aging skincare routine, the concept “extreme” probably doesn’t come to mind. Yet, some of the world’s most innovative skincare ingredients actually come from the most extreme environments on Earth.
October 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🤔When thinking about an anti-aging skincare routine, the concept “extreme” probably doesn’t come to mind. Yet, some of the world’s most innovative skincare ingredients actually come from the most extreme environments on Earth.
🌍🦠 Back in the field! We’re in Río Tinto, Huelva. As part of the #XTREAM mission, we collected samples yesterday that will be analyzed in our labs. 📸 Here’s a picture of our coordinator, Antonio, in action!
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@erinninnovation.bsky.social
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October 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🌍🦠 Back in the field! We’re in Río Tinto, Huelva. As part of the #XTREAM mission, we collected samples yesterday that will be analyzed in our labs. 📸 Here’s a picture of our coordinator, Antonio, in action!
@cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social
@geomarkiel.bsky.social
@csic.es
@erinninnovation.bsky.social
@cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social
@geomarkiel.bsky.social
@csic.es
@erinninnovation.bsky.social
Yesterday, our coordinator, Antonio García-Moyano, represented #XTREAM at the XIX Meeting of the Spanish Network of Extremophile Microorganisms (REDEX), in Huelva, Spain. It's been a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow researchers and share our passion for life in extreme environments. 🌍✨
October 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Yesterday, our coordinator, Antonio García-Moyano, represented #XTREAM at the XIX Meeting of the Spanish Network of Extremophile Microorganisms (REDEX), in Huelva, Spain. It's been a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow researchers and share our passion for life in extreme environments. 🌍✨
Boiling acid? For us, a cruel death. For Cyanidiophyceae red algae, home. They’re the only eukaryotes thriving in hot springs at pH 0–5 & up to 63°C.
This review uncovers their:
🧬 Gene swaps with other extremophiles
🌱 Biotech potential
🔬 Role as genetic models
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.se...
This review uncovers their:
🧬 Gene swaps with other extremophiles
🌱 Biotech potential
🔬 Role as genetic models
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.se...
Extremophilic red algae as models for understanding adaptation to hostile environments and the evolution of eukaryotic life on the early earth
Extremophiles have always garnered great interest because of their exotic lifestyles and ability to thrive at the physical limits of life. In hot spri…
doi.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Boiling acid? For us, a cruel death. For Cyanidiophyceae red algae, home. They’re the only eukaryotes thriving in hot springs at pH 0–5 & up to 63°C.
This review uncovers their:
🧬 Gene swaps with other extremophiles
🌱 Biotech potential
🔬 Role as genetic models
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.se...
This review uncovers their:
🧬 Gene swaps with other extremophiles
🌱 Biotech potential
🔬 Role as genetic models
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.se...
Off Los Angeles, decades of toxic barrels have turned the seabed into an extreme human-made environment, mirroring natural hydrothermal vents.🔬 Some extremophiles endure there — but their very survival is a warning: life adapts, yet always at a cost. 👉 Read the full story: phys.org/news/2025-09...
Decades-old barrels of industrial waste still impacting ocean floor off Los Angeles
In 2020, haunting images of corroded metal barrels in the deep ocean off Los Angeles leapt into the public consciousness. Initially linked to the toxic pesticide DDT, some barrels were encircled by…
phys.org
October 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Off Los Angeles, decades of toxic barrels have turned the seabed into an extreme human-made environment, mirroring natural hydrothermal vents.🔬 Some extremophiles endure there — but their very survival is a warning: life adapts, yet always at a cost. 👉 Read the full story: phys.org/news/2025-09...
🛰️ Scientists tested the black fungus Rhinocladiella similis under Mars-like conditions — UV-C radiation and perchlorate salts.
The twist: it didn’t just survive, it outperformed a known eukaryotic Mars model organism.
👉 See for yourself: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
The twist: it didn’t just survive, it outperformed a known eukaryotic Mars model organism.
👉 See for yourself: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Survival strategies of Rhinocladiella similis in perchlorate-rich Mars like environments - npj Microgravity
npj Microgravity - Survival strategies of Rhinocladiella similis in perchlorate-rich Mars like environments
doi.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🛰️ Scientists tested the black fungus Rhinocladiella similis under Mars-like conditions — UV-C radiation and perchlorate salts.
The twist: it didn’t just survive, it outperformed a known eukaryotic Mars model organism.
👉 See for yourself: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
The twist: it didn’t just survive, it outperformed a known eukaryotic Mars model organism.
👉 See for yourself: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌵 Imagine living in a place where it rains only once every 15 years.
Hard to believe. Yet this is the reality of the Atacama Desert —the driest non-polar desert on Earth, located in northern Chile between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
Hard to believe. Yet this is the reality of the Atacama Desert —the driest non-polar desert on Earth, located in northern Chile between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🌵 Imagine living in a place where it rains only once every 15 years.
Hard to believe. Yet this is the reality of the Atacama Desert —the driest non-polar desert on Earth, located in northern Chile between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
Hard to believe. Yet this is the reality of the Atacama Desert —the driest non-polar desert on Earth, located in northern Chile between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
📢 Haven't read our latest blog yet?
Spice up your next coffee break by sharing our latest post! Or simply immerse yourself for 5 minutes in the fascinating world of extreme environments. 🌍✨
What better way to start the week than with a quick knowledge boost? 👉
Spice up your next coffee break by sharing our latest post! Or simply immerse yourself for 5 minutes in the fascinating world of extreme environments. 🌍✨
What better way to start the week than with a quick knowledge boost? 👉
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October 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📢 Haven't read our latest blog yet?
Spice up your next coffee break by sharing our latest post! Or simply immerse yourself for 5 minutes in the fascinating world of extreme environments. 🌍✨
What better way to start the week than with a quick knowledge boost? 👉
Spice up your next coffee break by sharing our latest post! Or simply immerse yourself for 5 minutes in the fascinating world of extreme environments. 🌍✨
What better way to start the week than with a quick knowledge boost? 👉
📖 New blog alert!
In our last post, we introduced the protagonists of our project – now it’s time to explore their stage: ✨extreme environments✨
Discover how life and ecological balance are sustained in these harsh and colourful ecosystems 🌈
👉 Read it here: xtream-project.eu/latests-news/
In our last post, we introduced the protagonists of our project – now it’s time to explore their stage: ✨extreme environments✨
Discover how life and ecological balance are sustained in these harsh and colourful ecosystems 🌈
👉 Read it here: xtream-project.eu/latests-news/
October 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
📖 New blog alert!
In our last post, we introduced the protagonists of our project – now it’s time to explore their stage: ✨extreme environments✨
Discover how life and ecological balance are sustained in these harsh and colourful ecosystems 🌈
👉 Read it here: xtream-project.eu/latests-news/
In our last post, we introduced the protagonists of our project – now it’s time to explore their stage: ✨extreme environments✨
Discover how life and ecological balance are sustained in these harsh and colourful ecosystems 🌈
👉 Read it here: xtream-project.eu/latests-news/
📍Last week, our colleague Ivan Patrick presented a poster at the #12thWorldSpongeConference, in Vila do Conde, Portugal.
October 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📍Last week, our colleague Ivan Patrick presented a poster at the #12thWorldSpongeConference, in Vila do Conde, Portugal.
Check out our first collaborative activity with our sister project EXPLORA 🌍🔬
🤝Last Wednesday, Jorge Díaz-Rullo Aroco from #XTREAM had the pleasure of joining #EXPLORA at IE University in Segovia, invited by @IreneSánchezAndrea, as part of their Environmental Sciences seminar series.
🤝Last Wednesday, Jorge Díaz-Rullo Aroco from #XTREAM had the pleasure of joining #EXPLORA at IE University in Segovia, invited by @IreneSánchezAndrea, as part of their Environmental Sciences seminar series.
September 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🔥❄️ What makes different hot-loving extremophiles and cold-loving ones? This is what a comparative study in Nature investigates. The results are as surprising as their environments:
September 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🔥❄️ What makes different hot-loving extremophiles and cold-loving ones? This is what a comparative study in Nature investigates. The results are as surprising as their environments:
In hypersaline environments, such as the Dead Sea, life faces a major problem: proteins stop working. Here's why 👇
September 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
In hypersaline environments, such as the Dead Sea, life faces a major problem: proteins stop working. Here's why 👇
Today in the #XTREAMteam series, meet @scienseed.com! A Madrid-based agency with a multidisciplinary team of communicators & designers with scientific backgrounds. With 10+ years’ experience, they turn complex research into stories that inspire worldwide 🌍💫🧪👉 scienseed.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Today in the #XTREAMteam series, meet @scienseed.com! A Madrid-based agency with a multidisciplinary team of communicators & designers with scientific backgrounds. With 10+ years’ experience, they turn complex research into stories that inspire worldwide 🌍💫🧪👉 scienseed.com