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Akash
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Microbiome|Molecular Biology|NGS|CRISPR|Agriculture 👨‍🔬❤️🦠🧫🌱🧑‍🍳
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Bacteria repairing bricks on the Moon? Yes, you read that right.

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Bacterial bio-cementation can repair space bricks

www.frontiersin.org/journals/spa...

#SpaceTech #BioCementation #MICP #LunarConstruction #IISc #Frontiers #MicrobialEngineering #MaterialsScience #NextGenMaterials
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April 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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🧬🚀Major Step for New Genomic Techniques in the EU!

The EU Council has just agreed on a negotiating mandate for the regulation of New Genomic Techniques (NGTs)

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#NGTs #Biotech #CRISPR #SustainableFarming #EURegulation
New genomic techniques: Council agrees negotiating mandate
The Council reaches a common position of member states on the proposal on new genomic techniques.
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March 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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🦠Sniffing Out Secrets: How Microbes in Extreme Environments Communicate & Thrive!

A recent review brings together research on the hidden world of MVOCs in extreme environments....

🔗https://academic.oup.com/femsre/article/doi/10.1093/femsre/fuaf004/7989455

#Extremophiles #Astro #lifeBeyondEarth
March 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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🔬🌱 Monocropping: A Double-Edged Sword for Plant Microbiomes?

what about leaf-associated microbiota? Do they respond the same way as root microbiomes?

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Differential responses of root and leaf-associated microbiota to continuous monocultures.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Differential responses of root and leaf-associated microbiota to continuous monocultures - Environmental Microbiome
Continuous monocultures alter the composition and function of root-associated microbiota, and thus compromise crop health and productivity. In comparison, little is known about how leaf-associated mic...
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March 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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🧬 CRISPR Meets Probiotics🦠

What if we could engineer probiotics with precision to fight disease and promote animal and plant health?

Read here-

🔗https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.00031-25

#CRISPR #PrimeEditing #MicrobiomeEngineering #Probiotics #SyntheticBiology #PrecisionMedicine
March 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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🦠Microbiomes & Crop Diversification: A Game- Changer for Sustainable Farming!🌾

Replacing wheat–maize monocultures with legumes (peanut, soybean) and cash crops (sweet potato) can do wonders...

🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44464-9

#MicrobiomePower #SoilHealth #CropDiversification
March 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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We started a Starter Pack at the #RPB2025 meeting on Plant-Bacteria Interaction Research in Aussois, France 🗻. Let me know if you want to be added!
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January 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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🌾 Is Domesticated Rice Quietly Worsening Climate Change? 🌾

🧪 wild rice exudates promote beneficial microbes, while domesticated rice shifts microbial activity toward increased N₂O production.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Could engineered bacteria be the next big breakthrough? 🦠🧬

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'Design and regulation of engineered bacteria for environmental release'

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SyntheticBiology #Biotech #FutureOfScience #EngineeredMicrobes
March 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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🌊 Saccharina latissima doesn’t just host microbes—it interacts with them! 🦠🔬

A study shows multi-omics is key to unraveling how its microbiome shapes its chemistry & defense.

Read here-

🔗 academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...

#Microbiome #Metabolomics #MultiOmics #SeaweedScience
March 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Can Microbes Predict Potato Growth?

Could microbiome-informed breeding transform potato production?

Read here- Seed tuber microbiome can predict growth potential of potato varieties (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)

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#Microbiome #PlantScience #PotatoResearch #AgTech #SoilHealth
Seed tuber microbiome can predict growth potential of potato varieties - Nature Microbiology
Time-resolved drone imaging of potato crop development and seed tuber microbiome data can be used to predict potato vigour, or growth potential, in next-season crops in trial fields.
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March 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Death: The Ultimate Finish Line? Think again!

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"Bacteria encode post-mortem protein catabolism that enables altruistic nutrient recycling"

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Who knew bacteria had posthumous plans? 😅

#bacteria #afterlife #openaccess #Altruism #GenerosityInNature
Bacteria encode post-mortem protein catabolism that enables altruistic nutrient recycling - Nature Communications
Processes that occur after death have not received the same level of attention as the mechanisms of life. In this study, the authors show that bacteria have potentially evolved an altruistic trait to ...
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March 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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How Marine Cyanobacteria Outsmart Viruses with a Genetic Loophole🦠🌊

A recent study in reveals that marine Synechococcus cyanobacteria have done just that-by losing the expression of specific tRNA gene.

#Microbiallmmunity #Cyanobacteria #tRNA #MarineScience

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Adaptive loss of tRNA gene expression leads to phage resistance in a marine Synechococcus cyanobacterium - Nature Microbiology
Depletion of host LeuTAA tRNA levels prevents the translation of key cyanophage genes during infection and represents a passive, intracellular mode of resistance with implications for co-evolution.
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March 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM