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🎙️ New Microbes and Us Podcast🔬
In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
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In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
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The microbiome of a High Arctic lake shows ecological resilience and divergence from terrestrial and marine communities, despite elevated hydrological connectivity. Blackburn-Desbiens et al. studied it. Check-out their results!
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January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The microbiome of a High Arctic lake shows ecological resilience and divergence from terrestrial and marine communities, despite elevated hydrological connectivity. Blackburn-Desbiens et al. studied it. Check-out their results!
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Croci-Bentura et al. determined that rice crop intensification affects the composition, abundance, and activity of aerobic methanotrophic communities associated with rice roots. Check-out their results!
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December 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Croci-Bentura et al. determined that rice crop intensification affects the composition, abundance, and activity of aerobic methanotrophic communities associated with rice roots. Check-out their results!
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To infect hosts, pathogenic bacteria like Yersinia enterocolitica rely on the type III secretion system to inject effectors directly into host cells.
This #FEMSmicroBlog explains why bacteria need specialized T3SS chaperones for infection. #FascinatingMicrobes
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This #FEMSmicroBlog explains why bacteria need specialized T3SS chaperones for infection. #FascinatingMicrobes
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#FEMSmicroBlog: Protein handover for efficient virulence
This #FEMSmicroBlog sheds light on one molecular aspect of the type III secretion system, explaining why bacteria need them for infection.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
To infect hosts, pathogenic bacteria like Yersinia enterocolitica rely on the type III secretion system to inject effectors directly into host cells.
This #FEMSmicroBlog explains why bacteria need specialized T3SS chaperones for infection. #FascinatingMicrobes
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This #FEMSmicroBlog explains why bacteria need specialized T3SS chaperones for infection. #FascinatingMicrobes
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How do #Malassezia species grow when limited to single fatty acids? 🧬🧪
Discover how Liebregts J. et al. establish a defined medium to study lipid-dependent growth and lipidome adaptation here:
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Discover how Liebregts J. et al. establish a defined medium to study lipid-dependent growth and lipidome adaptation here:
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#FEMSYeastRes
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
How do #Malassezia species grow when limited to single fatty acids? 🧬🧪
Discover how Liebregts J. et al. establish a defined medium to study lipid-dependent growth and lipidome adaptation here:
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#FEMSYeastRes
Discover how Liebregts J. et al. establish a defined medium to study lipid-dependent growth and lipidome adaptation here:
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#FEMSYeastRes
Fournier et al. development of downy mildew in grapevine leaf tissues tends to exclude other pathogens. It promotes the local recruitment of specific microbial taxa with biocontrol activity, such as basidiomycetous yeasts. Check-out their results!
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December 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Fournier et al. development of downy mildew in grapevine leaf tissues tends to exclude other pathogens. It promotes the local recruitment of specific microbial taxa with biocontrol activity, such as basidiomycetous yeasts. Check-out their results!
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#FEMSMicrobiolEcol #ecology
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Choosing a journal is more than scope and costs; it shapes the ecosystem we publish in. This new microLife editorial examines why many authors are shifting toward commercial outlets & where society journals stand. A thoughtful read for anyone deciding where to send their next paper: buff.ly/cm3ZEJh
December 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Choosing a journal is more than scope and costs; it shapes the ecosystem we publish in. This new microLife editorial examines why many authors are shifting toward commercial outlets & where society journals stand. A thoughtful read for anyone deciding where to send their next paper: buff.ly/cm3ZEJh
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🎄Early Christmas news! Chapter IV of my PhD thesis has been accepted for publication in @femsmicro.org Microbiology Ecology 🤘
We show how three Greenlandic bacteria shift their VOC profiles along a salt gradient.
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Stay tuned for another paper coming out soon! 🤞
We show how three Greenlandic bacteria shift their VOC profiles along a salt gradient.
Read it here👉 doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Stay tuned for another paper coming out soon! 🤞
Volatilomic complexity of three Northern Greenland bacterial isolates across a salt gradient
Abstract. The High Arctic deserts of remote northern Greenland are expected to become warmer and wetter due to climate change. Precipitation changes will i
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December 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🎄Early Christmas news! Chapter IV of my PhD thesis has been accepted for publication in @femsmicro.org Microbiology Ecology 🤘
We show how three Greenlandic bacteria shift their VOC profiles along a salt gradient.
Read it here👉 doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Stay tuned for another paper coming out soon! 🤞
We show how three Greenlandic bacteria shift their VOC profiles along a salt gradient.
Read it here👉 doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Stay tuned for another paper coming out soon! 🤞
How can amino acid–rich brewing yeasts boost flavour in alcoholic beverages? 🍶🍺
Learn how S. Isogai et al. breed strains with amino acid accumulation for tailored aromas:
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Learn how S. Isogai et al. breed strains with amino acid accumulation for tailored aromas:
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December 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How can amino acid–rich brewing yeasts boost flavour in alcoholic beverages? 🍶🍺
Learn how S. Isogai et al. breed strains with amino acid accumulation for tailored aromas:
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#FEMSYeastRes
Learn how S. Isogai et al. breed strains with amino acid accumulation for tailored aromas:
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Bick et al. underline how nutrient availability and community size jointly influence stochastic assembly processes, with important consequences for bacterial diversity and ecosystem functioning under environmental change.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Bick et al. underline how nutrient availability and community size jointly influence stochastic assembly processes, with important consequences for bacterial diversity and ecosystem functioning under environmental change.
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As 2025 wraps up, we’re looking back at some of the most intriguing microbes that made their scientific debut this year. This blog highlights standout bacterial species that caught our eye. Read the full #FEMSmicroBlog: buff.ly/2wz7k16
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December 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
As 2025 wraps up, we’re looking back at some of the most intriguing microbes that made their scientific debut this year. This blog highlights standout bacterial species that caught our eye. Read the full #FEMSmicroBlog: buff.ly/2wz7k16
#NewMicrobes
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Kantnerová, V. and Škaloud, P. determined that the diversity of the photobionts within a lichen thallus can vary significantly, even within a single lichen species. Check-out their results!
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December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Kantnerová, V. and Škaloud, P. determined that the diversity of the photobionts within a lichen thallus can vary significantly, even within a single lichen species. Check-out their results!
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#FEMSMicrobiolEcol #ecology
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on the importance of learned societies, here FEMS in particular 🦠🧫. Join a(ny) society or two, publish in society journals, and let the APC $$$ circulate back to the scientific community ♻️
🎙️ New Microbes and Us Podcast🔬
In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
buff.ly/MkOmbBq
In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
buff.ly/MkOmbBq
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
on the importance of learned societies, here FEMS in particular 🦠🧫. Join a(ny) society or two, publish in society journals, and let the APC $$$ circulate back to the scientific community ♻️
What can 53 #Monosporozyma_unispora strains reveal about yeast evolution in food ecosystems? 🍞🧀
Read how F. Bigey et al. map genome structure, stress-tolerance traits & clonal reproduction:
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##FEMSYeastRes
Read how F. Bigey et al. map genome structure, stress-tolerance traits & clonal reproduction:
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##FEMSYeastRes
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What can 53 #Monosporozyma_unispora strains reveal about yeast evolution in food ecosystems? 🍞🧀
Read how F. Bigey et al. map genome structure, stress-tolerance traits & clonal reproduction:
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##FEMSYeastRes
Read how F. Bigey et al. map genome structure, stress-tolerance traits & clonal reproduction:
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##FEMSYeastRes
How does intracellular Chlamydia psittaci hijack mammalian cells? 🦠🔬
Gensch et al. use computational and experimental tools to map host interaction partners and investigate a new Inclusion membrane protein.
#PathogDis
Read the full article here 👇
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Gensch et al. use computational and experimental tools to map host interaction partners and investigate a new Inclusion membrane protein.
#PathogDis
Read the full article here 👇
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December 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
How does intracellular Chlamydia psittaci hijack mammalian cells? 🦠🔬
Gensch et al. use computational and experimental tools to map host interaction partners and investigate a new Inclusion membrane protein.
#PathogDis
Read the full article here 👇
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Gensch et al. use computational and experimental tools to map host interaction partners and investigate a new Inclusion membrane protein.
#PathogDis
Read the full article here 👇
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🦠Insight into the resilient world of prokaryotes! Koch lab – @sfb1381.bsky.social – reveals that E.coli use small membrane proteins (YohP & YncL) to condense their DNA & slow down metabolism, helping them survive to stresses. 🧬
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November 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🦠Insight into the resilient world of prokaryotes! Koch lab – @sfb1381.bsky.social – reveals that E.coli use small membrane proteins (YohP & YncL) to condense their DNA & slow down metabolism, helping them survive to stresses. 🧬
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Transforming science into engaging stories
Commentary in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Letters by @drsarahwettstadt.bsky.social
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Commentary in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Letters by @drsarahwettstadt.bsky.social
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Transforming science into engaging stories
Sarah Wettstadt; Transforming science into engaging stories, FEMS Microbiology Letters, , fnaf129, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnaf129
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November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Transforming science into engaging stories
Commentary in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Letters by @drsarahwettstadt.bsky.social
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Commentary in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Letters by @drsarahwettstadt.bsky.social
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Why do methods for estimating microbial lag phase vary so much? 📈🧪
Read more on how Opalek M. et al. unravel the impact of noise, sampling, and growth rate on lag phase predictions in #Saccharomyces_cerevisiae:
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Read more on how Opalek M. et al. unravel the impact of noise, sampling, and growth rate on lag phase predictions in #Saccharomyces_cerevisiae:
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#FEMSYeastRes
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Why do methods for estimating microbial lag phase vary so much? 📈🧪
Read more on how Opalek M. et al. unravel the impact of noise, sampling, and growth rate on lag phase predictions in #Saccharomyces_cerevisiae:
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#FEMSYeastRes
Read more on how Opalek M. et al. unravel the impact of noise, sampling, and growth rate on lag phase predictions in #Saccharomyces_cerevisiae:
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#FEMSYeastRes
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Better late than never... I only now re-post this paper by Daniela Guasconi @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social on microbial communities in a Swedish grassland: summer drought has mild effects, one compost addition can have long-lasting (but small) consequences
Latest at #FEMSMicrobiolLett: 🌱 Compost boosts fungal abundance in grassland soils, even under drought.💧 Microbial communities show resilience to reduced precipitation.📍 Site variation matters more than treatment! 🔗 buff.ly/lG7AK0y #SoilMicrobiology #ClimateResilience #MicrobialEcology
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Better late than never... I only now re-post this paper by Daniela Guasconi @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social on microbial communities in a Swedish grassland: summer drought has mild effects, one compost addition can have long-lasting (but small) consequences
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The mhqPOD gene cluster in lignin-degrading Paenibacillus sp. B2 encodes a pathway for degradation of lignin-derived 5,5’-di(dehydrovanillic acid) (DDVA)
-in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Letters from Timothy D H Bugg
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-in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Letters from Timothy D H Bugg
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The mhqPOD gene cluster in lignin-degrading Paenibacillus sp. B2 encodes a pathway for degradation of lignin-derived 5,5’-di(dehydrovanillic acid) (DDVA)
Abstract. Lignin-degrading bacteria Paenibacillus sp. B2, Agrobacterium sp. B1 and Ochrobactrum sp. each contain mhqO genes encoding ring cleavage dioxygen
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November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The mhqPOD gene cluster in lignin-degrading Paenibacillus sp. B2 encodes a pathway for degradation of lignin-derived 5,5’-di(dehydrovanillic acid) (DDVA)
-in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Letters from Timothy D H Bugg
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-in @femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Letters from Timothy D H Bugg
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Check-out FEMS Microbiology Ecology Latest Editor's Choice: Mittmann-Goetsch et al. suggest that while the active microbial community is broadly resistant to warming, subtle compositional shifts may enhance decomposition of recalcitrant soil carbon.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Check-out FEMS Microbiology Ecology Latest Editor's Choice: Mittmann-Goetsch et al. suggest that while the active microbial community is broadly resistant to warming, subtle compositional shifts may enhance decomposition of recalcitrant soil carbon.
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#FEMSMicrobiolEcol #ecology
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tRNA-derived fragments don’t just mark stress, they reshape translation. ⚡🧫
Read more on how Bąkowska-Żywicka K. & Tyczewska A. introduce tDR-quant, a powerful in vivo method revealing how tDRs selectively bind ribosomes under stress:
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Read more on how Bąkowska-Żywicka K. & Tyczewska A. introduce tDR-quant, a powerful in vivo method revealing how tDRs selectively bind ribosomes under stress:
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#FEMSYeastRes
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
tRNA-derived fragments don’t just mark stress, they reshape translation. ⚡🧫
Read more on how Bąkowska-Żywicka K. & Tyczewska A. introduce tDR-quant, a powerful in vivo method revealing how tDRs selectively bind ribosomes under stress:
🔗https://buff.ly/9GTtT5i
#FEMSYeastRes
Read more on how Bąkowska-Żywicka K. & Tyczewska A. introduce tDR-quant, a powerful in vivo method revealing how tDRs selectively bind ribosomes under stress:
🔗https://buff.ly/9GTtT5i
#FEMSYeastRes
🎙️ New Microbes and Us Podcast🔬
In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
buff.ly/MkOmbBq
In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
buff.ly/MkOmbBq
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🎙️ New Microbes and Us Podcast🔬
In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
buff.ly/MkOmbBq
In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
buff.ly/MkOmbBq
Lewis et al. deploy micro-sampling techniques to characterize the thin melt water film inhabited by glacier algae across three high-Arctic glaciers in Svalbard and compare them to classic bulk-sampling techniques. Check-out their results!
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#FEMSMicrobiolEcol #ecology
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#FEMSMicrobiolEcol #ecology
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Lewis et al. deploy micro-sampling techniques to characterize the thin melt water film inhabited by glacier algae across three high-Arctic glaciers in Svalbard and compare them to classic bulk-sampling techniques. Check-out their results!
buff.ly/6EWo3N4
#FEMSMicrobiolEcol #ecology
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#FEMSMicrobiolEcol #ecology
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Editor-In-Chief for FEMS Microbiology Reviews of @femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org
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November 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Editor-In-Chief for FEMS Microbiology Reviews of @femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org
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