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🚨 Today is the final day 🚨 This is it, your last chance to influence the future of microbiology in Europe.

The FEMS survey closes TODAY at 23:00 CET. Don't miss out on helping FEMS shape the next steps for our community.

Access the link buff.ly/ZghfWnM & finish strong.
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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If you are a microbiologist, please take the survey. Scientific societies are critical for supporting our communities-especially early career researchers. Give your opinion on future strategic direction!
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
What if our cells hold the key to tackling #biofilms from #Pseudomonas #aeruginosa? 💡 #FEMSMicrobiolLett research shows that #extracellular #vesicles from immune and stem cells can disrupt biofilm formation, presenting a new angle on persistent #infections. Read more: 🔗 buff.ly/oOxPcRa
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Inducible promoters are everywhere in bacterial biotechnology, but optimizing them isn’t easy. In this #FEMSmicroBlog, Andrés Felipe Carrillo Rincón walks us through how synthetic σ70 promoters and tunable plasmids can unlock stronger expression, tighter control, & portability:
#FEMSmicroBlog Synthetic Upgrades for Modern Expression Systems - FEMS
Inducible promoters are everywhere in bacterial biotechnology but optimizing them remains a challenge. This blog, written by Andrés Felipe Carrillo Rincón, explores how he and co-author Natalie G.…
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November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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📖 Perfect weekend reading for fungal fans! 😉 Our @mpm-hki.bsky.social colleagues uncover how #CandidaAlbicans manages to invade tissue as hyphae but spread as yeast. Published in @femsjournals.bsky.social.

🧑🏻‍🔬: @jlspragu.bsky.social
#C.albicans invades tissues as hyphae but spreads as yeast, How?
@jlspragu.bsky.social & coll. show yeast can reach the bloodstream by hitchhiking with invasive hyphae or by switching forms. 🧫 More clues for understanding systemic infections !
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November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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To all visionary microbe enthusiasts: @femsmicro.org is looking for an editor-in-chief for their flagship journal FEMS Microbiology Reviews! More details can be found here: fems-microbiology.org/opportunitie...
Editor-in-Chief for FEMS Microbiology Reviews - FEMS
The Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) is looking for an Editor-in-Chief to join its prestigious journal FEMS Microbiology Reviews for an initial period of three years, starting i...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Check out @jlspragu.bsky.social latest paper!
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#C.albicans invades tissues as hyphae but spreads as yeast, How?
@jlspragu.bsky.social & coll. show yeast can reach the bloodstream by hitchhiking with invasive hyphae or by switching forms. 🧫 More clues for understanding systemic infections !
👉 buff.ly/0vklJeb
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🦠 Small changes, big defense! Jordan Vacheron & coll. show specific SNPs in #Pseudomonas protegens CHA0 (algC & ykcC) remodel LPS to block #phage ΦGP100—while growth, competitiveness & root colonization stay intact, in lab conditions. 🧬 @unil.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Yeast is an industrial workhorse underpinning massive industries including biofuels, pharmaceuticals, and chemical production. Discover the researchers pushing boundaries in our new thematic issue on #FEMSYeastRes: buff.ly/92Ck1PK
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🧬 #HelicobacterPylori carries plasmids that may aid its survival in hostile environments. This #FEMSMicrobiolLett reveals plasmid-driven adaptation and a novel toxin-antitoxin system crucial for its persistence. 🔍 Read more: buff.ly/h56fzgw #Microbiology #Plasmids
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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📢 We are down to the FINAL WEEK of the FEMS survey.

If you have not shared your views on emerging science, career development, and community support, now is the time! It is quick—only about 12 minutes.

The survey closes on Tuesday 11 November: buff.ly/ZghfWnM
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
What can an “orphan” #Cas4 do? 🧫 In #archaea M. mazei, Solo-Cas4 cleaves dsDNA in a metal-dependent manner and is upregulated in stationary phase—hinting at roles in stress or DNA metabolism.
Biochemical characterization by Schmitz lab @uni-kiel.de
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November 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#C.albicans invades tissues as hyphae but spreads as yeast, How?
@jlspragu.bsky.social & coll. show yeast can reach the bloodstream by hitchhiking with invasive hyphae or by switching forms. 🧫 More clues for understanding systemic infections !
👉 buff.ly/0vklJeb
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
New #FEMSMicrobiolLett article: Warming in #Antarctica reshapes #NitrogenCycling.
47 genomes with denitrification genes found in Weddell Sea sediments. 🔍 Methyloceanibacter dominates, hinting at nitrate-driven methanol oxidation. 📖 buff.ly/m6NR4BZ#Clim...
November 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
How do bacteria survive phage infections? Bae et al. explore diverse #antiphage defense systems, with a special focus on the model pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa due to its strain diversity and genomic adaptability.
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#FEMSMicrobiolRev
November 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Linking nutrient availability and community size to stochasticity in microbial community assembly

@femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Ecology by Berenike Bick et al

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Linking nutrient availability and community size to stochasticity in microbial community assembly
Abstract. Both deterministic (e.g. species-environment interactions) and stochastic processes (e.g. random birth and death events) shape communities, but i
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October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Rohrbach et al. close the knowledge gap on plastic debris in Sub-Saharan terrestrial environments. Observed effects on archaea and cooccurrence networks suggest negative impacts on nitrification and stability of microbial communities.

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#FEMSMicrobiolEcol
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
How do airway cells react to microbes 🫁🦠🧬?
van Woudenbergh et al. show that nasal, nasopharyngeal & bronchial epithelia mount distinct cytokine responses to viruses and bacteria—helping explain disease outcomes.
#PathogDis
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October 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
How do we best track #Biofilm dynamics? Jeong SY et al. compares crystal violet staining, microscopy with image analysis, and qPCR across 30 polycultures. 📊 Staining & microscopy align well, qPCR tells a different story. 🔗 buff.ly/aojI5OT #MicrobialMethods #Quantification #FEMSMicrobiolLett
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Why do some #yeast strains make wine smell like rotten eggs? 🥚🍷

We talk to the #FEMSYeastRes Article Award winners about their surprising genetic discoveries into S. cerevisiae and H₂S production.

👉 Listen now: buff.ly/VFaNoSm

#FEMSArticleAwards #YeastResearch #WineScience #Microbiology
October 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The FEMS strategic survey is open to all microbiologists across Europe 🌍

By contributing, you join a community effort to identify key challenges and influence the support structures that will benefit our field for years to come.

Complete and share the survey by 11 Nov ➡️ buff.ly/5eCowPX
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🔍 From rods to stars, bacteria craft their shapes using bPBPs & GTases. Garcia-del Portillo lab’s global analysis reveals unexpected diversity & flexibility in these morphogenetic complexes. 🦠 @cnb-csic.bsky.social
👉 Read more : buff.ly/D0pMhMr
October 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM