Published today!

'The Kocurious case of Noodlococcus: genomic insights into Kocuria rhizophila from characterisation of a laboratory contaminant'

A labour of love in the group, led by @gemccallum.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social @prob91.bsky.social

www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Happy Noodlococcus day to all those who celebrate! 🍜🧫🦠

We’re in 3 different continents now but all celebrating the 6th anniversary of the discovery of our noodle-y friend by eating some delicious noodles @prob91.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social

It was great fun writing this review with @gemccallum.bsky.social , even if our conclusions are rather scary. Lots of important pathogen evolution must be occurring outside of the infection context...

Delighted to have this review out with @jpjhall.bsky.social!

We discuss the risk of transmission of antimicrobial resistance in the hospital sink drain microbiome, highlight studies providing evidence of transfer, and consider strategies to mitigate these risks 🪠🦠

doi.org/10.1038/s442...

Happy to finally have this out! It has been a fun side-project that we’ve been slowly working on for a while 🍜

I think it has turned out as a nice story, and demonstrates some important issues with historic taxonomic classifications in genome databases. All from investigating a contaminant! ⤵️

🚨 Very excited to finally say… 🚨

The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠

Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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the Noodlococcus story of @contamclub.bsky.social is out now! #MicroSky
christoph: happy to have contributed a teensy bit

🍜🧬 Pan-fried noodles 🤣🤣🤣

Big shoutout to @contamclub.bsky.social for cooking up the story of Noodlococcus

We’re proud to have been part of the journey — from mystery microbe to full-genome feast 👨‍🍳🧫

📖 recipe available ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...

#MicroSky #MicrobialMysteries #ProudServiceProvider

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A landmark paper (in the field of Kocuria rhizophila genomics).

Thanks to @gemccallum.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social and others to get this over the line.

Have really enjoyed my day at #IOIECR25 @ineosoxford.bsky.social

Enjoyed some amazing talks and enjoyed presenting my work investigating antimicrobial resistance in the hospital sink drain microbiome

ContamClub has officially reached every continent on Earth! 🌎🌍🌏

This set of ContamMerch are with Bodil and Livvie who work at the South Georgia Heritage Trust in Antarctica - @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social

Antarctica marks 7/7 continents that ContamCalendars have been delivered to since we began 🗺️📆🦠

Special delivery from @contamclub.bsky.social (@gemccallum.bsky.social)! How cool are these socks!? 🧪🔬

#MicroSky

Want your ankles to look this good this December?

Get your ContamSocks below!!! 🧦🦠🧫

➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️

‼️🚨🗓️ CONTAMCALENDAR 2025 🗓️🚨‼️

The ContamCalendar is back for another year! It’s a great one and we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄

Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️

Had a great day at the AMR in microbiomes worshop thank you very much @rwheatley8.bsky.social for organising!

Amazing talk by @gemccallum.bsky.social (post-doc with @jpjhall.bsky.social) on his hospital sink microbiome project, including Greg's undercover ICU sink microbiome notes and scary genomes of Pseudomonas, Aeromonas, Citrobacter.

Had a great time so far at #MicroBio24 and enjoyed presenting the start of my post-doc work on the hospital sink drain microbiome today 💧🦠