Masaru Nobu
@masarunobu.bsky.social
Biologist at JAMSTEC exploring the evolution and frontiers of life
Our archaea-parasitizing bacterium Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus from Minisyncoccota/CPR/Patescibacteria featured as Microbe of the Month! Amazing culture and images @kuroda-kyohei.bsky.social
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New species found in the most unexpected places
Each month, the Microbiology Society publishes the<em> <a href="https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">International Journal of Systemati...
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March 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Our archaea-parasitizing bacterium Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus from Minisyncoccota/CPR/Patescibacteria featured as Microbe of the Month! Amazing culture and images @kuroda-kyohei.bsky.social
microb.io/3XxK9w2
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New isolates from eukaryote's closest archaeal relative: ‘Hodarchaeales’!! Syntrophic microaerotolerant peptide-degrading anaerobic archaea w/ simple cell structure & protrusions. Features conserved across the phylum provide new insight into our ancestor’s biology!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Eukaryotes' closest relatives are internally simple syntrophic archaea
Eukaryotes are theorized to have originated from an archaeal phylum Promethearchaeota (formerly 'Asgard' archaea)1,2. The first cultured representatives revealed valuable insight3,4 but are distantly ...
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February 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM
New isolates from eukaryote's closest archaeal relative: ‘Hodarchaeales’!! Syntrophic microaerotolerant peptide-degrading anaerobic archaea w/ simple cell structure & protrusions. Features conserved across the phylum provide new insight into our ancestor’s biology!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Underground happy hour?
Excited to share our discovery of a new symbiosis between subsurface bacteria and archaea bridged by syntrophic transfer of the smallest alcohol—methanol! @nature.com
Work led by a former student Huang Yan, congratulations!
rdcu.be/d7W2s
Excited to share our discovery of a new symbiosis between subsurface bacteria and archaea bridged by syntrophic transfer of the smallest alcohol—methanol! @nature.com
Work led by a former student Huang Yan, congratulations!
rdcu.be/d7W2s
Methanol transfer supports metabolic syntrophy between bacteria and archaea
Nature - Zhaonella formicivorans produces methanol, for a novel syntrophic interaction, without requiring methylated compounds as an input.
rdcu.be
January 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Underground happy hour?
Excited to share our discovery of a new symbiosis between subsurface bacteria and archaea bridged by syntrophic transfer of the smallest alcohol—methanol! @nature.com
Work led by a former student Huang Yan, congratulations!
rdcu.be/d7W2s
Excited to share our discovery of a new symbiosis between subsurface bacteria and archaea bridged by syntrophic transfer of the smallest alcohol—methanol! @nature.com
Work led by a former student Huang Yan, congratulations!
rdcu.be/d7W2s