Alex P. R. Phillips, Ph.D.
@archaealex.bsky.social
Microbiologist and former science policy fellow. Co-host and co-author of Archaeacast https://rss.com/podcasts/archaeacast/
This study was done in collaboration with the Great Salt Lake Institute, students at Westminster U, folks at USGS, and Prof. Som Dutta’s lab at Utah State University.
October 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This study was done in collaboration with the Great Salt Lake Institute, students at Westminster U, folks at USGS, and Prof. Som Dutta’s lab at Utah State University.
One of the more interesting things is seasonal cycling of taxa related to known predators and parasites, a novel observation in hypersaline water! If you know about these bugs, we'd love to hear from you.
October 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
One of the more interesting things is seasonal cycling of taxa related to known predators and parasites, a novel observation in hypersaline water! If you know about these bugs, we'd love to hear from you.
Gandalf even got promoted.
October 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Gandalf even got promoted.
So do some bacteria it turns out bsky.app/profile/natm...
Some keen Observations in Our October issue!
🦠 Cancer microbiome
🌊 Marine microbes in warming oceans
🌐 broad-range phages
🧬 genetically minimised Salmonella
🔧 Viral infection mechanisms
🧪 Oxaloacetate antiviral defence
and more, here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🦠 Cancer microbiome
🌊 Marine microbes in warming oceans
🌐 broad-range phages
🧬 genetically minimised Salmonella
🔧 Viral infection mechanisms
🧪 Oxaloacetate antiviral defence
and more, here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
October 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
So do some bacteria it turns out bsky.app/profile/natm...
You’re doing a great job. I was searching archaea because I need something to talk about at journal club tomorrow and was just chiming into conversations that popped up.
October 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
You’re doing a great job. I was searching archaea because I need something to talk about at journal club tomorrow and was just chiming into conversations that popped up.
Yes, though this is a tad out of date because Asgardarchaea have been shown to be much closer to us than Thermoprotei.
October 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Yes, though this is a tad out of date because Asgardarchaea have been shown to be much closer to us than Thermoprotei.
(Except for the eugenics part 😬)
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
(Except for the eugenics part 😬)
Unironically stoked
September 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Unironically stoked