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Evgenii Protasov
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Postdoc at @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social in Marburg. Studying how #methanogens produce #methane. Alumnus @unimarburg.bsky.social, #Fulbright, @daadworldwide.bsky.social. He/him 🏳️‍🌈. #firstgen 🦠🧬🤓🐈‍⬛🎤
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Evgenii Protasov @evgenii-protasov.bsky.social · Jul 3
Our new study shows how nickel limitation changes electron flow in methanogens.
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#methanogens #methane #archaea
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Electron flow in hydrogenotrophic methanogens under nickel limitation - Nature
Two distantly related methanogens shift the methanogenic pathway under nickel limitation, suggesting that methanogens adapt to changing bioavailability of nickel by rerouting electron flow between two...
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Plastic degradation by enzymes from uncultured deep sea microorganisms
#microbiology #PlasticDegradation
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Plastic degradation by enzymes from uncultured deep sea microorganisms
Abstract. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)-hydrolyzing enzymes (PETases) are a recently discovered enzyme class capable of plastic degradation. PETases are
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November 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Metagenomic analysis sheds light on the mixotrophic lifestyle of bacterial phylum Zhuqueibacterota
#microbiology #bacteria
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Metagenomic analysis sheds light on the mixotrophic lifestyle of bacterial phylum Zhuqueibacterota
Zhuqueibacterota is a novel bacterial phylum proposed based on hot spring metagenomes and public metagenome-assembled genomes, classified within the Fibrobacterota-Chlorobiota-Bacteroidota superphylu...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Reposted by Evgenii Protasov
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Thermophiles don’t just survive heat, they thrive in it. 🔥

They provide heat-stable enzymes, insights into early Earth, and tools for biotech.

Our new thematic issue in #FEMSMicrobiolEcol captures how diverse this field is. Explore the collection👉 buff.ly/kD8fmOL
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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#Methane is the 2nd most potent #GreenhouseGas after #CO2. Satellite monitoring of #CH4 emissions from waste disposal sites reveals discrepancies when compared with data reported by the facilities.
#CutMethane #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange
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Global satellite survey reveals uncertainty in landfill methane emissions - Nature
High-resolution satellites reveal major uncertainties in methane emissions from global waste sites, highlighting the need to reconcile observed and reported data, with actionable insights to improve e...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Geographical diversity in #microbiology
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Geographical diversity in microbiology
We live in a world that’s marred with health inequities driven by various factors including socioeconomic status, access to education and healthcare, gender, and political power structures [1]. Geogra...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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BRENDA in 2026: a Global Core Biodata Resource for functional enzyme and metabolic data within the DSMZ Digital Diversity
#BioData #BioResources #enzymes
@leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Reposted by Evgenii Protasov
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📢 Postdoc position: Cell Biology of Cyanobacteria

in my group, as part of the Excellence Cluster "Microbes for Climate" (M4C) in Marburg, Germany.

More information at shorturl.at/wNnDT (see Project 2)

🔗Apply at shorturl.at/VsEDl
📅Deadline: Nov 16, 2025

Please repost. #Postdoc
November 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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The most common #methanogen in the human gut, Methanobrevibacter smithii (aka Methanocatella smithii), is the microbe of the month in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social
@sgribaldo.bsky.social
#microbiology #archaea #GutMicrobiota #GutMicrobiome
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Nickel: Geochemistry, biochemistry and its role in chemical and biological evolutions
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Nickel: Geochemistry, biochemistry and its role in chemical and biological evolutions
Nickel is a versatile element that plays critical roles in Earth's geological and biological evolution, from the depths of the magmatic mantle to the …
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November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Active microorganisms and potential metabolic pathways mediating anaerobic degradation of DMSP in anoxic saltmarsh sediment
#microbiology #anaerobs #saltmarsh
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Active microorganisms and potential metabolic pathways mediating anaerobic degradation of DMSP in anoxic saltmarsh sediment
Abstract. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is a globally abundant organosulfur compound produced by marine organisms, where it plays key physiological rol
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November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Reposted by Evgenii Protasov
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Lab’s first paper is out!! We show the first structures of #Asgard #chromatin by #cryo-EM 🧬❄️
Asgard histones form closed and open hypernucleosomes. Closed are conserved across #Archaea, while open resemble eukaryotic H3–H4 octasomes and are Asgard-specific. More here: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Half of microbial eukaryote literature focuses on only twelve human parasites
#microbiology #protists #eukaryotes
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Half of microbial eukaryote literature focuses on only 12 human parasites
Abstract. Although microbial eukaryotes comprise the majority of eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity and inhabit nearly all ecosystems globally, most researc
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November 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Diversity and Evolution of Prokaryotic Viral Lytic Proteins
#microbiology #virus
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Diversity and evolution of prokaryotic viral lytic proteins
Abstract. Lytic proteins, essential for viral life cycles, mediate cell lysis, driving nutrient, and gene flow in ecosystems. Despite advances in understan
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November 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Distribution and activity of nitrate and nitrite reductases in the microbiota of the human intestinal tract
#biochemistry #GutMicrobiota
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Nitrate from food is first converted to nitrite by oral bacteria and then further processed in the intestine. The gut microbiota reduces nitrate and nitrite to ammonia or nitric oxide, preventing the....
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November 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Decoding the genetic drivers of marine bacterial blooms through comparative genomics
#microbiology
@microbiomej.bsky.social
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Decoding the genetic drivers of marine bacterial blooms through comparative genomics - Microbiome
Background While oligotrophic bacteria are known to dominate most marine microbial habitats, under certain conditions, such as during phytoplankton blooms, copiotrophs can dramatically increase in abu...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Growth of candidate phyla radiation bacteria in groundwater incubations reveals widespread adaptations to oxic conditions
#microbiology #bacteria #groundwater
@microbiomej.bsky.social
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Growth of candidate phyla radiation bacteria in groundwater incubations reveals widespread adaptations to oxic conditions - Microbiome
Background The candidate phyla radiation (CPR) comprises a widespread but poorly understood group of bacteria with limited cultured representatives, largely due to their metabolic dependencies on micr...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Denitrification is a community trait with partial pathways dominating across microbial genomes and biomes
#microbiology #denitrification
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Denitrification is a community trait with partial pathways dominating across microbial genomes and biomes - Nature Communications
Well-studied denitrifiers can execute all steps in the process but their abundance in natural communities is unclear. Here, the authors analyse metagenomics data to show that denitrification is commun...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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A Novel Protistan Trait Database Reveals Functional Redundancy and Complementarity in Terrestrial Protists(Amoebozoa and Rhizaria)
#protists #eukaryotes #amoeba
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November 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Analysis of Mechanisms for Electron Uptake by Methanothrix harundinacea 6Ac During Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer
#microbiology #methanogens #methane
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November 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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The novel regulator HdrR controls the transcription of the heterodisulfide reductase operon hdrBCA in Methanosarcina barkeri
#microbiology #methanogens #methane
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November 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus and Alternative Methanogens: Archaea-Based Production
#microbiology #methanogens #methane
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November 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Salinity and nutrient availability dictate methane production and its temperature sensitivity in lakes
#microbiology #methane #methanogens
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Salinity and nutrient availability dictate methane production and its temperature sensitivity in lakes
Freshwater and saline lakes are critical yet understudied sources of methane (CH4) emissions. Anthropogenic activities and climate warming can elevate…
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November 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Gellan gum-based media recover more diverse microbial communities from soil material
#microbiology #cultivation #microbes
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Gellan gum-based media recover more diverse microbial communities from soil material - Archives of Microbiology
Soil microbial communities contain a huge proportion of microorganisms that cannot be cultured using standard microbiological media and are accessible only through molecular methods. These uncultivabl...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Methanogens and anaerobic ciliates - a match made in ... sediments 😉
#microbiology #methanogens #ciliates
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Distinct evolutionary origins and mixed-mode transmissions of methanogenic endosymbionts are revealed in anaerobic ciliated protists - Marine Life Science & Technology
Methanogenic endosymbionts are the only known intracellular archaeans and are especially common in anaerobic ciliated protists. Studies on the evolution of associations between anaerobic ciliates and ...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Moby Dick among termites 😀
Cryptotermes mobydicki (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), an extraordinary new termite species from French Guiana
#zoology #entomology #taxonomy #NewSpecies
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November 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM