jerrymaeda.bsky.social
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June 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It turns out, this symbiotic bacterium highly expresses a horizontally acquired NRPS operon, resulting in the production of a small, antifungal molecule.

Grateful to have worked on a fun project with @nancy-moran.bsky.social

The results are a bit more complicated:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Heritable symbiont producing nonribosomal peptide confers extreme heat sensitivity and antifungal protection on its host | PNAS
Insects frequently form associations with maternally transmitted symbiotic bacteria. This transmission mode ensures that symbiont-conferred effects...
www.pnas.org
June 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM