Becca Satterwhite
@satterwhite.bsky.social
Evolutionary microbiologist 🧪🧫🧪 Postdoc at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, co-advised by Dr. Vaughn Cooper and Dr. Kathy Shair
Reposted by Becca Satterwhite
The combination of Pf repressor mutation happening spontaneously + virome diversification means what you thought were bacterial clones might not be clones, and every colony/overnight might be different! A nightmare when doing experiments but very cool!
TLDR: most P. aeruginosa cells have active, diverse viromes that affect host-pathogen interactions.
➡️ Pf interact with host cells, interfere w/ antibiotics as @prsecor.bsky.social et al have shown.
Dynamics can be FAST! If you don't look carefully, you'll miss it! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
➡️ Pf interact with host cells, interfere w/ antibiotics as @prsecor.bsky.social et al have shown.
Dynamics can be FAST! If you don't look carefully, you'll miss it! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM