Eric Pollitt
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Mycobacterium smegmatis Expands Across Surfaces by Hydraulic Sliding - Environmental Microbiology Reports enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... - Our new paper is out!
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note, gliding is not comparable to sliding
the here described spreading is very similar to sliding (=spreading by growth and facilitating compounds, like polysaccharides), which was known for Salmonella - the authors are not fully correct stating that sliding always depends on surfactant
the here described spreading is very similar to sliding (=spreading by growth and facilitating compounds, like polysaccharides), which was known for Salmonella - the authors are not fully correct stating that sliding always depends on surfactant
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
note, gliding is not comparable to sliding
the here described spreading is very similar to sliding (=spreading by growth and facilitating compounds, like polysaccharides), which was known for Salmonella - the authors are not fully correct stating that sliding always depends on surfactant
the here described spreading is very similar to sliding (=spreading by growth and facilitating compounds, like polysaccharides), which was known for Salmonella - the authors are not fully correct stating that sliding always depends on surfactant
Mycobacterium smegmatis Expands Across Surfaces by Hydraulic Sliding - Environmental Microbiology Reports enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... - Our new paper is out!
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Mycobacterium smegmatis Expands Across Surfaces by Hydraulic Sliding - Environmental Microbiology Reports enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... - Our new paper is out!
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UCLA Health ended an NDM-1 Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak by tracing it to an ICU sink biofilm via whole-genome sequencing, then eliminating it with targeted disinfection, plumbing changes, and staff education—showcasing the power of diverse IPC measures.
#AMR
www.newswise.com/articles/the...
#AMR
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These Techniques Stopped the Outbreak of an Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in a SoCal Hospital | Newswise
Researchers detected Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common hospital-acquired bacterium, often found in moist environments. But this strain carried a gene called New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1), an en...
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August 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
UCLA Health ended an NDM-1 Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak by tracing it to an ICU sink biofilm via whole-genome sequencing, then eliminating it with targeted disinfection, plumbing changes, and staff education—showcasing the power of diverse IPC measures.
#AMR
www.newswise.com/articles/the...
#AMR
www.newswise.com/articles/the...
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‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
PARIS—In an effort to modernize the principles and empirical procedures of examining phenomena and advancing humanity’s collective knowledge, the International Council for Science announced Thursday t...
theonion.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
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Woke last night to the sound of thunder. How far off, I sat and wondered.
(First published notice of the superbug that would come to be known as MRSA, 1961.)
(First published notice of the superbug that would come to be known as MRSA, 1961.)
July 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Woke last night to the sound of thunder. How far off, I sat and wondered.
(First published notice of the superbug that would come to be known as MRSA, 1961.)
(First published notice of the superbug that would come to be known as MRSA, 1961.)
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Delighted to share our latest publication from @medmycology.bsky.social adapting the EVPL model to study A. fumigatus virulence, made possible through collaboration with @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social. Many thanks to @researchireland.ie for funding this work
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Proteomic characterization of Aspergillus fumigatus – host interactions using the ex-vivo pig lung (EVPL) model
Aspergillus fumigatus is an opportunistic fungal pathogen of the human airway that can cause a variety of chronic infections, typically in the context of pre-existing lung damage. The interaction o...
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July 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Delighted to share our latest publication from @medmycology.bsky.social adapting the EVPL model to study A. fumigatus virulence, made possible through collaboration with @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social. Many thanks to @researchireland.ie for funding this work
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Paper! @phoebesilva.bsky.social's labour of love* optimising synthetic #CysticFibrosis mucus for growth of NTHi is out #MicroSky #Biofilm www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
*more like seething resentment as the bugs steadfastly refused to grow in most things we threw at them ^_^
*more like seething resentment as the bugs steadfastly refused to grow in most things we threw at them ^_^
Optimizing synthetic cystic fibrosis sputum media for growth of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae
Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is an early pathogen isolated from the lungs of children with cystic fibrosis (CF). However, its role in the progression of CF lung infection is poorly under...
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June 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Paper! @phoebesilva.bsky.social's labour of love* optimising synthetic #CysticFibrosis mucus for growth of NTHi is out #MicroSky #Biofilm www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
*more like seething resentment as the bugs steadfastly refused to grow in most things we threw at them ^_^
*more like seething resentment as the bugs steadfastly refused to grow in most things we threw at them ^_^
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The general trend is crazy. Here is Twitter vs Bluesky volumes for the last week. On some days they are equal in volume.
March 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The general trend is crazy. Here is Twitter vs Bluesky volumes for the last week. On some days they are equal in volume.
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Delighted to be able to share our new review on R-pyocins produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It covers genetics, regulation, killing mechanisms and therapeutic potential amongst other things. #MicroSky www.nature.com/articles/s44...
R-pyocins as targeted antimicrobials against Pseudomonas aeruginosa - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - R-pyocins as targeted antimicrobials against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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March 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Delighted to be able to share our new review on R-pyocins produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It covers genetics, regulation, killing mechanisms and therapeutic potential amongst other things. #MicroSky www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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📣 New collaborative work on invasive Strep A epidemiology. A synchronous rise in cases caused by a previously rare emm type 3.93. Genomic analysis identifies a genomic rearrangement in isolates associated to the surge. Added value of long-read seq! Thanks to all! wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
February 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
📣 New collaborative work on invasive Strep A epidemiology. A synchronous rise in cases caused by a previously rare emm type 3.93. Genomic analysis identifies a genomic rearrangement in isolates associated to the surge. Added value of long-read seq! Thanks to all! wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
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Would you expect that Bacteria use an archaellum for swimming? We didn't, but we found that some Chloroflexota do! Find the story here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A little thread below 1/n
A little thread below 1/n
Horizontal gene transfer of the functional archaellum machinery to Bacteria
Motility in Archaea is driven by a nanomachinery called the archaellum. So far, archaella have been exclusively described for the archaeal domain; however, a recent study reported the presence of arch...
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February 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Would you expect that Bacteria use an archaellum for swimming? We didn't, but we found that some Chloroflexota do! Find the story here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A little thread below 1/n
A little thread below 1/n
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Tools to analyze early heart morphogenesis in detail are limited. @noelresearchlab.bsky.social &co develop computational package called morphoHeart that allows for integrated 3D analysis of both #heart & extracellular matrix morphology in live #zebrafish embryos 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/42DlqtJ
January 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Tools to analyze early heart morphogenesis in detail are limited. @noelresearchlab.bsky.social &co develop computational package called morphoHeart that allows for integrated 3D analysis of both #heart & extracellular matrix morphology in live #zebrafish embryos 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/42DlqtJ
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Setting up an account to talk about my review article in @microbiologysociety.org - all about how #AI has been applied to virus research!
#machinelearning #virology
doi.org/10.1099/jgv....
#machinelearning #virology
doi.org/10.1099/jgv....
Unveiling the ghost: machine learning’s impact on the landscape of virology
The complexity and speed of evolution in viruses with RNA genomes makes predictive identification of variants with epidemic or pandemic potential challenging. In recent years, machine learning has bec...
doi.org
January 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Setting up an account to talk about my review article in @microbiologysociety.org - all about how #AI has been applied to virus research!
#machinelearning #virology
doi.org/10.1099/jgv....
#machinelearning #virology
doi.org/10.1099/jgv....
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You missed our series about unnoticed, but influential female scientists in microbiology that were honoured by naming a bacterium after them?
Here is the basic information about the 26 women and their groundbreaking work 👉 www.dsmz.de/collection/honouring-women-in-science
#herstory #WomenInScience
Here is the basic information about the 26 women and their groundbreaking work 👉 www.dsmz.de/collection/honouring-women-in-science
#herstory #WomenInScience
January 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
You missed our series about unnoticed, but influential female scientists in microbiology that were honoured by naming a bacterium after them?
Here is the basic information about the 26 women and their groundbreaking work 👉 www.dsmz.de/collection/honouring-women-in-science
#herstory #WomenInScience
Here is the basic information about the 26 women and their groundbreaking work 👉 www.dsmz.de/collection/honouring-women-in-science
#herstory #WomenInScience
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I’m excited to share the first results of my PhD research, now available as a preprint! We investigated if a reductionist model of phage steering could effectively target P. aeruginosa despite the additional selective pressure of competition with S. aureus.
Phage Steering in the Presence of a Competing Bacterial Pathogen https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.28.615603v1
Phage Steering in the Presence of a Competing Bacterial Pathogen https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.28.615603v1
The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has necessitated the development of alternative therapeuti
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October 4, 2024 at 4:07 PM
I’m excited to share the first results of my PhD research, now available as a preprint! We investigated if a reductionist model of phage steering could effectively target P. aeruginosa despite the additional selective pressure of competition with S. aureus.
Staphylococcus aureus gliding comets: formation and observation - new observations of the S. aureus comets and how to get the assay to work www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Staphylococcus aureus gliding comets: formation and observation - new observations of the S. aureus comets and how to get the assay to work www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Staphylococcus aureus gliding comets: formation and observation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.17.628996v1
December 18, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Staphylococcus aureus gliding comets: formation and observation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.17.628996v1