Vibrio Vulnificus
@vibrio-vulnificus.bsky.social
The world is my oyster
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If something can be destroyed by the truth, then let it - be it a person, a government, or an empire built on lies.
July 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If something can be destroyed by the truth, then let it - be it a person, a government, or an empire built on lies.
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Our paper in @science.org 👉🏽 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
is accompanied by an especially thoughtful perspective by Carey Nadell and Chris Marx 👉🏽
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
is accompanied by an especially thoughtful perspective by Carey Nadell and Chris Marx 👉🏽
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
June 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Our paper in @science.org 👉🏽 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
is accompanied by an especially thoughtful perspective by Carey Nadell and Chris Marx 👉🏽
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
is accompanied by an especially thoughtful perspective by Carey Nadell and Chris Marx 👉🏽
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Thrilled to share our new paper in @science.org describing our discovery that bacteria can switch from competitors to bonafide predators when resources run dry—arming nanoscale “spears” (T6SS) to stab & consume neighbours.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MicroSKy #Microbiology
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MicroSKy #Microbiology
Antagonism as a foraging strategy in microbial communities
In natural habitats, nutrient availability limits bacterial growth. We discovered that bacteria can overcome this limitation by acquiring nutrients by lysing neighboring cells through contact-dependen...
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June 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Thrilled to share our new paper in @science.org describing our discovery that bacteria can switch from competitors to bonafide predators when resources run dry—arming nanoscale “spears” (T6SS) to stab & consume neighbours.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MicroSKy #Microbiology
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#MicroSKy #Microbiology
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This story started when we put two Vibrio species commonly found in the coastal oceans under the microscope. V. anguillarum cannot grow on alginate, an algal polysaccharide, but V. cyclitrophicus can. So how does the former species grow? The answer: By killing the ones that can
#Microsky #T6SS
#Microsky #T6SS
June 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Thanks to Northwestern Feinberg communications for writing this nice article on our recent work for the newsletter. @vibrio-vulnificus.bsky.social
Scientists led by @karlasatchell.bsky.social have discovered previously unknown molecular mechanisms that help a type of foodborne bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, recognize host cells and initiate infection, according to a recent study in Science Advances. @jiexic.bsky.social
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Novel Mechanisms Help Lethal Bacteria Recognize and Infect Cells - News Center
Scientists led by Karla Satchell, PhD, have discovered previously unknown molecular mechanisms that help a type of foodborne bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus recognize host cells and initiate infecti...
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May 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Thanks to Northwestern Feinberg communications for writing this nice article on our recent work for the newsletter. @vibrio-vulnificus.bsky.social
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Surround yourself with death and dying on a daily basis” -Epictetus, (Stoic Philosopher)
“Say no more.” -RFK Jr (Roadkill connoisseur and Anti-epidemiologist)
“Say no more.” -RFK Jr (Roadkill connoisseur and Anti-epidemiologist)
May 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Surround yourself with death and dying on a daily basis” -Epictetus, (Stoic Philosopher)
“Say no more.” -RFK Jr (Roadkill connoisseur and Anti-epidemiologist)
“Say no more.” -RFK Jr (Roadkill connoisseur and Anti-epidemiologist)
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Harmful algal blooms are preceded by a predictable and quantifiable shift in the oceanic microbiome www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊
Harmful algal blooms are preceded by a predictable and quantifiable shift in the oceanic microbiome - Nature Communications
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) pose negative worldwide impacts that could be minimized through the development of a forecasting tool. Quantitative analysis of peptides produced by a coastal microbiome pr...
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April 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Harmful algal blooms are preceded by a predictable and quantifiable shift in the oceanic microbiome www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊
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Even when we’re cast as villains, those of us working in infectious diseases still have a vital role to play. In this reflection, I share how I’m continuing to show up for patients, for public health, and for the next generation even when it’s hard.
open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...
open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...
This Is How I Keep Showing Up
A infectious diseases physician’s reflections on trust, defiance, and public health in a time of outrage
open.substack.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Even when we’re cast as villains, those of us working in infectious diseases still have a vital role to play. In this reflection, I share how I’m continuing to show up for patients, for public health, and for the next generation even when it’s hard.
open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...
open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...
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Genomes of Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus, bacteria, and viruses recovered from marine picocyanobacteria cultures based on Illumina and Qitan nanopore sequencing www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Genomes of Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus, bacteria, and viruses recovered from marine picocyanobacteria cultures based on Illumina and Qitan nanopore sequencing - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Genomes of Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus, bacteria, and viruses recovered from marine picocyanobacteria cultures based on Illumina and Qitan nanopore sequencing
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April 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Genomes of Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus, bacteria, and viruses recovered from marine picocyanobacteria cultures based on Illumina and Qitan nanopore sequencing www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
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In 2016, the Kishony Lab at Harvard Medical School put together this demonstration of acquired antibiotic resistance in E. coli bacteria, creating a mega-Petri dish (2' x 4') with a stepped gradient of antibiotic.
Seeing the mutants emerge & spread is an elegant demo of evolutionary change.
Seeing the mutants emerge & spread is an elegant demo of evolutionary change.
The Evolution of Bacteria on a “Mega-Plate” Petri Dish (Kishony Lab)
YouTube video by Harvard Medical School
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April 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In 2016, the Kishony Lab at Harvard Medical School put together this demonstration of acquired antibiotic resistance in E. coli bacteria, creating a mega-Petri dish (2' x 4') with a stepped gradient of antibiotic.
Seeing the mutants emerge & spread is an elegant demo of evolutionary change.
Seeing the mutants emerge & spread is an elegant demo of evolutionary change.
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The hygiene hypothesis is not telling you to expose yourself to pathogens. The hygiene hypothesis is not telling you to expose yourself to pathogens. The hygiene hypothesis is not telling you to expose yourself to pathogens. The hygiene hypothesis is not telling you to expose yourself to pathogens.
April 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The hygiene hypothesis is not telling you to expose yourself to pathogens. The hygiene hypothesis is not telling you to expose yourself to pathogens. The hygiene hypothesis is not telling you to expose yourself to pathogens. The hygiene hypothesis is not telling you to expose yourself to pathogens.
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Invasive meningococcal disease is one of the scariest diseases, period. People can go from asymptomatic to dying within 24 hours. Even with appropriate care, 1 in 6 will die, and another 1 in 4 will have permanent disability including loss of limbs secondary to meningococcemia-provoked thromboses.
As an infectious diseases specialist I beg to defer. Simply encounter as a healthy individual an N meningitidis and you might die, doesn’t matter how healthy you are.
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has repeatedly claimed: “If you’re healthy, it’s almost impossible to die from an infectious disease in modern times.”
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
April 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Invasive meningococcal disease is one of the scariest diseases, period. People can go from asymptomatic to dying within 24 hours. Even with appropriate care, 1 in 6 will die, and another 1 in 4 will have permanent disability including loss of limbs secondary to meningococcemia-provoked thromboses.
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April 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Dating Bacteria is hard due to the lack of maxima. Assuming aerobes likely postdated the GOE gave us better resolved ages, but also surprised us, but not Dr Dayhoff, showing O2 use predated its atmospheric rise by 900 Mys and helped oxygenic photosynthesis to evolve. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
April 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Dating Bacteria is hard due to the lack of maxima. Assuming aerobes likely postdated the GOE gave us better resolved ages, but also surprised us, but not Dr Dayhoff, showing O2 use predated its atmospheric rise by 900 Mys and helped oxygenic photosynthesis to evolve. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Rep. (USTR) has confirmed that pharmaceuticals are exempt from BOTH the 10% base rate tariff plus additional reciprocal tariffs. Small ray of hope for biotech (for now).
April 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The Office of the U.S. Trade Rep. (USTR) has confirmed that pharmaceuticals are exempt from BOTH the 10% base rate tariff plus additional reciprocal tariffs. Small ray of hope for biotech (for now).
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Our paper on vibrios isolated from Israel's coastal waters is now online in mSphere (now with a working link). We analyzed the pathogenic potential (genome sequences, toxicity, and antibiotic resistance) of 23 new isolates.
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#T6SS #T3SS #MARTX
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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#T6SS #T3SS #MARTX
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Assessing toxicity and competitive fitness of Vibrio isolates from coastal waters in Israel | mSphere
The ocean’s surface water temperatures have increased in the past decades due to climate change. This increase correlates with the spread of Vibrio, a genus of aquatic bacteria, many of which are pathogens of humans and marine animals. Since Vibrio-...
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April 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Our paper on vibrios isolated from Israel's coastal waters is now online in mSphere (now with a working link). We analyzed the pathogenic potential (genome sequences, toxicity, and antibiotic resistance) of 23 new isolates.
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#T6SS #T3SS #MARTX
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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#T6SS #T3SS #MARTX
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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In this "80 for 80," Storyteller Lynne Feldman is telling the story of #Auschwitz survivor Tova Irene Finklestein.
Born in Dunajská Streda, #Czechoslovakia.
#Holocaust #TeachTheShoah
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tlj...
Born in Dunajská Streda, #Czechoslovakia.
#Holocaust #TeachTheShoah
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tlj...
Lynne Feldman telling Tova Finkelstein
YouTube video by Teach the Shoah
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March 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
In this "80 for 80," Storyteller Lynne Feldman is telling the story of #Auschwitz survivor Tova Irene Finklestein.
Born in Dunajská Streda, #Czechoslovakia.
#Holocaust #TeachTheShoah
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tlj...
Born in Dunajská Streda, #Czechoslovakia.
#Holocaust #TeachTheShoah
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tlj...
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Great paper in Cell
OLD NEUTROPHILS
NEW TRICKS
they process lipid rafts to bud off “LAND-Vs”—giant vesicles that block complement activation and inflammation via CD55—all while evading macrophage efferocytosis
cellular recycling—reimagined—for the senior neutrophil
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
OLD NEUTROPHILS
NEW TRICKS
they process lipid rafts to bud off “LAND-Vs”—giant vesicles that block complement activation and inflammation via CD55—all while evading macrophage efferocytosis
cellular recycling—reimagined—for the senior neutrophil
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
March 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Great paper in Cell
OLD NEUTROPHILS
NEW TRICKS
they process lipid rafts to bud off “LAND-Vs”—giant vesicles that block complement activation and inflammation via CD55—all while evading macrophage efferocytosis
cellular recycling—reimagined—for the senior neutrophil
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
OLD NEUTROPHILS
NEW TRICKS
they process lipid rafts to bud off “LAND-Vs”—giant vesicles that block complement activation and inflammation via CD55—all while evading macrophage efferocytosis
cellular recycling—reimagined—for the senior neutrophil
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
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🧵NEW: A CDC clone website is filled with false and misleading vaccine claims against a backdrop of false balance. The NGO (Children's Health Defense) led by the current HHS Secretary until December 2024 is hosting content for the CDC clone.
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
March 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
🧵NEW: A CDC clone website is filled with false and misleading vaccine claims against a backdrop of false balance. The NGO (Children's Health Defense) led by the current HHS Secretary until December 2024 is hosting content for the CDC clone.
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
infoepi.substack.com/p/cdc-clone...
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Why are certain vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) strains taking over hospitals?
Emergent lineages make bacteriocin T8—giving them a gut colonization edge over older strains
Microbial competition shapes nosocomial evolution
Mills et al Nat Microbiol
#VRE #AMR
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Emergent lineages make bacteriocin T8—giving them a gut colonization edge over older strains
Microbial competition shapes nosocomial evolution
Mills et al Nat Microbiol
#VRE #AMR
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Why are certain vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) strains taking over hospitals?
Emergent lineages make bacteriocin T8—giving them a gut colonization edge over older strains
Microbial competition shapes nosocomial evolution
Mills et al Nat Microbiol
#VRE #AMR
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Emergent lineages make bacteriocin T8—giving them a gut colonization edge over older strains
Microbial competition shapes nosocomial evolution
Mills et al Nat Microbiol
#VRE #AMR
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This bacteria (𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴) was LIVING IN A DETERGENT
The hyperthermophile 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘳 can thrive at temperatures as high as 122°C (251.6°F), FAR EXCEEDING THE BOILING POINT OF WATER
𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘪 CAN SURVIVE IN DISTILLED WATER FOR UP TO 16 YEARS
This bacteria (𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴) was LIVING IN A DETERGENT
The hyperthermophile 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘳 can thrive at temperatures as high as 122°C (251.6°F), FAR EXCEEDING THE BOILING POINT OF WATER
𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘪 CAN SURVIVE IN DISTILLED WATER FOR UP TO 16 YEARS
Popular detergent recalled due to possible bacteria exposure
Customers can contact the manufacturer for a full refund.
www.oregonlive.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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This bacteria (𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴) was LIVING IN A DETERGENT
The hyperthermophile 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘳 can thrive at temperatures as high as 122°C (251.6°F), FAR EXCEEDING THE BOILING POINT OF WATER
𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘪 CAN SURVIVE IN DISTILLED WATER FOR UP TO 16 YEARS
This bacteria (𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴) was LIVING IN A DETERGENT
The hyperthermophile 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘳 can thrive at temperatures as high as 122°C (251.6°F), FAR EXCEEDING THE BOILING POINT OF WATER
𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘪 CAN SURVIVE IN DISTILLED WATER FOR UP TO 16 YEARS
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Bacterial galvanotaxis: a neglected biological process www.cell.com/trends/micro... #jcampubs
Bacterial galvanotaxis: a neglected biological process
Bacterial galvanotaxis, the directed migration in response to electric fields, remains
an understudied yet intriguing phenomenon. This forum explores its history, independence
from chemotaxis, and rol...
www.cell.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Bacterial galvanotaxis: a neglected biological process www.cell.com/trends/micro... #jcampubs
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Metabolism of CO and H2 by pioneer bacteria in volcanic soils and the phyllosphere academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs
March 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Metabolism of CO and H2 by pioneer bacteria in volcanic soils and the phyllosphere academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs
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A Review in Nature Reviews Microbiology examines how antibiotics influence bacterial metabolism and how metabolism, in turn, affects drug efficacy and the emergence and evolution of antimicrobial resistance. 🔒
The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance
Nature Reviews Microbiology
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March 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A Review in Nature Reviews Microbiology examines how antibiotics influence bacterial metabolism and how metabolism, in turn, affects drug efficacy and the emergence and evolution of antimicrobial resistance. 🔒