#microsky #phagesky #phage
At last! Great to see this one out: journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Here, we discovered a nested phage-bacteria network despite their high genetic and ecological diversity. Kudos to everyone involved, especially @chloe-feltin.bsky.social !
@phimresearch.bsky.social
At last! Great to see this one out: journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Here, we discovered a nested phage-bacteria network despite their high genetic and ecological diversity. Kudos to everyone involved, especially @chloe-feltin.bsky.social !
@phimresearch.bsky.social
Ecological ubiquity and phylogeny drive nestedness in phages–bacteria networks and shape the bacterial defensome
Author summary Viruses that infect bacteria, known as phages, are part of microbial communities and influence the abundance, diversity, and traits of their hosts. In an agriculture-related context, th...
journals.plos.org
January 12, 2026 at 7:37 PM
#microsky #phagesky #phage
At last! Great to see this one out: journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Here, we discovered a nested phage-bacteria network despite their high genetic and ecological diversity. Kudos to everyone involved, especially @chloe-feltin.bsky.social !
@phimresearch.bsky.social
At last! Great to see this one out: journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Here, we discovered a nested phage-bacteria network despite their high genetic and ecological diversity. Kudos to everyone involved, especially @chloe-feltin.bsky.social !
@phimresearch.bsky.social
🚨Our new article is out in #PLOS Pathogens!
What drives nestedness in phages–bacteria interactions network in an agro-ecosystem? 🌱
📖 journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
#Phagesky @inrae-pv.bsky.social @phimresearch.bsky.social @phagedirectory.bsky.social
(Yes, that's a phage in those kinetics!)
What drives nestedness in phages–bacteria interactions network in an agro-ecosystem? 🌱
📖 journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
#Phagesky @inrae-pv.bsky.social @phimresearch.bsky.social @phagedirectory.bsky.social
(Yes, that's a phage in those kinetics!)
January 12, 2026 at 4:40 PM
🚨Our new article is out in #PLOS Pathogens!
What drives nestedness in phages–bacteria interactions network in an agro-ecosystem? 🌱
📖 journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
#Phagesky @inrae-pv.bsky.social @phimresearch.bsky.social @phagedirectory.bsky.social
(Yes, that's a phage in those kinetics!)
What drives nestedness in phages–bacteria interactions network in an agro-ecosystem? 🌱
📖 journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
#Phagesky @inrae-pv.bsky.social @phimresearch.bsky.social @phagedirectory.bsky.social
(Yes, that's a phage in those kinetics!)
January 7, 2026 at 11:19 AM
A prophage-expressed type IV pilus component provides anti-phage defense: Cell Reports https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(25)01531-1?rss=yes
A prophage-expressed type IV pilus component provides anti-phage defense
Sztanko et al. demonstrate that Pseudomonas aeruginosa prophages encode proteins resembling the type IV pilus minor pilin protein, FimU. These prophage-expressed FimU proteins are incorporated into the pilus without disrupting pilus function and prevent the adsorption of phages that bind to the tip of the pilus, where FimU is located.
www.cell.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:37 AM
The distinction between virulent & temperate phages gets fuzzier if one can find so many virulent phages in the sequences of bacterial genomes coming from standard lab "pure" cultures. Check Peter's thread on our work and the N&V by Carson & Hynes: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#phagesky #microsky
#phagesky #microsky
January 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
The distinction between virulent & temperate phages gets fuzzier if one can find so many virulent phages in the sequences of bacterial genomes coming from standard lab "pure" cultures. Check Peter's thread on our work and the N&V by Carson & Hynes: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#phagesky #microsky
#phagesky #microsky
🚨New paper!
A prophage-encoded sRNA limits lytic phage infection in adherent-invasive E. coli.
Huge thanks to members of the Round Lab, @duerkoplab.bsky.social, Wiedenheft Lab, and phage legend Sherwood Casjens.
#microsky 🦠🧫🧪🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A prophage-encoded sRNA limits lytic phage infection in adherent-invasive E. coli.
Huge thanks to members of the Round Lab, @duerkoplab.bsky.social, Wiedenheft Lab, and phage legend Sherwood Casjens.
#microsky 🦠🧫🧪🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
🚨New paper!
A prophage-encoded sRNA limits lytic phage infection in adherent-invasive E. coli.
Huge thanks to members of the Round Lab, @duerkoplab.bsky.social, Wiedenheft Lab, and phage legend Sherwood Casjens.
#microsky 🦠🧫🧪🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A prophage-encoded sRNA limits lytic phage infection in adherent-invasive E. coli.
Huge thanks to members of the Round Lab, @duerkoplab.bsky.social, Wiedenheft Lab, and phage legend Sherwood Casjens.
#microsky 🦠🧫🧪🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 5, 2026 at 3:19 PM
🚨 New paper from our lab in Cell Reports @cp-cellreports.bsky.social, led by Clara Douadi!
We show that bacteriophages can cross the intestinal barrier, with increased translocation in Crohn's disease.
🔗 www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Many thanks to all the authors!
We show that bacteriophages can cross the intestinal barrier, with increased translocation in Crohn's disease.
🔗 www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Many thanks to all the authors!
Differential translocation of bacteriophages across the intestinal barrier in health and Crohn’s disease
Intestinal barrier integrity is crucial for gut homeostasis. Douadi et al. show that
bacteriophages can cross this barrier without causing damage and that translocation
rates depend on the barrier sta...
www.cell.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Last chance to apply for this funded PhD on bacteriophages and water pollution! If phages are going to be used more widely we need to ensure that we do not create another AMR problem #PhageSky #MicroSky
Funded PhD available starting October 2026 on phages and pollution. Applications close 16th January. #PhageSky #MicroSky www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Bacteriophages as river pollutants: determining the impact of phage pollution, with focus on antimicrobial resistance. at Bangor University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Bacteriophages as river pollutants: determining the impact of phage pollution, with focus on antimicrobial resistance. at Bangor University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:23 PM
A prophage-encoded sRNA limits phage infection of adherent-invasive E. coli
#PLoSPathogen from @prsecor.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
#PLoSPathogen from @prsecor.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
A prophage-encoded sRNA limits phage infection of adherent-invasive E. coli
Author summary Prophages—viral genomes integrated into bacterial chromosomes—are common in enteric bacteria and can profoundly influence bacterial physiology and ecological fitness. Here we show that ...
journals.plos.org
January 3, 2026 at 12:07 PM
January 3, 2026 at 11:53 AM
December 31, 2025 at 6:23 AM
At long last I get to share this publication from my PhD. We created click chemistry enabled phage-magnetic nanoparticles via a recoded T7 genome. Read about it in @acs.org Synthetic Biology
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#phage #phagesky #synbio
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#phage #phagesky #synbio
Recoded Bacteriophage Genome for Bio-Orthogonal-Enabled Concentration and Detection of E. coli in Drinking Water
Modern genome editing methods permit the flexible modification of organisms at the genome level. However, bacteriophages, despite their small genomes, pose unique challenges due to the need to edit du...
pubs.acs.org
December 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
At long last I get to share this publication from my PhD. We created click chemistry enabled phage-magnetic nanoparticles via a recoded T7 genome. Read about it in @acs.org Synthetic Biology
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#phage #phagesky #synbio
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#phage #phagesky #synbio
#microsky #phagesky
Metagenomics suggests temperate #phages contribute auxiliary metabolic genes to small genome bacteria
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Metagenomics suggests temperate #phages contribute auxiliary metabolic genes to small genome bacteria
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Metagenomics reveals potential interactions between Patescibacteriota and their phages in groundwater ecosystems | mSystems
Here, we sought phages that were capable of infecting Patescibacteriota metagenome-assembled
genomes (MAGs), and further explored the diversity and novelty of Patescibacteriota
phages, as well as the ...
journals.asm.org
December 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#microsky #phagesky
Metagenomics suggests temperate #phages contribute auxiliary metabolic genes to small genome bacteria
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Metagenomics suggests temperate #phages contribute auxiliary metabolic genes to small genome bacteria
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
The final form of my 2nd postdoc paper with the Bassler Lab! Turns out our favorite quorum-sensing phage isn’t a one-off, but rather a member of a globally dispersed family of phages that sense a universal autoinducer.
#phagesky #microsky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#phagesky #microsky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
A family of linear plasmid phages that detect a quorum-sensing autoinducer exists in multiple bacterial species | mBio
The discovery of quorum-sensing responsive linear plasmid phages has transformed understanding
of phage-bacterial interactions by demonstrating inter-domain chemical communication.
To date, however, e...
journals.asm.org
December 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The final form of my 2nd postdoc paper with the Bassler Lab! Turns out our favorite quorum-sensing phage isn’t a one-off, but rather a member of a globally dispersed family of phages that sense a universal autoinducer.
#phagesky #microsky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#phagesky #microsky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...