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“It was not wounds of battle that killed most of these men…
“The attrition of the army is extraordinary,” Dr. Harper said, “and underscores how much prior to the 20th century what we think of as wars are primarily medical events.”
The infections, he added, “are diseases that exploit human suffering”
A plasmid golden ratio? 🧬
Plasmid copy number ≈ 2.5% of chromosome size—consistent across bacterial species!
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... @jerorb.bsky.social
🧪 #microbesky
Dietary supplements have become big business. But how effective are they? And how are they regulated?
In Florida alone, a 15% decline in vaccinations against measles over 25 years would lead to 1 million measles cases. www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/h...
Very cool 😎
Bacterial amyloids (like curli) are a defense mechanism against predatory bacteria
Congratulations on great work
@hannahledvina.bsky.social
@aaronwhiteley.bsky.social
and all coauthors
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Emerging antimicrobial therapies for Gram-negative infections in human clinical use
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
New preprint with nice detective work by PhD student Khadija Hanga: gain of pOXA MDR plasmid is facilitated by chromosomal mutations affecting OmpF which act synergistically with the plasmid’s carbapenamase to give high level resistance. Led by @mbottery.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I forgot to post about this recent paper - exciting work led by @michriscopy.bsky.social showing clearest evidence yet for transertion strongly tethering the bacterial nucleoid to the membrane during fast growth. It was a pleasure to contribute a little 🔬🦠🧫 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MicroSky and beyond
Lab mice (domesticated for >100y) have kept gut bacterial strains that codiversified w/ rodents for >25My. Here, authors show genetic drift occured in the lab, leading to loss of microb diversity+more deleterious mutations, impacting microbial fitness in lab vs wt mice
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read our latest blog to find out how @DrRebeccaJHall and colleagues are trying to understand more about the effects of glucose in the urinary tract on the treatment of urinary tract infections caused by uropathogenic E.coli .
"E. coli nucleoid adopts a condensed, membrane-proximal configuration during rapid growth, an active role of transertion (coupled transcription, translation, and membrane insertion) in nucleoid organization" #microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cutting-edge tools for structural biology: bringing AlphaFold to the people
@cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Forum by @c-elfmann.bsky.social and @joergstuelke.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/micro...
A graph showing reported measles cases in the United States. The line shows that there were regularly 400-600,000 cases each year until 1963, when the measles vaccine was licensed, at which point cases plummet. In 2000, the elimination of measles was declared.
Vaccines have granted families in wealthy countries the luxury of forgetting what measles, polio, rubella, and other preventable diseases are like.
We're looking at how many millions of lives vaccines have saved.
Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/42Aj3Y8
To mark International Women’s Day, six award-winning female scientists told Nature about the women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others. #WomenInStem 🧪
I love this story so much. Adventure and microbiology.
astrobiology.com/2025/03/pata...
Against a blue background, graphic representation shows a diverse group of women holding a megaphone and placard. In the background are two yellow and black striped tapes. The text reads 'Women's health needs change from the time they are born to older age. But they often hit roadblocks to receive the right diagnosis and treatment they need.'
Today is #InternationalWomensDay
Progress on #GenderEquality in health care is too slow.
Women have distinct & changing health needs at different stages of their lives. Health care should be easy to access, fair & tailored to meet each woman’s unique needs & circumstances.
🔗 bit.ly/3DmZQ2o
The answer is pasteurization (since 1860)! edition.cnn.com/2025/02/22/h...
This is figure 1, which shows the global distribution of study locations of pesticide impact on non-target organisms.
A study in Nature Communications found that insecticides, fungicides and herbicides have negative effects on non-target plants, animals and microorganisms within terrestrial and aquatic systems. https://go.nature.com/4aY865i 🧪
A painting of Louis Pasteur with germs in the background, and a flask in the foreground showing him climbing a glacier.
AIR-BORNE EXCERPT! Louis Pasteur climbed a glacier to hunt for floating germs. There he discovered a fundamental truth about all life. Here's the story, from my new book. [Gift link] Artwork by Antoine Maillard. 🧪 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/s...
Explore our interactive timeline of devastating infections through the ages, alongside crucial scientific and medical advances to help control them.
In English, German, Spanish, Welsh, Irish and Gaelic.
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Nice occasion for 1st post! Our contribution with Liraz Chai (not yet on 💙sky) to the review on modern methods to study #biofilms headed by Susann Müller (same) and members of #SPP2389 @emmanuel-saliba.bsky.social @knutdrescher.bsky.social @cyanolab.bsky.social
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