Swetha Sridhar

Improved maximum growth rate prediction from microbial genomes by integrating phylogenetic information - Nature Communications Microbial maximum growth rates vary widely across species, and their measurement is challenging, especially for uncultivated organisms. Here, Xu, Zakem & Weissman present Phydon, a framework for g...

Our newest on using genomic and phylogenetic information to predict microbial maximum growth rates www.nature.com/articles/s41... with @liangxu.bsky.social

Information storage across a microbial community using universal RNA barcoding - Nature Biotechnology Barcoding microbial ribosomal RNA creates a recording of gene transfer events without requiring translation.

We developed an RNA enzyme that adds barcodes to 16S rRNA to track bacterial DNA exchange in wastewater, identifying plasmid hosts via sequencing. This surpasses fluorescence methods by enabling multi-sample/plasmid analysis. Paper: go.nature.com/440gL5E. More technical details: shorturl.at/Y4KnA

Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...

Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events
We’re out in Nature !! doi.org/ntzk Very exciting for my first bluesky post! – it’s been a long haul by an excellent team from across Europe, led by @frantecol.bsky.social

Hahaha! Biang biang biang!