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PLOS Biology#Archaea sometimes turn against #Bacteria using hitherto unknown mechanisms. This Primer explores a @PLOSBiology study that reveals bacterium-killing peptidoglycan hydrolases in archaea. Paper: https://plos.io/4lrJBBa Primer: https://plos.io/3HGMYpU
AndrewCool! Archaea may offer a way around antibiotic resistance. Article links to open access paper. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-antimicrobials-archaea-bacteria.html #science #sciencenews #health #microbiology #sustainability #naturalsolutions #bacteria #archaea #antibiotic
Antimicrobials produced by archaea can kill bacteria
As bacteria become increasingly resistant to antibiotics and other antibacterials, there is a growing need for alternatives. In a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, Tobias Warnecke and colleagues from the University of Oxford and the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom, identified untapped antimicrobials produced by archaea, single-celled organisms that make up one of the three domains of life (the other two being bacteria and eukaryotes, the group that includes us).
Archaea-on-bacteria action! This study shows that many #archaea encode #peptidoglycan hydrolases, which specifically target #bacterial cell walls, experimentally confirming the killing capacity of 2 of these enzymes @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4lrJBBa
Dimitris KontopoulosIn this #paper, we looked at how the 3D #structure of an #enzyme may change through #adaptation to different thermal environments over millions of years. Specifically, we compared 70 adenylate kinases of #bacteria and #archaea, from extreme cold-loving #species to extreme heat-loving ones. 🧵2/7
naturepokerHmm. 79C GPU temperature during r10 methylation & basecalling. Background lab temperature is about 90~93F (32~34C) so the makeshift ventilation & cooling solution for the workstation is working surprisingly well.
One more sequencing run until I have a full gamut of the target #Archaea species. Woot!
Umesh PrasadSukunaarchaeum mirabile: What Constitutes a Cellular Life?
Researchers have discovered a novel archaeon in symbiotic relationship in amarine microbial system that displays an extreme genome reduction in...........
#archaea #biology #Cell #CellularLife #Genome #Life #science #Sukunaarchaeummirabile #virus
Kamakhya P. Seal
Scientific EuropeanSukunaarchaeum mirabile: What Constitutes a Cellular Life?
Researchers have discovered a novel archaeon in symbiotic relationship in amarine microbial system that displays an extreme genome reduction in...........
#archaea #biology #Cell #CellularLife #Genome #Life #science #Sukunaarchaeummirabile #virus
Kamakhya P. Seal
ISEPNew #ISEPpapers! Eukaryote-Wide Distribution of a Family of Longin Domain-Containing GAP Complexes for Small GTPases https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tra.70016 by Anna Novák Vanclová et al.
#Protists #Microbes #Archaea #Eukaryogenesis #Evolution #Eukaryotes
Minimod preprint from @hasindu2008 gang is out. Code available https://github.com/warp9seq/minimod
I love the work they're doing with slow5/blow5 open spec for ONT raw data, and archive all internal reads using them. Really need to sit down and test this one out with my #archaea raw data!
