Mastodawn

CBASS limits #bacteriophage production while maintaining cell viability in #Pseudomonas aeruginosa

https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/06/cbass-limits-bacteriophage-production.html

Pathogenesis and Genome Characterization of Translucent Post-larvae Disease-Causing #Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Litopenaeus vannamei

#OpenAccess #shrimp #Microbiology #aquaculture

https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/06/pathogenesis-and-genome.html

David Ojcius 1d ago

Functional insights into nucleoside diphosphate kinases encoded by two ndk paralogs in #Waddlia chondrophila

#OpenAccess #Chlamydia #Microbiology

https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/06/functional-insights-into-nucleoside.html

naturepoker 1d ago

I'm seeing disturbing patterns of behavior from #ONT #sequencing vendors.

Guys, no one cares about your flye/autocycler assembly pipeline & cookie cutter plots. Deliver at least fastq and in most cases pod5 to your customers. If you make that step difficult, your business is built on theft.

Academics, if a vendor is hesitant about offloading raw data to you ASAP (darn things are expensive to store), something's gone terribly wrong. Or the vendor thinks you're dumb, or both.

#microbiology

Scientific Frontline 1d ago

A 113-million-year-old pterosaur wing from Brazil was exceptionally preserved through oxidative processes driven by ancient marine bacteria, sealing both its physical structure and chemical biomarkers in stone.
#Paleontology #Geochemistry #Microbiology #EarthScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/pal06182601.html

Pterosaur Fossil Rewrites Paleontology Rules

A 113-million-year-old pterosaur wing reveals that ancient oxidative bacteria drove exceptional fossilization and retained rare dietary steroids.

David Ojcius 1d ago

Adjunctive fecal #microbiota transplantation for major depressive disorder:

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

#FMT #depression #OpenAccess #Microbiology

https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/06/adjunctive-fecal-microbiota.html

Scientific Frontline 2d ago

Researchers have identified the TRK1 gene and its corresponding protein transporter as essential for potassium uptake in the multidrug-resistant fungus Candida auris, presenting a novel therapeutic target to halt its growth and prevent skin colonization.
#MedicalMycology #Microbiology #Biochemistry #Pharmacology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/mcb06172601.html

Candida auris Therapeutic Target Discovered

Researchers identified the TRK1 gene as a unique therapeutic target to combat the drug-resistant and deadly fungal pathogen Candida auris.

World news | The Guardian 3d ago

Ancient DNA provides evidence of earliest known plague outbreak https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/17/ancient-dna-evidence-earliest-known-plague-outbreak #Archaeology #InfectiousDiseases #Microbiology #Science #Biology #WorldNews #Russia #Europe

Ancient DNA provides evidence of earliest known plague outbreak

Discovery in Siberia suggests bacterium from raw marmots devastated hunter-gatherer tribes about 5,500 years ago

The Guardian

Anthropology.net 3d ago

Greenland’s 4,500-year-old middens hold ancient bacteria and centuries-old antibiotic resistance genes, including a seal-skin layer that’s nearly half Clostridium perfringens. The risk of escape: low, for now. #Archaeology #Microbiology #ArcticScience https://www.anthropology.net/p/what-4500-years-of-greenlands-garbage

What 4,500 Years of Greenland’s Garbage Reveals About Bacteria, Not Plagues

A genomic survey of Inuit and Norse waste heaps found centuries-old pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes still detectable in the permafrost. The researchers also found they’re not going anywhere.

Anthropology.net

Scientific Frontline 3d ago

The Enteric Nervous System is a highly sophisticated, autonomous network of approximately 500 million neurons and supportive glial cells embedded within the human gastrointestinal tract. Often referred to as the body's "second brain".
#Neurogastroenterology #Neuroscience #Gastroenterology #Immunology #DevelopmentalBiology #Microbiology #WhatIs #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/wi06162601.html

What Is: Enteric Nervous System: The Second Brain

Discover the Enteric Nervous System (ENS), the gut's independent second brain that controls digestion, immunity, and even mental health.