Gemma Reguera

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Professor of Microbiology and Associate Dean at Michigan State University. Microbes, metals and nanowires. Editor in Chief, #AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology (ASM journal). Posts are my own.
The College of Natural Science #NatSci grieves with the #MSU community after the tragic events of February 13. We will get through this together. #SpartanStrong
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The College of Natural Science at Michigan State University is home to 27 departments and programs in the biological, physical and mathematical sciences. The college averages $51M in research expenditures annually and claims to have more than 6,500 undergraduate majors and nearly 1,000 graduate students.

The Mysterious Life of “Candidatus Patescibacteria”

A metagenomic survey revealed fermentative traits that make these ultrasmall sediment bacterial symbionts widespread in marine sediments.
#AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology
https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01409-22
Magic Mushrooms, Reexamined

The study of 94 Psilocybe fungarium specimens provided much-needed taxonomic clarity to this genus and revealed novel insights into the production of psychoactive chemicals.
https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01498-22
#AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology
An Unsuspected Ally against Fusarium Wilt Disease

A metabolite in onion root exudates enriches for pseudomonad antagonists of the Fusarium wilt pathogen, reducing disease severity on cucumber (“soil suppressiveness”). #AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiologyhttps://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01554-22
On behalf of the editorial team @AppEnvMicro, thank you for your continued support of our journal. We have many initiatives planned for the next year to better serve our community. Stay tuned. Until then, happy holidays! 🎄
#AppliedAndEnvironmentalMicrobiology
Readjusting to the server speeds of mastodon is giving me flashbacks
Congratulations to @gbaucom for winning the mastodon introduction contest! 👏