Do you want to see the "big picture" on climate change?

Here it is.

Emissions are on the left, and include CO2, CH4, N2O, and f-gases. Natural CO2 sinks (from healthy forests & oceans) are on the right. And carbon removal, what little there is, is on the right, too. All expressed as GWP100.

Cool video about our Techno Center, who helped us build the greenhouse gas detection device for peat ditches! (in video from 00:48)

My super department @warwicklifesci.bsky.social is hiring 6 assistant profs in the wake of recent retirements. We're looking for people in microbiology/infection, cellular disease / immunity; environmental biology; and plant/crop science. #MicroSky warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Structure-informed deep generation enables de novo metabolite annotation in untargeted metabolomics www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Marine plastisphere expands the ecological niche and evolutionary dynamics of nrfA-dependent nitrite ammonifying bacteria The marine plastisphere affects nitrogen cycling processes, but its role in nrfA-dependent nitrite ammonification, a critical phase of dissimilatory n…

Marine plastisphere expands the ecological niche and evolutionary dynamics of nrfA-dependent nitrite ammonifying bacteria www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #jcampubs

An enhanced domestication method for uncultured bacteria Abstract. When environmental bacteria transition to laboratory conditions, a process termed domestication, the shift from the native habitat to a culture m

Most bacteria remain uncultured with vast microbial ‘dark matter’ awaiting discovery.. to address this am excited to share EDEN - an enhanced domestication method to grow uncultured bacteria & new diversity. Using EDEN we isolate a new species active against MDR pathogens..

doi.org/10.1093/isme...

Restoration of a hydroxylamine-adapted partial nitrification system by controlling nitrogen loading rate and dissolved oxygen Hydroxylamine is an effective inhibitor of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB), promoting the stable operation of the partial nitrification (PN) process.…

Restoration of a #hydroxylamine -adapted partial #nitrification system by controlling nitrogen loading rate and dissolved oxygen
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Natural organic matter coating changes the role of #iron oxides in carbon preservation in marine sediments eartharxiv.org/repository/v...

Characterizing iron-bound organic carbon in cold seep sediment cores: impacts of anaerobic oxidation of methane - Biogeochemistry Reactive iron oxides (FeR), often termed the “rusty sink” of organic carbon (OC), has been well studied in estuarine settings but remains poorly constrained in deep-sea sediments. Here, we investigate...

Characterizing iron-bound organic carbon in cold seep sediment cores: impacts of #anaerobic oxidation of #methane

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Artificial sediments enable reproducible cultivation and recapitulate ecological interactions of cable bacteria www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs

World Ocean Database 2023: A Foundational Data Resource for and by the Global Ocean and Coastal Communities - Scientific Data Scientific Data - World Ocean Database 2023: A Foundational Data Resource for and by the Global Ocean and Coastal Communities

World Ocean Database 2023: A Foundational Data Resource for and by the Global Ocean and Coastal Communities www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊

Comparative transcriptomics of closely related Geobacter sulfurreducens strains uncovers strain-level variations in extracellular electron transfer www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic... #jcampubs

GTDB release 11 based on RefSeq 232 (R11-RS232) is live at gtdb.ecogenomic.org. This release covers 901,341 genomes (23% increase) and has 199,923 species clusters (39% increase). Release notes at: forum.gtdb.ecogenomic.org/t/announcing.... Release statistics at: gtdb.ecogenomic.org/stats/r232.

Very excited to share our preprint on the discovery of the new metabolite GABA-trehalose and its biosynthetic enzyme in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

A thread.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Wilders creeërt chaos over asielwetten door ‘politieke sabotage van hoog niveau’ Asiel: Eerst dreigde de PVV in de Eerste Kamer tegen de ‘eigen’ asielwetten te stemmen, nu probeert die partij om de wetten via een truc onderuit te halen. De PVV stemt vóór, maar kiest voor zijn oude...

Hoe Wilders zijn eigen wetten sloopt, en vervolgens de schuld bij anderen legt.

NRC legt hier feilloos bloot hoe de PVV helemaal geen oplossingen wil, maar doelbewust chaos creëert.

Lees en deel.👇🏼

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Widespread deep-sea microorganisms in subseafloor geochemical cycling www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic... #jcampubs

The Microbiology and Geochemistry of the Shallow‐Water Hydrothermal Vents of the Gulf of Naples, Italy This study investigated the interplay between fluid geochemistry and microbial diversity in the shallow-water hydrothermal vents of the gulf of Naples, Italy. We found that hydrothermal fluid chemist...

The Microbiology and Geochemistry of the Shallow‐Water Hydrothermal Vents of the Gulf of Naples, Italy enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #jcampubs 🌊

Methane-consuming microorganisms are more selective than previously thought: they prefer carbon monoxide | Radboud University Research by microbiologists Reinier Egas and Cornelia Welte of Radboud University shows that many methane-consuming microorganisms actually prefer carbon monoxide over methane. When carbon monoxide is...

Research by microbiologists @raegas.bsky.social and @cuwelte.bsky.social of @ribesresearch.bsky.social shows that many methane-consuming microorganisms actually prefer carbon monoxide over methane. When carbon monoxide is present, they consume far less methane. 1/2

Congrats to Martijn Wissink on handing over the printed PhD thesis "Wired for Methane"! ⚡️ From protein structures to green electricity, your work at #MICROBIOLOGY @ribesresearch.bsky.social is vital for sustainability. Scheduled Defense: May 18 👏🧪🎓 with 1st supervisor @cuwelte.bsky.social et al

Quinones operate as proton-collecting antennas in energy-transducing membranes www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs

Carbon monoxide metabolism in freshwater anaerobic methanotrophic archaea - Nature Communications Anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea mitigate methane emissions in anoxic environments. Here, Egas et al. show that these microbes can also oxidize carbon monoxide, prompting re-evaluation of their cla...

Carbon monoxide metabolism in freshwater anaerobic methanotrophic archaea www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Comprehensive benchmarking of metagenomic binning tools reveals key factors for improved genome recovery - Nature Communications Benchmarking metagenomic binning tools with simulated and real datasets reveals factors affecting genome recovery and provides practical guidelines for improving metagenome assembled genome reconstruc...

Comprehensive benchmarking of metagenomic binning tools reveals key factors for improved genome recovery www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Redundant and Flexible Electron Transfer Pathways Underlie MsrPQ‐Mediated Repair of Oxidized Periplasmic Proteins This study investigates in vivo the role of the flavin reductase Fre as an electron supplier to the periplasmic methionine sulfoxide reductase system MsrPQ.

Redundant and Flexible Electron Transfer Pathways Underlie MsrPQ-Mediated Repair of Oxidized Periplasmic Proteins onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #jcampubs

Yet another functional group that is not as restricted as we thought for 25 years. This is an important reminder that microbes are metabolically more diverse than we give them credit and yet another reminder that 16S rRNA surveys are ignorant about metabolism. Just bc you detect some ANME =/= AOM.

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 Great to see both studies in print

Carbon monoxide metabolism in freshwater anaerobic methanotrophic archaea - Nature Communications Anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea mitigate methane emissions in anoxic environments. Here, Egas et al. show that these microbes can also oxidize carbon monoxide, prompting re-evaluation of their cla...

Grab a coffee and enjoy reading up on CO metabolism in methanotrophs!

Freshwater ANME (own work):
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Marine ANME (@Orphan lab):
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Big thanks to our collaborators at QUT!
@sjmcilroy.bsky.social (Heyu/Andy/Gene!) @cuwelte.bsky.social

Don’t Perish! A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Scientific Paper (2026 edition) Great science deserves to be read — not buried under unclear writing. This is the updated 2026 edition of your favorite guide to writing…

I just published Don’t Perish! A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Scientific Paper (2026 edition)

Great science deserves to be read—not buried under unclear writing. This is the updated 2026 edition of your favorite guide to writing scientific papers.

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Adaptation of the freshwater anaerobic methanotroph 'Ca. Methanoperedens vercellensis' to low pH levels reveals membrane lipid remodelling www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs

Dit laat precies zien wat er zo oneerlijk is in NL.

Het kabinet deelt miljarden aan belastingvoordelen uit voor de allerrijksten.

Hierdoor betalen gewone mensen de prijs van hogere belastingen & bezuinigingen.

Discovery - Superbugs: Resistance rising, part 1 - BBC Sounds Antibiotic resistant bacteria is rising - is a great global crisis on the horizon?

I finally had the chance to listen to @peaseroland.bsky.social's excellent documentary - Superbugs: Resistance Rising.

Highly recommended! Episode 1 is here www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... or on your favourite podcast platform.