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And there it is: FDA has approved zoliflodacin for gonorrhea as well.
That makes two new antibiotics to treat this STI and it means a fascinating debate now about how to use these drugs in a way that will delay resistance as much as possible…
🧪 #IDsky

Publicly Available Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Genomes Predominantly Represent In Vitro-Derived Nonpiliated Variants Most Neisseria gonorrhoeae clinical isolates are piliated but lose piliation during laboratory passage. However, most public genomic sequences are from non

Publicly Available Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Genomes Predominantly Represent In Vitro-Derived Nonpiliated Variants url: academic.oup.com/jid/article/... @iboiko.bsky.social and Selma Metanne

Want to see something that will fry your brain? Disappearing reappearing plaques on P aeruginosa @dominickfaith.bsky.social
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💥CONTAM CALENDAR GIVEAWAY💥

Here's your chance to win a ContamCalendar 2026! 🗓️🍄🦠

Just follow @contamclub.bsky.social and repost this post to enter the competition

Winner will be randomly selected from Bluesky or Twitter on Wednesday @ 6pm UTC

Flavin affinity for the reductase HpaC differentially sensitizes Neisseria gonorrhoeae during Type IV pilus-dependent killing Author summary Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the causative agent of the sexually transmitted disease, gonorrhea. Neutrophils are first host immune responders that activate multiple potent antimicrobial def...

A new article by @husonfirst.bsky.social about Neisseria Flavin pathways and pilus phenotypes : dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Microbiology Postdoctoral Position (Please re-post)

A funded postdoctoral position in Chicago will open in 2026 to study aspects of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pathogenesis, antigenic variation, genetics, or physiology.
If interested, please get in touch with Hank Seifert
h-seifert@northwestern.edu

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We wrote 2 📕 chapters with tips & tricks to identify protein-protein interactions in bacteria 🦠

1) In vivo proximity labeling with miniTurbo link.springer.com/protocol/10....

2) An adapted polar recruitment assay feat. E. coli as a test tube link.springer.com/protocol/10.....

Enjoy #MicroSky 🧪

Wonderful recognition! Hank gave great speech at ceremony on how service and faculty joining together is most important in challenging times

🚨🚨🚨 L'@ipbstoulouse.bsky.social est laboratoire d'accueil pour 4 postes de MCU en biochimie, biologie moléculaire, génétique et microbiologie qui vont ouvrir au concours en 2025 à l'Université de Toulouse
#Emploi #Université #Maitredeconférences
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Seeing this little buddy every day makes me actually happy, thank you again @contamclub.bsky.social!

Thank you!!! 🥰

Contaminants are back! Let's enjoy the view~ @contamclub.bsky.social

Loss of CorA, the primary magnesium transporter of Salmonella, is alleviated by MgtA and PhoP-depend... In many Gram-negative bacteria, the stress sigma factor of RNA polymerase, σS/RpoS, remodels global gene expression to reshape the physiology of stationary phase cells and ensure their survival under...

The second article from my PhD is finally out! Next one won't be about Salmonella 😉
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...