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

Conceptual model of microbial community organization and metabolic interactions in Lake Cadagno sediments

@usyseth.bsky.social @ethz.ch #microsky #Microbiology #Archaea #Science

New preprint alert 🚨:

Who actually drives methane production in anoxic sediments 🧬🔥?

We point to a transcriptionally dominant 🦠 clade: VadinHA17.

shorturl.at/Rijc0

@bledinadede.bsky.social
@taylorpriest.bsky.social

Gewinner des Tages der #Bild-Zeitung ist heute die Mikrobe des Jahres der @vaam-microbes.bsky.social , Penicillium!
#moty

📢 20 postdoctoral positions (full-time, 4 years) for outstanding female scientists 👩‍🔬 🔬 @univie.ac.at

The E-STEEM programme call opens January 7th, 2026 and closes March 3rd, 2026.
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...

I participate as a host...

Convergent evolution of viral-like Borg archaeal extrachromosomal elements and giant eukaryotic viruses - Nature Communications Borgs are large extrachromosomal elements of anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea. Here, via in silico protein structure prediction of ~10,000 Borg proteins, the authors reveal that Borgs share numerou...

Out now in Nature Communications: Convergent evolution of viral-like Borg archaeal extrachromosomal elements and giant eukaryotic viruses

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@luisvalentin.bsky.social @lingdong-shi.bsky.social @martianmicrobe.bsky.social @mschoelmerich.bsky.social

Hot off the press: We can provide for the first time a systematic attribution of recent #heatwaves to the emissions of #carbon_majors. Essential new #Nature article coordinated by @yannquilcaille.bsky.social at @ethz.ch, with numerous contributors @usyseth.bsky.social:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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🦠Exciting PhD opportunity @ ETH Zürich!
Our Environmental Microbiology group is looking for a motivated student to study microbial processes in peatland restoration — from fieldwork to metagenomics and lab experiments.

🗓 Start: Spring 2026
⏳ Deadline: 3 Oct 2025
👉 Apply: lnkd.in/eSPiy6vQ
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#PhD #position #alert

2 bioinfo PhD positions @ProbstLab @RESIST_CRC
#1 on microbial & epigenetic stress response in rivers
tinyurl.com/bdf8eu5a
#2 on virus-host stress response in rivers
tinyurl.com/43cjd6es (supervision Moraru)

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Excited to announce I’ve been awarded the SNSF Starting Grant for my project "New Drivers of Microbial Methane Cycling"! 🚀 We'll investigate novel elements of #C1Metabolism both in the lab and in peatland ecosystems. Huge thanks to @snsf-ch.bsky.social 🙌🌍@usyseth.bsky.social