Plastic particles not only inhibit photosynthesis for terrestrial plants, also marine & freshwater algae. Means: more CO2, les food production/security. "... findings underscore urgency of integrating plastic mitigation into global hunger/sustainability initiatives."
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The two papers: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
and
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cool tool to capture genes using a hunter gatherer 🦠
Large-scale recovery of integron cassettes for gene discovery screens www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
by @jaescudero.bsky.social @afpcarvalho.bsky.social @filipatr.bsky.social
I love a good benchmarking paper, like this one that tested 13 metagenomic binning tools and found that multi-sample binning outperformed every single time across short-read, long-read, and hybrid data, and is better at identifying ARG hosts.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Heterotrophic utilization of polysaccharides as shown with a fluorescently labeled polysaccharide (FLAPS).
Bacteria can be selfish..."Selfish" bacterial uptake of polysaccharides minimizes release of smaller sugars into the environment, ensuring cells get a return on their enzymatic invest. This #JournalSpectrum paper outlines how to identify selfish bacteria: asm.social/2vh
Logo for the Sandpiper website
Out in @natbiotech.nature.com: Metagenome taxonomy profilers usually ignore unknown species. SingleM is an accurate profiler which doesn't, even detecting phyla with no MAGs. Profiles of 700,000 metagenomes at sandpiper.qut.edu.au. A 🧵
For anyone learning or teaching bioinformatics, or if you’re interested in getting started, you may like to check out some of many (>230!) integrated tutorials for the Galaxy bioinformatics platform at training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...
Very interesting paper to
Functions of Aerial Roots and their Rhizosphere
doi.org/10.1016/j.rh...
by @MeisamNazari91
#soil #Roots #rhizosphere #carbon #maize #microorganisms #biodiversity
💥NEW in @SoilBiolBiochem 💥
Microbial metabolisms determine #soil priming effect induced by organic inputs
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
50-day Free: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lP8w8g13f...
#SoilOrganicMatter #SoilOrganicCarbon #primingeffect #microbialbiomass #soilbacteria #13Clabeling #isotopes
BREAKING: The Supreme Court, via the shadow docket, has greenlighted the DOGE mass firings.
From us at NIH:
The Supreme Court is an arm of Trump and Republican Party.
It is not a court, but a political body. And it must be disempowered if we want functional science in the US. 🧪
🧪🔬🦠🧫🌍
This is the kind of paper we should all be waiting for!
Because sadly we still don't have reliable methods to count bacterial abundance from microbiomes.
(I haven't read it yet, but I love the intention already)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is really excellent advice, and not just for academics. Please read and distribute widely! zenodo.org/records/1569...
What is microbiome research and makes a good microbiome study? In their Editorial, the Senior Editors of Microbiome highlight the challenges of microbiome research and what they are looking for in submissions. microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #worldmicrobiomeday
Completely unacceptable that EPA put on leave their employees who spoke up in defense of their agency's mission to protect public health. EPA officials are demonstrating their unwillingness to even engage with their own staff. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...
An analysis of animal manure from 26 countries has identified global hotspots for antibiotic-resistance genes in livestock poo
https://go.nature.com/4eDLN6S
