A phylogenomic and metagenomic meta-analysis of bacterial diversity in the phyllosphere lifts a veil on hyphomicrobiales dark matter The phyllosphere, or above-ground part of plants, hosts diverse bacterial communities that play critical ecological roles and provide beneficial funct…

Our article on the dark matter in the #phyllosphere in Systematic and applied Microbiology!

#methylobacterium #lichenibacterium #lichenifustis #lichenihabitans and even more to discover in #Hyphomicrobiales (former Rhizobiales) inhabiting leave surfaces!

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Notre labo recrute pour 2025-2026!🧑‍🎓 👀🦠🫶🪴
#canola #switchgrass #chrismastree #hyphomicrobiales #methylobacterium #plantmicrobiome

Pink powerhouses: insights into the multifaceted role of #Methylobacterium link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Check out our preprint on #Methylobacterium ’s relative, #Lichenibacterium (aka 1174-901-12), my new favorite bacteria from the #phyllosphere ! Thanks to @skembel.bsky.social and our students David Ross and Louis-Philippe St-Amand for this work!
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Led astray by 16S rRNA: phylogenomics reaffirms the monophyly of Methylobacterium and lack of support for Methylorubrum as a genus Abstract. Although the 16S (and 18S) rRNA gene has been an essential tool in classifying prokaryotes, using a single locus to revise bacteria taxonomy can

Stop relying only on #16S for bacteria taxonomy! Our last paper revoking #Methylorubrum as a genus and reinstating #Methylobacterium is out in the #ISMEjournal!

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