#FEMSmicroBlog: Plasmids as key drivers of the antibiotic resistance crisis #FEMSmicroBlog: IncH plasmids might be drivers of the spread of antibiotic resistances causing high numbers of bacterial infections.

It is not always clear where antibiotic resistances come from and why they spread so quickly between bacteria and even across environments. 🦠

This new #FEMSmicroBlog explores IncH plasmids as one potential driver of antibiotic resistances. #MicrobiologyIsEverywhere

FEMSmicroBlog: Uncovering Indonesia’s hidden fungal threats This #FEMSmicroBlog outlines how WHO-listed priority fungal pathogens appear across Indonesian ecosystems and why they often go undetected.

The WHO Priority Pathogen List includes 19 fungal pathogens that pose serious global health risks. 😷

Our new #FEMSmicroBlog explores how these pathogens appear in tropical Indonesian ecosystems and why they often go undetected. #MicrobiologyIsEverywhere

#FEMSmicroBlog: Tiny plastics with big consequences on soil microbial nitrogen cycling This #FEMSmicroBlog explores how plastics, pesticides, and veterinary pharmaceuticals interact to affect microbial nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils. #MicrobiologyIsEverywhere

Agricultural soils are exposed to plastics, as well as pesticides and veterinary pharmaceuticals, suffering from their combined effects.

Our new #FEMSmicroBlog discusses how their interactions affect a critical microbial soil process: nitrogen cycling. #MicrobiologyIsEverywhere

Antimicrobial resistance is a public health threatwhich urges us to find alternative treatments.

In this #FEMSmicroBlog, Mariella Careaga discusses how scientists are exploring quorum quenching as a promising strategy to combat drug-resistant bacteria. #MicrobiologyIsEverywhere

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Even in extreme environments, microbes need to communicate with each other, for which some use volatile organic compounds. 💬

This #FEMSmicroBlog by Miguel Ángel Salinas-García explores these smelly metabolites, their functions and potential applications. #MicrobiologyIsEverywhere