Meta-analysis of gut microbiome reveals patterns of dysbiosis in colorectal cancer patients Introduction. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a malignant tumour in which dysbiosis of the gut microbiome is a contributing factor in the development of cancer. However, the species composition and species-specific changes in the gut microbiome related to CRC still require comprehensive investigation. Hypothesis. There is a significant difference in gut microbiome between CRC patients and healthy individuals. Aim. The microbiome-based association test methods are used for the association between the microbiome and host phenotypes, and linear discriminant analysis effect size (LEfSe) analysis is...

It's Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Find out the differences in gut microbiome composition between colorectal cancer patients and healthy individuals in JMM: https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.002042 #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth #JMM

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Join us at 2pm today for this month’s JMM seminar by Dr Rob Fagan on ‘Clostridioides difficile - an evolving AMR threat.’ Register here for joining instructions: https://microb.io/4l58vI6 #JMM

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Just one day to go until the JMM seminar with Dr Robert Fagan! Be sure to catch their discussion on ‘Clostridioides difficile - an evolving AMR threat’. Register here: https://microb.io/4l58vI6 #JMM

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Join Dr Rob Fagan's Seminar this Friday at 2pm on ‘Clostridioides difficile - an evolving AMR threat.' Register here: https://microb.io/4l58vI6 #JMM

Quote from Professor Gordon Dougan on vaccines' role in combating antimicrobial resistance, featured in the Journal of Medical Microbiology.

💉Today is National Vaccination Day - Vaccines are a powerful yet underused tool against AMR. By preventing infections, they reduce antibiotic use and slow resistance.

Learn more from the workshop report:
🔗https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.002050

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Fig. 5. V. cholerae cases associated with foreign travel outside of the UK, where a specific country was stated (n=868). Countries are colour-coded in proportion to the frequency of cases associated, i.e. the higher the frequency of cases, the darker the colour.

Public health surveillance of Vibrio cholerae in travellers returning to the United Kingdom. Published Open Access and fee-free in JMM using a Publish and Read agreement: https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.002121

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Fig. 1. Images of B. burgdorferi culture isolated from blood plasma and CSF of five children with LD. Images were taken at the first timepoint (day of incubation) when viable spirochetes were detected. Abbreviation: CSF, cerebrospinal fluid.

Streamlining Borrelia burgdorferi cultivation using quantitative PCR screening. Published Open Access and fee-free in JMM using a Publish and Read agreement: https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.002123
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Join us at 2pm today for this month’s JMM seminar by Prof Pete Dedon on ‘Revisiting the central dogma in the age of microbial epigenomes and epitranscriptomes.’ Register here for joining instructions: https://microb.io/4rG8Cg2 #JMM #WebinarSeries

🦠Two pathogenic bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus, often grow together and worsen wound infection. But how are they affected by commensal bacteria?🔍

Read the full article🔗 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.002126

#JMM #Microbiology #Pathogen #Infection

Virtual Journal of Medical Microbiology seminar scheduled for 27 February 2026 with a red blood cell background.

Only one day left until the JMM talk with Prof Pete Dedon! Don't miss out on their talk ‘Revisiting the central dogma in the age of microbial epigenomes and epitranscriptomes.’ Register here: https://microb.io/4rG8Cg2 #JMM #WebinarSeries

Pangenome analysis of iron acquisition virulence genes demonstrates their presence in all pathogenic neonatal E. coli septicaemia isolates.

Bovine lactoferrin maintains antibacterial effect against neonatal Escherichia coli septicaemia isolates despite the presence of iron acquisition genes. Learn more in JMM: https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.002116 #JMM

Announcement for the Journal of Medical Microbiology seminar on 27 February 2026, held virtually, with a red background featuring microscopic cells.

Join Prof Pete Dedon’s JMM Seminar this Friday on ‘Revisiting the central dogma in the age of microbial epigenomes and epitranscriptomes.’ Register here: https://microb.io/4rG8Cg2

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Flowchart of the study. (a) Flowchart of ACLF patient matching. (b) Flowchart of the ACLF rat model.

Antibiotic exposure exacerbates acute-on-chronic liver failure via gut microbiota imbalance and secondary liver lesion. Find out more in JMM: https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.002045 #JMM

Dientamoeba fragilis: a story of contradictions Dientamoeba fragilis is a gastrointestinal parasite of controversial clinical significance. From its discovery until today, contradictory articles have been published on whether infection is correlated with symptoms, treatment is associated with recovery and whether infection is associated with elevated intestinal inflammatory markers (faecal calprotectin). Additionally, there is no consensus on the infective stage of the lifecycle. Competing theories propose that either Enterobius vermicularis ova act as a vector for the transmission of trophozoites or that the cyst stage, which is rarely...

A new paper in the Journal of Medical Microbiology explores Dientamoeba fragilis, including its role in gut health and disease. Read more 👇
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1... #JMM #NewPaper

Flu test is positive for Flu A.

Anyone else pick up a nast bug at #JMM in DC? The glue is currently kicking my ass.

Recommendations: Abandon generative models • in favor joint-embedding architectures Abandon probabilistic model • In favor of energy-based models Abandon contrastive methods - in favor of regularized methods Abandon Reinforcement Learning • In favor of model-predictive controll • Use RL only when planning doesn't yield the predicted outcome, to adjust the world model or the critic. • IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HUMAN-LEVEL AI, DON'T WORK ON LLMs

Yann LeCun this afternoon at #JMM:

“IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HUMAN-LEVEL AI, DON'T WORK ON LLMs”

It's the final day of #JMM2026 – have you visited our booth (#540) in the exhibition hall yet? Drop by to discuss all aspects of our publishing programme, and find out more about
@euromathsoc.bsky.social membership too!

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Wolfram's booth #437 at the Joint Mathematics Meetings.

We're at the Joint Mathematics Meetings this week... for the 35th time!
Come see the latest advances in our four-decade quest to push the frontiers of computation for research & education in mathematics.
📍Booth #437
#JMM

This image shows the view of the inside of a sculpture that is a truncated icosahedron (soccer ball) made out of one-way mirrors with lights running along the edges of the polyhedron.

This image shows the view of the inside of a sculpture that is a dodecahedron made out of one-way mirrors with lights running along the edges of the polyhedron.

If you’re at #jmm check out these infinite polyhedra sculptures near the conference center, just south of the Carnegie Apple Store. Sorry I didn’t take photos of them from the outside.
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First #JMM I'm going to in quite a while. Who will be there?

Senior colleagues, I have a (career) question I could use some perspective on, so if you'll be there and I can pick your brain, please let me know!

JMM shifting political alliance will be a direct blow to Tejashwi over Bihar decision New Delhi, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s sudden visit to New Delhi, and reports of meeting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership, are being considered politically significant in light of his party’s rising bitterness with Opposition Mahagathbandhan allies, especially since the run-up to the Bihar Assembly elections last month. In case of a shift in political alignment following Soren’s visit, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, who spearheaded the Mahagathbandhan challenge in Bihar, could face further embarrassment.

JMM shifting political alliance will be a direct blow to Tejashwi over Bihar decision #JMM #Tejashwi #Bihar #socialnewsxyz

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Join us at 2pm today for this month’s JMM seminar by Dr Stephanie Lo on ‘Genomic Surveillance to Inform Vaccine Impact and Design.’ Register here for joining instructions: microb.io/49tTbRS #JMM

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Only one day left until the talk with Dr Stephanie Lo. Don't miss the live discussion on ‘Genomic Surveillance to Inform Vaccine Impact and Design.’ Register here: microb.io/49tTbRS #JMM

Geographical distribution of ETEC cases in England based on available patient postcodes (n=438/557). Note: seven cases had Welsh residential postcodes, but their samples were referred to laboratories in England for testing.

Surveillance of genomic diversity and antimicrobial resistance in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in England, 2015–2023. Published Open Access and fee-free in JMM using a Publish and read agreement: doi.org/10.1099/jmm.... #JMM #PublishAndRead

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Join Dr Stephanie Lo's Seminar this Friday on ‘Genomic Surveillance to Inform Vaccine Impact and Design' Register here: microb.io/49tTbRS #JMM

Overview of US public health laboratory leadership development programmes and implementation opportunities Introduction. The public health laboratory system in the United States (USA) is extensive and focuses on the health of the nation’s population by providing testing for the identification and spread…

Overview of US public health laboratory leadership development programmes and implementation opportunities. Published in JMM as part of the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases collection: doi.org/10.1099/jmm.... #JMM

Clinical and periodontal parameters before (T0) and after 1 month (T1) non-surgical periodontal therapy of grade C periodontitis patients. H, healthy periodontium; PPD (mm), periodontal probing depth; CAL (mm), clinical attachment level; GI, gingival index; BOP, % bleeding on probing; PI, periodontal index.

Correlation in the change of gut microbiota with clinical periodontal parameters in grade C periodontitis patients after non-surgical periodontal therapy. Find out more in JMM: doi.org/10.1099/jmm.... #JMM

(a) Schematic depiction of the rescue plasmids for the generation of the nluc-expressing SBV. The pTRibo vector is shown as a dotted line. The nluc gene was inserted downstream of nt position 1520, within the coding region of the Gc glycoprotein. UTR, untranslated region. Figure created with biorender.com. (b) AlphaFold structure predictions of the monomeric Gc protein of wt SBV_BH80/11, isolate SBV_D281/12 and the rSBV_D281/12_nluc. The three different sections of the Gc ectodomain are coloured in light blue (head), green (stalk) and orange (floor). The nluc-enzyme inserted in the head domain of rSBV_D281/12_nluc is highlighted in red.

A nanoluciferase-tagged Schmallenberg virus (SBV): an efficient tool for measuring and tracking viral infection dynamics. Published Open Access and fee-free in JMM using a Publish and read agreement: doi.org/10.1099/jmm.... #JMM #PublishAndRead

Using gut microbiome metagenomic hypervariable features for diabetes screening and typing through supervised machine learning Diabetes mellitus is a complex metabolic disorder and one of the fastest-growing global public health concerns. The gut microbiota is implicated in the pathophysiology of various diseases, including…

Today is World Diabetes Day! The link between gut microbiota and diabetes is vital for early diagnosis and prevention. Machine learning can aid in diagnosing diabetes earlier by analyzing microbial profiles of the gut. Learn more in JMM: doi.org/10.1099/mgen... #JMM