Crucial Gram-positive Type IV Secretion System protein TraF is a structural homolog of Type VII Secretion System protein EssB/YukC Abstract. Type IV secretion systems (T4SS) are found in both monoderm and diderm bacteria. The broad-host-range conjugative plasmid pIP501 from Enterococcu

Crucial Gram-positive Type IV Secretion System protein TraF is a structural homolog of Type VII Secretion System protein EssB/YukC

in #microLife @femsjournals.bsky.social

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I'm a fairly regular enjoyer of the devil's lettuce, so please do proceed with caution if you have any aversion (fr respect to all, sobriety is badass) but, has anyone else noticed that your kief is disappearing? I'm noticing because I'm stealing it hehehehe

#microlife #sizetwitter #itsmykiefnow

Salmonella relies on siderophore exploitation at low pH Abstract. Salmonella enterica, a prominent enteric pathogen, employs sophisticated iron acquisition mechanisms to overcome host-imposed iron limitation, no

Salmonella relies on siderophore exploitation at low pH

#microLife by @ferrytin.bsky.social et al from Olivier Cunrath

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Helophilus fasciatus also often known as the Flower Fly sitting on a leaf almost complete in its turning from green to yellow. Helophilus fasciatus (Walker, 1849), the narrow-headed marsh fly, is an abundant species of syrphid fly observed throughout the United States and Canada. Hoverflies can remain nearly motionless in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found on flowers, from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen. The larvae of this genus are associated with wet decaying organic material, particularly accumulations of decaying vegetation in ponds and mud and farmyard manure or silage.[2] The adults of this species lays eggs on vegetation overhanging the water. The larvae hatch and drop into the water.

Helophilus fasciatus (Flower Fly) sitting on a autumn turning leaf.

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#flowers
#autumn
#fall
#mothernature
#ontario
#canada
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#microlife
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A flash of fire on a thorny throne —
The tortoiseshell butterfly, dancing with the wind.
🌸🦋 #ButterflyPhotography #NatureInFocus #VisualPoetry #MicroLife #ButterflyPhotography #NaturePhotography #TortoiseshellButterfly #WildlifeArt #InsectArt #MicroLife #NatureInFocus

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A flash of fire on a thorny throne —
The tortoiseshell butterfly, dancing with the wind.
🌸🦋 #ButterflyPhotography #NatureInFocus #VisualPoetry #MicroLife #ButterflyPhotography #NaturePhotography #TortoiseshellButterfly #WildlifeArt #InsectArt #MicroLife #NatureInFocus

Featuring research from our not-for-profit #OpenAccess journal #microLife!

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A tiny creature, a world of green.
In its stillness, you hear the song of summer.
🌿🐞 #WatercolorArt #GrasshopperArt #NatureInFocus #VisualPoetry #WatercolorArt #GrasshopperArt #NatureArt #InsectArt #MicroLife #AnimalPortrait #ArtOfTheDay #GardenLife #WildlifeLovers

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A tiny creature, a world of green.
In its stillness, you hear the song of summer.
🌿🐞 #WatercolorArt #GrasshopperArt #NatureInFocus #VisualPoetry #WatercolorArt #GrasshopperArt #NatureArt #InsectArt #MicroLife #AnimalPortrait #ArtOfTheDay #GardenLife #WildlifeLovers

🇪🇺 Smooth publishing experience with #microLife, the new @femsjournals.bsky.social journal of the European Academy for Microbiology.

🙏 @erc.europa.eu, F.R.S-FNRS & WEL-RI for support
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Nice to see one of our publication among "This year's most read papers (so far)" at #microLife of @femsjournals.bsky.social

Learn more about how subtilosin A production is influenced by surfactin levels in Bacillus subtilis
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Avirulent Pseudomonas aeruginosa T3SS-negative strains belonging to Clade 5 produce variable quantities of secondary metabolites Abstract. Pseudomonas species are ubiquitous in the environment and serve as valuable source of enzymes and secondary metabolites for industrial applicatio

Avirulent Pseudomonas aeruginosa T3SS-negative strains belonging to Clade 5 produce variable quantities of secondary metabolites

@femsjournals.bsky.social #microLife from @inaattree.bsky.social
with @cbuch.bsky.social

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🔬 We’re past the midpoint of the year; perfect time to look back at what’s been discovered so far. From how Salmonella slows its escape from immune cells to the microbes thriving in oil reservoirs, these are the most-read #microLife papers of 2025 so far: buff.ly/TfhOvEc

Living Worm Towers Caught in the Wild for the First Time Nature’s tiniest engineers build towers to survive — and now scientists have spotted these living structures in the wild for the first time.

Microscopic worm towers in fruit orchards? Nature just revealed a bizarre and brilliant way tiny animals move together. #WormTowers #CollectiveBehavior #MicroLife

CRISPR-Cas in Actinomycetes: Still a lot to be discovered Abstract. Actinomycetes are important producers of valuable natural products that are applied in medicine or industry. The enzymes necessary for the synthe

CRISPR-Cas in Actinomycetes: Still a lot to be discovered

#microLife by Lena Mitousis, Ewa Musiol-Kroll, and Wolfgang Wohlleben

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Bioluminescence in motion: caused by tiny plankton called dinoflagellates, lighting up the sand when disturbed. A natural glow from cold light—no heat, just pure biology.

🎥: @joshg_photos
#Bioluminescence #NatureMagic #Science#Ocean #Dinoflagellates #MicroLife #Wildlife

6G será la próxima generación de las redes de telecomunicaciones En \"A hombros de gigantes\" (RNE), Antonio de la Oliva ha explicado como será la tecnología 6G

Hoy he comentado con #ManuelSeara en #AHombrosDeGigantes (#RNE y @radio5rne.bsky.social) el artículo sobre #OrigenDeLaVida que publiqué hace cuatro meses en #MicroLife @femsmicro.bsky.social, junto a grandes colegas (academic.oup.com/microlife/ar...).

Programa completo:
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Real-time imaging of bacterial colony growth dynamics for cells with Type IV-A1 CRISPR-Cas activity Abstract. The Type IV-A1 CRISPR-Cas system of Pseudomonas oleovorans provides defense against mobile genetic elements in the absence of target DNA degradat

Real-time imaging of bacterial colony growth dynamics for cells with Type IV-A1 CRISPR-Cas activity

@femsjournals.bsky.social #microLife by Selina Rust and Lennart Randau

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Congratulations @jlspragu.bsky.social for winning the #microLife poster prize at the annual @trr124-funginet.bsky.social meeting!! 🎉🥳🎊
@jsmc-info.bsky.social @leibniz-hki.de

Picture of the contest “Build your Phage” with Lego blocks.

"“French Phage Network” annual conference—eighth meeting report" published in #microLife #Phages.fr academic.oup.com/microlife/ar...

Resistance against aminoglycoside antibiotics via drug or target modification enables community-wide antiphage defense In this study, we showed that various aminoglycoside resistance mechanisms do not affect the antiphage properties of these molecules and highlighted the ec

Julia describes their work on antimicrobials against phages
See their @femsjournals.bsky.social #microLIFE paper
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#MultiBac2025

See our new publication in @femsjournals.bsky.social #microLIFE by Caja Dinesen et al where we reveal that surfactin represses subtilosin A production in Bacillus subtilis

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#INTERACT_NNF project funded by #NovoNordiskFoundation and finished at #LeidenBiology

Did organs precede organisms in the origin of life? Abstract. Evolutionary processes acting on populations of organized molecules preceded the origin of living organisms. These prebiotic entities were indepe

‼️ Ya está publicado nuestro nuevo artículo sobre el #OrigenDeLaVida (junto a Fernando Baquero, Víctor de Lorenzo et al.) en el año del centenario del modelo de #Oparin:

"Did organs precede organisms in the origin of life?"

Link #microLife @FEMSmicro:

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Thematic Issue: Nucleotide Second Messenger Signaling in Bacteria Nucleotide second messengers are key components of molecular information processing pathways and networks that allow bacteria and archaea to navigate and adapt

Nucleotide Second Messenger Signaling in Bacteria, from #microLife

Learn about key molecular information processing networks that allow #bacteria and #archaea to adapt to an ever changing external world.

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#MicroSky

Check out #microLife Journal Thematic Issue of: Viruses of Microbes

by Prof. @aharms485.bsky.social and Prof. Martin Loessner

#MicroSky #PhageSky

Thematic Issue: Viruses of Microbes Viruses of Microorganisms refers to all viruses of bacteria, archaea, and microbial eukaryotes. A new era of bacteriophage research and application has just beg

Viruses of Microbes, from #microLife

A new era of bacteriophage research has begun: Exciting discoveries on bacterial immunity mechanisms; the importance of phages; and their renaissance as tools for molecular biology:

#MicroSky #Microbiology

The tardigrade, a microscopic creature, can survive in space and temperatures from -328°F to 300°F! 🐾🪐 #MicroLife #WeirdBiology #Bluesky

Accessing microbial natural products of the past Abstract. Microbial natural products—low molecular weight compounds biosynthesized by microorganisms—form the foundation of important modern therapeutics,

Accessing microbial natural products of the past

#microLife perspective by Martin Klapper and Pierre Stallforth

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Inferring Bacterial Interspecific Interactions from Microcolony Growth Expansion Abstract. Bacterial species interactions significantly shape growth and behavior in communities, determining the emergence of community functions. Typicall

Inferring Bacterial Interspecific Interactions from Microcolony Growth Expansion

#microLife by Tania Miguel Trabajo et al from Jan Roelof van der Meer #DMF_UNIL

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Multi-receptor phage cocktail against Salmonella enterica to circumvent phage resistance

#microLife from Hany Anany, @cmkhursigara.bsky.social

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