New publication: microSTRESSdb: A curated database for prioritizing #bacteria alleviating plant abiotic stress, by @raaijmakersjm.bsky.social and others. #abioticstress #microbiology #rhizosphere #biodiversity doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...

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Out now in @natcomms.nature.com: We found a plasmid in a preterm infant’s gut microbiome that’s 1.58 million base pairs long, about 30X the size of a typical E. coli plasmid. Then we found its relatives in hundreds of microbiomes worldwide. Read on to learn more about the elusive pMEGAs! 🧵

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Late summer☔️group dinner🤓 growing strong: 2 posdocs🇦🇺🇫🇷 5 phds 🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇮🇹🇸🇮3Msc🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮1guest professor🇨🇳 & PI 🇵🇱/🇸🇮 all phage lovers🦠🧫 stay tuned...

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Incredibly excited about our latest work on R-bodies, 5+ years in the making! These coiled protein ribbons extend into ~10 µm needles in a pH-dependent manner & we caught them springing open inside amoebae after P. aeruginosa gets eaten. (animation: Jegg Yoon)🧵1/2 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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And now the second preprint of the lab! doi.org/10.64898/202... HY5 shoot-root movement is real and it is necessary and sufficient for the root developmental response to neighbour shading. This is a story in collaboration with the lab of @ronaldpierik.bsky.social + @kyravandervelde.bsky.social

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