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Ecosystem Settings & Urbanization Shape Microbial Communities & #AntibioticResistance Genes on Coastal #microplastics Plastispheres differ by habitat & urbanization, with urban mangroves showing the highest #ARG diversity. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #microbiome

Now that you've heard of Cyclospora, what other parasites can you catch from food? Cyclospora cayetanensis & the 3 listed below are protozoa👇 Cryptosporidium Giardia intestinalis Toxoplasma gondii In addition to the above, there are worm infections👇 Trichinella Anisakis Diphyllobothrium Taenia

You've Heard of Cyclospora. What Other Parasites Can You Catch From Food?Experts describe some of the most common protozoa and wormswww.medpagetoday.com

A family of lanthipeptides with anti- #phage function. Lanthivirin gene clusters in Actinobacteria yield matured peptides that block phage DNA replication, revealing new anti‑phage natural products. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #bacteriophage #MicroSky

The #Legionella pneumophila effector SidL is an adenylyltransferase that modifies the glycolytic intermediate 3-phosphoglycerate www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #microbiology #metabolism #OpenAccess #glycolysis #MicroSky

Gut Microbial Diversity & Candidate Keystone Taxa in Indian Tribes: Insights Across Lifestyle-Ecological Continuum & Health Associations. Gut #microbiome of acculturating Indian tribes shows keystone taxa shifts, conserved functions & diversity loss. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #MicroSky

🧵 GETCampy Stories #3 Campylobacter is the leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. Yet we still don't have a licensed human vaccine, and reducing infections remains surprisingly difficult. Why? 👇 #MicroSky #OneHealth #Campylobacter

2026 has become the worst year for measles since 1991. So far there have been 2318 cases nationwide, surpassing the record-breaking tally for 2025. And with five more months of 2026 to go, the measles situation will worsen. Imagine this: 25 years ago, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S.👇

U.S. Measles Case Count Breaks Record2026 has become the worst year for measles since 1991www.medpagetoday.com

A new cyclosporiasis outbreak—not linked to lettuce—is under investigation. 72 cases counted so far. Health officials did not identify the location of the outbreak, or what they believed was causing it. Welcome Trump's America www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/w...

F.D.A. Announces New Cyclosporiasis Outbreak With 72 Cases (Gift Article)Health officials did not identify the location of the outbreak, or what they believed was causing it.www.nytimes.com

www.pbs.org/newshour/hea... this is a great piece, not least because it shows you how massive breakthroughs often come down to a handful of contingencies, intuitions, and ridiculous tolerance for failure at just the right point in time

The real story behind penicillinThe discovery of penicillin, one of the world's first antibiotics, marks a true turning point in human history -- when doctors finally had a tool that could completely cure their patients of deadly in...www.pbs.org

Bacterial Neurotoxins: The Snake Venoms of the Microbial World -- A Clinical & Bioengineering Approach. #Neurotoxins act as precise probes of neural signaling, influencing synapses, immunity & neurodegeneration. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #neurotoxin #toxin #MicroSky

Maternal vitamin B12 deprivation exacerbates offspring #obesity by reducing early-life colonization with #Bifidobacterium pseudolongum www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #diet #nutrition #MicroSky

Cyclospora spreads via human feces. How did it get into the food supply? The large number of cases suggests excrement entered the food system on a “surprising scale” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/w... Meanwhile, Michigan has a whopping number of cyclosporiasis cases, having already supassed 6100 cases

Cyclospora Spreads Through Human Feces. How Did It Get Into Our Food Supply? (Gift Article)The large number of cases suggests that excrement entered the food system on a “surprising scale.”www.nytimes.com

Researchers: Women have worse signs and symptoms of neurologic long COVID than men. Both previously hospitalized and nonhospitalized women more often cited numbness/tingling, dizziness, headache, and pain than men. Read more: https://bit.ly/45gRwLR

How Viral Proteases Trigger Lytic Cell Death for Universal mRNA Therapy www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #pyroptosis #virology #MicroSky

How to Disentangle Specific vs Non-Specific Transcriptomic Responses in #Yeast www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #transcriptomics #mycology #Saccharomyces #MicroSky

Out @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social, natural products meet bacterial immunity! We used genomics to identify lanthivirins: a family of >2,000 lanthipeptide BGCs that protect Actinobacteria against phages. Led by @hshomar.bsky.social & @mariegllm.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A family of lanthipeptides with anti-phage functionBacteria produce natural products to adapt to their environments, with phage interactions as major ecological and evolutionary drivers. While some nat…www.sciencedirect.com

Starting with the DNA sequence of a #phage genome, #PholdAPhage will create a 3D reconstruction of the complete phage, almost like you did cryoEM on it! Check out Renee's awesome software github.com/reneegreen81... to assemble unknown phage particles one protein at a time

How Seed Bacterial #Microbiota Shapes Community Assembly and Crop Engineering www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #microbiome #SeedMicrobiome #microbiology #endophyte #MicroSky

Studies are documenting devastating side effects in the ongoing measles epidemic that have ranged fro brain swelling to sepsis. Those most likely to end up hospitalized live in South Carolina and Utah 👇

Studies Document Brain Swelling, Sepsis in U.S. Measles OutbreaksKids and the unvaccinated were most likely to end up hospitalized in South Carolina and Utahwww.medpagetoday.com

New: Late last night, Taylor Farms quietly posted an official recall notice We now know that the parasite-linked iceberg lettuce was shipped to Walmart & food distributors in 27 (!) states It was for some reason still being sent out up until Thursday July 16 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

Parasite-Linked Lettuce Was Sent to Walmart Stores and Food Distributors in 27 States - Consumer ReportsTaylor Farms' recalled the parasite-linked lettuce it said was sent to Walmart stores, Sysco, and other food distributors in 27 states.www.consumerreports.org