Katherine Duncan from Strathclyde University:

Linking genes and metabolites for informed antibiotic discovery

#jgi2023 #actinomycetes #streptomyces #antibiotics #jgi

@LBNLBioSci

#Plastic-eating #fungi thriving in man-made '#plastisphere' may help tackle global #waste.

#bacteria #Jonesia #Streptomyces #Fusarium #Neocosmospora

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-plastic-eating-fungi-man-made-plastisphere-tackle.html

Contractile injection systems never cease to amaze 🤩
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RT @PilhoferLab
Another Contractile Injection System? 💉🙄 BUT THIS is a special one 👈😱 Spearheaded by our postdoc @casub1 in a fantastic collab with @JWSallmenII & @SusanSchlimpert, they could demonstrate a cytoplasmic role (☠️) of CIS in #Streptomyces out now in @NatureMicrobiol 🧵1/2
https://twitter.com/PilhoferLab/status/1633863429256806401

A computational model of #Streptomyces reveals that if antibiotic production trades off with replication, genome architecture can evolve to support a mutation-driven division of labor ➡️ http://bit.ly/3XZv7gT
#evolution #multiscalemodelling #systemsbiology

#DescribeThatMicrobe Another colorful and interesting contamination on a TSA plate with a celestial feel to it. The red colony was turned blue after sitting on the counter for a few weeks after the first photo. I always take an initial image then wait a few weeks to see how things continue growing. It paid off by turning a lovely blue…..probably an soil bacteria called #streptomyces which gives us that earthy soil smell. #microbiology #Science