Looks like he’s the first of the last of us.

#thelastofus #fungal #infection #humans #biology #illness

We are all too familiar with the all-too-often catastrophic impacts of #COVID19 #infection on human #health.

This fascinating new #metagenomics research in mBio explores a potentially important and intriguing link between the presence and relative abundance of different functional guilds present in the human gut #microbiome (including short chain fatty acid biosynthesis and virulence functions) and disease severity and outcomes resulting from the virus. Clearly a subject for future extended studies to explore potential increases in severity due to infection and exacerbated or mitigated by differences in gut microbiomes.

Explore the research on:

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03519-22

#microbiology

#Virus control

This exciting new research explores the influence of #virus #infection in changing the balance of organic matter degradation between #bacteria and #eukaryotes in #marine #carboncycling during #phytoplankton blooms.

Based on #mesocosm studies, this research demonstrates how #viruses infecting different #microorganisms change community dynamics and the release and potential fate of marine carbon from primary production.

Learn more in this new research in Nature Communications on:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36049-3

#microbiology #ecology #MicrobialEcology

This trial stemmed from several years of work on an early medieval #infection remedy known as Bald's eyesalve. We now have confirmation that it's really worth developing further for testing as an #antimicrobial #antibiotic preparation for wound treatment. Thanks Diabetes UK for funding!