🎉 New preprint from the (MDM) lab:

🔗 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.22.567924v1

❓ How accurately can we predict diverse #bacteriophage bacteria-interactions from their #genomes only ?

🦠 We created a matrix of >38k #phage-#bacteria interactions to find out (=> AUROC 86%) & used our predictions to recommend tailored phage cocktails.

Predicting which phages infect which specific strains would allow to better fight bacterial infections and understand #microbial ecology.

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#microbiology #virus #phagotherapy

Predicting phage-bacteria interactions at the strain level from genomes

Predicting how phages can selectively infect specific bacterial strains holds promise for developing novel approaches to combat bacterial infections and better understanding microbial ecology.

^bioRxiv

Openly available #illustrations as tools to describe #eukaryotic #microbial #diversity

Beautiful and extremely useful #open #resource from Yana Eglit and @pjkeelinglab depicting eukaryotic microbes in exquisite detail.

Aren’t they lovely? Which is your favorite?
@PLOSBiology
#LoveMicrobiology

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002395

Nice #oceanography study on particles and #carbon export

Planktonic #microbial signatures of sinking particle export in the open ocean’s interior

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42909-9

#marine #microbiology

Planktonic microbial signatures of sinking particle export in the open ocean’s interior - Nature Communications

Sinking of organic particles to the deep seafloor is fundamental to ocean carbon cycling. Here, the authors investigate prokaryotic communities in sinking and suspended particles, identifying depth-specific signatures of particle export and carbon cy…

^Nature

How did #eukaryotes evolve for extreme temps? https://www.futurity.org/high-temp-eukaryotes-2972442-2/ #protists

#ExtremeEnvironments offer an unprecedented opportunity to understand #microbial #eukaryotic #ecology, #evolution, and #genome #biology: Hannah Rappaport & Angela Oliverio https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40657-4

“several lineages of #amoebae were often recovered from extremely high temperature environments. Studying those lineages may yield great insight into how eukaryotic cells can adapt to life in extremely hot environments.”