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Breaking down the microbiology world one bite at a time #scicomm Read the latest microbiology research made easier in 🇬🇧 🇳🇱 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇷🇺 🇩🇪
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📣 New MicroBites! Antibiotic Resistance Potential of ESKAPE Pathogens 💊 Multidrug-resistant infections are a growing global threat, driven by diverse bacterial resistance mechanisms, complicating efforts to develop effective antibiotics. 🦠 https://t.co/1xAtDRy0bq
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Multidrug-resistant infections are a growing global threat, driven by diverse bacterial resistance mechanisms, complicating efforts to develop effective, long-lasting antibiotics.
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📣 New MicroBites! Is the Microbiome Overrated? 🦠 A medical humanities perspective on the way researchers talk about the microbiome. 👇 https://t.co/r0J8zDN6Hp
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A medical humanities perspective on the way researchers talk about the microbiome.
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From Therapy to Threat: Antibiotics and the Resistome Antibiotics revolutionized medicine — but overuse turned them into a global threat. 🌍💊 Discover how resistance genes evolve and spread across ecosystems in our latest piece. 🔗 https://t.co/FcnxkxxquS
#WAAW2025 #OneHealth
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Antibiotic-induced dysbiosis disrupts gut microbial harmony, fuel resistance gene spread, and triggers inflammation—reshaping immunity, brain health, and future disease risks.
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Phage Disco: The Comeback of Phage Discovery When antibiotics fail, bacteriophages step back into the spotlight! 🎶🔬 Dive into the “phage disco” — where viruses that kill bacteria might help us fight AMR. 🔗 https://t.co/7T3k0BKLMh
#WAAW2025 #PhageTherapy #AMR
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Phage discovery can be long and drawn out, but scientists are ready to get down with this groovy new method that skips the hassle.
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Exploiting Fitness Costs to Reimagine the AMR Fight Can evolution help us outsmart resistance? 🧠💥 Learn how researchers turn bacteria’s own fitness trade-offs into an advantage in the battle against AMR. 🔗 https://t.co/6MT91PeKuG
#WAAW2025 #Microbiology #AMRResearch
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How exploiting bacterial fitness costs can help us find a way to tackle resistance in bacteria and help us use the existing drugs more effectively.
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Teamwork in Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance No one beats AMR alone. Collaboration between clinicians, farmers, policymakers & scientists is key to protect our present and secure our future. 🌍💪 🔗 https://t.co/eLpmPRYa0x
#WAAW2025 #OneHealth #ActNow
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Essential oils and tetracycline make for an antibacterial double act
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A New Fungal Fighter A novel antifungal discovery could tip the scales in our fight against drug resistance! 🧫⚔️ Meet the next-generation compounds targeting tough fungal infections. 🔗 https://t.co/9ic87a3XnU
#WAAW2025 #Antifungal #AMR
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A modified macrolide called mandimycin, uniquely targets fungal cell membranes, offering potent activity against multidrug-resistant fungal pathogens.
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Bacteria’s First Response: Epigenetics & Resistance Resistance isn’t always genetic — sometimes it’s epigenetic! 🧬 Discover how bacteria “remember” antibiotic exposure and adapt faster than we think. 🔗 https://t.co/A4USQAjhKy
#WAAW2025 #Epigenetics #AMR
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Bacteria modify RNA molecules to become more resistant to the effect of antibiotics. Researchers analyze and characterize these modifications.
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Today starts AMR awareness week! 💊 That’s Metal! Tackling AMR with Bismuth Could metals help fight superbugs? ⚡️🧫 Learn how bismuth-based compounds disrupt bacterial defenses — an old element with new promise! 🔗 https://t.co/6nwQTFLmGq
#WAAW2025 #Innovation #AMR
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Co-administration of bismuth-containing compounds and antibiotics increases their antimicrobial activity, including against resistant bacterial pathogens, through disruption of iron uptake.
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📣 New MicroBites! Have We Always Been Alone? 🦠 More specific searches for signs of extraterrestrial life might provide the answers we seek on the Red Planet. 👽 https://t.co/MD3nfyyZSs
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More specific searches for signs of extraterrestrial life might provide the answers we seek on the Red Planet.
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📣 New MicroBites! How do plants perceive their microbiome? 🌱 In this interview, researcher Andreas Keppler explains how plants determine whether to fight or welcome the microbes that colonize them.… 🦠 👇 https://t.co/gDMFChahgh
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In this interview, researcher Andreas Keppler explains how plants determine whether to fight or welcome the microbes that colonize them.
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📣 New MicroBites! When Microbes Become Master Chocolatiers 🍫 Fine chocolate owes its depth to microbes, tiny chocolatiers fermenting cocoa bean pulp into the complex flavors we crave. 🦠 https://t.co/Mv9bLEslJr
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Fine chocolate owes its depth to microbes, tiny chocolatiers fermenting cocoa bean pulp into the complex flavors we crave.
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📣 New MicroBites! Engineered Parasites as Potential Treatments for Neurological Disorders 🦠 Engineered parasites like Toxoplasma gondii offer novel, targeted therapies for brain disorders by delivering treatments directly into neurons. 🧠 https://t.co/C2v9xhP8Yw
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Engineered parasites like Toxoplasma gondii offer novel, targeted therapies for brain disorders by delivering treatments directly into neurons.
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How can cities grow without harming the planet? 💚 Scientists are turning to an unexpected ally — algae. These tiny organisms can power buildings, clean wastewater, and even fuel cars. Smart cities start at the microscopic level. 🌿🏙️ #WorldCitiesDay
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World, where all processes are carbon-neutral, is closer than you think! Learn how and why algae are important for this transition.
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📣 New MicroBites! Unexpected baby-guardians 👶 On Mum’s gut bacteria and how they could boost her baby’s healthy development and avoid preeclampsia 🦠 https://t.co/Lg9o2s2Xhq
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On Mum’s gut bacteria and how they could boost her baby’s healthy development and avoid preeclampsia
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📣 New MicroBites! Using urine to detect fungal infection 🍄 How a new test can figure out if patients have a fungal infection 🦠 https://t.co/alfMNLBclQ
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How a new test can figure out if patients have a fungal infection
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📣 New MicroBites! Baking Better Bread 🍞 To customize sourdough bread to your specific preferences, you may just need to pick the right microorganisms for the job 🦠 https://t.co/kUbZIHwxDR
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To customize sourdough bread to your specific preferences, you may just need to pick the right microorganisms for the job
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Today is #WorldFoodDay Imagine food made from food waste — nutritious, flavorful, and zero-waste. Thanks to solid-state fermentation, fungi like Neurospora intermedia are showing us how to turn today’s leftovers into tomorrow’s meals. 🔄🌾 https://t.co/J5bWOYhECd
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N. intermedia fungus is converting waste food into appetizing, healthier, and sustainable food alternatives.
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📣 New MicroBites! Gut Inflammation Disrupts Hormone Signals and the Brain 🧠 Reproductive hormones in male mice are susceptible to gut inflammation during early life. 🦠 https://t.co/4rrv6xnQSp
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Reproductive hormones in male mice are susceptible to gut inflammation during early life.
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📣 New MicroBites! ‘Pharaoh’s curse fungus’ turned into a cure for cancer 🍄 The deadly fungus, Aspergillus flavus, once denoted as the ‘Pharaoh’s curse fungus’, has now been found to cure leukaemia. 👇 https://t.co/BaMHuxOLuP
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The deadly fungus, Aspergillus flavus, once denoted as the ‘Pharaoh’s curse fungus’, has now been found to cure leukaemia.
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