Over 11,000 scientists from 153 countries have banded together to issue a warning about #climatechange.
Using over 40 years of research, the scientists have outlined 6 steps to slow down planet-warming effects & prevent "untold human suffering".
From @STCmicrobeblog: The world of phages is strikingly diverse. Some phages use RNA to encode their genome, others DNA. Some are tiny, others a thousand-fold larger. Some are bare icosahedrons, others are festooned with fancy threads. https://t.co/dIPSNza4sv
The pan-immune system of bacteria: antiviral defence as a community resource
Bernheim and Sorek present the ‘pan-immune system’ model in which bacteria employ horizontal gene transfer to access immune defence mechanisms encoded by closely related strains
https://t.co/iANQlp5Lpf
DNA sequencing advances have found evidence of many new microbes, but they have been difficult to fish from their complex microbiomes and grown in labs. A new method may change that. https://t.co/HnQXUifcOZ
"One sometimes finds what one is not looking for" —Sir Alexander Fleming. Learn more about his discovery of #penicillin, the first antibiotic, how it works and how #AMR was identified as a problem even as it was being developed: https://t.co/cl46btwJHi
Hans Christian #Gram was born #OnThisDay in 1853. Watch our video to find out more about the staining technique he's famous for developing: https://t.co/bytDClt4wa #GoogleDoodle
Microbial invasions in terrestrial ecosystems
https://t.co/nnYoYRwT5y
Invasive alien plants and animals cause disease and disrupt communities. In this Review, Thakur &co discuss examples and impacts of microorganisms that have been introduced in new regions by human activities.
Maya Nadimpalli has studied antibiotic resistance among young children in low-income countries. She shares her experiences of studying public health in developing nations. https://t.co/WkMTzZJB9K
Professors & students in a research class have discovered #bacteriophages in their kitchen sponges.
The students isolated bacteria from their own used kitchen sponges & used the bacteria as bait to find specific #phages.
https://t.co/u8yRcV5DBA #bacteriophage#ASMicrobe