#JobAlert: We are looking for a #PhD-student on
"Functional diversity and connectivity of #microbiomes in the #Arctic and #Antarctic #Oceans over space and time"
#Apply by March 16, 2025
#doctorate #sciencecareer #womeninSTEM
https://career.mpi-bremen.de/jobposting/e0bb53379bbe08cd76bcb8c73cac3a49d638af570
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 9th, 2025
#microbiomes #Isala #dysbiosis #vaginal #Silverblue #rpm-ostree #containers #cloud #space-time #lasers #Lambda-CDM #axions #DeepSeek #AI #NowSecure #ATS #graphene #superconduction #moiré #quasiparticles
New publication: Harnessing the synergy of Urochloa brizantha and #Amazonian Dark Earth #microbiomes for enhanced #pasture recovery. #ecologicalrestoration #biodiversity #sustainability #microbialecology #soilscience
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-024-03741-3
Big mystery, eh? Um, maybe consider that #RoundUp / #Glyphosate is altering the #microbiomes? smh...
"The drivers of young-onset #colorectal cancer are not well understood. Some believe that the rise is due to risk factors such as obesity and diabetes. Others believe it may be related to a change in the microbiome (the unique bacterial mix that lives in our bodies), or to antibiotic exposure and dietary choices. We just do not really know the cause. "
The Secret Magic Of Gophers To Help Restore Devastated Landscapes, study out of University of California, Riverside, published by Frontiers in #Microbiology
#ecology #microbiomes #biodiversity #ClimateCatastrophe #MountStHelens https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/11/13/the-secret-magic-of-gophers-to-help-restore-devastated-landscapes/
The Secret Magic Of Gophers To Help Restore Devastated Landscapes, study out of University of California, Riverside, published by Frontiers in #Microbiology
#ecology #microbiomes #biodiversity #ClimateCatastrophe #MountStHelens https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/11/13/the-secret-magic-of-gophers-to-help-restore-devastated-landscapes/
The #Roscoff Culture Collection 
of #marine #microorganisms 
is seeking a #postdoc to work on ex situ microbiome interactions (EU projects #MICROBE and #BlueRemediomics 
).
One objective is to define synthetic #microbiomes to promote the growth of selected #microeukaryotes (#microalgae, saprotrophs) and for optimal production of #metabolites of interest.
https://roscoff-culture-collection.org
https://www.microbeproject.eu
https://blueremediomics.eu
#protists #microbiology #job #bretagne #france
There is a history in Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria and Macedonia of making yoghurt with ant nest #microbiomes, either by leaving the starter in an ants' nest or by adding some ants directly. Some researchers recreated the practice by adding some #Formicarufa ants to milk and then characterised the cultures that were produced.
Paywallked summary in New Scientist here: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2450495-ants-can-be-used-to-make-yogurt-and-now-we-know-how-it-works/
Preprint on biorxiv here https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.16.613207v1.full.pdf
How does host genotype affect plant #microbiomes? @maggieRwagner explores a new #PLOSBiology study showing how host genotype leads to differential gene expression & fitness in bacteria of the #barley #rhizosphere. Primer: https://plos.io/3xYne3n Paper: https://plos.io/4aQX4Oy
#Salty #foods are making people sick − in part by poisoning their #microbiomes
DNA reveals that unique #microbes evolved at poles
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-dna-reveals-unique-microorganisms-evolved.html
Polar lake #microbiomes have distinct evolutionary histories https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade7130
"Heterotrophic #bacteria—#microorganisms that feed on organic carbon—and grazing-resistant #algae appear to be relatively more abundant in the #Arctic, while #cyanobacteria—microorganisms that gain energy from #photosynthesis—and green algae are more dominant in #Antarctic #lakes. Species diversity is also lower in #Antarctica."
8-FEB-2024
Why studying #astronauts’ #microbiomes is crucial to ensure deep space mission success
Prof Dr Lembit Sihver, a space researcher, director of CRREAT, and founder of the Cosmic Shielding Corporation, writes about the importance of researching the human microbiome in space
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1033860 #science #astrobiology (of sorts) #SpaceTravel #SpaceHealth
'#Obelisks': Entirely New Class of Life Has Been Found in The Human Digestive System
#Stanford biologist #IvanZheludev and colleagues argue their strange discovery may not be viruses, but instead an entirely new group of entities that may help bridge the ancient gap between the simplest #genetic molecules and more complex #viruses. "Obelisks comprise a class of diverse #RNA that have colonized, and gone unnoticed in, human, and global #microbiomes."
https://www.sciencealert.com/obelisks-entirely-new-class-of-life-has-been-found-in-the-human-digestive-system
Long-term green #manuring strengthens core #microbiomes in driving multiple functions across vertical #soil profiles: Study.
#agriculuture #carbon #nitrogen #wheat #phylotypes #food_security
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-long-term-green-manuring-core-microbiomes.html
This is an unexpected result.
Although Camponotus ants require the nutritional services of the endosymbiotic bacteria Blochmannia to rear larvae to adulthood, a new study finds that the bacteria itself is harmful to the adult ants.
#Microbiomes #Ants #Science #Endosymbionts #Blochmannia #Entomology
#Glyphosate, pathways to modern diseases II: #Celiac #sprue and #GlutenIntolerance
2013 December
Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff
"Evidence of disruption of #GutBacteria by glyphosate is available for poultry (Shehata et al., 2013), cattle (Krüger et al., 2013), and swine (Carman et al., 2013). Glyphosate disrupts the balance of gut bacteria in poultry (Shehata et al., 2013), increasing the ratio of #pathogenic #bacteria to other commensal microbes. #Salmonella and #Clostridium are highly resistant to glyphosate, whereas Enterococcus, Bifidobacteria, and Lactobacillus are especially susceptible. Glyphosate was proposed as a possible factor in the increased risk to Clostridium botulinum infection in cattle in Germany over the past ten to fifteen years (Krüger et al., 2013b). Pigs fed GMO corn and soy developed widespread intestinal #inflammation that may have been due in part to glyphosate exposure (Carman et al., 2013).
"Glyphosate Effect: #Desulfovibrio overgrowth
Dysfunction: hydrogen sulfide gas
Result: inflammation"
Full article:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945755/
Can #glyphosate’s disruption of the gut #microbiome and induction of sulfate deficiency explain the epidemic in #gout and associated diseases in the #industrialized world?
June 2017Journal of Biological Physics and Chemistry 17(2):53-76
Authors: Stephanie Seneff, et al.
"Gout is an acute or chronic #inflammatory disease characterized by intense pain, redness and swelling in joints, mainly the metatarsophalangeal joint. Gout is linked to an increased risk of diabetes and heart disease. The traditional medical view holds that high dietary purines, fructose and alcohol are key causal factors. However, this does not explain the entirety of the pathophysiology. In this paper, we review the literature on gout and propose a functional
role for the #inflammatory signaling cascade to restore vascular health. Our findings suggest that the primary factor behind the recent gout epidemic is dietary glyphosate, with #iron overload and #fungus overgrowth as secondary contributing factors. The increase in gout
prevalence in the #UnitedKingdom correlates well with both diabetes prevalence and the use of glyphosate in #agriculture. The activities that take place in the gouty joint are directed
towards renewing sulfate supplies to the immune cells and to the vasculature. Dangerously high serum viscosity impairs vascular sulfate synthesis, promoting crystal formation and immune cell infiltration into the joint, provoking a gout attack. The resulting complex signaling cascade leads to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) synthesis, release of ATP and reactive oxygen, and activation of enzymes that oxidize H2S to sulfate, eventually restoring sulfate supplies to themacrophages invading the synovial fluid. We urge that government regulators reassess the
#toxicity of glyphosate to humans."
Um, #glyphosate has been proven to increase the amount of #Desulfovibrio bacteria in the gut... (Articles in comments)
#ParkinsonsDisease could be prevented after scientists discovered its cause.
Researchers discovered that a certain strain of bacteria in the gut is the likely cause of Parkinson’s disease in the majority of cases.
Their study discovered that these bacteria, called Desulfovibrio, can be detected and removed which could prevent the disease.
Do you work in #metagenomics (#microbiomes, #MicrobialGenomics #sedaDNA) and/or #aDNA, with interest in #bioinformatics , #OpenScience and curiosity about ancient metagenomes?
The @spaam_community are struggling to find reviewers for our preprint: https://f1000research.com/articles/12-926/v1
If you would have the time to help us and be willing to review a small python tool facilitating access to public data, please
feel contact me https://www.jafy.eu/ so I can pass on your details to the journal. Thx!
Listening to Dr. Quinn McFrederick on In Defense of Plants this week on bee and flower microbiomes. Yeah, how did it never occur to me to wonder how bees could eat pollen? Sporopollenin is incredibly hard to break down—I remember using hydrofluoric acid on paleopollen samples in palynology class, and the pollen was fine as the rocks dissolved! #science #bees #microbiomes
