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Greek Scientific Society of MikroBioKosmos; all microbes and their environments; Science, Education, Outreach, Networking; FEMS & IUMS member. mikrobiokosmos.org

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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Successful early-career scientists rely on #network of #mentors www.nature.com/articles/d41... @thephdplace.bsky.social @phdvoice.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social
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Successful early-career scientists rely on network of mentors
Large networks are particularly beneficial to researchers in under-represented groups.
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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@academic-chatter.bsky.social @thephdplace.bsky.social @academiclife.bsky.social @phdvoice.bsky.social @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social
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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#Bunsen burners’ reputation for sterilizing workplaces flames out www.nature.com/articles/d41... #microbiology @femsmicro.org @isme-microbes.bsky.social @asm.org @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social
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Bunsen burners’ reputation for sterilizing workplaces flames out
Study shows that the venerable device does not waft bacteria away from workbenches, as is often assumed.
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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
World scientists’ warning to humanity: a third notice scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/sites/defaul... Read, judge, sign (or not...) #climate #earth
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We started today our "Increasing the Incorporation of #Microbiology Topics into Secondary School Curricula Through a Professional Development #Summer #Workshop" with Mary Allen from #Hartwick College and high school teachers from teachers. #education @femsmicro.org @asm.org
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A vibrant audience of young bright minds, wanted to learn today as much as possible to navigate themselves through the maze of scientific writing and publishing. Special thanks to Roberto Kolter! and @asm.org #university of the #Aegean #mytilini #lesvos
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
@peerj.bsky.social Award winners at #mbkceesme2025 peerj.com/blog/post/11... @phdvoice.bsky.social @thephdplace.bsky.social @academiclife.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @hosmic.bsky.social @graduatefunding.bsky.social @insidehighered.com peerj.com/blog/post/11...
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
EMBO Practical Course Computational and experimental microbiomics 06 – 18 July 2026 | Bath, United Kingdom meetings.embo.org/event/26-mic... @hosmic.bsky.social
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Computational and experimental microbiomics
The critical contribution of microbiota to animal, plant and environmental health is now widely accepted. Progress has been driven by two parallel approaches: in silico analyses of large -omics data …
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
We are very happy and proud we have contributed to this amazing story: An invisible force. A transparent substance. A forgotten woman. The untold story of Fanny Angelina Hesse (1850-1934), who introduced agar to the lab. fanny-hesse-graphic-novel.site
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Fanny Angelina Hesse: A Graphic Novel
An invisible force. A transparent substance. A forgotten woman. The untold story of Fanny Angelina Hesse (1850-1934), who introduced agar to the lab
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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
@mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @hosmic.bsky.social @isme-microbes.bsky.social #SymbioSky #MicroSky #microbiomesky #Microbiology #symbiosis @microbiomevif.bsky.social @superbugs.bsky.social @hostmicrobelit.bsky.social #phylosymbiosis #holobiont @marinemicrobiome.bsky.social
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pawmarkwitz.bsky.social @pawmarkwitz.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Celebrating science & sustainability at @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social! A fantastic conference spanning ecology, biotech & health. Congratulations to the winners of the best talk & poster awards - your work truly stands out #mbkceesme2025 #Microbiology #Ecology #Biotechnology #OneHealth #ClimateChange
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Tijana Martinovic @tijanamartin.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Stay tuned for the afternoon session where I will talk about forests! More precisely, the response of soil microbes to forest disturbances. Results from @holisoils.bsky.social and Lifegenmon projects. 🍄🍄🍄 Thank you for support @isme-microbes.bsky.social @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social #mbkceesme2025
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
#SymbioSky #MicroSky #microbiomesky #Microbiology #symbiosis @microbiomevif.bsky.social @superbugs.bsky.social @hostmicrobelit.bsky.social #fungi
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
#LynnMargulis once said “… environment is part of the body [of any organism]… something that that is not fully appreciated in #ectoxicology tests. Maria Moustaka at #mbkceesme2025 showcases why this needs to change #scrubber #PAH #marine #pollution #IMO #plankton doi.org/10.1002/etc....
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pawmarkwitz.bsky.social @pawmarkwitz.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Had a great time yesterday with Konstantinos Kormas (@kkormas.bsky.social), Irene Ramirez Hernandez & Akbar Adjie Pratama (@adjiep.bsky.social) at the professional pathway lunch, part of @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social. Thanks to @isme-microbes.bsky.social for making it possible! #mbkceesme2025
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
#mbkceesme2025
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Microbes … to eat everything and to be eaten by everyone! #mbkceesme2025 #LeneLange #bioeconomy
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Some scientific stories, like the one we just heard from @johncork.bsky.social at the #mbkceesme2025 on human harnessed and highly exploited #yeasts, could easily inspire a movie or a TV series!!!
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Yes, there’s more to worry about how we do our science with microbes #bioeconomy #nagoya #biodiversity #cbd @unep.org Lene Lange in #mbkceesme2025
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Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic @svetlanaup.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
and first task done!! ✅ to hug @cpavloud.bsky.social after many many #MVIF events working together (online) @microbiomevif.bsky.social
MVIF fellows
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Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic @svetlanaup.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Just learned about the WhereDoGGo presented by @precambriangoat.bsky.social 👏 github.com/MEDEAlab/Whe... #mbkceesme2025 @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social
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GitHub - MEDEAlab/WhereDoGGo: A pipeline for prokaryotic phylogenomics. Place your new genomes on the tree of life.
A pipeline for prokaryotic phylogenomics. Place your new genomes on the tree of life. - MEDEAlab/WhereDoGGo
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Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic @svetlanaup.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
#mbkceesme2025 people, if you see @microbiomevif.bsky.social card next to your poster number, that means we’re encouraging you to submit your work to present at one of our free, global, online, monthly #MVIF events! @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social
Poster session
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Kasia Piwosz @piwoszomonas.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
It's great to listen to great talks at #mbkceesme2025 @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @isme-microbes.bsky.social @cristian-vi-al.bsky.social and Aleks Stanojković
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Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic @svetlanaup.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
#mbkceesme2025 🇬🇷 already mingling @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social
#mbkceesme2025#mbkceesme2025#mbkceesme2025
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Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic @svetlanaup.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
👋 @mikeneugent.bsky.social On my way to #mbkceesme2025 🇬🇷 See you soon @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social !
Coffee at the airport
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Tijana Martinovic @tijanamartin.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Looking forward to a few inspiring days at #mbkceesme2025 😊 Excited to present my research on how microbes respond to forest disturbances, and to catch up on th latest research. Bonus: revive/start using my social media accounts 😄
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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
Worth giving it a try! MIMt – A curated 16S rRNA reference database with less redundancy and higher accuracy at species-level identification mimt.bu.biopolis.pt/main www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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MIMt
MIMt is a new 16S rRNA database for archaea and bacteria’s identification, consisting of 39,940 sequences, all of them properly identified at species level. MIMt is updated to include all species c...
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
A very tempting publishing opportunity at #mbkceesme2025 link.springer.com/collections/...
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From Microbial Ecology to Environmental Biotechnology: Insights from MBK-CEESME 2025
This Collection brings together research presented at the Joint International Conference of Mikrobiokosmos and CEESME (Central and Eastern Europe Symposium on ...
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Dryad @datadryad.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
📢 Dryad & @openrxiv.bsky.social are excited to announce a new partnership & integration. Beginning today, authors posting #preprints to @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social will have the option to upload #opendata to Dryad at the same time. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4nHtcdA #preprint #openaccess #datasharing
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bioRxiv & medRxiv @biorxiv-medrxiv.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
bioRxiv now partners with @datadryad.bsky.social to facilitate transparent data sharing. Authors can add and connect their preprints to Dryad datasets without leaving the bioRxiv submission system. Once posted, a green checkmark on the preprint page indicates Dryad's curation. 🔗 buff.ly/KVS5YMi
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
We’re only a few days away from the Joint International Conference of MikroBioKosmos & CEESME 2025 #mbkceesme2025 afea.eventsair.com/mbkceesme2025/ @femsmicro.org @isme-microbes.bsky.social @febspress.bsky.social @embo.org
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Welcome - Mikrobiokosmos & CEESME Conference
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Host-Microbe Interactions - International MSc Program @hosmic.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
This year we were pleasantly surprised by the quality of our 35 applicants. We selected 14 of them (max positions is 15) and we can’t wait to meet our new students and start collaborating with them in the 2025-6 academic year! #msc
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Starting ticking the final tick boxes before #mbkceesme20025 kickoff !!! afea.eventsair.com/mbkceesme2025/ @scinews.bsky.social @esci.eu @chronicle.com @superbugs.bsky.social @scienseed.com #SciComm #ArchaeaSky #ProtistsOnSky #MicrobesOnSky #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky
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Welcome - 11th Conference of Mikrobiokosmos
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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The state of null results stories.springernature.com/the-state-of... @peercomjournal.bsky.social @asm.org @isme-microbes.bsky.social @ismepublications.bsky.social @femsmicro.org @femsjournals.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social @elsevierconnect.bsky.social
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The state of null results white paper
Insights from 11,000 researchers on negative or inconclusive results
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Host-Microbe Interactions - International MSc Program @hosmic.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Promoting #transparency and innovation in #life #science #communication @sciencenews.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @thephdplace.bsky.social @phdvoice.bsky.social asapbio.org
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ASAPbio - Accelerating Science And Publication In Biology
A scientist-driven nonprofit accelerating discovery by promoting innovation and transparency in life science communication through preprints and open peer review.
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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Research Associate for the Project “Synthesis on biotic interactions and C cycling in the Elbe estuary – a bioinformatics approach” www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb... @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social @hosmic.bsky.social
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Ausschreibung
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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Attention microbial oceanographers! New journal " #Ocean #Microbiology " dedicated to what you love to do! Do you want to make it a good journal for your work? See 👉 omjournal.biomedcentral.com #SymbioSky #MicroSky #microbiomesky #Microbiology #ArchaeaSky #ProtistsOnSky @aslo.org
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Ocean Microbiology
Ocean Microbiology is dedicated to advancing the field by capturing the interactions, adaptations, and roles of microorganisms within marine and aquatic ...
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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Targeted analysis of #metagenomes: divide and conquer #SymbioSky #MicroSky #microbiomesky #Microbiology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Targeted analysis of metagenomes: divide and conquer
The rapidly developing field of targeted analysis of metagenomes focuses on retrieving information about specific genes and/or genome(s) from environm…
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
We are working on fitting the 185 submitted abstracts to the #mbkceesme2025 program. The abstracts came from 27 countries, 15 of which are from central and eastern Europe! @isme-microbes.bsky.social afea.eventsair.com/mbkceesme2025/
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Welcome - 11th Conference of Mikrobiokosmos
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
!!! LATE POSTER SUBMISSION !!! #mbkceesme2025 The conference will accept submissions for POSTER PRESENTATION ONLY until 13 July 2025!! lnkd.in/d32DaGtz
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
We are happy to announce that @isme-microbes.bsky.social offers 12 travel awards for early-career scientists who will join the #mbkceesme2025 conference. forms.gle/ExVETmU6XZYz...
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ISME travel award application
The International Society of Microbial Ecology (ISME) would like to support early career scientists to attend the MBK/CEESME joint conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, 22-24/09/2025. By investing in th...
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
📢 Don't forget to submit your abstract for the 11th MikroBioKosmos Conference & the 2nd Central & East Europe Symposium on Microbial Ecology!! Just a few days left for the opportunity to become part of our exciting program! 🔗 shorturl.at/kyEGr 🧬🦠🧫🧪🖥️ #mevosky @isme-microbes.bsky.social
Image mentioning the abstract submission deadline of the Mikrobiokosmos & CEESME Symposium
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openRxiv @openrxiv.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
openRxiv has arrived! We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences. openrxiv.org/introducing-... #openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv
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Max Telford @maxjtelford.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
It's publication day of my first book: The Tree of Life. The tree of life is a time machine that can take us back 4 billion years to meet our most distant ancestor. It is the magic that lets us tell the origin stories, beginning with this ancient relative, of everything from mushrooms to man.
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Alex Crits-Christoph @acritschristoph.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Recent genetic drift in the co-diversified gut bacterial symbionts of laboratory mice (Nature Communications) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Just one single gut bacteria is astonishingly sufficient to repress the antibiotic-resistant C. difficile infection. A real game changer from colleagues at the Center. AI and synthetic communities boiled it all down. Big vision by the trainees and faculty www.psu.edu/news/researc...
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Synthetic microbiome therapy suppresses bacterial infection without antibiotics | Penn State University
A synthetic microbiome therapy, tested in mice, holds promise as a new treatment for C. difficile, a notoriously difficult-to-treat bacterial infection, according to a team of researchers at Penn Stat...
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Everybody hurts and everybody needs love ... not just science ... @thephdplace.bsky.social @phdvoice.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social @academiclife.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/nj73...
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The care and maintenance of your adviser - Nature
Graduate students bear as much responsibility as their mentors for ensuring that they are well guided through their degrees, say Hugh Kearns and Maria Gardiner.
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MikroBioKosmos Scientific Society @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
⭐Publication alert ⭐️ New paper is out from an associate member of our society: Eirini Maria Melanouri 👉 www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/12...
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Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Do you like #fish? #freshwater fish? showing (some) #phylosymbiosis? Then here is a good read: Variable phylosymbiosis and #cophylogeny patterns in wild fish #gut #microbiota of a large #subtropical #river #SymbioSky #hostmicrobe #microbialecology #symbiosis #evolution doi.org/10.1101/2024...
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Variable phylosymbiosis and cophylogeny patterns in wild fish gut microbiota of a large subtropical river
The persistence and specificity of fish host-microbial interaction during evolution is an important part of exploring the host-microbial symbiosis mechanism. However, it remains unclear how the enviro...
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