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Shraddha Shitut @shetoot.bsky.social · 10h

Meet Stentor coeruleus, an #ogre of the microbial world. It is big, green & gobbles up any prey that dares to swim close. It is often attached to something in murky waters, waiting to attack. It creates a water current around the mouth using the hair-like cilia. #inktober2026 #scicomm #microbiology

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Shraddha Shitut @shetoot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When we eat, our oral bacteria help in making the food lip #smacking delicious. Bacterial enzymes breakdown, modify molecules in food helping them stick to our taste receptors. Some popular flavors being umami (from glutamic acids) and buttery (from short chain fatty acids). #scicomm #inktober2026

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Shraddha Shitut @shetoot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Micratinium is a 🔬 algae found in freshwater. Just like a #cactus it has long bristles. They protect the algae from being eaten by bigger (still microscopic) predators like rotifers. Interestingly Micratinium can produce the bristles on demand unlike the spines of a cactus. #scicomm #inktober2026

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Shraddha Shitut @shetoot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The mini cooper is well known but do you know about Minisyncoccus. It is an ultramicrobacterium, a true #miniature of the microbe world (0.7 um in length x 0.5 um in width). It attaches to Methanospirillum at the end using pili and parasitizes this bacterium. #inktober2026 #scicomm #microbiology

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Shraddha Shitut @shetoot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Read more here Sarhan, M.S., Samadelli, M., Zink, A. et al. The Iceman’s microbiome: unveiling millennia of microbial diversity and continuity. Microbiome 14, 135 (2026). doi.org/10.1186/s401...

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Shraddha Shitut @shetoot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ötzi the iceman, a true #Relic has a microbiome! Advanced sequencing technology is shining light on some of the interesting microbes present in and on this specimen such as yeast, fungi & Helicobacter pylori. Even cooler - this microbiome is changing over time. #inktober2026 #microbiology #scicom

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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Personalized microbiotas (counter-)select for antibiotic resistant strains www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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supriya khedkar @khedkarsupriya.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

📢Job opportunity📢 Two year Alliance Interinstitutional #Postdoc position in "mapping antibiotic resistance spread among human gut microbes" available in my group in collaboration with Heidelberg University Hospital www.bioquant.uni-heidelberg.de/groups/khedk... #AMR #microbiome

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Ramya Ganesan @chaintist.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Do you like microbes and insects, and would like to get your favourites printed on articles or clothing? check out my art prints on Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/Chaii... Happy to take requests to add to this collection too :) #sciart #art #symbiosis #microbes #insects

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Chai_ntist is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.

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zellerlab.bsky.social @zellerlab.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

After a long silence on X (for obvious reasons), the Zeller Lab is now on Bluesky! We’ll post updates soon on what’s been happening in the lab over the past few months. For the future, we promise to share our News in a more timely manner here on this channel. #Microbiome #Bioinformatics #ZellerLab

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Shraddha Shitut @shetoot.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Congratulations to you and the whole team 🙌🏼

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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I proudly present a new review paper of my group that just came out in Trends in Microbiology @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social with Leonardo Ona and Shryli Shreekar Disentangling microbial interaction networks Open access link: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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Typas Lab @typaslab.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Career Webinar Alert! 📢 Join us on March 21st for a career webinar on "Transitioning to a PI Role"! Registration is now open. With the unstoppable and inspiring Lisa Maier @lisamaierlab.bsky.social Help spread the word and register embl-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Share with your network! #PIRole

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Samir Giri @isamirgiri.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Cool new paper by @shetoot.bsky.social Shitut et al. shows Bacteria with multiple different chromosomes can survive broad antibiotic exposure Check it out 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Bacterial heterozygosity promotes survival under multidrug selection

Although bacterial cells typically contain a single chromosome, some species are naturally polyploid and carry multiple copies of their chromosome. Po…

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Shraddha Shitut @shetoot.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This work would not have possible without Danny Rozen, Dennis Claessen and Thomas van Dijk. The publishing process was also smooth and enjoyable. Lastly thanks to @isamirgiri.bsky.social for constant support!

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Shraddha Shitut @shetoot.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Read the paper to find out how bacterial colonies can look like this👇🏼

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Shraddha Shitut @shetoot.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Excited to share our paper published in @currentbiology.bsky.social that explores the consequences of having multiple genomes in a bacterial model system and it’s benefits in a multidrug environment ! www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Samir Giri @isamirgiri.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Excited to share our opinion piece with the KC Huang Lab. Check it out here: Harnessing gut microbial communities to unravel microbiome functions doi.org/10.1016/j.mi... @typaslab.bsky.social

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