How does epithelial polarity shape Chlamydia trachomatis infection? 🦠 🧫 In this review, @lab_rudel highlight this overlooked aspect of host–pathogen interactions and its impact on disease. 👉️ buff.ly/IGhSGEX

How do commensal bacteria protect vs. pathogens? Ghigo's lab identified CSAP-1, a pore-forming protein mediating bacterial competition & enhancing infected zebrafish survival—a promising lead for aquaculture antimicrobial strategies. 👉️ buff.ly/je1W4sO @institutpasteur

TraF from a broad-host monoderm plasmid is the first conjugative T4SS component with strong homology to T7SS pseudokinase 🧬 Grohmann & Keller labs elucidate its crystal structure, function and partners. @UniGraz @BHT_bln 👉️ buff.ly/liyQSzM

Fluorescent labeling extended to 3 streptococcal species 🧫✨ @JWVeening lab & coll. benchmarked 5 proteins and developed multicolor cassettes enabling triple labeling—expanding tools for gene expression, cell dynamics & infection studies. 👉️ buff.ly/ANbiALo

95 new Fellows join the European Academy of Microbiology🔬 The newly elected Fellows represent a wide range of expertise across microbiology and related disciplines , spanning institutions across Europe and beyond. Read the full announcement📄buff.ly/CdRK14U

🦠 How does #Salmonella find #iron in the gut? @CunrathOlivier lab shows acidic pH pushes it to switch from using endogeneous to exogeneous #siderophores—revealing a flexible, pH-driven iron uptake strategy. 👉 buff.ly/90EZoqQ

🦠 Beyond classic probiotics:@SchmitzStreits lab reveals diverse #Bacteroidota gut strains that block #biofilms of major pathogens. Many also disrupt quorum sensing & show bile salt hydrolase activity—expanding the #microbiome toolbox against infection. 👉 buff.ly/sjPk8ZD

🧬 Dive into the small proteome of Methanosarcina mazei (across 5 conditions)! A key resource by @SchmitzStreits @kieluni for uncovering #smallproteins functions, motifs and proteoforms in #archaea. 👉 buff.ly/HJOi3E0

🦠 @LaurentTerradot lab reviews #Brucella’s #T4SS—a key virulence factor—covering its structure, function, and growing effector arsenal. It also explores how effectors enter host cells, opening new paths to understand and target infection. 🔬 👉 buff.ly/KW4kVN4

@Archaellum lab reveals how #cdiAMP and 4 RCK proteins shape osmotic stress responses in H.volcanii 🧬🦠. In highly halophilic #archaea, c-di-AMP coordinates ion balance and cell volume—mirroring bacterial strategies for environmental stress adaptation. 👉 buff.ly/ApWkCtg