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Armando Pacheco-Valenciana retweeted
Very happy that our paper
Obligate cross-feeding of metabolites is common in soil microbial communities
just came out in Nature Microbiology.
See here 👇
Paywalled version:
nature.com/articles/s41564-0…
Free read-only version:
rdcu.be/fBHAb
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Comprehensive benchmarking of metagenomic binning tools reveals key factors for improved genome recovery nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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BactoTraits: a trait database for exploring functional diversity of bacterial communities nature.com/articles/s41597-0…
Armando Pacheco-Valenciana retweeted
We just released #anvio v9, "eunice" 🎉
This version represents over 2,000 changes in the codebase since v8, increasing the total number of programs in the anvi'o ecosystem to 176.
Visit our web page:
anvio.org/
Read the release notes:
github.com/merenlab/anvio/re…
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Are you a grad student struggling with a blank page? These strategies could help
go.nature.com/4pCFKDq
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Present your research at the 20th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology in Auckland, from 16 - 21 August 2026! When submitting your abstract, make sure to check whether you are eligible for one of the travel grants.
isme-microbes.org/call-for-a…
#microbialecology #isme20
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Temperature alters interactions and keystone taxa in the marine microbiome academic.oup.com/ismej/advan…
Armando Pacheco-Valenciana retweeted
I am recruiting graduate students for Fall 2026! The Microbial Ecosystems Lab microbialeco.systems at ASU studies microbial interactions, spatial ecology, and imaging-driven microbiome science. If you love microbes, microfluidics, or single-cell analysis, let’s talk!
Armando Pacheco-Valenciana retweeted
Some archaea—an ancient group of microorganisms—have an entirely novel genetic code, according to a new study in Science. Their genetic code reassigns a DNA “stop” signal to incorporate the rare amino acid pyrrolysine into their proteins.
The findings expand our understanding of how alternative genetic codes evolve and hint at new molecular tools for biotechnology applications. scim.ag/49xnYx3
Armando Pacheco-Valenciana retweeted
I am very excited to announce that a fully funded PhD position is available in my group.
Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia
Please RT or forward to interested candidates.
Deadline: 11.01.26
More info:
shorturl.at/f1TuF
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What decides the “winners” in a microbial community? It's not only competitive traits; rare microbes play a key role. This #mBio study offers a “nomination-voting” model, showing how rare taxa collectively shape which species become dominant. #microbiome doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02598-2…
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proGenomes4: providing 2 million accurately and consistently annotated high-quality prokaryotic genomes academic.oup.com/nar/advance…
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Living costs and politics have lead to PhD students studying abroad
Read the full story: go.nature.com/4oRxW1c
ALT Mobility of PhD students studying abroad. Chart showing results from Nature’s 2025 PhD-student survey, which tracks where international doctoral candidates hail from and where they end up for their studies. The most popular destination countries include the United States (17%), Germany (11%) and the United Kingdom (9%). India and China supply the most students (11% and 8%, respectively)."
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Exploring the concept of bacterial memory nature.com/articles/s41564-0…
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Biosynthesis cost and catabolic pathway length explain frequency of amino acid utilization as carbon sources by bacteria biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Microbial respiration - a biomineral perspective
#microbiology #microbes
@FEMSmicro
academic.oup.com/femsec/arti…
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I wrote a new tutorial on competitive metagenomic read recruitment (and profiling of the results with #anvio), for those of us nerds who would like to get their hands dirty with data:
anvio.org/tutorials/competit…
Armando Pacheco-Valenciana retweeted
Decoding emergent properties of microbial community functions through sub-community observations and interpretable machine learning academic.oup.com/ismej/advan…
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GTDB release 10: a complete and systematic taxonomy for 715 230 bacterial and 17 245 archaeal genomes academic.oup.com/nar/advance…
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High-Throughput Absolute Quantification Sequencing Advances Characterisation of Microbial Community Ecology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
