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From autoimmune disease to taxonomy: a positive outcome from COVID-19 Lockdown
November 23, 2023
Professor Emerita Sheila Patrick and Dr Linda Stewart take us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'Genomic analyses of Bacteroides fragilis: subdivisions I and II represent distinct species' published in Journal of Medical Microbiology.
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Gender bias in names of prokaryotes honouring persons
November 3, 2023
Professor David R. Arahal takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'The gender gap in names of prokaryotes honouring persons' published in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
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Bacterial Bounty: Exploring new microbes in diverse environments
October 31, 2023
Each month, the Microbiology Society publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, which details newly discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists. Here are some of the new species that have been discovered and the places they've been found.
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Microbiota From the Computational Perspective of a Non-Computer Scientist
October 16, 2023
Eric Nayman takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'Microbiome Depiction Through User-Adapted Bioinformatic Pipelines and Parameters’ published in Journal of Medical Microbiology.
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The importance of cross-disciplinary collaboration: an interview with Jordan Skittrall
October 12, 2023
The Microbiology Society is hosting the Federation of Infectious Science (FIS) conference in partnership with HIS and the BIA, on 14-15 November 2023 in Edinburgh and on 17 November online. FIS provides an excellent opportunity for academic, clinical and industry collaboration, to improve patient outcomes and foster innovative, cross-disciplinary research. The Microbiology Society’s Journal of Medical Microbiology encourages the publication of cross-disciplinary work in infectious diseases, including human and veterinary medical microbiology.
Ahead of this year’s conference, we spoke to Jordan Skittrall, who chaired a session at FIS in 2022, about the importance of collaboration. Jordan is a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) clinical lecturer in virology, postdoctoral researcher, and specialty registrar in infectious diseases and medical virology at the University of Cambridge, UK. -
Microbial Marvels: Meet the New Microbes Found in Exotic Plants and Equine Athletes
October 3, 2023
Each month, the Microbiology Society publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, which details newly discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists. Here are some of the new species that have been discovered and the places they've been found.
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What's in a name? Our favorite additions from 'New to Science'
September 27, 2023
Each month, the Microbiology Society publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM), which details newly discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists. Our ‘New to Science’ blog explores the latest discoveries of microbiological discoveries highlighted in IJSEM.
In celebration of the Microbiology Society delivering ‘What’s in a Name? Fit-for-purpose bacterial nomenclature’ as part of its Focused Meetings programme in 2023 we thought that we’d share our favourite additions from each of this year's ‘New to Science’'. -
Top 10 downloaded recent articles from International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
September 26, 2023
Leading up to this week’s Focused Meeting “What’s in a Name? Fit-for-purpose bacterial nomenclature”, we’ve been taking a look at the most downloaded recent articles from the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM) – the established journal of record for publication of novel microbial taxa.
The official publication of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes and the Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology Division of the International Union of Microbiological Societies, IJSEM welcomes high-quality research on all aspects of microbial evolution, phylogenetics and systematics. See the full scope here.
