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Keeping up with Virus Taxonomy: viruses that cause cancer
April 10, 2025
Welcome back to another edition of ‘Keeping up with Virus Taxonomy’. For this edition, we’re taking a closer look at some viruses that are linked to cancers in their hosts and the families where they belong.
Some viruses hijack the host cells machinery to replicate. In order to do this, they insert their genetic code into that of the host cell. If this affects the host’s own genetic code, this may alter the normal functioning of the cell and steer it towards becoming cancerous.
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From the soil on the ground to a space station 400km above earth
April 4, 2025
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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Genomic Insights into Hypervirulent Klebsiella in Ireland
March 20, 2025
Mark Maguire takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'Genomic and phylogenetic analysis of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST23 in Ireland' published in Microbial Genomics.
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New species found in the most unexpected places
March 7, 2025
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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Microbe Talk - Microbiome and thermal tolerance: a new frontier in climate resilience?
February 26, 2025
In this episode of Microbe Talk Clare speaks to Judy Li, author on the latest Microbial Primer: Microbiome and thermal tolerance – a new frontier in climate resilience? Clare and Judy chat about the paper, the relatively new field of study and the possible mechanisms of microbes buffering organisms against temperature changes.
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Sexually Transmitted Infections: Genome Analysis from Clinical Samples
February 14, 2025
Helena Seth-Smith takes us behind the scenes of their latest publications 'Evaluating methods for genome sequencing of Chlamydia trachomatis and other sexually transmitted bacteria directly from clinical swabs' and 'Chlamydia trachomatis genomes from rectal samples: description of a new clade comprising ompA-genotype L4 from Argentina' published in Microbial Genomics.
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From Surtsey and Switzerland to pig poo and fish mucus
February 10, 2025
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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Can metagenomics be used to identify safe food?
February 7, 2025
Dr Samuel Bloomfield takes us behind the scenes of his latest publication “Ecological insights into the microbiology of food using metagenomics and its potential surveillance applications” published in Microbial Genomics.