In the largest study of its kind, scientists in the Bork Group at EMBL have found that a small subset of microbes can carry and transfer genes across disparate habitats, creating a planet-wide, interconnected network of microbiomes 🌍 🦠
🔗 Read more here: www.embl.org/news/science...
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MicrobeAtlas is now published in Cell. 🌐🌎🦠
Explore the paper and resource to see what large-scale microbiome data reveal about global ecological patterns:
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
For a concrete application, see our recent work on “Community conservatism”:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
MicrobeAtlas (www.microbeatlas.org) is an integrated, reference-based resource for
truly planet-wide microbiomics, analyzing hundreds of thousands of microbial lineages
across diverse environments, co...
Our new paper „Variations in the latitudinal diversity gradients of the ocean microbiome“ was just published in @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social 🥳
We present a global analysis of prokaryotic #biodiversity in the surface and mesopelagic layers of the ocean 🦠🌊
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
New paper out in @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social by our super talented predoc @jonas-bio.bsky.social Congrats!
The Microbe Atlas database paper is *finally* published! Out in @cellpress.bsky.social today:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🚨 A new piece of the preterm gut microbiome puzzle just fell into place!
Bifidobacterium metabolise human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in early life — shaping immunity, supporting gut development, and protecting against diseases like necrotising enterocolitis (NEC).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New in @natgenet.nature.com: a moving obituary for Peer.
Francesca Ciccarelli, Jan Korbel & Christian von Mering reflect on his scientific vision, from protein domains and genome evolution to metagenomics, and on his generosity as a mentor and friend to so many.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I am pleased to share that our paper is now published in Cell!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
I am deeply grateful to all co-authors for making this possible.
This work was made possible through the guidance of Dr. Peer Bork. I share this in grateful memory and with deep respect for his mentorship.
Just published: "Planetary microbiome structure and generalist-driven gene flow across disparate habitats" by @podlesny.bsky.social @chanyeong-kim.bsky.social and @jonas-bio.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
See the quoted post below for a thread on the preprint!
www.cell.com
Eriksson et al. conduct a global marine microbiome diversity analysis and demonstrate
how the surface ocean latitudinal diversity gradient is disproportionately shaped
by a few species-rich taxa. Mask...
Clostridium perfringens lacking perfringolysin O toxin isolated from preterm infants metabolizes human milk oligosaccharide disialyllacto-N-tetraose to produce metabolites that promote the growth of c...
Environmental DNA sequencing has revolutionized our understanding of microbial diversity and ecology. Microbiomes have now been sequenced across the e…
www.sciencedirect.com
Our new paper „Variations in the latitudinal diversity gradients of the ocean microbiome“ was just published in @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social 🥳
We present a global analysis of prokaryotic #biodiversity in the surface and mesopelagic layers of the ocean 🦠🌊
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
A planetary-scale analysis of over 85,000 metagenomes establishes a framework for
exploring the structure and drivers of global microbial habitats, revealing that generalist
species bridge ecological ...
A planetary-scale analysis of over 85,000 metagenomes establishes a framework for
exploring the structure and drivers of global microbial habitats, revealing that generalist
species bridge ecological ...
Eriksson et al. conduct a global marine microbiome diversity analysis and demonstrate
how the surface ocean latitudinal diversity gradient is disproportionately shaped
by a few species-rich taxa. Mask...
In the largest study of its kind, scientists in the Bork Group at EMBL have found that a small subset of microbes can carry and transfer genes across disparate habitats, creating a planet-wide, interconnected network of microbiomes 🌍 🦠
🔗 Read more here: www.embl.org/news/science...
Video
EMBL
Sebastian Schmidt
Chris Stewart
Daniel Podlesny
Chan Yeong Kim
Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg
Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg
Our work exploring host-microbial co-metabolism of bile acids in patients with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) has been published in the JHEP Reports:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🪐 A big thank you to everyone involved, to the GALAXY and MicrobLiver consortia who made this possible! 🙌
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Alcohol overuse disrupts liver function and alters gut microbial communities, with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) causing half of all liver-relat…
Our new preprint is out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In this study, we present the largest systematic analysis of microbiome structure and function, integrating 85K uniformly processed metagenomes from diverse habitats worldwide.
@podlesny.bsky.social @jonas-bio.bsky.social @borklab.bsky.social
Microbes are ubiquitous on Earth, forming microbiomes that sustain macroscopic life and biogeochemical cycles. Microbial dispersion, driven by natural processes and human activities, interconnects mic...
