Functional genomic signatures predict microbial culturability across the tree of life biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

You can now register for the November NeLLi Symposium! Talks will focus on the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward the evolution of cellular complexity and microbial symbiosis.  Learn more: jointgeno.me/NeLLi

The role of phytoplankton in structuring global oceanic dissolved organic carbon pools nature.com/articles/s4146…

A novel bacterial protein family that catalyses nitrous oxide reduction nature.com/articles/s4158…

Vitamin auxotrophies shape microbial community assembly on model marine particles academic.oup.com/ismej/article/…

Microbes release lower-value metabolites at higher rates biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Discovery of a widespread chemical signalling pathway in the Bacteroidota nature.com/articles/s4158…

Viral Diversity Mediates Carbon Allocation for Ecosystem Multifunctionality Across Biomes 🔗 buff.ly/CP5Fmiq

Predicting compatibility between ferredoxins and the Fe protein of nitrogenase using in silico protein modeling biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Structure and function of the global peatland microbiome biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

NEW in #GCB Functional Chemogeography of dissolved organic matter 🧪 New framework for organic matter 🔹 Links molecular traits & environment 🔹 Extrinsic traits key to carbon fate 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… #Biogeochemistry #CarbonCycle #DOM

🎉 iMeta Conference 2025 officially opened today in Wuhan, bringing together 500+ participants. 🚀Aiming to advance iMeta series into a leading journals in this field. iMeta: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/277059… iMetaOmics: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/299695… iMetaMed: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/306698…

Variations in the root-soil system influence the grapevine holobiont by shaping plant physiology and root microbiome biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Hot springs’ hardy microbes offer new source of antibiotics | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

Viruses associated with Nitrososphaerota archaea: diversity, evolution and horizontal gene transfers biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Microbial communities demonstrate robustness in stressful environments due to predictable composition shifts biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Redox conduction facilitates direct interspecies electron transport in anaerobic methanotrophic consortia | Science Advances science.org/doi/full/10.11…

A call for early-career teams in interdisciplinary microbiology research nature.com/articles/s4156…

I'm excited to share our lab new paper finished by Heidi. Lithosyntrophy: Obligate syntrophy in a phosphite-oxidizing, methanogenic culture (we find a novel syntrophic DPO, this special metabolism might be important for global methane cycle) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Variations in H2 thresholds and growth yields among hydrogenotrophic methanogens relate to different energy conservation strategies biorxiv.org/content/10.110…