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This week is #WorldImmunizationWeek AI is revolutionizing virology! Researchers used AI to uncover new viral entry mechanisms—paving the way for future antivirals & vaccines. The future of disease control is AI-driven! 🦠 micro-bites.org/2024/11/25/ai-…

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📣 New MicroBites! CRISPR– Cas9: A Promising Tool against antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections 🦠 CRISPR-Cas9 protects probiotics from antibiotic resistance and presents a promising strategy to combat bacterial infections 🧬 micro-bites.org/2025/04/16/cri…

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📣 New MicroBites! How the Zika virus turns human skin into a mosquito magnet 🦟 By increasing the production of mosquito-attractive compounds, the virus enhances its chances of being picked up by mosquitoes and transmission… 👇 🦠 micro-bites.org/2025/04/18/how…

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📣 New MicroBites! Our Unexpected Immune Architects 📐 Gut protists aid our body’s defence against infections by influencing the immune system of far-reaching organs like the lungs. 🦠 👇 micro-bites.org/2025/04/21/our…

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📣 New MicroBites! A New Fungal Fighter 🥊 A modified macrolide called mandimycin, uniquely targets fungal cell membranes, offering potent activity against multidrug-resistant fungal pathogens. 🦠 micro-bites.org/2025/04/23/a-n…

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Today is #PlantHealth Day! 🧬 Plants & bacteria are evolutionary BFFs. In a wild twist, bacteria gave plants growth hormone genes via horizontal gene transfer! Nature's teamwork in action. micro-bites.org/2024/11/29/unt…

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Today is World Migratory Bird Day #WMBD2025! 🦠 H5N1 avian flu has reached even the remote wilds of Antarctica. Migratory birds help viruses travel too—reminding us how interconnected our ecosystems really are. #OneHealth micro-bites.org/2025/02/12/the…

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📣 New MicroBites! Brain Boosting Bugs? How Gut Archaea May Increase Cognitive Performance 🧠 🦠 Researchers have discovered that people with higher levels of M. smithii performed better on tests measuring attention, memory, and cognitive… 👇 micro-bites.org/2025/04/28/bra…

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📣 New MicroBites! The Gut Fingerprint 💩 Just like the fingerprints, every human has a personal gut microbiome. 👇 micro-bites.org/2025/05/05/the…

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📣 New MicroBites! The Hidden Link: How Animals Could Fuel the Spread of COVID-19 ❔ Viral infections in animals 👇 🦠 micro-bites.org/2025/05/07/the…

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🐝 On #WorldBeeDay, meet the real royal court: the Queen Bee’s gut microbiome! Four core bacteria support her health, immunity, and colony success. Long live the queen... and her microbes. 👑🦠 micro-bites.org/2024/09/23/roy…

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Today is International Day for Biological Diversity! 🌍 Beneath our feet lies a viral universe. The new Global Soil Virus Atlas uncovered over 600,000 viral genomes in soil samples worldwide—highlighting biodiversity we’re just beginning to understand. micro-bites.org/2024/07/19/unv…

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📣 New MicroBites! Microbial molecular warfare: When prey becomes predator ⚔️ Researchers investigate how some bacteria fight back against one of their predators: Amoebas. 🦠 micro-bites.org/2025/05/12/mic…

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📣 New MicroBites! Don’t Go Infecting My Heart ❤️ Heartworm’s tools for host survival might provide a way to combat the growing threat it presents in humans and canines. 🦠 micro-bites.org/2025/05/14/don…

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📣 New MicroBites! Bacteria help beetles adapt to climate change 🦠 Wolbachia infection enabled host beetles to adjust male egg size in response to stressful environments. 🐞 micro-bites.org/2025/05/19/bac…

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📣 New MicroBites! Sepsis Survival Dependent on Gut Microbiota🐭 Sepsis survival is influenced by gut microbiota, AhR activation, and metabolites like indoles and tryptophan, improving immune response. 🦠 micro-bites.org/2025/05/21/sep…

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Today is World Environment Day 2025: #BeatPlasticPollution 💡 What if bacteria could eat your plastic waste? Researchers engineered biofilm-forming bacteria that break down PET more efficiently—turning trash into biodegradable treasure. micro-bites.org/2024/01/08/enz…

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📣 New MicroBites! What the Gut’s First Residents Say About Baby’s Brain Health 👶 🧠 Newborns’ first gut microbes may predict social development at 6 months, revealing early links between microbiome and brain health. 🦠 micro-bites.org/2025/05/23/wha…

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Today is #WorldFoodSafetyDay! 🔬 Controlling aflatoxins with chemicals is hard—and unsafe long-term. Probiotics and plant-based antifungals offer safer, natural alternatives. The future of food safety is green. micro-bites.org/2024/05/08/pro…

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📣 New MicroBites! HD5: The Secret Trick of Shigella Infection🦠 How a pesky microbe’s infectiousness comes from exploiting the body’s immune system to gain entry into host cells. 👇 micro-bites.org/2025/05/26/hd5…