Posts by Shankar Iyer, editor of Trends in Microbiology. https://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3ml6pgaw2d22fCalling #GameofThrones fans! The May '26 issue of Trends in Microbiology is live now with the cover image depicting the intimate co-evolution between the host and the microbiota. Read the full issue here: https://www.cell.com/issue/S0966-842X(25)X0006-806 May 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6pgaw2d22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3ml4vz74bac2hHarnessing microbiomes to redefine medicinal plant agriculture http://dlvr.it/TSNmXD05 May 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4vz74bac2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mkvel5kzmm2cBeyond methanogenesis: expanding roles for methanogenic archaea http://dlvr.it/TSLCkP02 May 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvel5kzmm2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mksu4bsoby2kDeveloping spore-forming gut bacteria as model organisms http://dlvr.it/TSKWBq01 May 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksu4bsoby2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mklcqtvp3p2qManaging microbial interactions in environmental biotechnology: can we scale interaction principles? http://dlvr.it/TSGjbl28 Apr 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklcqtvp3p2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mkbattpqxm2zThe island biology of the host microbiome http://dlvr.it/TSCbWT24 Apr 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbattpqxm2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mk47vyuz2p2zWeapons as building blocks: a dual-function microcin in Acinetobacter http://dlvr.it/TS9dZb22 Apr 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk47vyuz2p2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mjpnmnk2qu26Cognition without brains? Learning and memory in microorganisms http://dlvr.it/TS5NTf17 Apr 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpnmnk2qu26https://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mjnlcn75jr2cWhen soils learn to suppress nematodes http://dlvr.it/TS4Z6216 Apr 2026 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnlcn75jr2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mjn54hbkbt22Chemical dialogues at the crossroads of host–bacteria interactions http://dlvr.it/TS4Q7216 Apr 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjn54hbkbt22https://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mjflppjylv2tThe impact of artificial sweeteners on bacterial physiology and the microbiome http://dlvr.it/TS1SFW13 Apr 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjflppjylv2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mjakt2cz5a2gRethinking eukaryogenesis: genomic signatures suggest an aerobic host http://dlvr.it/TRzyML11 Apr 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjakt2cz5a2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mj6ij4femg2tBreathing both ways: simultaneous aerobic–anaerobic respiration in microbes http://dlvr.it/TRzNz810 Apr 2026 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6ij4femg2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mj62cx7lvo2fEcogenomic kinetics: wandering bacterial populations stumbling upon niches http://dlvr.it/TRzFgz10 Apr 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj62cx7lvo2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mj3jtz5exj2kInterspecies competition promotes antibiotic resistance with diminishing returns http://dlvr.it/TRyHm109 Apr 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3jtz5exj2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3miyzf3ssa42rGroup A Streptococcus host–pathogen dual crosstalk http://dlvr.it/TRxJ6f08 Apr 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyzf3ssa42rhttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3miyi2b2epk2xThe April 2026 issue is live now: https://www.cell.com/issue/S0966-842X(25)X0005-6. Cover image representing the translation of microbiota discoveries into clinically actionable cancer immunotherapies.08 Apr 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyi2b2epk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mityhaafsf2cExperiments uncover forest management effects on deadwood fungi http://dlvr.it/TRvKgK06 Apr 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mityhaafsf2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mipfpl375z2hRethinking antimicrobial resistance diagnostics: beyond standardized susceptibility testing http://dlvr.it/TRt21k04 Apr 2026 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mipfpl375z2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mioxjhyipj2bMap is not territory: building useful antimicrobial resistance models http://dlvr.it/TRswzy04 Apr 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mioxjhyipj2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mimvanifwf2c10th International Conference on Clinical Metagenomics (ICCMg10): meeting report http://dlvr.it/TRsM2D03 Apr 2026 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimvanifwf2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mimh3rjkcm2cFusarium graminearum http://dlvr.it/TRsDjG03 Apr 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimh3rjkcm2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mijwmmkchu23Micro-scale spatial metagenomics opens a new era in microbiome ecology http://dlvr.it/TRrLg902 Apr 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijwmmkchu23https://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mihg4ndga422Scientific mobility in microbiology–17 http://dlvr.it/TRqKmK01 Apr 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihg4ndga422https://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3mievnszfbg2bThe rhizosphere microbiome as a decentralized immune system http://dlvr.it/TRpHQr31 Mar 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mievnszfbg2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social/post/3micf7xvyy42rAfrican swine fever virus http://dlvr.it/TRnFZv30 Mar 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:ql22raqcnve3aewa5d4z6rig/app.bsky.feed.post/3micf7xvyy42r