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Read Da Bom: The Best Of Microbology News January 2021
Studying life at the extremes: Researchers have invented methods to study microbes that thrive in the world’s most inhospitable environments Amber Dance 02 November 2020
After Conquering Space, Water Bears Could Save the Global Vaccine and Blood Supply – Sukee Bennet
Microbiome connections with host metabolism and habitual diet from 1,098 deeply phenotyped Individuals – Francesco Asnicar et. al.
Poultry Probiotic Ingredients Market worth $120 million by 2026, Says GMI – Global Marketing insights Inc.
Oceanic Bacteria Trap Vast Amounts of Light Without Chlorophyll Abby Olena

Read DA BOM: The Best In Microbiology News February 2021
Microbes called extremophiles might combat superbugs, biowarfare agents – by Max Blau
Elucidating essential genes in plant-associated pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 using transposon insertion sequencing – Belinda K Fabian, Christie foster, Amy J Asher, Liam D. H. Elbourne, Amy K. Cain, Karl Hassan, Sasha G. Tetu, Ian T. Paulsen
BipA exerts temperature-dependent translational control of biofilm-associated colony morphology in Vibrio cholerae – Santos, T. P et al.
Fecal transplants could help patients on cancer immunotherapy drugs – by Jocelyn Kaise
Symbiotic bacteria mediate volatile chemical signal synthesis in a large solitary mammal species – Wenliang Zhou, Dunwu Qi, Ronald R. Swaisgood, Le Wang, Yipeng Jin, Qi Wu, Fuwen Wei & Yonggang Nie.

Read DA BOM: The Best of Microbiology April 2021
Newly discovered bacteria on space station could help astronauts grow plants on Mars – Chelsea Gohd March 2021
Learning From Mistakes: The Role of Phages in Pandemics – By Ahlam Alsaadi and colleagues
Microbe Discovered In Evolutionary Stasis for Millions of Years – Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences

Read DA BOM: Best of Microbiology: Spring 2021
Scientists evolve a fungus to battle deadly honey bee parasite – Erik Stokstad
Researchers create a quantum microscope that can see the impossible – ScienceDaily Staff

Read Da Bom: Best of Microbiology News Summer 2021
Discovered: Fossilized Spores Suggestive of early land Plants – Paul K. Strother and Clinton Foster