Lily McKnight
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Reposted by Lily McKnight
I am so excited to share my first first-author manuscript regarding the mysterious effects of magnesium in Bacillus subtilis! 🧵⬇️
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Magnesium induces iron starvation and metabolic rewiring to support the viability of cell envelope mutants and antibiotic-stressed cells
Magnesium supplementation permits deletion of otherwise essential genes involved in cell envelope biogenesis in the Gram-positive model bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Yet, the specific underlying mechan...
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September 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I am so excited to share my first first-author manuscript regarding the mysterious effects of magnesium in Bacillus subtilis! 🧵⬇️
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#MicroSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#MicroSky