Chromosomal defenses turn over much faster than other chromosomal genes. Prophage-encoded defenses are retained more stably than the rest of the prophage. Defenses are also lost faster from chromosomes than from MGEs, consistent with defense outsourcing to MGEs
October 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Chromosomal defenses turn over much faster than other chromosomal genes. Prophage-encoded defenses are retained more stably than the rest of the prophage. Defenses are also lost faster from chromosomes than from MGEs, consistent with defense outsourcing to MGEs
Within MGEs, anti-defenses show higher loss and copy-number change than defenses. This pattern holds across several system classes, most clearly anti-CBASS and anti-RM
October 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Within MGEs, anti-defenses show higher loss and copy-number change than defenses. This pattern holds across several system classes, most clearly anti-CBASS and anti-RM
If you have reads that are hitting your target genuine, you could examine where in the genome? E.g. reads hitting MGEs, reps or tRNAs are going to be less believable.
October 26, 2026 at 1:50 PM
If you have reads that are hitting your target genuine, you could examine where in the genome? E.g. reads hitting MGEs, reps or tRNAs are going to be less believable.
Amberwell, de D.E. Stevenson. Perfecta en su sencillez. Solo que ahora quiero matar profundamente los responsables de e-liburutegia y de e-biblio Cantabria, que no tienen Summerhills en el catálogo y necesito urgentemente. 😭😭
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October 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Amberwell, de D.E. Stevenson. Perfecta en su sencillez. Solo que ahora quiero matar profundamente los responsables de e-liburutegia y de e-biblio Cantabria, que no tienen Summerhills en el catálogo y necesito urgentemente. 😭😭
bsky.app/profile/mges...
bsky.app/profile/mges...
Chaos in Florida. Delinquent sales spike 400%.
YouTube video by Reventure Consulting
youtu.be
October 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM
#FloridaRealEstate #FloridaMigrationCollapse
* Avg. Florida home price down 7.2% since peak two-years ago and accelerating
* Migration into Florida peaked in 2022. Since then, migration is down 93% 👀
* Florida's West Coast suffering losses much bigger than state average
youtu.be/0JKse4-Mges
* Avg. Florida home price down 7.2% since peak two-years ago and accelerating
* Migration into Florida peaked in 2022. Since then, migration is down 93% 👀
* Florida's West Coast suffering losses much bigger than state average
youtu.be/0JKse4-Mges
Chaos in Florida. Delinquent sales spike 400%.
YouTube video by Reventure Consulting
youtu.be
September 30, 2026 at 11:01 AM
#FloridaRealEstate #FloridaMigrationCollapse
* Avg. Florida home price down 7.2% since peak two-years ago and accelerating
* Migration into Florida peaked in 2022. Since then, migration is down 93% 👀
* Florida's West Coast suffering losses much bigger than state average
youtu.be/0JKse4-Mges
* Avg. Florida home price down 7.2% since peak two-years ago and accelerating
* Migration into Florida peaked in 2022. Since then, migration is down 93% 👀
* Florida's West Coast suffering losses much bigger than state average
youtu.be/0JKse4-Mges
A new issue of Microbiology Australia, focusing on mobile genetic elements (MGEs).
The latest issue of Microbiology Australia is now online! connectsci.au/ma/issue/47/3
September 28, 2026 at 6:47 AM
A new issue of Microbiology Australia, focusing on mobile genetic elements (MGEs).
Multiple recent studies in other systems show that ecologically relevant symbiont traits are encoded on MGEs. These dynamics provide a mechanism by which symbiont evolution generates phenotypic differences among host populations. We have exciting ideas about a more specific mechanism, so stay tuned!
September 21, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Multiple recent studies in other systems show that ecologically relevant symbiont traits are encoded on MGEs. These dynamics provide a mechanism by which symbiont evolution generates phenotypic differences among host populations. We have exciting ideas about a more specific mechanism, so stay tuned!
Florentine D*mges
September 18, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Florentine D*mges
Tune in to a new on-demand deep dive from Labroots and Phase Genomics CEO @ivanliachko.bsky.social on how Hi-C metagenomics connects fragmented DNA and reveals relationships among phages, plasmids, and other MGEs in the microbiome.
You’ll find Ivan’s talk here: www.labroots.com/ms/webinar/l...
You’ll find Ivan’s talk here: www.labroots.com/ms/webinar/l...
September 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Tune in to a new on-demand deep dive from Labroots and Phase Genomics CEO @ivanliachko.bsky.social on how Hi-C metagenomics connects fragmented DNA and reveals relationships among phages, plasmids, and other MGEs in the microbiome.
You’ll find Ivan’s talk here: www.labroots.com/ms/webinar/l...
You’ll find Ivan’s talk here: www.labroots.com/ms/webinar/l...
VicMAG, an open-source tool for visualizing circular metagenome-assembled genomes highlighting bacterial virulence and antimicrobial resistance | NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics | Oxford Academic
VicMAG, an open-source tool for visualizing circular metagenome-assembled genomes highlighting bacterial virulence and antimicrobial resistance
Abstract. Bacterial pathogens spread in clinical and environmental settings, and mobile genetic elements (MGEs), such as plasmids and phages, mediate the t
dx.doi.org
September 8, 2026 at 10:31 AM
VicMAG, an open-source tool for visualizing circular metagenome-assembled genomes highlighting bacterial virulence and antimicrobial resistance | NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics | Oxford Academic
Day 1 of #ISPB2026 has come to an end!
Today’s programme included the great talk by Adrián Cazares, followed by sessions on plasmid maintenance, replication and evolution.
Did you meet up with old friends at the get together or did you make some new ones?
#ISPB #Plasmids #MGEs
Today’s programme included the great talk by Adrián Cazares, followed by sessions on plasmid maintenance, replication and evolution.
Did you meet up with old friends at the get together or did you make some new ones?
#ISPB #Plasmids #MGEs
September 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
In the future, many other characteristics of MGEs (host species partitioning, immunity, etc.) will need to be incorporated to gain a better understanding ✂️
August 31, 2026 at 9:11 AM
In the future, many other characteristics of MGEs (host species partitioning, immunity, etc.) will need to be incorporated to gain a better understanding ✂️
Finally, this study shows that the theoretical framework and tools of community ecology provide a better understanding of plasmid diversity and, more broadly, of MGEs 🦠
August 31, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Finally, this study shows that the theoretical framework and tools of community ecology provide a better understanding of plasmid diversity and, more broadly, of MGEs 🦠
If you missed it before, check out Xu’s great work here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
It answers an important question in the anti-phage field, namely how defence genes not encoded by MGEs are mobilised between bacteria 🧫
It answers an important question in the anti-phage field, namely how defence genes not encoded by MGEs are mobilised between bacteria 🧫
Bacteriophages mobilize bacterial defense systems via lateral transduction
Bacteriophages and PICIs spread bacterial defenses via lateral transduction, shaping microbial immunity and pathogen evolution.
www.science.org
August 12, 2026 at 10:03 AM
If you missed it before, check out Xu’s great work here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
It answers an important question in the anti-phage field, namely how defence genes not encoded by MGEs are mobilised between bacteria 🧫
It answers an important question in the anti-phage field, namely how defence genes not encoded by MGEs are mobilised between bacteria 🧫
New Genome Insider🎧 : Mobile genetic elements that can move between organisms often get missed in datasets. Now, deep sequencing & new analysis methods open up options for engineering these microbes in the future. 🖥️🧬🦠
@simrouxvirus.bsky.social @scbagby.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
@simrouxvirus.bsky.social @scbagby.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
The Mobilome in the Mire | Joint Genome Institute
Join Sarah Bagby (Case Western Reserve University) and Simon Roux (JGI) as they talk about their recent work on a time series from Sweden's Stordalen Mire. By looking at Mobile Genetic Elements, or MGEs, they're opening up new ways of engineering microb...
jgi.doe.gov
July 1, 2026 at 9:38 PM
New Genome Insider🎧 : Mobile genetic elements that can move between organisms often get missed in datasets. Now, deep sequencing & new analysis methods open up options for engineering these microbes in the future. 🖥️🧬🦠
@simrouxvirus.bsky.social @scbagby.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
@simrouxvirus.bsky.social @scbagby.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
Mountain Gravity Energy Storage MGES Market Size, Share 2035 | WiseGuyReports www.wiseguyreports.com/reports/moun...
Mountain Gravity Energy Storage MGES Market Size, Share 2035 | WiseGuyReports
Mountain Gravity Energy Storage MGES Market is Expected to Grow From USD 1.19 Billion To USD 5 Billion by 2035, Reaching at a CAGR of 15.5% During 2026 - 2035
www.wiseguyreports.com
May 9, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Mountain Gravity Energy Storage MGES Market Size, Share 2035 | WiseGuyReports www.wiseguyreports.com/reports/moun...
(1/7) Very excited to share my first PhD preprint on the interactions of two of my favorite mobile genetic elements: phages and group II introns!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Prevalence of Group II Introns in Phage Genomes
Although bacteriophage genomes are under strong selective pressure for high coding density, they are still frequently invaded by mobile genetic elements (MGEs). Group II introns are MGEs that reduce h...
www.biorxiv.org
May 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
(1/7) Very excited to share my first PhD preprint on the interactions of two of my favorite mobile genetic elements: phages and group II introns!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Why do mobile genetic elements transfer DNA of their hosts?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Why do mobile genetic elements transfer DNA of their hosts?
The prokaryote world is replete with mobile genetic elements (MGEs) – self-replicating entities that can move within and between their hosts. Many MGE…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 25, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Why do mobile genetic elements transfer DNA of their hosts?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We applied a bacterial GWAS to identify genetic variants in S. aureus associated with differences in bacterial adhesion. The GWAS identified genetic variants in genes encoding known adhesins (clfA, fnbA, fnbB, ebh), other surface factors (spa, sdrH), MGEs, and other loci (csbB, glcA).
May 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
We applied a bacterial GWAS to identify genetic variants in S. aureus associated with differences in bacterial adhesion. The GWAS identified genetic variants in genes encoding known adhesins (clfA, fnbA, fnbB, ebh), other surface factors (spa, sdrH), MGEs, and other loci (csbB, glcA).
Bacteria swap genes like social networks swap memes, through mobile genetic elements (MGEs). These swaps can either boost or slow down bacterial evolution, depending on clashes between different MGEs and their hosts. This process impacts how microbes adapt, especially when facing challenges like...
Horizontal gene transfer, segregation loss, and the speed of microbial adaptation.
Published in Evolution letters
doi.org
October 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Bacteria swap genes like social networks swap memes, through mobile genetic elements (MGEs). These swaps can either boost or slow down bacterial evolution, depending on clashes between different MGEs and their hosts. This process impacts how microbes adapt, especially when facing challenges like...
🌟@nanopore's V14 chemistry & R10.4.1 flow cell has improved per-base accuracy making our 🆕 LONG READ service the perfect choice for de novo bacterial assemblies 🦠👌especially if there's mobile genetic elements🎉
microbesng.com/request-quote/
#MGEs#MicrobialSequencing
microbesng.com/request-quote/
#MGEs#MicrobialSequencing
April 22, 2024 at 10:30 AM
🌟@nanopore's V14 chemistry & R10.4.1 flow cell has improved per-base accuracy making our 🆕 LONG READ service the perfect choice for de novo bacterial assemblies 🦠👌especially if there's mobile genetic elements🎉
microbesng.com/request-quote/
#MGEs#MicrobialSequencing
microbesng.com/request-quote/
#MGEs#MicrobialSequencing
This work highlights how interactions between MGEs can produce unique effects where both benefit from their nested existence. Furthermore, we have extended TnpB’s mechanism that sheds light on why TnpB is so successful.
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This work highlights how interactions between MGEs can produce unique effects where both benefit from their nested existence. Furthermore, we have extended TnpB’s mechanism that sheds light on why TnpB is so successful.
The project has excellent lore. From contamination to a integrated tool to classify mobility, A-Dog (Arya to civilians) has found AMR gene have been increasing on MGEs likely due to the use of antibiotics. Some great graphs in here!
What was antibiotic resistance like before we ever used antibiotics? How did we change what antibiotic resistance genes looked like over 100 years?
Our paper looking at resistance genes from a century of NCTC historical isolates now out in mGen:
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Our paper looking at resistance genes from a century of NCTC historical isolates now out in mGen:
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Genomic resistance in historical clinical isolates increased in frequency and mobility after the age of antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance is frequently observed shortly after the clinical introduction of an antibiotic. Whether and how frequently that resistance occurred before the introduction is harder to determin...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
September 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The project has excellent lore. From contamination to a integrated tool to classify mobility, A-Dog (Arya to civilians) has found AMR gene have been increasing on MGEs likely due to the use of antibiotics. Some great graphs in here!