These bacteria were *eating* that stuff - and therefore scrubbing the fog's water vapour clean of toxins linked to smog and human respiratory problems.
A tiny, temporary anti-pollution factory, working to keep our air breathable.
Amazing!
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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A tiny, temporary anti-pollution factory, working to keep our air breathable.
Amazing!
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Growth and formaldehyde degradation of photoheterotrophic Methylobacterium within radiation fogs | mBio
While bacteria are common in the atmosphere, their activity in situ has remained unclear. Using stagnant radiation fogs as new study systems where sampling is optimal, the dynamics, composition, cellular characteristics, and metabolic rates of fog water microbiomes, dominated by Methylobacterium sp., show that they are a hub of active detoxification of atmospheric formaldehyde and likely growing in situ on the basis of heterotrophic or photoheterotrophic metabolism of volatile C1 compounds, with implications for atmospheric chemistry and fog harvesting as sources of freshwater.
journals.asm.org
August 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
These bacteria were *eating* that stuff - and therefore scrubbing the fog's water vapour clean of toxins linked to smog and human respiratory problems.
A tiny, temporary anti-pollution factory, working to keep our air breathable.
Amazing!
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
6/
A tiny, temporary anti-pollution factory, working to keep our air breathable.
Amazing!
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
6/
"...Methylobacterium was the most abundant microbe in fog water. It accounted for up to half of all microbes present.
To grow in fog...those Methylobacteria must have found something in it to eat. This microbe is known to consume carbon-containing chemicals, such as formaldehyde."
To grow in fog...those Methylobacteria must have found something in it to eat. This microbe is known to consume carbon-containing chemicals, such as formaldehyde."
August 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
"...Methylobacterium was the most abundant microbe in fog water. It accounted for up to half of all microbes present.
To grow in fog...those Methylobacteria must have found something in it to eat. This microbe is known to consume carbon-containing chemicals, such as formaldehyde."
To grow in fog...those Methylobacteria must have found something in it to eat. This microbe is known to consume carbon-containing chemicals, such as formaldehyde."
How do trees shape microbial evolution? New bioRxiv preprint from our former MSc student Jocelyn Lauzon with @skembel.bsky.social reveals host-driven adaptations of #Methylobacterium in the #phyllosphere using a #metapangenomic approach. Proud to see this work out!
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doi.org/10.64898/202...
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doi.org/10.64898/202...
July 31, 2026 at 4:02 PM
How do trees shape microbial evolution? New bioRxiv preprint from our former MSc student Jocelyn Lauzon with @skembel.bsky.social reveals host-driven adaptations of #Methylobacterium in the #phyllosphere using a #metapangenomic approach. Proud to see this work out!
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doi.org/10.64898/202...
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doi.org/10.64898/202...
Metapangenomics reveals host-driven adaptations of Methylobacterium to the phyllosphere https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.29.741493v1
July 30, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Metapangenomics reveals host-driven adaptations of Methylobacterium to the phyllosphere https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.29.741493v1
Metapangenomics reveals host-driven adaptations of Methylobacterium to the phyllosphere https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.29.741493v1
July 30, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Metapangenomics reveals host-driven adaptations of Methylobacterium to the phyllosphere https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.29.741493v1
Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Methylobacterium phyllosphaerae KS50439 isolated from Antarctic seawater https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42479215/
July 22, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Methylobacterium phyllosphaerae KS50439 isolated from Antarctic seawater https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42479215/
New preprint up now! It’s a tale of two scrappy friends: a melanized yeast and a pink methylobacterium, trudging through their harsh reality as inhabitants of an alpine “biological soil crust”, sharing resources to live together where they could not live alone.
Inspiring, if I do say so myself!
Inspiring, if I do say so myself!
Crusty-Pinky: A Novel Polyextremotolerant Fungus and its Methylobacterium Symbionts Could be an Essential Symbiosis for the Biological Soil Crust Consortium
JF2 08-2F Crusty is a novel melanized polyextremotolerant fungus isolated from a biological soil crust, which we believe harbors Methylobacterium spp. endosymbionts, called Pinky. Crusty is capable of...
www.biorxiv.org
February 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
New preprint up now! It’s a tale of two scrappy friends: a melanized yeast and a pink methylobacterium, trudging through their harsh reality as inhabitants of an alpine “biological soil crust”, sharing resources to live together where they could not live alone.
Inspiring, if I do say so myself!
Inspiring, if I do say so myself!
This was posted on the “other” site a little over a year ago and for some reason, is getting noticed again. 🤔
Anyway, these are otherwise axenic Arabidopsis seedlings that (left) were inoculated with a Methylobacterium isolate or (right) left untreated.
Pretty obvious difference, right?!?!
Anyway, these are otherwise axenic Arabidopsis seedlings that (left) were inoculated with a Methylobacterium isolate or (right) left untreated.
Pretty obvious difference, right?!?!
November 20, 2024 at 2:14 PM
This was posted on the “other” site a little over a year ago and for some reason, is getting noticed again. 🤔
Anyway, these are otherwise axenic Arabidopsis seedlings that (left) were inoculated with a Methylobacterium isolate or (right) left untreated.
Pretty obvious difference, right?!?!
Anyway, these are otherwise axenic Arabidopsis seedlings that (left) were inoculated with a Methylobacterium isolate or (right) left untreated.
Pretty obvious difference, right?!?!
June 3, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Integrated genomic and transcriptomic Insights into methanol tolerance mechanisms in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1, identifying key targets for strain engineering.
Integrated genomic and transcriptomic Insights into methanol tolerance mechanisms in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1, identifying key targets for strain engineering.
Published in Journal of biological engineering
doi.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Integrated genomic and transcriptomic Insights into methanol tolerance mechanisms in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1, identifying key targets for strain engineering.
Breakthrough in isolating diverse phyllosphere methylotrophs using lanthanides. All 344 strains nearly identical, part of Methylobacterium extorquens clade. Despite low diversity, metabolic capabilities diverged greatly.
🔗 Source: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.28.546956
🔗 Source: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.28.546956
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Breakthrough in isolating diverse phyllosphere methylotrophs using lanthanides. All 344 strains nearly identical, part of Methylobacterium extorquens clade. Despite low diversity, metabolic capabilities diverged greatly.
🔗 Source: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.28.546956
🔗 Source: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.28.546956
למחקר יש השלכות יישומיות על טכנולוגיות של מכשירים להפקת מים מהאוויר וקצירת ערפל באמצעות רשתות. מכשירים אלו, המעבים אדי מים או לוכדים טיפות ערפל כדי לייצר מי שתייה, מתבססים על ההנחה שהלחות האטמוספרית היא מקור מים סטרילי ונקי יחסית, הדורש רק סינון מכני בסיסי וחיטוי קל. מה שמתברר כלא נכון.
להרחבה
להרחבה
חיידקי <i>Methylobacterium</i> בערפל - משגשגים ומפרקים פורמאלדהיד
חיידקים ונגיפים המקיפים אותנו מכל עבר, משפיעים על חיינו. בבלוג אספר על אלה שבחדשות.
drorbn.blogspot.com
June 9, 2026 at 8:09 AM
למחקר יש השלכות יישומיות על טכנולוגיות של מכשירים להפקת מים מהאוויר וקצירת ערפל באמצעות רשתות. מכשירים אלו, המעבים אדי מים או לוכדים טיפות ערפל כדי לייצר מי שתייה, מתבססים על ההנחה שהלחות האטמוספרית היא מקור מים סטרילי ונקי יחסית, הדורש רק סינון מכני בסיסי וחיטוי קל. מה שמתברר כלא נכון.
להרחבה
להרחבה
ערפילים בניגוד למה שחשבו קודם, אינם סביבה פסיבית כלל, אלא מיקרו-סביבת מחיה מימית דינמית, עצמאית וזמנית. מתברר בתוך טיפות המים הזעירות הללו מתרחשת פעילות ביולוגית המשנה את הרכב האטמוספרה.
#פידמדע
במי הערפל חלה העשרה עקבית של שני מיני חיידקים מהסוג Methylobacterium,
#פידמדע
במי הערפל חלה העשרה עקבית של שני מיני חיידקים מהסוג Methylobacterium,
June 9, 2026 at 8:09 AM
ערפילים בניגוד למה שחשבו קודם, אינם סביבה פסיבית כלל, אלא מיקרו-סביבת מחיה מימית דינמית, עצמאית וזמנית. מתברר בתוך טיפות המים הזעירות הללו מתרחשת פעילות ביולוגית המשנה את הרכב האטמוספרה.
#פידמדע
במי הערפל חלה העשרה עקבית של שני מיני חיידקים מהסוג Methylobacterium,
#פידמדע
במי הערפל חלה העשרה עקבית של שני מיני חיידקים מהסוג Methylobacterium,
Another pub from previous work, a little note on the bacteria work I did in undergrad! 🧪🦠🧫 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Genome sequences of Methylobacterium and Methylorubrum isolates from Cd-contaminated soils in the Tar Creek Superfund site | Microbiology Resource Announcements
Mining activity (1) within the Tar Creek Superfund site left soils contaminated with Pb, Zn, and Cd
(2) and altered microbial communities (3). The genomes presented here represent isolates from topsoi...
journals.asm.org
March 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Another pub from previous work, a little note on the bacteria work I did in undergrad! 🧪🦠🧫 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Growth and formaldehyde degradation of photoheterotrophic Methylobacterium within radiation fogs | mBio share.google/jF5lowSyQ3Ff...
uszanowanko dla mgły
uszanowanko dla mgły
Growth and formaldehyde degradation of photoheterotrophic Methylobacterium within radiation fogs | mBio
While bacteria are common in the atmosphere, their activity in situ has remained unclear. Using stagnant radiation fogs as new study systems where sampling
is optimal, the dynamics, composition, cellu...
share.google
July 19, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Growth and formaldehyde degradation of photoheterotrophic Methylobacterium within radiation fogs | mBio share.google/jF5lowSyQ3Ff...
uszanowanko dla mgły
uszanowanko dla mgły
Methylobacterium extorquens & buddies use rare earth elements, mostly cerium, to help nom methanol. The Martinez-Gomez lab at Berkeley is repurposing the binding strategies they use for rare-earth element recovery to do things like recycle gadolinium from post-MRI piss.
January 6, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Methylobacterium extorquens & buddies use rare earth elements, mostly cerium, to help nom methanol. The Martinez-Gomez lab at Berkeley is repurposing the binding strategies they use for rare-earth element recovery to do things like recycle gadolinium from post-MRI piss.
Authors used pTR47m4-GFP from @addgene.bsky.social in their study. Including #RRIDs will make this less ambiguous.
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #methodsmatter #OpenScience
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #methodsmatter #OpenScience
Decreasing peptide deformylase activity is a beneficial strategy for increasing formaldehyde resistance in Methylobacterium extorquens
www.biorxiv.org
July 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Authors used pTR47m4-GFP from @addgene.bsky.social in their study. Including #RRIDs will make this less ambiguous.
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #methodsmatter #OpenScience
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #methodsmatter #OpenScience
Authors published a paper in Biorxiv, they used breseq in the study. Including #RRIDs will make this less ambiguous.
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #RRID #methodsmatter
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #RRID #methodsmatter
Evolutionary Integration of a Foreign Aromatic Catabolic Pathway Drives Metabolic Trade-offs in Methylobacterium extorquens PA1
www.biorxiv.org
March 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Authors published a paper in Biorxiv, they used breseq in the study. Including #RRIDs will make this less ambiguous.
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #RRID #methodsmatter
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #RRID #methodsmatter
Authors used pCM433kanT from @addgene.bsky.social in their study. Including #RRIDs will make this less ambiguous.
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #methodsmatter #reproducibility
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #methodsmatter #reproducibility
Aromatic acid metabolism in Methylobacterium extorquens reveals interplay between methylotrophic and heterotrophic pathways
www.biorxiv.org
March 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Authors used pCM433kanT from @addgene.bsky.social in their study. Including #RRIDs will make this less ambiguous.
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #methodsmatter #reproducibility
SciScore made a table with this resource, see “Automated Services” module (download as csv, xml or #jats) #methodsmatter #reproducibility
It has been a long way to get this published and I am very proud of it: enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... @rschlec.bsky.social last PhD thesis chapter about how additional species shape binary strain interactions in the phyllosphere at the population and µm resolution.
Differential Responses of Methylobacterium and Sphingomonas Species to Multispecies Interactions in the Phyllosphere
Leaf-associated bacterial populations of Methylobacterium and Sphingomonas in two- and three-member synthetic communities on Arabidopsis thaliana display distinct spatial structures and population dy...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
It has been a long way to get this published and I am very proud of it: enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... @rschlec.bsky.social last PhD thesis chapter about how additional species shape binary strain interactions in the phyllosphere at the population and µm resolution.
What are some bacteria that produce pink colonies?
1) Methylobacterium spp
2) Roseomonas spp
3) Rhodococcus equi
4) Serratia marcessens
5) Azospirillum brasilense (Roseomonas fauriae)
6) Asaia spp
1) Methylobacterium spp
2) Roseomonas spp
3) Rhodococcus equi
4) Serratia marcessens
5) Azospirillum brasilense (Roseomonas fauriae)
6) Asaia spp
December 10, 2024 at 10:59 PM
What are some bacteria that produce pink colonies?
1) Methylobacterium spp
2) Roseomonas spp
3) Rhodococcus equi
4) Serratia marcessens
5) Azospirillum brasilense (Roseomonas fauriae)
6) Asaia spp
1) Methylobacterium spp
2) Roseomonas spp
3) Rhodococcus equi
4) Serratia marcessens
5) Azospirillum brasilense (Roseomonas fauriae)
6) Asaia spp
mBio Journal (May 11, 2026):
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journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Growth and formaldehyde degradation of photoheterotrophic Methylobacterium within radiation fogs | mBio
While bacteria are common in the atmosphere, their activity in situ has remained unclear. Using stagnant radiation fogs as new study systems where sampling
is optimal, the dynamics, composition, cellu...
journals.asm.org
June 22, 2026 at 6:21 PM
mBio Journal (May 11, 2026):
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Methylobacterium?
August 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Methylobacterium?
Methanol is an increasingly important single-carbon feedstock to facilitate the transition towards a circular bioeconomy. In our new paper, we engineered Methylobacterium extorquens to produce the polyketide phloroglucinol solely from methanol: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Establishing and optimizing phloroglucinol biosynthesis from methanol in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 via strain engineering and medium optimization
Methanol serves as an increasingly important single-carbon feedstock that may help to facilitate the transition towards a circular bioeconomy. The Alp…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 19, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Methanol is an increasingly important single-carbon feedstock to facilitate the transition towards a circular bioeconomy. In our new paper, we engineered Methylobacterium extorquens to produce the polyketide phloroglucinol solely from methanol: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...