Effect of soil depth on the structure of bacterial composition in the active layer at five geologically distinct sites on James Ross and Vega Islands in Antarctica

Micenková et al., Polar Biology 2024
We have published what microbes we find in the surface layer above permafrost, known as the active layer, which thaws seasonally and is considered an important component of terrestrial ecosystems, where these microbes represent significant source of new bacterial species with potential, e.g., as a promising source of new antimicrobial compounds.

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Jorvik: a membrane-containing phage that will likely found a new family within Vinavirales

Congratulation to Pavol on to paper about new membrane-containing phage 

Success of our student in the BYSCC competition

Congratulations! Our student Tomáš Chlubna was awarded 2nd shared place in the 42nd Beijing Youth Science Creation Competition (BYSCC) held online in Beijing, China! Tomáš presented his work “Phage therapy of ESKAPE group pathogens”.

Staphylococcus aureus Prophage-Encoded Protein Causes Abortive Infection and Provides Population Immunity against Kayviruses

Kuntová L. & Mašlaňová I. et al., mBio 2023
The first described system of abortive infection in staphylococci

Bacteriophages can be highly effective in the treatment of many infections caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics, says Jiří Doškař

Interview published at Current News Fac. Sci. MU.