Researching in plant-microbe interactions and environmental bioengineering 🌱🦠🏞️🧫🧬 @itqbnova @greenit_bio4sus Lead by @Vilchez87 📸https://nitter.cf/t.co/21GyxuRemQ
Oeiras, Portugal
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MICROBES IN FOCUS · 20/30 | Sphingobacterium sp. ASH6
Recovered directly from wildfire ash, ASH6 stood out for its strong biofilm-forming capacity despite originating from an environment with very low cultivable bacterial abundance!🔥
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🎃👻Science by day,spooky by night! 🦇💀Our students brought their spooky spirit and creativity to the ITQB Halloween celebration and costume contest!🧟♂️🧙♀️Terrifying costumes and a frighteningly good time!☠️⚰️Who knew our scientists could be THIS scary?
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MICROBES IN FOCUS · 19/30 | Exiguobacterium mexicanum
Strain BG, recovered from post-fire soil in Los Guájares, stood out for its high antioxidant activity in our screening.
Bright orange on the plate, and equally interesting physiologically!
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🌱 Today in Santarém, sharing research on soil health and the biotech potential of plant exudates at the Regenerative Agriculture event.
Great to connect with farmers and industry professionals, bringing science closer to real-world impact!
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MICROBES IN FOCUS·18/30 | Niallia nealsonii
Strain BB CB-C, isolated from Bituminaria bituminosa seeds,came from plants growing at <0.25% soil water content and was uniquely linked to Gypsisol in our collection.A seed-borne survivor of extreme dryness! @itqbnova @greenit_bio4sus
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Fancy, famous, brilliant… and a wonderful scientist!🤩🔬Our very own Milli has won the BRIDGE Fellowship 2026 and is ready to start her PhD!🎓🚀Huge thanks to @itqbnova and @MunicipioOeiras Oeiras for supporting young scientists. So proud of you!❤️
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MICROBES IN FOCUS · 17/30 | Niallia circulans
Strain A37, isolated from hypersaline/hypergypsic soils, showed biofilm formation and auxin production and entered our screening for microbes adapted to osmotic stress.
Extreme soils, resilient microbes.
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Another great lab habit! 🌱 Whenever someone wraps up a plant experiment, the whole team pitches in to help record the results. Teamwork makes everything better! One for all and all for one! 💪🔬
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MICROBES IN FOCUS · 16/30 | Paenibacillus lautus
Strain C, recovered during our Los Guájares post-fire study, showed phosphate-solubilizing and ACC-related activity and was selected for our bacterial consortium for post-fire recovery! 🔥🌲
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This is becoming something of a lab tradition: new students collecting natural soil from this riverbank. At this point, it's basically our unofficial welcoming ceremony. So… welcome to the team, guys! 🌱🔬
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MICROBES IN FOCUS · 15/30 | Paenibacillus pabuli
Strain BB Oeiras A, isolated from Bituminaria bituminosa seeds, showed biofilm formation, auxin production and phosphate solubilization, and was later tested as a drought bioinoculant candidate!
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What a week, huh? And last but not least, meet our amazing Master's team from @NovaSBE! 🌱
Fynn, Karl & Florian are developing a business plan for #SaltShield, and they're doing a fantastic job! 🚀
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MICROBES IN FOCUS · 14/30 | Paenibacillus amylolyticus
Strain BB B2-A, isolated from Bituminaria bituminosa seeds, showed strong biofilm and auxin production, and ACC-related activity, standing out as bioinoculant in lentil drought assays!
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More and more international visitors! This time, all the way from Brazil!We’re delighted to welcome Kauane and Leticia from UEPG for their PhD research internships! They’ll be exploring seed microbiota and characterizing PGPRs.Welcome to the team!🇵🇹🤝🇧🇷
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MICROBES IN FOCUS · 13/30 | Bacillus licheniformis
Strain A46, isolated from hypersaline/gypsic soils, showed ACC-related activity and improved Medicago polymorpha performance under osmotic stress.
Extreme soils keep delivering interesting partners!
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And the new arrivals keep coming! 🌱 This week, we also welcomed Irene Frontela from @usal to our lab! She’ll be exploring how bacteria modify plant exudates. Great to have you on board, Irene! 🦠🔬
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MICROBES IN FOCUS · 12/30 | Paenarthrobacter nitroguajacolicus
Strain AI, recovered in our post-fire study, showed nutrient-mobilizing and ACC-related traits, was selected for our bacterial consortium for soil recovery.
Biotech microbial restoration!
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A week full of new faces in the lab! 🌱Today, let’s welcome Pravash Kiran from Hochschule Darmstadt ! He’ll be working with fenugreek and grass pea as part of his bachelor’s thesis.
Great to have you on board! 🙌🇳🇵🇩🇪🤝🇵🇹
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MICROBES IN FOCUS · 11/30 | Bacillus pumilus
Strain A49, isolated from hypersaline/hypergypsic soils, showed antioxidant capacity and promoted larger root systems under osmotic stress.Another example of how extreme environments harbour great inoculamts!
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Yep, sometimes I’d rather not even ask what’s going on in the lab... Just try not to burn the whole place down, okay? 😂
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