Researching in plant-microbe interactions and environmental bioengineering 🌱🦠🏞️🧫🧬 @itqbnova @greenit_bio4sus Lead by @Vilchez87 📸https://xitter.cf/t.co/21GyxuRemQ
Oeiras, Portugal
Joined April 2021
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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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MICROBES IN FOCUS · 10/30 | Paenibacillus xylanexedens
Strain MS M1-C, isolated from Medicago sativa seeds, showed ACCd activity, P solubilization and xerotolerance, and was tested as a bioinoculant under drought.
From seed microbiome to bioinoculant!🫘
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MICROBES IN FOCUS · 9/30 | Pseudomonas koreensis
Strain AC came from our Los Guájares post-fire work and was selected as part of a bacterial consortium aimed at supporting soil recovery after wildfire.
A small member of a much bigger restoration story!
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Our friends at @Novogene_Europe challenged us to find a creative way to showcase our long-standing collaboration. So, how about this? 🧬💚 We love working with them in metabarcoding projects! Science connects us, and so does a little creativity! 🦠🌱 @itqbnova @greenit_bio4sus
MICROBES IN FOCUS · 8/30 | Peribacillus frigoritolerans
Strain A70, isolated from hypersaline/hypergypsic soils, showed nutrient-mobilizing traits and helped Medicago polymorpha cope with osmotic stress.
A microbe shaped by extreme environments! @itqbnova @greenit_bio4sus
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Just blinked! What happened! Ahhhh... BSocial-designed consortia 😎🧪
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🍜 First day of our International Food Lab! 🌍
We kicked off this new series with Japanese ramen! The idea? To explore the traditional cuisines of our international students!
Curious about where we’re heading next? Stay tuned!🌎🍽️
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MICROBES IN FOCUS · 6/30 | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
A recurrent member of seed microbiomes, very interesting under dry conditions.
Strain MS M1-B also stood out as a bioinoculant, linking seed-associated microbial diversity with plant resilience!
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