Jamie Hall

@jpjhall.bsky.social

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microbiology // evolution // mobile genetic elements 🏫 University of Liverpool, UK 🦠 www.andthemicrobes.org 💻 www.jpjhall.net

Diagram summary showing a bacterium, plasmids, phages, and a big '?'

Greg modelling a pair of Contam Club socks

Rich Lenski

Figure 9 from "Plasmid fitness costs are caused by specific genetic conflicts enabling resolution by compensatory mutation" doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001225 showing molecular interactions involved in plasmid fitness costs and compensatory evolution.

Graphic showing plants and soils exposed to different climate change treatments, illustrating different mobile genetic elements in the resident microbiomes.

Front page of Luna and Simon: Night of the Killer Phage comic