Antibiotic resistance is often framed as a hospital problem, but a growing body of evidence shows that the environment plays ...

The field of plant-microbe interactions has seen significant advancements with the advent of metagenomics and metatranscriptomics, offering unprecedented insights into microbial communities compared ...

Using third-generation metagenomics, researchers from the Department of Plant Production and Microbiology at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) have uncovered the genomic basis behind the ...

New microbiome data show that intestinal bacteria can generate clinically relevant alcohol levels, validating a rare syndrome ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global concern that threatens our ability to prevent and treat bacterial infections in humans and animals. To better monitor the emergence and spread of resistance, ...

Many of our frontline antibiotics originated from microbes, and as antibiotic resistance spreads and drug pipelines run dry, the soil beneath our feet has a vast hidden reservoir of untapped ...

The image shows the ‘phylogenetic tree’ of a group of genes called Amt, found in SAR11 bacteria. Different versions of these genes, which may influence how the bacteria take up and process nitrogen, ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and their collaborators have developed a new technology to track beneficial bacteria after fecal microbiota transplants (FMT). The approach ...