Your crop’s first line of defense lives on the leaf. PhycoTerra® FX feeds up to 10 million microbes/cm² with microalgae-powered nutrition. Feeding the beneficial native microbes in your phyllosphere ...

Corroding microbes are a costly menace for industries relying on hidden and underground iron structures like sprinklers and oil pipelines. A recent study sheds light on the mechanisms behind microbial ...

Your gut is doing a lot of heavy lifting behind the scenes. The human gut microbiota is an intricate ecosystem within the ...

AMES, Iowa – Microbes are working away in an Iowa State University laboratory to ferment biofuels from the sugar and acetate produced by rapidly heating biomass such as corn stalks and sawdust. But it ...

Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which they produce short-chain fatty acids that are crucial to many body functions. The ...

A purple photosynthetic bacterium isolated from the ocean could enable a greener form of industrial aquaculture. The bacterium, which requires only air and sunlight to grow, could produce high-quality ...

In its optimal state, the vaginal microbiome is dominated by various species of Lactobacillus —the same type of bacteria that gives yogurt, kimchi, and miso their tang. These beneficial bacteria are ...

Millions of tons of plastic waste accumulate in landfills and oceans every year. One promising response is to engineer ...

Pipelines, sprinklers, and other infrastructure in oxygen-free environments are vulnerable to Microbially Induced Corrosion (MIC)—a process where microorganisms degrade iron-based structures, ...